Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Sync vs. fsync during checkpoint

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Florian Weimer <fw(at)deneb(dot)enyo(dot)de>, shridhar(at)frodo(dot)hserus(dot)net, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Sync vs. fsync during checkpoint
Date: 2004-02-16 15:44:16
Message-ID: 200402161544.i1GFiGV22315@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> The best idea I've heard so far is the one about sync() followed by
> a bunch of fsync()s. That seems to be correct, efficient, and dependent
> only on very-long-established Unix semantics.

Agreed.

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