Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qo3pK-0001nr-1z for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:30:18 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qo3oJ-0005Eb-FZ for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:29:16 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qo3oJ-0005De-1J for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:29:16 +0000 Received: from mail-qv1-xf32.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::f32]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1qo3oH-00015R-5e for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:29:15 +0000 Received: by mail-qv1-xf32.google.com with SMTP id 6a1803df08f44-65af75a0209so12664746d6.3 for ; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 08:29:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1696433351; x=1697038151; darn=postgresql.org; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=H11hI3I1rAX8KtYvRbuVHud/mSFq43KWSf1L1IL9nmQ=; b=eHPpLIzN6KdBHONkEXNyj7+tg6fDcpcZl4oXK+j/BEHPI3uXq/nmI9kp5SV0DPoAXv OFj7uSO31iZsyqmkwOYNOjIa+TJoj2U5CkMrSfsA9SFFDrXl4QdnR27QHbTCXpA2j7Ox ZOxvcW3DY6E6WQdQTXQz+2g/4UtiQRwgAtUw7BCCdpvOVNBLEhIVMDsquoTildigmQju wmtO8EUTtiEaimxprAxdZ5nWirtR49fbZ/XeZo8qbcXVrCRWniGg+3o9l/ORV96XZACM cRdJmqk4hA6ov8sOi1bOr4zIo+wavEPfKSTkcNJdhvyCaMz6JGlxQ3R/x/LKRKSZcxZy VtAA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1696433351; x=1697038151; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=H11hI3I1rAX8KtYvRbuVHud/mSFq43KWSf1L1IL9nmQ=; b=CJRrnRUEP0264gw3aQxHBKBVjWSlGyLwM5U0V5c+xve/ClelhYlt+DsHahOTOmJxam tyUAPboanc1c1kwX/Pnb61Ubxst8P2WfpEqYZOnx4fiDgqwvCMiTGY+NQEbHJ9dvFNTO OmpEgk4HFWaVFOvYjviZuyWk5H453GikOp1T8FQa9RshVqyjgdEILZqZCWRLQKl73oJA YylkrgWKhFNQJaM04VUDgaMSTmbJ8OL8FrICixQIiZnKufwdh9pT83p5sz5UAruocCbh dRzVo7BerC5nPPamfVd1+yseFfkNaO+vtH86f1QzM0MwX20txKdsXsO8a0NwywL/g8aJ fHEg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YyyzQhGwFrElnXdf1gnL7YDlH8FTooY/wMIpyefO2ei+4/pQ1k0 Vg76Um3b9QY57tuTLdmzWARIJ5SPoG2EqA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IE1lIFkaFRXgXonakcufvvZiwJ8WXuXXfOpkS1cUyE+z1cermHVZ+lbRA/9+4AgXdCzITDy+g== X-Received: by 2002:a0c:e401:0:b0:65a:f894:69c4 with SMTP id o1-20020a0ce401000000b0065af89469c4mr2347340qvl.35.1696433351059; Wed, 04 Oct 2023 08:29:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nathanxps13 ([2600:380:6538:126f:4fc8:9bcf:e389:a32f]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d19-20020a0ce453000000b00655ec7bbfd0sm1395220qvm.7.2023.10.04.08.29.09 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 04 Oct 2023 08:29:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 10:29:07 -0500 From: Nathan Bossart To: Peter Eisentraut Cc: Michael Paquier , Justin Pryzby , Thomas Munro , David Steele , Fujii Masao , Bruce Momjian , Tom Lane , Michael Brown , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: should frontend tools use syncfs() ? Message-ID: <20231004152907.GD3178@nathanxps13> References: <20220413115412.GM26620@telsasoft.com> <20230729214010.GA189456@nathanxps13> <20230731175138.GA432880@nathanxps13> <20230731183946.GB537853@nathanxps13> <20230801163707.GA862840@nathanxps13> <20230808200606.GA1384393@nathanxps13> <20230816151705.GB2651383@nathanxps13> <42804669-7063-1320-ed37-3226d5f1067d@eisentraut.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42804669-7063-1320-ed37-3226d5f1067d@eisentraut.org> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 01:56:08PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > I think it's a bit much to add a whole appendix for that little content. I'm inclined to agree. > We have a collection of platform-specific notes in chapter 19, including > file-system-related notes in section 19.2. Maybe it could be put there? I will give this a try. -- Nathan Bossart Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com