Re: initdb and fsync

Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>

To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org

Date: 2012-06-13T04:09:11Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

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initdb-fsync-20120612.patch.gz (application/x-gzip) patch

On Sun, 2012-03-25 at 19:59 -0700, Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Sat, 2012-03-17 at 17:48 +0100, Cédric Villemain wrote:
> > I agree with Andres.
> > 
> > 
> > I believe we should use sync_file_range (_before?) with linux.
> > 
> > And we can use posix_fadvise_dontneed on other kernels.
> > 
> OK, updated patch attached. sync_file_range() is preferred,
> posix_fadvise() is a fallback.
> 

Rebased patch attached. No other changes.

Regards,
	Jeff Davis