Re: Spinlocks, yet again: analysis and proposed patches

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-09-12T04:12:46Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
"Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu> writes:
> Some changes are based on tests and heuristics, so can we make them into the 
> configure script so the choice could be made automatically?

It's a bit premature to propose that, when we don't yet know if the
suggested changes are a win or loss under any conditions, let alone
how to automatically tell the difference.  Right now we are in the
find-out-the-facts mode ...

			regards, tom lane