Re: [pgsql-patches] O_DIRECT support for Windows

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ITAGAKI Takahiro wrote:
> The attached is a patch to define O_DIRECT by ourselves on Windows,
> and to map O_DIRECT to FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING.
>
> There will be a consistency in our support between Windows and other OSes
> that have O_DIRECT. Also, there is the following comment that says, I read,
> we should do so.
> | handle other flags? (eg FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFERING/FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH)
>
> Is this worth doing? Do we need more performance reports for the change?
>
> Regards,
> ---
> ITAGAKI Takahiro
> NTT Open Source Software Center

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