My cut'n'pasting failed me at one point corrected below.
> discussion about what is the difference between a synchronous read > versus an asynchronous read as far as non-originator waiting on it is > concerned. > > I thought a bit more about this. There are currently two differences, > one of which can easily be changed and one not so easy. > > 1) The current code, even with sigevent, still makes the non-originator > waiter > call aio_error on the originator's aiocb to get the completion code. > For sigevent variation, easily changed to have the originator > always call aio_error > (from its CHECK_INTERRUPTS or from FIleCompleteaio) > and store that in the BAiocb. > My idea of why not to do that was that, by having the > non-originator check the aiocb, > this would allow the waiter to proceed sooner. But for a different > reason it actually > doesn't. (The non-originator must still wait for the LWlock > release) > > 2) Buffer pinning and returning the BufferAiocb to the free list > With synchronous IO, each backend that calls a ReadBuffer must pin > the buffer > early in the process. > With asynchronous IO, initially only the originator gets the pin > (and that is during PrefetchBuffer, not Readbuffer) > When the aio completes and some backend checks that completion, > then the backend has various responsibilities: > > . pin the buffer if it did not already have one (from > prefetch) > . if it was the last such backend to make that check > (amongst the cohort waiting on it) > then XXXXXXpin the buffer if it did not already have one > (from prefetch)XXXX then return the BufferAiocb to the free list -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers