Re: silent data loss with ext4 / all current versions

On 01/19/2016 07:44 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Michael Paquier
> <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Michael Paquier
>> <michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Tomas Vondra
>>> <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>>> Attached is v2 of the patch, that
>>>>
>>>> (a) adds explicit fsync on the parent directory after all the rename()
>>>>      calls in timeline.c, xlog.c, xlogarchive.c and pgarch.c
>>>>
>>>> (b) adds START/END_CRIT_SECTION around the new fsync_fname calls
>>>>      (except for those in timeline.c, as the START/END_CRIT_SECTION is
>>>>      not available there)
>>>>
>>>> The patch is fairly trivial and I've done some rudimentary testing, but I'm
>>>> sure I haven't exercised all the modified paths.
>>>
>>> I would like to have an in-depth look at that after finishing the
>>> current CF, I am the manager of this one after all... Could you
>>> register it to 2016-01 CF for the time being? I don't mind being
>>> beaten by someone else if this someone has some room to look at this
>>> patch..
>>
>> And please feel free to add my name as reviewer.
>
> Tomas, I am planning to have a look at that, because it seems to be
> important. In case it becomes lost on my radar, do you mind if I add
> it to the 2016-03 CF?

Well, what else can I do? I have to admit I'm quite surprised this is 
still rotting here, considering it addresses a rather serious data loss 
/ corruption issue on pretty common setup.

regards

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