On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM Michael Paquier <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2026 at 08:40:39AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: > > After reading this email, the linked-to email, and the commit message > > for the patch, I still don't have a clear understanding of what this > > is intended to fix. It seems like it's going to make the > > responsiveness worse. In general, we want to replace escalating wait > > loops with things that wake up instantly at the right time, and this > > is going in the opposite direction. > > This is an exchange between responsiveness of the system and > flexibility. I have had two complaints in the past about the fact > that the waits and wakeups were not doable due to the fact that we > rely on condition variables and latches:
I'm still struggling to understand. Condition variables and latches are both designed to allow for nice waits and wakeups. -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
