Re: Should pg_stat_bgwriter.buffers_backend_fsync be removed?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Should pg_stat_bgwriter.buffers_backend_fsync be removed?
Date: 2014-04-27 04:16:25
Message-ID: 32548.1398572185@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com> writes:
> Backend fsyncs are theoretically still possible after the fsync
> request queue compaction patch (which was subsequently back-patched to
> all supported release branches). However, I'm reasonably confident
> that that patch was so effective as to make a backend fsync all but
> impossible.

What's your evidence for that claim?

regards, tom lane

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