From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Striping CLOG and Subtrans |
Date: | 2005-12-03 16:49:05 |
Message-ID: | 634.1133628545@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> These changes have almost no negative impact on run time performance and
> can be implemented with minimum change. We can discuss whether the false
> sharing phenomena actually occurs, but the bottom line ISTM is that if
> we can avoid it ever occurring, for almost free, then why not?
No, you've put the burden of proof in the wrong place. You are
proposing a significant logical complication in the code for a
completely hypothetical improvement --- there is *no* evidence on
the table that cache contention within clog pages is even measurable.
Show us some experimental numbers first.
regards, tom lane
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