*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/smgr/md.c,v 1.93 2002/11/12 15:26:30 tgl Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/smgr/md.c,v 1.94 2003/01/07 01:19:12 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#ifndef LET_OS_MANAGE_FILESIZE
segno = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Skip through any segments that aren't the last one, to avoid redundant
+ * seeks on them. We have previously verified that these segments are
+ * exactly RELSEG_SIZE long, and it's useless to recheck that each time.
+ * (NOTE: this assumption could only be wrong if another backend has
+ * truncated the relation. We rely on higher code levels to handle that
+ * scenario by closing and re-opening the md fd.)
+ */
+ while (v->mdfd_chain != (MdfdVec *) NULL)
+ {
+ segno++;
+ v = v->mdfd_chain;
+ }
+
for (;;)
{
nblocks = _mdnblocks(v->mdfd_vfd, BLCKSZ);