Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon
Date
Msg-id 26941.1082397601@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon  (Dirk.Lutzebaeck@t-online.de (Dirk Lutzebaeck))
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> The other thing I'd like your comment on, Tom, is that Dirk appears to have
> reported that when he installed a non-bigmem kernel, the issue went away.
> Dirk, is this correct?

I'd be really surprised if that had anything to do with it.  AFAIR
Dirk's test changed more than one variable and so didn't prove a
connection.

            regards, tom lane

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