Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] win32 performance - fsync question

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> ISTM Windows' idea of fsync is quite different from Unix's and therefore
> >> we should name the wal_sync_method that invokes it something different
> >> than fsync.  "write_through" or some such?
> 
> > Ah, I remember now.  On Win32 our fsync is:
> > 	#define fsync(a)    _commit(a)
> > I am wondering if we should call the new mode open_commit or
> > open_writethrough.  Our typical rule is to tie it to the API call, which
> > should suggest open_commit.
> 
> fsync_writethrough, perhaps.  I don't see any "open" about it.

Sorry, yea, go confused.

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