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Re: [PATCH] Revert default wal_sync_method to fdatasync on Linux 2.6.33+

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-12-07T02:05:12Z
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> Whether it's complex or not isn't really the issue.  The issue is that
> what test_fsync is testing had better match what the backend does, or
> people will be making choices based on not-comparable test results.
> I think we should have test_fsync just automatically fold in O_DIRECT
> the same way the backend does.

OK, patch coming then.  Right now test_fsync aborts when O_DIRECT fails.
 What should I have it do instead?

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