Fix base backup rate limiting in presence of slow i/o
authorMagnus Hagander
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:11:04 +0000 (10:11 +0100)
committerMagnus Hagander
Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:16:12 +0000 (10:16 +0100)
commitf6508827afe76b2c3735a9ce073620e708d60c79
treed56cb6f158a299b0ef9aa78a853cf1f896c3d6f1
parent20c27fdfd3af8da68837ab1cbea08100619f91b6
Fix base backup rate limiting in presence of slow i/o

When source i/o on disk was too slow compared to the rate limiting
specified, the system could end up with a negative value for sleep that
it never got out of, which caused rate limiting to effectively be
turned off.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CABUevEy_-e0YvL4ayoX8bH_Ja9w%2BBHoP6jUgdxZuG2nEj3uAfQ%40mail.gmail.com

Analysis by me, patch by Antonin Houska
src/backend/replication/basebackup.c