Re: PostgreSQL Process memory architecture - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: PostgreSQL Process memory architecture
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Msg-id 20130527122746.GJ8597@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL Process memory architecture  (Atri Sharma <atri.jiit@gmail.com>)
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* Atri Sharma (atri.jiit@gmail.com) wrote:
> > There's a bit of other information shared, but disk buffers are
> > certainly the bulk of it.
>
> The other information being locks?

Depends, but yes.  Per-row locks are actually in the disk cache portion
of shared buffers, but heavyweight locks have their own area.
Thanks,
    Stephen

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