1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm
index b22e51dc..0522ecea 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchIdxShard.pm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package PublicInbox::SearchIdxShard;
  use strict;
  use warnings;
  use base qw(PublicInbox::SearchIdx);
+use IO::Handle (); # autoflush
  
  sub new {
          my ($class, $v2writable, $shard) = @_;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ sub spawn_worker {
          pipe($r, $w) or die "pipe failed: $!\n";
          binmode $r, ':raw';
          binmode $w, ':raw';
+        $w->autoflush(1);
          my $pid = fork;
          defined $pid or die "fork failed: $!\n";
          if ($pid == 0) {
@@ -83,7 +85,6 @@ sub index_raw {
          if (my $w = $self->{w}) {
                  print $w "$bytes $artnum $oid $mid0\n", $$msgref or die
                          "failed to write shard $!\n";
-                $w->flush or die "failed to flush: $!\n";
          } else {
                  $$msgref = undef;
                  $self->begin_txn_lazy;
@@ -100,7 +101,6 @@ sub remote_barrier {
          my ($self) = @_;
          if (my $w = $self->{w}) {
                  print $w "barrier\n" or die "failed to print: $!";
-                $w->flush or die "failed to flush: $!";
          } else {
                  $self->commit_txn_lazy;
          }