Add file_extend_method=posix_fallocate,write_zeros.
Provide a way to disable the use of posix_fallocate() for relation
files. It was introduced by commit 4d330a61bb1. The new setting
file_extend_method=write_zeros can be used as a workaround for problems
reported from the field:
* BTRFS compression is disabled by the use of posix_fallocate()
* XFS could produce spurious ENOSPC errors in some Linux kernel
versions, though that problem is reported to have been fixed
The default is file_extend_method=posix_fallocate if available, as
before. The write_zeros option is similar to PostgreSQL < 16, except
that now it's multi-block.
Backpatch-through: 16
Reviewed-by: Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com>
Reported-by: Dimitrios Apostolou <jimis@gmx.net>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/b1843124-fd22-e279-a31f-252dffb6fbf2%40gmx.net
Branch
------
REL_18_STABLE
Details
-------
https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/33e3de6d77e87d6c3c6f8f878dd8de42d37c3b8f
Modified Files
--------------
doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/backend/storage/file/fd.c | 3 +++
src/backend/storage/smgr/md.c | 21 +++++++++++----
src/backend/utils/misc/guc_tables.c | 19 ++++++++++++++
src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample | 4 +++
src/include/storage/fd.h | 11 ++++++++
6 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
