Re: BUG #3495: PostgreSQL does not use POSIX SHM or SEM in place of SYSV equivalents
- From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
- To: Roger Leigh <rleigh(at)whinlatter(dot)ukfsn(dot)org>
- Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
- Subject: Re: BUG #3495: PostgreSQL does not use POSIX SHM or SEM in place of SYSV equivalents
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:40:22 +0100
- Message-id: <46AB7F86.5080304@enterprisedb.com> <text/plain>
Roger Leigh wrote:
> The following bug has been logged online:
Not a bug, but a feature request...
> PostgreSQL is using the old SYSV shared memory and semaphores, as evidenced
> by ipcs:
> ...
> However, the SYSV memory limit is set in-kernel and while it can be easily
> changed, it is rather less flexible than POSIX SHM support:
> ...
> Having the option of utilising either form of shared memory would be rather
> useful.
A patch to do that submitted was submitted in Spring, but it was not
accepted for 8.3 because there was some issues with it. Search the
archives for more details.
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Heikki Linnakangas
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