Re: Changeset Extraction v7.9.1

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <ringerc(at)ringerc(dot)id(dot)au>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Changeset Extraction v7.9.1
Date: 2014-03-17 13:13:38
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZuBJmqU9dpYa-4RB8KhT5C5ObaJD1sJkTq5nR6cPLuqw@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> Perhaps there could be a switch for an fsync interval, or something
>> like that. The default could be, say, to fsync every 10 seconds. And
>> if you want to change it, then go ahead; 0 disables. Writing to
>> standard output would be documented as unreliable. Other ideas
>> welcome.
>
> Hm. That'll be a bit nasty. fsync() is async signal safe, but it's still
> forbidden to be called from a signal on windows IIRC. I guess we can
> couple it with the standby_message_timeout stuff.

Eh... I don't see any need to involve signals. I'd just check after
each write() whether enough time has passed, or something like that.

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Robert Haas
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