X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B22EDA5B7 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 21:32:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 43075-06 for ; Sat, 8 Oct 2005 00:32:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.envyfinancial.com (unknown [206.248.142.186]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47C0FD83C7 for ; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 21:32:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.envyfinancial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE6BE234BD; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 20:17:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.envyfinancial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mark.mielke.cc [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 10491-08; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 20:17:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail.envyfinancial.com (Postfix, from userid 500) id 8CAFA234B8; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 20:17:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 20:17:04 -0400 From: mark@mark.mielke.cc To: Luke Lonergan Cc: "Steinar H. Gunderson" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [HACKERS] A Better External Sort? Message-ID: <20051008001704.GA11677@mark.mielke.cc> References: <20051006001239.GB7856@uio.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.envyfinancial.com X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.191 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.013, NO_REAL_NAME=0.178] X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200510/150 X-Sequence-Number: 14918 On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 04:55:28PM -0700, Luke Lonergan wrote: > On 10/5/05 5:12 PM, "Steinar H. Gunderson" wrote: > > What? strlen is definitely not in the kernel, and thus won't count as > > system time. > System time on Linux includes time spent in glibc routines. Do you have a reference for this? I believe this statement to be 100% false. Cheers, mark -- mark@mielke.cc / markm@ncf.ca / markm@nortel.com __________________________ . . _ ._ . . .__ . . ._. .__ . . . .__ | Neighbourhood Coder |\/| |_| |_| |/ |_ |\/| | |_ | |/ |_ | | | | | | \ | \ |__ . | | .|. |__ |__ | \ |__ | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them... http://mark.mielke.cc/