Re: Spinlock performance improvement proposal - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Spinlock performance improvement proposal
Date
Msg-id 200109281852.f8SIqxF10771@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Spinlock performance improvement proposal  ("D. Hageman" <dhageman@dracken.com>)
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> Save for the fact that the kernel can switch between threads faster then 
> it can switch processes considering threads share the same address space, 
> stack, code, etc.  If need be sharing the data between threads is much 
> easier then sharing between processes. 

Just a clarification but because we fork each backend, don't they share
the same code space?  Data/stack is still separate.

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