Tom Lane wrote: > > It really just shows whether the fsync fater the close has similar > > timing to the one before the close. That was the best way I could think > > to test it. > > Sure, but where's the "separate process" part? What this seems to test > is whether a single process can sync its own writes through a different > file descriptor; which is interesting but by no means the only thing we > need to be sure of if we want to make the bgwriter handle syncing.
I am not sure how to easily test if a separate process can do the same. I am sure it can be done, but for me it was enough to see that it works in a single process. Unix isn't very process-centered for I/O, so I don't think it would make much of a difference. Now, Win32, that might be an issue. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings