On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 11:14:07AM +0100, Jakub Wartak wrote: > On Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM Thomas Munro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 4:31 AM Dimitrios Apostolou <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry to ping again, but was there a conclusion reached regarding adding > > > the new file_extend_method setting? > > > > No objections appeared, so the conclusion I am drawing is that we > > should do this, > > Hi Thomas, > > +1 to this GUCs as this would also help the nearby thread with XFS > mysteries which are not fully solved [1]. Since the latest message in > that discussion, I'm aware of at least one additional report of XFS > failing at fallocate() with free space too, but without any details > from the OS support vendor why that happened, so this $patch could be > also used to workaround that problem too.
Uh, the problem with backpatching new GUCs is that the GUC variable will _not_ appear in any postgresql.conf file until a new initdb is run. This can be quite confusing for people. The minor release notes have to explain this. -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Do not let urgent matters crowd out time for investment in the future.
