Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon patch for 7.4.1 - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon patch for 7.4.1
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Msg-id 8583.1082656553@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon patch for 7.4.1  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Wierd context-switching issue on Xeon patch for 7.4.1  (Rod Taylor <pg@rbt.ca>)
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Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> This may be a moot point, since you've stated that changing the loop timing
> won't solve the problem, but what about making the test part of make?   I
> don't think too many systems are going to change processor architectures once
> in production, and those that do can be told to re-compile.

Having to recompile to run on single- vs dual-processor machines doesn't
seem like it would fly.

            regards, tom lane

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