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Re: Sync Rep for 2011CF1

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-02-16T17:43:13Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> On 16.02.2011 19:29, Robert Haas wrote:
>>
>> Actually, on further reflection, I'm not even sure why we bother with
>> the fsync.  It seems like a useful safeguard but I'm not seeing how we
>> can get to that point without having fsync'd everything anyway.  Am I
>> missing something?
>
> WalRcvDie() is called on error. For example, if the connection dies
> unexpectedly during walrcv_receive().

Ah, OK.

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Robert Haas
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