Re: Final(?) proposal for wal_sync_method changes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: Final(?) proposal for wal_sync_method changes
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Msg-id 4CFEC8CD.9000606@agliodbs.com
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In response to Re: Final(?) proposal for wal_sync_method changes  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Final(?) proposal for wal_sync_method changes  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> I am unclear as to the reason why there is a test for
> HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH_ONLY in pg_fsync().  Perhaps that is also
> leftover from a previous vision of how this all works?  Or does an
> fsync() call actually fail on Windows?

No, fsync responds fine.  It just don't actually sync to disk.

--                                  -- Josh Berkus                                    PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
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