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From: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
To: Andres Freund <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Masahiko Sawada <[email protected]>
Cc: Fujii Masao <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Logging in LockBufferForCleanup()
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:43:32 +0900
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 06:22:05PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote:
> Previously the code looked somewhat safe to use in critical section like
> blocks (although whether it'd be good idea to use in one is a different
> question), but not after. Even if not used in a critical section, adding new
> failure conditions to low-level code that's holding LWLocks etc. doesn't seem
> like a good idea.

This is an interesting point.  Would the addition of one or more
critical sections in this area impact its performance in any way?

> It also just increases the overhead of LockBuffer(). Adding palloc(), copying
> of process title, GetCurrentTimestamp() to a low level routine like this isn't
> free - even if it's mostly in the contended paths.

Good point.
--
Michael


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