The copy_file_range() system call is available on at least Linux and FreeBSD, and asks the kernel to use efficient ways to copy ranges of a file. Options available to the kernel include sharing block ranges (similar to --clone mode), and pushing down block copies to the storage layer. For automated testing, see PG_TEST_PG_UPGRADE_MODE. (Perhaps in a later commit we could consider setting this mode for one of the CI targets.) Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA%2BhUKGKe7Hb0-UNih8VD5UNZy5-ojxFb3Pr3xSBBL8qj2M2%3DdQ%40mail.gmail.com
PostgreSQL Database Management System
This directory contains the source code distribution of the PostgreSQL database management system.
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions. This distribution also contains C language bindings.
Copyright and license information can be found in the file COPYRIGHT.
General documentation about this version of PostgreSQL can be found at:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/
In particular, information about building PostgreSQL from the source
code can be found at:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/installation.html
The latest version of this software, and related software, may be obtained at https://www.postgresql.org/download/. For more information look at our web site located at https://www.postgresql.org/.