Re: pgsql: Use XLOG_BLCKSZ in pg_test_fsync, rather than our own define, bu

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> If you aren't willing to deal with a variable value for the block size,
> >> please revert this patch.
>
> > The problem is that I have hard-coded 8k into various text strings and I
> > didn't want to make that variable.  How should it behave if they are
> > using a non-8k wal buffer size?  Should it still use 8k or not?  I
> > figured throwing an error would at least alert them to the mismatch.
>
> Well, as I said, if you aren't willing to put effort into that point,
> just revert the patch.  Making the program refuse to do anything doesn't
> help *anyone*.  Stats taken using a fixed 8K blocksize are better than
> no stats at all.

Sure I am willing to fix it.  Should I have it always use the value of
XLOG_BLCKSZ for its tests, and adjust the output text accordingly?

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