pgsql: Move "hot" members of PGPROC into a separate PGXACT array.

From: Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Move "hot" members of PGPROC into a separate PGXACT array.
Date: 2011-11-25 13:19:14
Message-ID: E1RTvgQ-0004Do-3l@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Move "hot" members of PGPROC into a separate PGXACT array.

This speeds up snapshot-taking and reduces ProcArrayLock contention.
Also, the PGPROC (and PGXACT) structures used by two-phase commit are
now allocated as part of the main array, rather than in a separate
array, and we keep ProcArray sorted in pointer order. These changes
are intended to minimize the number of cache lines that must be pulled
in to take a snapshot, and testing shows a substantial increase in
performance on both read and write workloads at high concurrencies.

Pavan Deolasee, Heikki Linnakangas, Robert Haas

Branch
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master

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/ed0b409d22346b1b027a4c2099ca66984d94b6dd

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/transam/twophase.c | 115 ++++++++------
src/backend/access/transam/varsup.c | 11 +-
src/backend/access/transam/xact.c | 4 +-
src/backend/commands/analyze.c | 4 +-
src/backend/commands/vacuum.c | 4 +-
src/backend/postmaster/postmaster.c | 3 +
src/backend/replication/walsender.c | 2 +-
src/backend/storage/ipc/ipci.c | 2 +-
src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c | 276 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------
src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c | 4 +-
src/backend/storage/lmgr/lock.c | 3 +-
src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c | 87 ++++++++---
src/backend/utils/time/snapmgr.c | 2 +-
src/include/storage/proc.h | 47 ++++--
14 files changed, 356 insertions(+), 208 deletions(-)

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