RE: Using Threads? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Matthew
Subject RE: Using Threads?
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Msg-id 183FA749499ED311B6550000F87E206C0C9492@srv.ctlno.com
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In response to Using Threads?  ("Junfeng Zhang" <junfengz@cae.wisc.edu>)
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> > 
> > Once all the questions regarding "why not" have been answered, it would
> > be good to also ask "why use threads?"  Do they simplify the code?  Do
> > they offer significant performance or efficiency gains?  What do they
> > give, other than being buzzword compliant?
> The primary advantage that I see is that a single postgres process
can benefit from multiple processors. I see little advantage to using thread
for client connections.


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