Re: On-demand running query plans using auto_explain and signals

From: "Shulgin, Oleksandr" <oleksandr(dot)shulgin(at)zalando(dot)de>
To: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: On-demand running query plans using auto_explain and signals
Date: 2015-09-29 10:52:11
Message-ID: CACACo5RuC_m1-U9ajtN2Hox8VZyagWAtRyQtbAvg0=CfYu0+Eg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>
wrote:

> On 9/18/15 5:05 AM, Shulgin, Oleksandr wrote:
>
>>
>> So this has to be the responsibility of the reply sending backend in the
>> end: to create and release the DSM *at some point*.
>>
>
> What's wrong with just releasing it at the end of the statement? When the
> statement is done there's no point to reading it asynchronously anymore.

That was only one of the problems in signals-based design, and it has other
more significant problems. The current approach does exactly that:
allocate the segment before running the plan, release at the end of the
statement.

--
Alex

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