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Diffstat (limited to 'src/btree/bt_sync.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/btree/bt_sync.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/btree/bt_sync.c b/src/btree/bt_sync.c index 5d60c436a08..4404069e507 100644 --- a/src/btree/bt_sync.c +++ b/src/btree/bt_sync.c @@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ __sync_file(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, WT_CACHE_OP syncop) * snapshot now. * * All changes committed up to this point should be included. - * We don't update the snapshot in between pages because (a) - * the metadata shouldn't be that big, and (b) if we do ever + * We don't update the snapshot in between pages because the + * metadata shouldn't have many pages. Instead, read-committed + * isolation ensures that all metadata updates completed before + * the checkpoint are included. */ if (txn->isolation == WT_ISO_READ_COMMITTED) WT_ERR(__wt_txn_get_snapshot(session)); |