| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | mimo(at)interdata(dot)com(dot)pl (Michal Mosiewicz) |
| Cc: | hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] fsync -> fdatasync in backend/storage/file/fd.c |
| Date: | 1998-04-17 01:38:03 |
| Message-ID: | 199804170138.VAA05238@candle.pha.pa.us |
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>
> I don't remember if it has been mentioned.
>
> Anyhow, I think that it would be nice to change fsync'es into
> fdatasync'es (of course as an autoconf-igurable option). I don't think
> it's necessary to update all file's metadata each time a file is
> flushed.
>
> I dunno where it's implemented. But it's for sure implemented in Linux.
>
We have a way of keeping proper consistency with a system sync() every
30 seconds. See the archive. I think it is on the short list.
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