From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com> |
Cc: | Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Move unused buffers to freelist |
Date: | 2013-05-28 13:23:33 |
Message-ID: | CA+TgmoYhfcANR4ci01Gtd8YFzca=VTW9dVn9TY4RM+OdYqCPPw@mail.gmail.com |
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>> Instead, I suggest modifying BgBufferSync, specifically this part right
>> here:
>>
>> else if (buffer_state & BUF_REUSABLE)
>> reusable_buffers++;
>>
>> What I would suggest is that if the BUF_REUSABLE flag is set here, use
>> that as the trigger to do StrategyMoveBufferToFreeListEnd().
>
> I think at this point also we need to lock buffer header to check refcount
> and usage_count before moving to freelist, or do you think it is not
> required?
If BUF_REUSABLE is set, that means we just did exactly what you're
saying. Why do it twice?
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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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