Re: Improving spin-lock implementation on ARM.

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>, Krunal Bauskar <krunalbauskar(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Improving spin-lock implementation on ARM.
Date: 2020-11-27 08:54:56
Message-ID: X8C+4BiJtxygyQnd@paquier.xyz
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 02:50:30AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Yeah, that wasn't making sense to me either. The most likely explanation
> seems to be that I messed up the test somehow ... but I don't see where.
> So, again, I'm wondering if anyone else can replicate or refute this.

I do find your results extremely surprising not only for 4, but for
all tests with connection numbers lower than 32. With a scale factor
of 100 that's suspiciously a lot of difference.

> I can't be the only geek around here who sprang for an M1.

Not planning to buy one here, anything I have read on that tells that
it is worth a performance study.
--
Michael

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Heikki Linnakangas 2020-11-27 09:01:40 Re: Setof RangeType returns
Previous Message Paul Förster 2020-11-27 08:46:01 Re: configure and DocBook XML