From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Spinlocks and compiler/memory barriers |
Date: | 2014-09-09 17:52:40 |
Message-ID: | CA+TgmoY9_gFyr0r9M405QTxkgqv07Yv-hwGy+q_hfgdn10S5CA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 7:10 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> This has been pending for almost two months now and, at your request,
>> my patch to make spinlocks act as compiler barriers is waiting behind
>> it. Can we please get this moving again soon, or can I commit that
>> patch and you can fix this when you get around to it?
>
> I finally pushed this. And once more I seriously got pissed at the poor
> overall worldwide state of documentation and continously changing
> terminology around this.
There does seem to be a deficit in that area.
> Sorry for taking this long :(
>
> Do you have a current version of your patch to make them compiler
> barriers?
I had forgotten that it needed an update. Thanks for the reminder. Here's v2.
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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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spinlock-barrier-rmh-v2.patch | text/x-patch | 6.0 KB |
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