BUG #4965: missing tests in tools/fsync/test_fsync.c

The following bug has been logged online:

Bug reference: 4965
Logged by: Jeff Janes
Email address: jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 8.4.0
Operating system: Linux
Description: missing tests in tools/fsync/test_fsync.c
Details:

In the part that implements "Compare file sync methods with one 8k write",
the #ifdef OPEN_SYNC_FLAG code
is nested within the #ifdef OPEN_DATASYNC_FLAG code.

This causes o_sync to be skipped if o_dsync is unavailable, but only for
this particular section (the section with 2 8k writes doesn't have this
problem.)

Also, the statement that prints the "Compare file sync methods with one 8k
write" section title is up in the #ifdef block of a previous section, where
it might be omitted on systems without an o_sync.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Jeff Janes<jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      4965
> Logged by:          Jeff Janes
> Email address:      jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4.0
> Operating system:   Linux
> Description:        missing tests in tools/fsync/test_fsync.c
> Details:
>
> In the part that implements "Compare file sync methods with one 8k write",
> the #ifdef OPEN_SYNC_FLAG code
> is nested within the #ifdef OPEN_DATASYNC_FLAG code.
>
> This causes o_sync to be skipped if o_dsync is unavailable, but only for
> this particular section (the section with 2 8k writes doesn't have this
> problem.)
>
> Also, the statement that prints the "Compare file sync methods with one 8k
> write" section title is up in the #ifdef block of a previous section, where
> it might be omitted on systems without an o_sync.

I'm not familiar enough with this code to know whether this is a bug,
but perhaps you should prepare a patch and send it to pgsql-hackers?

...Robert

Jeff Janes wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 4965
> Logged by: Jeff Janes
> Email address: jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 8.4.0
> Operating system: Linux
> Description: missing tests in tools/fsync/test_fsync.c
> Details:
>
> In the part that implements "Compare file sync methods with one 8k write",
> the #ifdef OPEN_SYNC_FLAG code
> is nested within the #ifdef OPEN_DATASYNC_FLAG code.
>
> This causes o_sync to be skipped if o_dsync is unavailable, but only for
> this particular section (the section with 2 8k writes doesn't have this
> problem.)
>
> Also, the statement that prints the "Compare file sync methods with one 8k
> write" section title is up in the #ifdef block of a previous section, where
> it might be omitted on systems without an o_sync.

Yea, that C file needed some help. I have applied the attached patch to
CVS HEAD and 8.4.X. Thanks for the report and let me know if you think
this can be improved further.

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