OK, added to TODO: * Investigate SMP context switching issues
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> ... The SMP issue seems to be not with whether there is > >> instantaneous contention for the locked datastructure, but with the cost > >> of making it possible for processor B to acquire a lock recently held by > >> processor A. > > > I see. I don't even see a TODO in there. :-( > > Nothing more specific than "investigate SMP context switching issues", > anyway. We are definitely in a research mode here, rather than an > engineering mode. > > ObQuote: "Research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am > doing." - attributed to Werner von Braun, but has anyone got a > definitive reference? > > regards, tom lane > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]