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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-21382

use fdatasync() for redo log where appropriate

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      Redo log files are fixed size files. They're almost never renamed. So, metadata is not changed. For such cases we can use `fdatasync()` which doesn't flush metadata, like `fsync()` does. That should bring use some performance.

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          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-18115 Remove dummy tablespace for the redo log

          • Critical - Crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak.
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          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-14425 Change the InnoDB redo log format to reduce write amplification

          • Blocker - Blocks development and/or testing work, production could not run.
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          Task - A task that needs to be done. MDEV-22177 more fsync() -> fdatasync() in InnoDB

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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            marko Marko Mäkelä added a comment - - edited

            MDEV-14425 may introduce a format option for append-only log files. For that option, we may need to use fsync(). For the circular files, fdatasync() indeed seems sensible. Not having an up-to-date timestamps on the redo log files should not matter much.

            Edit: fdatasync() (as well as opening a file in O_DSYNC mode) does update the file size and allocation metadata. We would only need fsync() if we cared about file timestamps.

            marko Marko Mäkelä added a comment - - edited MDEV-14425 may introduce a format option for append-only log files. For that option, we may need to use fsync() . For the circular files, fdatasync() indeed seems sensible. Not having an up-to-date timestamps on the redo log files should not matter much. Edit: fdatasync() (as well as opening a file in O_DSYNC mode) does update the file size and allocation metadata. We would only need fsync() if we cared about file timestamps.

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