Re: We really ought to do something about O_DIRECT and data=journalled on ext4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: We really ought to do something about O_DIRECT and data=journalled on ext4
Date: 2010-12-01 03:09:01
Message-ID: 12232.1291172941@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> Apparently, testing for O_DIRECT at compile time isn't adequate. Ideas?

We should wait for the outcome of the discussion about whether to change
the default wal_sync_method before worrying about this.

regards, tom lane

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