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Re: pgsql: Recursively fsync() the data directory after a crash. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: pgsql: Recursively fsync() the data directory after a crash.
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Msg-id 555943FB.8090703@gmx.net
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In response to pgsql: Recursively fsync() the data directory after a crash.  (Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>)
Responses Re: pgsql: Recursively fsync() the data directory after a crash.  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 5/4/15 2:23 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> Recursively fsync() the data directory after a crash.
>
> Otherwise, if there's another crash, some writes from after the first
> crash might make it to disk while writes from before the crash fail
> to make it to disk.  This could lead to data corruption.

If there a reason why in pre_sync_fname(), the error message does not
contain a %m?

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