[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I don't believe that fsync() on Linux syncs the whole file system
> either.

Indeed.  I'd disregard this as coming from someone who knows much
less than he thinks.

(The most likely explanation for his results, I expect, is that FreeBSD
is trying to fsync and the disk drive is lying to it, whereas on his
comparison Linux machine the drive is not configured to lie about
write-complete.)

                        regards, tom lane

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