Re: Parallel sec scan in plpgsql

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alex Ignatov <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh(dot)bapat(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Parallel sec scan in plpgsql
Date: 2016-09-20 15:02:53
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYegNkjRt=WuGc5r+dfBh8gr+dn7t9mrg3Nnu9MeLhO4g@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Maybe it would be better to fix the rule against workers
> invoking their own parallel queries.

That rule does have the advantage of preventing us from having one
user backend launch N^2 workers. I don't think it would be that much
work to fix it, but the results might be pretty exciting.

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Robert Haas
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The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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