C comment: clarify that WAL files can be _recycled_ or removed

Reported-by: Michael Paquier Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAB7nPqSDdF0heotQU3gsepgqx+9c+6KjLd3R6aNYH7KKfDd2ig@mail.gmail.com Author: Michael Paquier Backpatch-through: master
2 years ago · 8d981341a5
parent 79588d3c8d
commit 8d981341a5
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--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@ -3692,7 +3692,8 @@ RemoveOldXlogFiles(XLogSegNo segno, XLogRecPtr lastredoptr, XLogRecPtr endptr,
 }

 /*
- * Remove WAL files that are not part of the given timeline's history.
+ * Recycle or remove WAL files that are not part of the given timeline's
+ * history.
 *
 * This is called during recovery, whenever we switch to follow a new
 * timeline, and at the end of recovery when we create a new timeline. We