Re: PostgreSQL's handling of fsync() errors is unsafe and risks data loss at least on XFS

From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet(at)lwn(dot)net>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Anthony Iliopoulos <ailiop(at)altatus(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Catalin Iacob <iacobcatalin(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL's handling of fsync() errors is unsafe and risks data loss at least on XFS
Date: 2018-04-11 14:40:31
Message-ID: 20180411084031.77dcb077@lwn.net
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On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 07:29:09 -0700
Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:

> If that room can be found, I might be able to make it. Being in SF, I'm
> probably the physically closest PG dev involved in the discussion.

OK, I've dropped the PC a note; hopefully you'll be hearing from them.

jon

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