Re: Let's make PostgreSQL multi-threaded - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: Let's make PostgreSQL multi-threaded
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Msg-id CAHyXU0zAsbB1FsN=RBp3sk=n9FpcU5YN7gFKNG41QPWQAtP9Mg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Let's make PostgreSQL multi-threaded  (Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>)
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On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 12:25 PM Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi> wrote:
We currently bend over backwards to make all allocations fixed-sized in
shared memory. You learn to live with that, but a lot of things would be
simpler if you could allocate and free in shared memory more freely.
It's no panacea, you still need to be careful with locking and
concurrency. But a lot simpler.

Would this help with oom killer in linux?

Isn't it true that pgbouncer provides a lot of the same benefits?

merlin
 

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