Re: Debian Bug#506196: postgresql: consume too much power when idle (>10 wakeups/second)

Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > I think we must blame bgwriter then. I had a look at it some time ago
> > to how hard would it be to remove the useless wakeups and concluded that
> > it wasn't really worth the trouble.
>
> I've got similar complaints in the RH/Fedora bugzilla. It's hard to fix
> in a portable way because of the lack of consistent select/poll
> semantics across various platforms. See my previous notes about the
> lack of consistent EINTR behavior and whether we should really be using
> SA_RESTART.
>
> The short answer is "don't hold your breath". It'd be nice to have a
> plan for improving things though.

Is this a TODO?

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