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Re: macOS prefetching support

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-08-16T22:20:38Z
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Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> writes:
> Hmm.  fd.h and fd.c test for F_NOCACHE, which is pretty closely
> related.  Now I'm wondering why we actually need this in
> pg_config_manual.h at all.  Who would turn it off at compile time, and
> why would they not be satisfied with setting relevant GUCs to 0?

+1 for not bothering with a pg_config_manual.h knob.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Standardize "read-ahead advice" terminology.

  2. Fixup for prefetching support on macOS

  3. Add prefetching support on macOS