Re: [HACKERS] win32 performance - fsync question
- From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
- To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
- Cc: Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, Michael Paesold <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org, Merlin Moncure <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>
- Subject: Re: [HACKERS] win32 performance - fsync question
- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:36:19 -0500
- Message-id: <26678(dot)1111088179(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> ISTM Windows' idea of fsync is quite different from Unix's and therefore
>> we should name the wal_sync_method that invokes it something different
>> than fsync. "write_through" or some such?
> Ah, I remember now. On Win32 our fsync is:
> #define fsync(a) _commit(a)
> I am wondering if we should call the new mode open_commit or
> open_writethrough. Our typical rule is to tie it to the API call, which
> should suggest open_commit.
fsync_writethrough, perhaps. I don't see any "open" about it.
regards, tom lane
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