Re: dynamically allocating chunks from shared memory - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Markus Wanner
Subject Re: dynamically allocating chunks from shared memory
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Msg-id 4C45F58F.8070105@bluegap.ch
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In response to Re: dynamically allocating chunks from shared memory  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Hi,

On 07/20/2010 09:05 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Hmm, deriving code from a paper published by IBM sounds like bad news --
> who knows what patents they hold on the techniques there?

Yeah, that might be an issue. Note, however, that the lock-based variant 
differs substantially from what's been published. And I sort of doubt 
their patents covers a lot of stuff that's not lock-free-ish.

But again, I'd also very much welcome any other allocator. In my 
opinion, it's the most annoying drawback of the process-based design 
compared to a threaded variant (from the perspective of a developer).

Regards

Markus Wanner


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