LWN.net Logo

How 3.6 nearly broke PostgreSQL

How 3.6 nearly broke PostgreSQL

Posted Oct 5, 2012 20:45 UTC (Fri) by jhoblitt (subscriber, #77733)
In reply to: How 3.6 nearly broke PostgreSQL by cmccabe
Parent article: How 3.6 nearly broke PostgreSQL

Couldn't libpthreads notify the kernel that pthread_spin_lock() is in use? You certainly wouldn't want to introduce a system call on every use but having to branch on the first use by a given pid shouldn't be too expensive.


(Log in to post comments)

Copyright © 2013, Eklektix, Inc.
Comments and public postings are copyrighted by their creators.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds