Re: Can we trust fsync?

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can we trust fsync?
Date: 2013-11-21 00:36:26
Message-ID: 20131121.093626.2070011915932284629.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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> On 11/21/2013 07:45 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
>> I'm really concerned by this post on Linux's fsync and disk flush behaviour:
>>
>> http://milek.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/linux-osync-and-write-barriers.html
>
> ... and yes, I realise that's partly why we have the "fsync" param to
> control different sync modes. Just concerned it's even more variable
> than I thought.

So on linux, we don't have any safe option for wal_sync_method?
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Tatsuo Ishii
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