On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 05:08:24PM +1300, Thomas Munro wrote:
> If we want this it should be an option, because it flushes out data
> other than the pgdata dir, and it doesn't report errors on old
> kernels.
Oh, OK, thanks. That's the part about 5.8. The only option
controlling if sync is used now in those binaries is --no-sync.
Should we use a different design for the option rather than a
--syncfs? Something like --sync={on,off,syncfs,fsync} could be a
possibility, for example.
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Michael