Re: Performance lossage in checkpoint dumping - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From The Hermit Hacker
Subject Re: Performance lossage in checkpoint dumping
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Msg-id Pine.BSF.4.33.0102171601150.81548-100000@mobile.hub.org
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In response to Re: Performance lossage in checkpoint dumping  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > > No, but I haven't looked at it.  I am now much more concerned with the
> > > delay, and am wondering if I should start thinking about trying my idea
> > > of looking for near-committers and post the patch to the list to see if
> > > anyone likes it for 7.1 final.  Vadim will not be back in enough time to
> > > write any new code in this area, I am afraid.
> >
> > Near committers? *puzzled look*
>
> Umm, uh, it means backends that have entered COMMIT and will be issuing
> an fsync() of their own very soon.  It took me a while to remember what
> I mean too because I was thinking of CVS committers.

That's what I was thinking to, which was what was confusing the hell out
of me ... like, a near committer ... is that the guy sitting beside you
while you commit? :)




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