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Re: macOS prefetching support

Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-09-03T20:28:19Z
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On 03.09.24 03:47, Thomas Munro wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 1:35 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
>> On 17.08.24 00:01, Thomas Munro wrote:
>>> I think that's fine.  I don't really like the word "prefetch", could
>>> mean many different things.  What about "requires OS support for
>>> issuing read-ahead advice", which uses a word that appears in both of
>>> those interfaces?
>>
>> I like that term.
> 
> A couple of other places still use the old specific terminology.  PSA.

looks good to me

Commits

  1. Standardize "read-ahead advice" terminology.

  2. Fixup for prefetching support on macOS

  3. Add prefetching support on macOS