pgsql: Before exiting walreceiver, fsync() all the WAL received. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject pgsql: Before exiting walreceiver, fsync() all the WAL received.
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Msg-id E1PemJe-00079V-7H@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Before exiting walreceiver, fsync() all the WAL received.

Otherwise WAL recovery will replay the un-flushed WAL after walreceiver has
exited, which can lead to a non-recoverable standby if the system crashes hard
at that point.

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master

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http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=34ef02b4d4c06e2bae6ad09cfd6d9c097eb73743

Modified Files
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src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c |    3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


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