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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c b/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
index 11e83812d0c..41ca4c14495 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c,v 1.202 2006/01/06 00:04:20 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c,v 1.203 2006/03/03 00:02:01 tgl Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
#include "lib/stringinfo.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "postmaster/bgwriter.h"
#include "storage/buf_internals.h"
#include "storage/bufmgr.h"
#include "storage/bufpage.h"
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@
#define LocalBufHdrGetBlock(bufHdr) \
LocalBufferBlockPointers[-((bufHdr)->buf_id + 2)]
+/* interval for calling AbsorbFsyncRequests in BufferSync */
+#define WRITES_PER_ABSORB 1000
+
/* GUC variables */
bool zero_damaged_pages = false;
@@ -892,6 +896,7 @@ BufferSync(void)
{
int buf_id;
int num_to_scan;
+ int absorb_counter;
/*
* Find out where to start the circular scan.
@@ -905,9 +910,23 @@ BufferSync(void)
* Loop over all buffers.
*/
num_to_scan = NBuffers;
+ absorb_counter = WRITES_PER_ABSORB;
while (num_to_scan-- > 0)
{
- (void) SyncOneBuffer(buf_id, false);
+ if (SyncOneBuffer(buf_id, false))
+ {
+ /*
+ * If in bgwriter, absorb pending fsync requests after each
+ * WRITES_PER_ABSORB write operations, to prevent overflow of
+ * the fsync request queue. If not in bgwriter process, this is
+ * a no-op.
+ */
+ if (--absorb_counter <= 0)
+ {
+ AbsorbFsyncRequests();
+ absorb_counter = WRITES_PER_ABSORB;
+ }
+ }
if (++buf_id >= NBuffers)
buf_id = 0;
}