Re: bgwriter idle-mode behavior (was Re: Latch for the WAL writer)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Geoghegan <peter(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: bgwriter idle-mode behavior (was Re: Latch for the WAL writer)
Date: 2012-05-10 06:38:06
Message-ID: 21079.1336631886@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> On 10.05.2012 00:34, Tom Lane wrote:
>> After further study of the bgwriter hibernation patch (commit
>> 6d90eaaa89a007e0d365f49d6436f35d2392cfeb), I think that my worries about
>> race conditions in the use of the bgwriter's latch are really the least
>> of its problems.

> Seems reasonable. Would you like me to write a patch, or are you already
> on it?

Done already, but please review the commit.

regards, tom lane

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