Re: [HACKERS] fsync method checking

From: markw(at)osdl(dot)org
To: pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us
Cc: manfred(at)colorfullife(dot)com, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com, Q(at)ping(dot)be, markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] fsync method checking
Date: 2004-03-26 17:00:56
Message-ID: 200403261701.i2QH0x203524@mail.osdl.org
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On 26 Mar, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> markw(at)osdl(dot)org wrote:
>> On 26 Mar, Manfred Spraul wrote:
>> > markw(at)osdl(dot)org wrote:
>> >
>> >>Compare file sync methods with one 8k write:
>> >> (o_dsync unavailable)
>> >> open o_sync, write 6.270724
>> >> write, fdatasync 13.275225
>> >> write, fsync, 13.359847
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Odd. Which filesystem, which kernel? It seems fdatasync is broken and
>> > syncs the inode, too.
>>
>> It's linux-2.6.5-rc1 with ext2 filesystems.
>
> Would you benchmark open_sync for wal_sync_method too?

Oh yeah. Will try to get results later today.

Mark

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