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-rw-r--r--src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
index b51cceea74d..9a3956a5094 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c,v 1.66 2010/01/15 09:19:02 heikki Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c,v 1.67 2010/02/05 23:37:43 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -543,7 +543,10 @@ BackgroundWriterMain(void)
/*
* CheckArchiveTimeout -- check for archive_timeout and switch xlog files
- * if needed
+ *
+ * This will switch to a new WAL file and force an archive file write
+ * if any activity is recorded in the current WAL file, including just
+ * a single checkpoint record.
*/
static void
CheckArchiveTimeout(void)