Function fill_seq_with_data

src/backend/commands/sequence.c:414–486

* Initialize a sequence's relation with the specified tuple as content */

 * Initialize a sequence's relation with the specified tuple as content
 */
static void
fill_seq_with_data(Relation rel, HeapTuple tuple)
{
	Buffer		buf;
	Page		page;
	sequence_magic *sm;
	OffsetNumber offnum;

	/* Initialize first page of relation with special magic number */

	buf = ReadBuffer(rel, P_NEW);
	Assert(BufferGetBlockNumber(buf) == 0);

	page = BufferGetPage(buf);

	LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE);

	PageInit(page, BufferGetPageSize(buf), sizeof(sequence_magic));
	sm = (sequence_magic *) PageGetSpecialPointer(page);
	sm->magic = SEQ_MAGIC;

	/* Now insert sequence tuple */

	/*
	 * Since VACUUM does not process sequences, we have to force the tuple to
	 * have xmin = FrozenTransactionId now.  Otherwise it would become
	 * invisible to SELECTs after 2G transactions.  It is okay to do this
	 * because if the current transaction aborts, no other xact will ever
	 * examine the sequence tuple anyway.
	 */
	HeapTupleHeaderSetXmin(tuple->t_data, FrozenTransactionId);
	HeapTupleHeaderSetXminFrozen(tuple->t_data);
	HeapTupleHeaderSetCmin(tuple->t_data, FirstCommandId);
	HeapTupleHeaderSetXmax(tuple->t_data, InvalidTransactionId);
	tuple->t_data->t_infomask |= HEAP_XMAX_INVALID;
	ItemPointerSet(&tuple->t_data->t_ctid, 0, FirstOffsetNumber);

	/* check the comment above nextval_internal()'s equivalent call. */
	if (RelationNeedsWAL(rel))
		GetTopTransactionId();

	START_CRIT_SECTION();

	MarkBufferDirty(buf);

	offnum = PageAddItem(page, (Item) tuple->t_data, tuple->t_len,
						 InvalidOffsetNumber, false, false);
	if (offnum != FirstOffsetNumber)
		elog(ERROR, "failed to add sequence tuple to page");

	/* XLOG stuff */
	if (RelationNeedsWAL(rel))
	{
		xl_seq_rec	xlrec;
		XLogRecPtr	recptr;

		XLogBeginInsert();
		XLogRegisterBuffer(0, buf, REGBUF_WILL_INIT);