| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
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| To: | Michal Mosiewicz <mimo(at)interdata(dot)com(dot)pl> |
| Cc: | hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] fsync -> fdatasync in backend/storage/file/fd.c |
| Date: | 1998-04-17 01:27:10 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.BSF.3.96.980416222641.333H-100000@thelab.hub.org |
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On Fri, 17 Apr 1998, Michal Mosiewicz wrote:
> I don't remember if it has been mentioned.
>
> Anyhow, I think that it would be nice to change fsync'es into
> fdatasync'es (of course as an autoconf-igurable option). I don't think
> it's necessary to update all file's metadata each time a file is
> flushed.
>
> I dunno where it's implemented. But it's for sure implemented in Linux.
We don't have it (FreeBSD)...what does it do? *raised eyebrow*
And, how many ppl actually have fsync's enabled?
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org secondary: scrappy(at){freebsd|postgresql}.org
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