Re: fsync-pgdata-on-recovery tries to write to more files than previously - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: fsync-pgdata-on-recovery tries to write to more files than previously
Date
Msg-id 22839.1432576948@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: fsync-pgdata-on-recovery tries to write to more files than previously  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: fsync-pgdata-on-recovery tries to write to more files than previously  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
Re: fsync-pgdata-on-recovery tries to write to more files than previously  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> I've not followed this thread all that closely, but I do tend to agree
> with the idea of "only try to mess with files that are *clearly* ours to
> mess with."

Well, that opens us to errors of omission, ie failing to fsync things we
should have.  Maybe that's an okay risk, but personally I'd judge that
"fsync everything and ignore (some?) errors" is probably a more robust
approach over time.
        regards, tom lane



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