PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years

Re:PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years by guenthert on Sunday February 10, 2019 @02:12PM (#19129428)

He is (so much was plain). If those sub-optimal patches are accepted against expectations, a follow up patch with improvements can, in due time, be submitted.

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Re:PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years by acqq on Sunday February 10, 2019 @02:25PM (#19129495)

Then please explain how would you create a patch where the only new content is a loop around the existing call to write but “sell” it “with a duck“ easier?

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Re:PostgreSQL used fsync incorrectly for 20 years by guenthert on Sunday February 10, 2019 @07:24PM (#19131112)

Try with a never-ending loop? That surely gets rejected ;-)

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