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Re: Spinlocks on SGI's

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: bruc@acm.org
Cc: lockhart@fourpalms.org, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-03-27T15:26:38Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
bruc@stone.congenomics.com (Robert E. Bruccoleri) writes:
> I contributed the first working s_lock.c code for the SGI's over three
> years ago (using the test_and_set library calls). It's been working
> for me ever since in a heavy multi-user environment. Please don't
> change it unless there's an overwhelming reason.

I don't believe anyone was proposing changing the existing __sgi code.
The discussion was about adding support for non-SGI MIPS hardware.

			regards, tom lane