Continue to allow VACUUM to mark last block of index dirty

even when there is no work to do. Further analysis required.
Revert of patch c1458cc495ff800cd176a1c2e56d8b62680d9b71

diff --git a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
index 6f6e676ec08791689a049c7b2a556f2670a7a5b4..f9b3e1feafe62130e250f68b2183cdf5f944d19b 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtpage.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ _bt_page_recyclable(Page page)
  * and so must be scanned anyway during replay. We always write a WAL record
  * for the last block in the index, whether or not it contained any items
  * to be removed. This allows us to scan right up to end of index to
- * ensure correct locking. That is the only time we are called with nitems==0.
+ * ensure correct locking.
  */
 void
 _bt_delitems_vacuum(Relation rel, Buffer buf,
@@ -764,8 +764,7 @@ _bt_delitems_vacuum(Relation rel, Buffer buf,
     */
    opaque->btpo_flags &= ~BTP_HAS_GARBAGE;
 
-   if (nitems > 0)
-       MarkBufferDirty(buf);
+   MarkBufferDirty(buf);
 
    /* XLOG stuff */
    if (RelationNeedsWAL(rel))
@@ -805,11 +804,8 @@ _bt_delitems_vacuum(Relation rel, Buffer buf,
 
        recptr = XLogInsert(RM_BTREE_ID, XLOG_BTREE_VACUUM, rdata);
 
-       if (nitems > 0)
-       {
-           PageSetLSN(page, recptr);
-           PageSetTLI(page, ThisTimeLineID);
-       }
+       PageSetLSN(page, recptr);
+       PageSetTLI(page, ThisTimeLineID);
    }
 
    END_CRIT_SECTION();