Re: BUG #4879: bgwriter fails to fsync the file in recovery mode

On Thu, 2009-06-25 at 15:10 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:

> So to summarize the state of play, it seems
> we have these issues:
>
> * need to delete startup process's local pendingOpsTable once bgwriter
> is launched, so that requests go to bgwriter instead

Need to ensure that fsync requests are directed to the process that will
act on the fsync requests.

> * need to push end-of-recovery checkpoint into bgwriter

That's probably the easiest thing to do, but the issue is that we must
fsync all files mentioned in the pendingOpsTable in *any* process that
has been accumulating such requests.

> * need to do something about IsRecovery tests that will now be executed
> in bgwriter

Yes

> * need to fix mistaken code in FinishPreparedTransaction

Yes

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