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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample2
-rw-r--r--src/include/port/freebsd.h9
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index bd57e917e16..db6db376eb0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
#wal_sync_method = fsync # the default is the first option
# supported by the operating system:
# open_datasync
- # fdatasync (default on Linux)
+ # fdatasync (default on Linux and FreeBSD)
# fsync
# fsync_writethrough
# open_sync
diff --git a/src/include/port/freebsd.h b/src/include/port/freebsd.h
index 2e36d3da4f4..2e2e749a6b6 100644
--- a/src/include/port/freebsd.h
+++ b/src/include/port/freebsd.h
@@ -1 +1,10 @@
/* src/include/port/freebsd.h */
+
+/*
+ * Set the default wal_sync_method to fdatasync. xlogdefs.h's normal rules
+ * would prefer open_datasync on FreeBSD 13+, but that is not a good choice on
+ * many systems.
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_FDATASYNC
+#define PLATFORM_DEFAULT_SYNC_METHOD SYNC_METHOD_FDATASYNC
+#endif