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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c b/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
index b9d8fc3ad53..c96c635d0a6 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c,v 1.180 2004/10/16 18:57:23 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c,v 1.181 2004/10/17 22:01:50 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -671,8 +671,10 @@ UnpinBuffer(BufferDesc *buf, bool fixOwner)
*
* This is called at checkpoint time to write out all dirty shared buffers,
* and by the background writer process to write out some of the dirty blocks.
- * percent/maxpages should be zero in the former case, and nonzero limit
- * values in the latter.
+ * percent/maxpages should be -1 in the former case, and limit values (>= 0)
+ * in the latter.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of buffers written.
*/
int
BufferSync(int percent, int maxpages)
@@ -682,6 +684,10 @@ BufferSync(int percent, int maxpages)
int num_buffer_dirty;
int i;
+ /* If either limit is zero then we are disabled from doing anything... */
+ if (percent == 0 || maxpages == 0)
+ return 0;
+
/*
* Get a list of all currently dirty buffers and how many there are.
* We do not flush buffers that get dirtied after we started. They