aio: Basic read_stream adjustments for real AIO
Adapt the read stream logic for real AIO:
- If AIO is enabled, we shouldn't issue advice, but if it isn't, we should
continue issuing advice
- AIO benefits from reading ahead with direct IO
- If effective_io_concurrency=0, pass READ_BUFFERS_SYNCHRONOUSLY to
StartReadBuffers() to ensure synchronous IO execution
There are further improvements we should consider:
- While in read_stream_look_ahead(), we can use AIO batch submission mode for
increased efficiency. That however requires care to avoid deadlocks and thus
done separately.
- It can be beneficial to defer starting new IOs until we can issue multiple
IOs at once. That however requires non-trivial heuristics to decide when to
do so.
Reviewed-by: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>
Co-authored-by: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Co-authored-by: Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>
Branch
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master
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/f4d0730bbca1b338b8f06389d04816c6c9f06e58
Modified Files
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src/backend/storage/aio/read_stream.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)