pgsql: Use a non-locking initial test in TAS_SPIN on PPC.

Started by Tom Laneover 14 years ago1 messagescomitters
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#1Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us

Use a non-locking initial test in TAS_SPIN on PPC.

Further testing convinces me that this is helpful at sufficiently high
contention levels, though it's still worrisome that it loses slightly
at lower contention levels.

Per Manabu Ori.

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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/bc2a050d40976441cdb963ad829316c23e8df0aa

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src/include/storage/s_lock.h | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)