Re: lwlocks and starvation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: lwlocks and starvation
Date
Msg-id 200412021459.iB2ExJV01434@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: lwlocks and starvation  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
Responses Re: lwlocks and starvation
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OK, either you have to own the issue or I have to add something to the
TODO list.

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Neil Conway wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 21:51 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Neil, where are we on this?  Should we add comments?  Add a TODO?  A patch?
> 
> I'm not sure what the right resolution is. As I said, I don't think it's
> wise to apply a patch that could have a significant impact on
> performance without (a) testing its performance effect and/or (b) having
> any evidence that the problem it addresses actually effects anyone in
> the real world. I'll try to run some benchmarks when I get a chance.
> 
> I wrote up most of a patch to implement the "wake up all shared wakers
> on LWLockRelease()" behavior to see how that would change performance,
> but the patch has a subtle bug in it that I can't seem to find (I've
> attached it -- comments welcome).
> 
> Certainly if we decide to leave things as they are I think we ought to
> document why the behavior is intentional, but I don't think we have
> enough data to make that decision yet.
> 
> -Neil
> 

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