Re: pendingOps table is not cleared with fsync=off

Shawn Debnath <sdn@amazon.com> writes:
> Good catch. Question is, are the users aware of the requirement to do a 
> manual fsync if they flip the fsync GUC off and then on? Should we do 
> this on their behalf to make a good faith attempt to ensure things are 
> flushed properly via an assign hook?

No.  Or at least, expecting that you can do that from an assign hook
is impossibly wrong-headed.  GUC assign hooks can't have failure modes.

            regards, tom lane