pgsql: Fsync directory after creating or unlinking file. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Teodor Sigaev
Subject pgsql: Fsync directory after creating or unlinking file.
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Msg-id E1csXaY-0000dh-Fu@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fsync directory after creating or unlinking file.

If file was created/deleted just before powerloss it's possible that
file system will miss that. To prevent it, call fsync() where creating/
unlinkg file is critical.

Author: Michael Paquier
Reviewed-by: Ashutosh Bapat, Takayuki Tsunakawa, me

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/1b02be21f271db6bd3cd43abb23fa596fcb6bac3

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/transam/clog.c      | 14 +++++++++++++
src/backend/access/transam/commit_ts.c | 12 +++++++++++
src/backend/access/transam/twophase.c  |  8 ++++++++
src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c      | 19 ++++++-----------
src/backend/storage/file/fd.c          | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/include/storage/fd.h               |  1 +
6 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)


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