| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, Michael Clemmons <glassresistor(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: Faster CREATE DATABASE by delaying fsync (was 8.4.1 ubuntu karmic slow createdb) |
| Date: | 2010-02-02 17:50:15 |
| Message-ID: | 23321.1265133015@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On Tuesday 02 February 2010 18:36:12 Robert Haas wrote:
>> I took a look at this patch today and I agree with Tom that
>> pg_fsync_start() is a very confusing name. I don't know what the
>> right name is, but this doesn't fsync so I don't think it shuld have
>> fsync in the name. Maybe something like pg_advise_abandon() or
>> pg_abandon_cache(). The current name is really wishful thinking:
>> you're hoping that it will make the kernel start the fsync, but it
>> might not. I think pg_start_data_flush() is similarly optimistic.
> What about: pg_fsync_prepare().
prepare_for_fsync()?
regards, tom lane
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