Re: fsync-pgdata-on-recovery tries to write to more files than previously

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>
Subject: Re: fsync-pgdata-on-recovery tries to write to more files than previously
Date: 2015-05-26 16:31:48
Message-ID: 17342.1432657908@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> On 05/26/2015 11:58 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> One thing perhaps we *should* be selective about, though, is which
>> symlinks we try to follow. I think that a good case could be made
>> for ignoring symlinks everywhere except in the pg_tablespace directory.
>> If we did, that would all by itself take care of the Debian scenario,
>> if I understand that case correctly.

> People have symlinked the xlog directory.

Good point, we need to cover that case.

regards, tom lane

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