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

On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 16:48 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:

> * I find the RecoveryInProgress test in XLogNeedsFlush rather dubious.
> Why is it okay to disable that?  For at least one of the two callers
> (SetHintBits) it seems like the safe answer is "true" not "false".
> This doesn't matter too much yet but it will for hot standby.

IIUC you think it is safest to *not* write hint bits during Hot Standby?

So we would treat all commits as async commits?

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