Add comments explaining overflow entries in the replication lag tracker.
authorFujii Masao <[email protected]>
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:24:56 +0000 (13:24 +0900)
committerFujii Masao <[email protected]>
Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:26:30 +0000 (13:26 +0900)
commit8ceab82ca5264f5896463782fb1103a64ef577fa
tree2f7186fee59a77d847870840f8acb515f40b0cfd
parent9310be78ae668f697b6b2e2107b44a56c31e09da
Add comments explaining overflow entries in the replication lag tracker.

Commit 883a95646a8 introduced overflow entries in the replication lag tracker
to fix an issue where lag columns in pg_stat_replication could stall when
the replay LSN stopped advancing.

This commit adds comments clarifying the purpose and behavior of overflow
entries to improve code readability and understanding.

Since commit 883a95646a8 was recently applied and backpatched to all
supported branches, this follow-up commit is also backpatched accordingly.

Author: Xuneng Zhou <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CABPTF7VxqQA_DePxyZ7Y8V+ErYyXkmwJ1P6NC+YC+cvxMipWKw@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 13
src/backend/replication/walsender.c