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author | Michael Paquier | 2019-02-28 02:02:31 +0000 |
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committer | Michael Paquier | 2019-02-28 02:02:31 +0000 |
commit | adb1f93e73f2913bf6ff401b5c819fce85479503 (patch) | |
tree | 3b9fb50c2b2c0b16bff65e240619db843d1f08e2 | |
parent | 904fce2a7695521d2cf25a3a08676f3c96d4096c (diff) |
Improve documentation of data_sync_retry
Reflecting an updated parameter value requires a server restart, which
was not mentioned in the documentation and in postgresql.conf.sample.
Reported-by: Thomas Poty
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/15659-0cd812f13027a2d8@postgresql.org
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample | 4 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index f59428f6f2c..c485f4635db 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -7530,7 +7530,8 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir' <para> When set to false, which is the default, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> will raise a PANIC-level error on failure to flush modified data files - to the filesystem. This causes the database server to crash. + to the filesystem. This causes the database server to crash. This + parameter can only be set at server start. </para> <para> On some operating systems, the status of data in the kernel's page diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample index 756dfb396a7..b8d7d857108 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample +++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample @@ -620,7 +620,9 @@ #exit_on_error = off # terminate session on any error? #restart_after_crash = on # reinitialize after backend crash? -#data_sync_retry = off # retry or panic on failure to fsync data? +#data_sync_retry = off # retry or panic on failure to fsync + # data? + # (change requires restart) #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |