pgsql: Adjust spawn_process() to avoid unnecessary overhead processes: - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From tgl@postgresql.org (Tom Lane)
Subject pgsql: Adjust spawn_process() to avoid unnecessary overhead processes:
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Msg-id 20060719170259.AEB099FA666@postgresql.org
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Log Message:
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Adjust spawn_process() to avoid unnecessary overhead processes: we can
just exec instead of creating a subprocess.  This reduces process usage
from four processes per parallel test to two.  I have no idea whether
a comparable optimization is possible or useful in the Windows port.

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/doc/src/sgml:
        regress.sgml (r1.53 -> r1.54)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/regress.sgml.diff?r1=1.53&r2=1.54)
    pgsql/src/test/regress:
        GNUmakefile (r1.59 -> r1.60)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/test/regress/GNUmakefile.diff?r1=1.59&r2=1.60)
        pg_regress.c (r1.4 -> r1.5)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/test/regress/pg_regress.c.diff?r1=1.4&r2=1.5)

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