Add a clarifying comment: proceed with the leaf page search even if we

aren't sure the key is on the leaf page, at least we know the search-key
is larger than the leaf page's starting key.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/btree/col_srch.c b/src/btree/col_srch.c
index 2ac21e1407a..643b7961cc7 100644
--- a/src/btree/col_srch.c
+++ b/src/btree/col_srch.c
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ __check_leaf_key_range(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session,
 			return (0);
 		}
 
+	/*
+	 * We may not have been able to check if the next page's key is greater
+	 * than the search key; there's a reasonable chance, continue with the
+	 * leaf-page search.
+	 */
 	cbt->compare = 0;
 	return (0);
 }