Neil Conway wrote:
> momjian@svr1.postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
> > > * Add free-behind capability for large sequential scans
> > > * (fadvise)
>
> This isn't really what posix_fadvise() is intended for, I believe (or
> rather, I can't figure out a way for us to be able to use it in that
> manner). Check the posix_fadvise() discussion on -hackers for more
> details.
Yes, I guess it should be "Better inform kernel on which pages to
cache". Is that right?
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