Avoid unlikely data-loss scenarios due to rename() without fsync.
authorAndres Freund <[email protected]>
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 02:53:53 +0000 (18:53 -0800)
committerAndres Freund <[email protected]>
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 02:53:53 +0000 (18:53 -0800)
commit301cc3549c29aaa58abdd9377a339cd86afeff15
treeced90e6290d4876a6e918197cc180b4f82dfac52
parent63b06e8fa6bce0e92b9209531757a2ba5393802d
Avoid unlikely data-loss scenarios due to rename() without fsync.

Renaming a file using rename(2) is not guaranteed to be durable in face
of crashes. Use the previously added durable_rename()/durable_link_or_rename()
in various places where we previously just renamed files.

Most of the changed call sites are arguably not critical, but it seems
better to err on the side of too much durability.  The most prominent
known case where the previously missing fsyncs could cause data loss is
crashes at the end of a checkpoint. After the actual checkpoint has been
performed, old WAL files are recycled. When they're filled, their
contents are fdatasynced, but we did not fsync the containing
directory. An OS/hardware crash in an unfortunate moment could then end
up leaving that file with its old name, but new content; WAL replay
would thus not replay it.

Reported-By: Tomas Vondra
Author: Michael Paquier, Tomas Vondra, Andres Freund
Discussion: 56583BDD.9060302@2ndquadrant.com
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