pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc ipc.c

CVSROOT: /cvsroot
Module name: pgsql
Changes by: momjian(at)postgresql(dot)org 02/04/13 15:52:51

Modified files:
src/backend/storage/ipc: ipc.c

Log message:
Patch against 7.2.1 sources. Uses Solaris Intimate Shared Memory
for Solaris on SPARC. Scott Brunza (sbrunza(at)sonalysts(dot)com) gets
credit for identifying the issue, making the change, and doing
the regression tests.

Earlier testing on 7.2rc2 and 7.2 showed performance gains of
1% to 10% on pgbench, osdb-pg, and some locally developed apps.

Solaris Intimate Shared Memory is described in "SOLARIS INTERNALS
Core Kernel Components" by Jim Mauro and Richard McDougall,
Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystem, Inc. ISBN 0-13-022496-0

P.J. "Josh" Rovero