Re: [HACKERS] Parallel tuplesort (for parallel B-Tree index creation)

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Rushabh Lathia <rushabh(dot)lathia(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Parallel tuplesort (for parallel B-Tree index creation)
Date: 2018-01-20 05:13:13
Message-ID: CAA4eK1K4vWz4egWe+mA9jNm1p_qK_na++WJXE2-x_8Y6SZX0zA@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 10:20 AM, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 8:44 PM, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> Right, but I think using parallel_leader_participation, you can do it
>> reliably and probably write some regression tests which can complete
>> in a predictable time.
>
> Do what reliably? Guarantee that the leader will not participate as a
> worker, but that workers will be used? If so, yes, you can get that.
>

Yes, that's what I mean.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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