The data checksums entries were seemingly auxiliary processes from reading the code, but they are in fact background workers. Add a comment to clarify. Backpatch down to v19 where online checksums were introduced. Author: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> Reported-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAHGQGwFsBjQs2fv7b72hxzGV_fJMh6LAg4E83pNfDOu1jVgWCA@mail.gmail.com Backpatch-through: 19
PostgreSQL Database Management System
This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system.
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings.
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