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authorThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2023-07-14 11:59:07 +1200
committerThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2023-07-14 12:30:13 +1200
commitd0c28601efaa8b04f11a19506f3371bba8438acc (patch)
tree04f752fbb2ade2b6fc9f44d1c0c4d9978c98e01b
parentaea7fe33fb6a96133c47cf4b3af25a7c62f49c06 (diff)
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Remove wal_sync_method=fsync_writethrough on Windows.
The "fsync" level already flushes drive write caches on Windows (as does "fdatasync"), so it only confuses matters to have an apparently higher level that isn't actually different at all. That leaves "fsync_writethrough" only for macOS, where it actually does something different. Reviewed-by: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA%2BhUKGJ2CG2SouPv2mca2WCTOJxYumvBARRcKPraFMB6GSEMcA%40mail.gmail.com
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml5
-rw-r--r--src/backend/storage/file/fd.c6
-rw-r--r--src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c4
-rw-r--r--src/include/port/win32_port.h8
4 files changed, 5 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
index ed7929cbcd7..4aad0e1a075 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml
@@ -109,9 +109,8 @@
<literal>open_datasync</literal> (the default), write caching can be disabled
by unchecking <literal>My Computer\Open\<replaceable>disk drive</replaceable>\Properties\Hardware\Properties\Policies\Enable write caching on the disk</literal>.
Alternatively, set <varname>wal_sync_method</varname> to
- <literal>fdatasync</literal> (NTFS only), <literal>fsync</literal> or
- <literal>fsync_writethrough</literal>, which prevent
- write caching.
+ <literal>fdatasync</literal> (NTFS only) or <literal>fsync</literal>,
+ which prevent write caching.
</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c b/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c
index 3c2a2fbef73..a027a8aabc2 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/file/fd.c
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ pg_fsync(int fd)
#endif
/* #if is to skip the sync_method test if there's no need for it */
-#if defined(HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH) && !defined(FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH_IS_FSYNC)
+#if defined(HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH)
if (sync_method == SYNC_METHOD_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH)
return pg_fsync_writethrough(fd);
else
@@ -437,9 +437,7 @@ pg_fsync_writethrough(int fd)
{
if (enableFsync)
{
-#ifdef WIN32
- return _commit(fd);
-#elif defined(F_FULLFSYNC)
+#if defined(F_FULLFSYNC)
return (fcntl(fd, F_FULLFSYNC, 0) == -1) ? -1 : 0;
#else
errno = ENOSYS;
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c b/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
index 435df8d808d..14fa4acae26 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
@@ -605,9 +605,7 @@ signal_cleanup(SIGNAL_ARGS)
static int
pg_fsync_writethrough(int fd)
{
-#ifdef WIN32
- return _commit(fd);
-#elif defined(F_FULLFSYNC)
+#if defined(F_FULLFSYNC)
return (fcntl(fd, F_FULLFSYNC, 0) == -1) ? -1 : 0;
#else
errno = ENOSYS;
diff --git a/src/include/port/win32_port.h b/src/include/port/win32_port.h
index 0e6d6083308..27a11c7868e 100644
--- a/src/include/port/win32_port.h
+++ b/src/include/port/win32_port.h
@@ -84,14 +84,6 @@
/* Windows doesn't have fsync() as such, use _commit() */
#define fsync(fd) _commit(fd)
-/*
- * For historical reasons, we allow setting wal_sync_method to
- * fsync_writethrough on Windows, even though it's really identical to fsync
- * (both code paths wind up at _commit()).
- */
-#define HAVE_FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH
-#define FSYNC_WRITETHROUGH_IS_FSYNC
-
#define USES_WINSOCK
/*