Re: posix_fadvise versus old kernels

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: posix_fadvise versus old kernels
Date: 2006-06-27 18:51:12
Message-ID: 26472.1151434272@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> While we could possibly come up with a suitable configure test to
>> determine whether posix_fadvise is actually safe to use on a given
>> system, I think we should seriously consider just reverting the patch.
>> As far as I saw, zero evidence was given that it actually does anything
>> measurable. Without a benchmark to prove that it's worth spending more
>> time on, I'm disinclined to trouble over it.

> Agreed. How about if we just #ifdef NOT_USED the code and mention the
> problem in a comment.

Works for me; I'll write something and commit it. We can leave the
is-posix_fadvise-declared configure test in place, at least for now ...

regards, tom lane

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