Re: Design notes for BufMgrLock rewrite - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Design notes for BufMgrLock rewrite
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Msg-id 3388.1109026878@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Design notes for BufMgrLock rewrite  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Design notes for BufMgrLock rewrite  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> [I'm assuming that there are no system-wide locks held across I/Os, that
> bit seems a bit unclear from the description]

That's always been true and still is, so I didn't dwell on it.  Only a
per-buffer lock is held while doing either input or output.
        regards, tom lane


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