code to better handle writethrough.
Chris Campbell
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<chapter Id="runtime">
values are
<literal>fsync</> (call <function>fsync()</> at each commit),
<literal>fdatasync</> (call <function>fdatasync()</> at each commit),
- <literal>fsync_writethrough</> (call <function>_commit()</> at each commit on Windows),
+ <literal>fsync_writethrough</> (force write-through of any disk write cache),
<literal>open_sync</> (write WAL files with <function>open()</> option <symbol>O_SYNC</>), and
<literal>open_datasync</> (write WAL files with <function>open()</> option <symbol>O_DSYNC</>).
Not all of these choices are available on all platforms.
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.192 2005/05/19 21:35:45 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.193 2005/05/20 14:53:25 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
* default method. We assume that fsync() is always available, and that
* configure determined whether fdatasync() is.
*/
-#define SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC 0
-#define SYNC_METHOD_FDATASYNC 1
-#define SYNC_METHOD_OPEN 2 /* used for both O_SYNC and
- * O_DSYNC */
-
#if defined(O_SYNC)
#define OPEN_SYNC_FLAG O_SYNC
#else
#define DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD_STR "open_datasync"
#define DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD SYNC_METHOD_OPEN
#define DEFAULT_SYNC_FLAGBIT OPEN_DATASYNC_FLAG
-#else
-#if defined(HAVE_FDATASYNC)
+#elif defined(HAVE_FDATASYNC)
#define DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD_STR "fdatasync"
#define DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD SYNC_METHOD_FDATASYNC
#define DEFAULT_SYNC_FLAGBIT 0
-#else
-#ifndef FSYNC_IS_WRITE_THROUGH
+#elif !defined(HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH_ONLY)
#define DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD_STR "fsync"
+#define DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC
+#define DEFAULT_SYNC_FLAGBIT 0
#else
#define DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD_STR "fsync_writethrough"
-#endif
-#define DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC
+#define DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH
#define DEFAULT_SYNC_FLAGBIT 0
#endif
-#endif
/* User-settable parameters */
/* these are derived from XLOG_sync_method by assign_xlog_sync_method */
-static int sync_method = DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD;
+int sync_method = DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD;
static int open_sync_bit = DEFAULT_SYNC_FLAGBIT;
#define XLOG_SYNC_BIT (enableFsync ? open_sync_bit : 0)
int new_sync_method;
int new_sync_bit;
-#ifndef FSYNC_IS_WRITE_THROUGH
if (pg_strcasecmp(method, "fsync") == 0)
-#else
- /* Win32 fsync() == _commit(), which writes through a write cache */
- if (pg_strcasecmp(method, "fsync_writethrough") == 0)
-#endif
{
new_sync_method = SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC;
new_sync_bit = 0;
}
+#ifdef HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH
+ else if (pg_strcasecmp(method, "fsync_writethrough") == 0)
+ {
+ new_sync_method = SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH;
+ new_sync_bit = 0;
+ }
+#endif
#ifdef HAVE_FDATASYNC
else if (pg_strcasecmp(method, "fdatasync") == 0)
{
switch (sync_method)
{
case SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC:
- if (pg_fsync(openLogFile) != 0)
+ if (pg_fsync_no_writethrough(openLogFile) != 0)
ereport(PANIC,
(errcode_for_file_access(),
errmsg("could not fsync log file %u, segment %u: %m",
openLogId, openLogSeg)));
break;
+#ifdef HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH
+ case SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH:
+ if (pg_fsync_writethrough(openLogFile) != 0)
+ ereport(PANIC,
+ (errcode_for_file_access(),
+ errmsg("could not fsync write-through log file %u, segment %u: %m",
+ openLogId, openLogSeg)));
+ break;
+#endif
#ifdef HAVE_FDATASYNC
case SYNC_METHOD_FDATASYNC:
if (pg_fdatasync(openLogFile) != 0)
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c,v 1.115 2004/12/31 22:00:51 pgsql Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c,v 1.116 2005/05/20 14:53:26 momjian Exp $
*
* NOTES:
*
/*
- * pg_fsync --- same as fsync except does nothing if enableFsync is off
+ * pg_fsync --- do fsync with or without writethrough
*/
int
pg_fsync(int fd)
+{
+#ifndef HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH_ONLY
+ if (sync_method != SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH)
+ return pg_fsync_no_writethrough(fd);
+ else
+#endif
+ return pg_fsync_writethrough(fd);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * pg_fsync_no_writethrough --- same as fsync except does nothing if
+ * enableFsync is off
+ */
+int
+pg_fsync_no_writethrough(int fd)
{
if (enableFsync)
return fsync(fd);
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * pg_fsync_writethrough
+ */
+int
+pg_fsync_writethrough(int fd)
+{
+ if (enableFsync)
+#ifdef WIN32
+ return _commit(fd);
+#elif defined(__darwin__)
+ return (fcntl(fd, F_FULLFSYNC, 0) == -1) ? -1 : 0;
+#else
+ return -1;
+#endif
+ else
+ return 0;
+}
+
/*
* pg_fdatasync --- same as fdatasync except does nothing if enableFsync is off
*
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/xlog.h,v 1.60 2005/04/28 21:47:17 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/access/xlog.h,v 1.61 2005/05/20 14:53:26 momjian Exp $
*/
#ifndef XLOG_H
#define XLOG_H
*/
#define XLOG_NO_TRAN XLR_INFO_MASK
+/* Sync methods */
+#define SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC 0
+#define SYNC_METHOD_FDATASYNC 1
+#define SYNC_METHOD_OPEN 2 /* for O_SYNC and O_DSYNC */
+#define SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH 3
+extern int sync_method;
+
/*
* List of these structs is used to pass data to XLogInsert().
*
#define __darwin__ 1
+
+#define HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH
+
-/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/win32.h,v 1.44 2005/03/24 04:36:19 momjian Exp $ */
+/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/win32.h,v 1.45 2005/05/20 14:53:26 momjian Exp $ */
/* undefine and redefine after #include */
#undef mkdir
#define mkdir(a,b) mkdir(a)
-#define fsync(a) _commit(a)
-#define FSYNC_IS_WRITE_THROUGH
+#define HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH
+#define HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH_ONLY
#define ftruncate(a,b) chsize(a,b)
#define USES_WINSOCK
* Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
* Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/fd.h,v 1.50 2004/12/31 22:03:42 pgsql Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/storage/fd.h,v 1.51 2005/05/20 14:53:26 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
SubTransactionId parentSubid);
extern void RemovePgTempFiles(void);
extern int pg_fsync(int fd);
+extern int pg_fsync_no_writethrough(int fd);
+extern int pg_fsync_writethrough(int fd);
extern int pg_fdatasync(int fd);
/* Filename components for OpenTemporaryFile */