Re: Can we trust fsync?

On 11/21/2013 07:45 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
> I'm really concerned by this post on Linux's fsync and disk flush behaviour:
> 
> http://milek.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/linux-osync-and-write-barriers.html

... and yes, I realise that's partly why we have the "fsync" param to
control different sync modes. Just concerned it's even more variable
than I thought.


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