Re: initdb and fsync

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: 2012-07-13T21:35:06Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
I wrote:
> I'm picking up this patch now.  What I'm inclined to do about the -N
> business is to commit without that, so that we get a round of testing
> in the buildfarm and find out about any portability issues, but then
> change to use -N after a week or so.  I agree that in the long run
> we don't want regression tests to run with fsyncs by default.

Committed without the -N in pg_regress (for now).  I also stuck
sync_file_range into the backend's pg_flush_data --- it would be
interesting to hear measurements of whether that makes a noticeable
difference for CREATE DATABASE.

			regards, tom lane