Re: [GSoC2014] Patch ALTER TABLE ... SET LOGGED - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 2014-07-16 20:25:42 +0200, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I quickly looked at this patch and I think there's major missing pieces
> around buffer management and wal logging.
> 
> a) Currently buffers that are in memory marked as
>    permanent/non-permanent aren't forced out to disk/pruned from cache,
>    not even when they're dirty.
> b) When converting from a unlogged to a logged table the relation needs
>    to be fsynced.
> c) Currently a unlogged table changed into a logged one will be
>    corrupted on a standby because its contents won't ever be WAL logged.

Forget that, didn't notice that you're setting tab->rewrite = true.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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