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

From: Kevin Brown <kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] Sync vs. fsync during checkpoint
Date: 2004-02-03 10:38:42
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Some Moron at sysexperts.com wrote:
> At checkpoint time, for each backend list, the bgwriter grabs a write
> lock on the list, copies it into its own memory space, truncates the
> list, and then releases the read lock.

Sigh. I meant to say that it then releases the *write* lock.

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Kevin Brown kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com

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