Re: Allowing WAL fsync to be done via O_SYNC - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

"Mikheev, Vadim" <vmikheev@SECTORBASE.COM> writes:
> I was wondering if the multiple writes performed to the 
> XLOG could be grouped into one write().
>> 
>> That would require fairly major restructuring of xlog.c, which I don't

> Restructing? Why? It's only XLogWrite() who make writes.

I was thinking of changing the data structure.  I guess you could keep
the data structure the same and make XLogWrite more complicated, though.

>> I think it probably is a good idea to restructure xlog.c so 
>> that it can write more than one page at a time --- but it's
>> not such a great idea that I want to hold up the release any
>> more for it.

> Agreed.

Yes, to-do item for 7.2.
        regards, tom lane