> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Dunstan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 03 February 2003 22:47 > To: PostgreSQL Hackers > Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Win32 and fsync() > > > I'm having difficulty digging up the reference, but I think I > recall seeing something that said, roughly, on W32 there are > 2 sets of buffers - those in the user level library and those > in the kernel level driver, and FlushFileBuffers drains the > first, while _commit drains both (it includes a call to > FlushFileBuffers). > > I'm also fairly sure I saw something like > #define fsync _commit > in the Berkeley DB sources the other day, which might be a clue. > > I'll be happy to be corrected, though.
I too have yet to look at the Win32 patces, but if they have used FlushFileBuffers, perhaps that would explain my powerfail test results... Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
