From: Kristian Nielsen
Date: January 30 2013 4:55pm
Subject: Re: [Maria-developers] what pros/cons of storing binary log in an InnoDB table?
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Zardosht Kasheff <zardosht@stripped> writes:

> Is there a proposal somewhere for eliminating the need for fsyncs on a
> slave? As I understand, MWL#164 still requires the fsync.

Do you mean for MariaDB? My intention is that MDEV-26 will make the slave
crash-safe without the need for fsync() if no --log-slave-updates. If binlog
is enabled, then fsync() will still be needed to prevent the binlog and the
engine from getting out of sync.

 - Kristian.