Re: Resource management in 7.4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: hs(at)cybertec(dot)at
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Resource management in 7.4
Date: 2002-12-21 16:40:03
Message-ID: 513.1040488803@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hans-J=FCrgen_Sch=F6nig?= <postgres(at)cybertec(dot)at> writes:
> It would be nice if there was a way to renice a connection. When it
> comes to reporting it would be nice to have a handle for slowing a
> backend down.

> A patch for Linux would be quite easy ("SELECT nice_backend(int)")

No, it wouldn't. Or at least, the side effects of just nice'ing a
backend would not be what you'd wish. See past discussions (try
searching the archives for "priority inversion").

regards, tom lane

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