Re: Striping CLOG and Subtrans - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Striping CLOG and Subtrans
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Msg-id 634.1133628545@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Striping CLOG and Subtrans  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: Striping CLOG and Subtrans
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Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> These changes have almost no negative impact on run time performance and
> can be implemented with minimum change. We can discuss whether the false
> sharing phenomena actually occurs, but the bottom line ISTM is that if
> we can avoid it ever occurring, for almost free, then why not? 

No, you've put the burden of proof in the wrong place.  You are
proposing a significant logical complication in the code for a
completely hypothetical improvement --- there is *no* evidence on
the table that cache contention within clog pages is even measurable.
Show us some experimental numbers first.
        regards, tom lane


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