Recursively fsync() the data directory after a crash. Otherwise, if there's another crash, some writes from after the first crash might make it to disk while writes from before the crash fail to make it to disk. This could lead to data corruption.
Back-patch to all supported versions. Abhijit Menon-Sen, reviewed by Andres Freund and slightly revised by me. Branch ------ REL9_0_STABLE Details ------- http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/30ba0d0c21a825bc9c0565ea331be98068536b0e Modified Files -------------- src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c | 41 +++++++++++++ src/backend/storage/file/fd.c | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 2 +- src/include/storage/fd.h | 2 + src/include/utils/guc.h | 1 + 5 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- Sent via pgsql-committers mailing list (pgsql-committers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-committers
