X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DF239DCAA1 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:02:03 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 04352-04 for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:02:01 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B16999DCABA for ; Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:02:00 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jAT41rbh029796; Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:01:53 -0500 (EST) To: Gavin Sherry cc: Qingqing Zhou , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: ice-broker scan thread In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Gavin Sherry message dated "Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:53:36 +1100" Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:01:53 -0500 Message-ID: <29795.1133236913@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.004 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.004] X-Spam-Score: 0.004 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200511/1451 X-Sequence-Number: 76733 Gavin Sherry writes: > I haven't had time to prototype whether we can easily implement async IO Just as with any suggestion to depend on threads, you are going to have to show results that border on astounding to have any chance of getting this in. Otherwise the portability issues are just going to make it not worth the trouble. regards, tom lane