fdatasync() can be used for transaction log and doublewrite buffer

Bug #803270 reported by Yasufumi Kinoshita
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Percona Server moved to https://jira.percona.com/projects/PS
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Bug Description

fsync() is intended to sync also metadata of the file (size, name, access time, etc..)
But sync for transaction log and doublewrite buffer don't need to change such metadata of the each files.
From point of view about performance, fdatasync() is better for them than fsync().

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Shahriyar Rzayev (rzayev-sehriyar) wrote :

Percona now uses JIRA for bug reports so this bug report is migrated to: https://jira.percona.com/browse/PS-1213

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