On Fri, Aug 23, 2024 at 03:17:17PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 08.08.24 19:19, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> > Thank you for the feedback. Please find attached three separate patches.
> > One to add a new flag to initdb (--no-data-checksums), one to adjust the
> > tests to use this flag as needed, and the final to make the actual
> > switch of the default value (along with tests and docs).
>
> I think we can get started with the initdb --no-data-checksums option.
>
> The 0001 patch is missing documentation and --help output for this option.
> Also, some of the tests for the option that are in patch 0003 might be
> better in patch 0001.
>
> Separately, this
>
> - may incur a noticeable performance penalty. If set, checksums
> + may incur a small performance penalty. If set, checksums
>
> should perhaps be committed separately. I don't think the patch 0003 really
> changes the performance penalty. ;-)
I think "might" would be more precise than "may" above.
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