Switch pg_basebackup commands in Postgres.pm to use --nosync

petere · petere · commit 728a3e73e961 · 2016-09-29T12:00:00.000-04:00
On slow machines, this greatly reduces the I/O pressure induced by the
tests.

From: Michael Paquier &lt;michael.paquier@gmail.com&gt;
diff --git a/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm b/src/test/perl/PostgresNode.pm
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ sub backup
 
 	print "# Taking pg_basebackup $backup_name from node \"$name\"\n";
 	TestLib::system_or_bail('pg_basebackup', '-D', $backup_path, '-p', $port,
-		'-x');
+		'-x', '--nosync');
 	print "# Backup finished\n";
 }
 

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ sub backup`
`483`	`483`
`484`	`484`	`print "# Taking pg_basebackup $backup_name from node \"$name\"\n";`
`485`	`485`	`TestLib::system_or_bail('pg_basebackup', '-D', $backup_path, '-p', $port,`
`486`		`- '-x');`
	`486`	`+ '-x', '--nosync');`
`487`	`487`	`print "# Backup finished\n";`
`488`	`488`	`}`
`489`	`489`