On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > When dropping lots of tables, I noticed postgresql taking longer than > I would have expected. > > strace seems to report that the largest contributor is the ftruncate > and not the unlink. I'm curious what the logic is behind using > ftruncate before unlink. > > I'm using an ext4 filesystem. I'm guessing that this is so that it can be rolled back. Unlink is likely issued at commit; -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
