pgsql-server/doc TODO
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Module name: pgsql-server
Changes by: momjian@svr1.postgresql.org 03/11/11 20:25:35
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* Add free-behind capability for large sequential scans (fadvise)
momjian@svr1.postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
* Add free-behind capability for large sequential scans
* (fadvise)
This isn't really what posix_fadvise() is intended for, I believe (or
rather, I can't figure out a way for us to be able to use it in that
manner). Check the posix_fadvise() discussion on -hackers for more
details.
-Neil
Neil Conway wrote:
momjian@svr1.postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
* Add free-behind capability for large sequential scans
* (fadvise)This isn't really what posix_fadvise() is intended for, I believe (or
rather, I can't figure out a way for us to be able to use it in that
manner). Check the posix_fadvise() discussion on -hackers for more
details.
Yes, I guess it should be "Better inform kernel on which pages to
cache". Is that right?
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