Re: Patch to improve reliability of postgresql on linux nfs

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>
Cc: "ktm(at)rice(dot)edu" <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>, George Barnett <gbarnett(at)atlassian(dot)com>, Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch to improve reliability of postgresql on linux nfs
Date: 2011-09-12 14:37:35
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYOTEehj8iOJ6Jc_3XNNwwW7D02P5+SJwBd_8NQLH4ygQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> wrote:
> Really, it's not *that* hard to put a retry loop around "read" and "write".

+1. I don't see what we're gaining by digging in our heels on this
one. Retry loops around read() and write() are pretty routine, and I
wouldn't like to bet this is the only case where not having them could
cause an unnecessary failure.

Now, that having been said, I *really* think we could use some better
documentation on which mount options we believe to be safe, and not
just for NFS. Right now we have practically nothing.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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