On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 06:28:46PM +1300, Thomas Munro wrote: > +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
> + <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will recursively open and fsync > + all files in the data directory before crash recovery begins. This Maybe it should say "data, tablespace, and WAL directories", or just "critical directories". > + { > + {"recovery_init_sync_method", PGC_POSTMASTER, > ERROR_HANDLING_OPTIONS, > + gettext_noop("Sets the method for synchronizing the > data directory before crash recovery."), > + }, "and tablespaces and WAL" -- Justin