Aim for the stars

Posted Jun 22, 2023 10:46 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: Aim for the stars by Wol
Parent article: PostgreSQL reconsiders its process-based model

> PostgreSQL *is* a single process?

Have you actually read the article? No, it's most definitely not a single process. They are using multiple processes, shared memory and, obviously, some locks to ensure consistency.

Which means they already have locks and don't need GIL or BKL.