Re: About “context-switching issue on Xeon” test case ? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Greg Smith
Subject Re: About “context-switching issue on Xeon” test case ?
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Msg-id 4BBFF85B.60107@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to About “context-switching issue on Xeon” test case ?  (RD黄永卫 <yongwei_huang@temp.gtmc.com.cn>)
Responses Re: [PERFORM] About “context-switching issue on Xeon” test case ?
Re: [PERFORM] About “context-switching issue on Xeon” test case ?
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RD黄永卫 wrote:
>
> Anybody have the test case of “ context-switching issue on Xeon” from
> Tm lane ?
>

That takes me back:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2004-04/msg00280.php

That's a problem seen on 2004 era Xeon processors, and with PostgreSQL
7.4. I doubt it has much relevance nowadays, given a) that whole area of
the code was rewritten for PostgreSQL 8.1, and b) today's Xeons are
nothing like 2004's Xeons.

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