Re: OpenMP in PostgreSQL-8.4.0

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Reydan Cankur <reydan(dot)cankur(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: OpenMP in PostgreSQL-8.4.0
Date: 2009-11-28 16:42:56
Message-ID: 18788.1259426576@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Reydan Cankur <reydan(dot)cankur(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I am trying to run postgresql functions with threads by using OpenMP.

This is pretty much doomed to failure. It's *certainly* doomed to
failure if you just hack up one area of the source code without dealing
with the backend's general lack of support for threading.

regards, tom lane

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