Re: [HACKERS] sort on huge table

> Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:
> > How could I go about duplicating this?? Having multiple RedHat systems
> > available (both of the 2.2 and 2.0 variety), I'd be glad to test it
> > here. I'm pulling a cvs update as I write this. If possible, I'd like
> > to duplicate it exactly.
>
> Me too (modulo disk space issues --- maybe we should try to compare
> sorts of say 100MB, rather than 2GB). Tatsuo said he'd make his test
> script available.

I would be very interested if Tatsuo could comment out the f_reada line
in the function I posted, and see if the new kernel is faster on 7.0
sorts. That would clearly show the cause. I wouldn't be surprised if
7.0 sorts became faster than 6.5.* sorts.

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