Re: [GENERAL] open_sync fails

2008-07-24 Thread Rick Weber
Definitely believable. It gives me an internal avenue to chase down. Thanks --Rick Alvaro Herrera wrote: Rick Weber wrote: While working on tuning my database, I was experimenting with changing the wal_sync_method to try to find the optimal value. The really odd thing is when I swi

Re: [GENERAL] open_sync fails

2008-07-24 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Rick Weber wrote: > While working on tuning my database, I was experimenting with changing > the wal_sync_method to try to find the optimal value. The really odd > thing is when I switch to open_sync (O_SYNC), Postgres immediately fails > and gives me an error message of: > > 2008-07-22 11:

Re: [GENERAL] open_sync fails

2008-07-24 Thread Tom Lane
Rick Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Basic system setup: > Linux 2.4 kernel (heavily modified) "Heavily modified" meaning what exactly? Given that no one else has reported such a thing, and the obvious bogosity of the errno code, I'd certainly first cast suspicion on the kernel.