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

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Isn't SetForwardFsyncRequests going to cause the final mdsync to fail?

> Yes, I just noticed that myself, testing it for the first time. That
> check needs to be suppressed in the startup checkpoint.

Ugh.  Better would be to move the responsibility for the final
checkpoint to the bgwriter.

However, this whole line of thought still seems to be leading towards
"fix the patch", and I don't have much confidence that we can have a
trustworthy fix today.  What about "revert the patch"?

            regards, tom lane