On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Tomas Vondra <tomas.von...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > > On 01/19/2016 07:44 AM, Michael Paquier wrote: >> >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Michael Paquier >> <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Michael Paquier >>> <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Tomas Vondra >>>> <tomas.von...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Attached is v2 of the patch, that >>>>> >>>>> (a) adds explicit fsync on the parent directory after all the rename() >>>>> calls in timeline.c, xlog.c, xlogarchive.c and pgarch.c >>>>> >>>>> (b) adds START/END_CRIT_SECTION around the new fsync_fname calls >>>>> (except for those in timeline.c, as the START/END_CRIT_SECTION is >>>>> not available there) >>>>> >>>>> The patch is fairly trivial and I've done some rudimentary testing, but >>>>> I'm >>>>> sure I haven't exercised all the modified paths. >>>> >>>> >>>> I would like to have an in-depth look at that after finishing the >>>> current CF, I am the manager of this one after all... Could you >>>> register it to 2016-01 CF for the time being? I don't mind being >>>> beaten by someone else if this someone has some room to look at this >>>> patch.. >>> >>> >>> And please feel free to add my name as reviewer. >> >> >> Tomas, I am planning to have a look at that, because it seems to be >> important. In case it becomes lost on my radar, do you mind if I add >> it to the 2016-03 CF? > > > Well, what else can I do? I have to admit I'm quite surprised this is still > rotting here, considering it addresses a rather serious data loss / > corruption issue on pretty common setup.
Well, I think you did what you could. And we need to be sure now that it gets in and that this patch gets a serious lookup. So for now my guess is that not loosing track of it would be a good first move. I have added it here to attract more attention: https://commitfest.postgresql.org/9/484/ -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers