PostgreSQL TODO List

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Current maintainer:Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)

Last updated:Sat Apr 23 17:25:48 EDT 2005

Last updated:Sat Apr 23 17:38:41 EDT 2005

The most recent version of this document can be viewed at

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.

while on non-SMP machines, the backend should sleep so the process

holding the lock can complete and release it.

* Improve SMP performance on i386 machines

*-Improve SMP performance on i386 machines

i386-based SMP machines can generate excessive context switching

caused by lock failure in high concurrency situations. This may be

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<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<ahref="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</a>)<br/>

Last updated: Sat Apr 23 17:25:48 EDT 2005

Last updated: Sat Apr 23 17:38:41 EDT 2005

<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>

<ahref="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.

while on non-SMP machines, the backend should sleep so the process

holding the lock can complete and release it.

</li><li>Improve SMP performance on i386 machines

</li><li>-Improve SMP performance on i386 machines

<p> i386-based SMP machines can generate excessive context switching

caused by lock failure in high concurrency situations. This may be

caused by CPU cache line invalidation inefficiencies.