Re: sinval synchronization considered harmful

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: sinval synchronization considered harmful
Date: 2011-07-21 19:25:56
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZ9YEmy+dwybkLOBJbm2Hyc4yvr=c7p52oNK0SX6CDv9Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I think the real challenge is going to be testing.  If anyone has a
>> machine with weak memory ordering they can give me access to, that
>> would be really helpful for flushing the bugs out of this stuff.
>> Getting it to work on x86 is not the hard part.
>
> I believe there's a PPC box in our storage facility in NJ that we
> might be able to dig out for you. There's also a couple in our India
> office. Let me know if they'd be of help.

Yes!

More processors is better, of course, but having anything at all to
test on would be an improvement.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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