Re: Spinlocks, yet again: analysis and proposed patches

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Min Xu (Hsu)" <xu@cs.wisc.edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-09-14T03:05:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
"Min Xu (Hsu)" <xu@cs.wisc.edu> writes:
> ... As you said, however, experimental results
> shows fetching read-only lines didn't help, which led me wonder whether the
> second scenario your described was really happening.

I don't know --- we haven't tried it.  I do intend to work up some
patches for these ideas, and then we can test them.

Or, if you happen to be wide awake at the moment, feel free to take a
shot at it ... I'm out of steam and won't get to it before tomorrow...

			regards, tom lane