I wrote: > Here is a test case. Hmmm ... I've been able to reproduce the CS storm on a dual Athlon, which seems to pretty much let the Xeon per se off the hook. Anybody got a multiple Opteron to try? Totally non-Intel CPUs?
It would be interesting to see results with non-Linux kernels, too. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster