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From Thom Brown
Subject Re: pgsql: Use a latch to make startup process wake up and replay
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In response to pgsql: Use a latch to make startup process wake up and replay  (heikki@postgresql.org (Heikki Linnakangas))
Responses Re: pgsql: Use a latch to make startup process wake up and replay  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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On 15 September 2010 11:35, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@postgresql.org> wrote:
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Use a latch to make startup process wake up and replay immediately when
> new WAL arrives via streaming replication. This reduces the latency, and
> also allows us to use a longer polling interval, which is good for energy
> efficiency.
>
> We still need to poll to check for the appearance of a trigger file, but
> the interval is now 5 seconds (instead of 100ms), like when waiting for
> a new WAL segment to appear in WAL archive.
>
> Modified Files:
> --------------
>    pgsql/src/backend/access/transam:
>        xlog.c (r1.434 -> r1.435)
>        (http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c?r1=1.434&r2=1.435)
>    pgsql/src/backend/replication:
>        walreceiver.c (r1.16 -> r1.17)
>        (http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17)
>    pgsql/src/include/access:
>        xlog.h (r1.116 -> r1.117)
>        (http://anoncvs.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/access/xlog.h?r1=1.116&r2=1.117)
>
> --

+      * We don't need the latch anymore. It's not strictly necessary to disown
+      * it, but let's do it for the sake of tidyness.
+      */

s/tidyness/tidiness/

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