Re: Fix performance of generic atomics

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Sokolov Yura <funny(dot)falcon(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jesper Pedersen <jesper(dot)pedersen(at)redhat(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Fix performance of generic atomics
Date: 2017-09-06 13:36:36
Message-ID: 18851.1504704996@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Sokolov Yura <funny(dot)falcon(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> writes:
> On 2017-09-06 15:56, Tom Lane wrote:
>> The point I'm trying to make is that if tweaking generic.h improves
>> performance then it's an indicator of missed cases in the less-generic
>> atomics code, and the latter is where our attention should be focused.
>> I think basically all of the improvement Sokolov got was from upgrading
>> the coverage of generic-gcc.h.

> Not exactly. I've checked, that new version of generic
> pg_atomic_fetch_or_u32
> loop also gives improvement.

But once you put in the generic-gcc version, that's not reached anymore.

regards, tom lane

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