Re: [pgsql-patches] O_DIRECT support for Windows

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: ITAGAKI Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-patches] O_DIRECT support for Windows
Date: 2007-04-13 17:35:46
Message-ID: 200704131735.l3DHZks09850@momjian.us
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Patch applied by Magnus.

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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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