AW: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andreas Zeugswetter
Subject AW: [HACKERS] mmap and MAP_ANON
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Msg-id 01BD7F2B.6037C1B0@zeugswettera.user.lan.at
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>> - Could we use mmap:ing of files at a higher level then
>>   src/backend/strorage/ipc/ipc.c to get even better performance
>>   and cleaness?
>
>Yes, we could use mmap() to map the actual files.  I will post time
>timings on this soon.

I do not think this will be a practicable solution, since it would mean the whole db
has to mmap'ed. This means there has to be enough virtual memory to hold
the complete database, or at least one table at a time. Or do I understand this wrong ??

Andreas


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