Bruce Momjian wrote:
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> >
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >
> > Could we use mmap (instead of shmem) with MAP_ANON flag to get more memory
> > for shared buffer pool ?
> > I'm using FreeBSD, man mmap says:
> Yes, we could. I don't think we do because we an anon-mapped region is
> the same as shmem, but if the limit is higher for anon mmap, we could
> used it.
It could be faster too,
and it API is cleaner too (IMHO).
If we resolve the fork/exec -> just fork problem in the server
mmap would make a good improvment in simplicity and probably
speed too.
regards,
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