Re: [PATCHES] Cleaning up unreferenced table files - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] Cleaning up unreferenced table files
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Msg-id 16523.1115610846@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [PATCHES] Cleaning up unreferenced table files  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
>> [ shrug ]  It's still broken, and the reason is that there's no
>> equivalent of fsync for directory operations.  Consider

> Traditionally that's because directory operations were always
> synchronous, and hence didn't need to be fsynced.

That might be true with respect to the process requesting the directory
operation ... but I think you missed the point entirely.
        regards, tom lane


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