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Re: Use pg_pwritev_with_retry() instead of write() in dir_open_for_write() to avoid partial writes? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: Use pg_pwritev_with_retry() instead of write() in dir_open_for_write() to avoid partial writes?
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In response to Re: Use pg_pwritev_with_retry() instead of write() in dir_open_for_write() to avoid partial writes?  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 05:10:56PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> I just tried to use pg_pwrite_zeros - and couldn't because it doesn't have an
> offset parameter.  Huh, what lead to the function being so constrained?

Its current set of uses cases, where we only use it now to initialize
with zeros with WAL segments.  If you have a case that plans to use
that stuff with an offset, no problem with me.
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Michael
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