Re: A patch for xlog.c

> Matthew Kirkwood <matthew(at)hairy(dot)beasts(dot)org> writes:
> >> Diffs posted to pgsql-patches are generally considered to be requests
> >> for application of a patch. If this is only an experiment it had best
> >> be clearly labeled as such.
>
> > OK. Is there are better place for discussion of such?
>
> pgsql-hackers is the place to discuss anything that's experimental or
> otherwise concerned with future development.
>
> > [ possible merits of mmap ]
>
> Let's take up that discussion in pghackers.

I always felt the real benefit of mmap() would be to remove use of SysV
shared memory and use anon mmap() to prevent problems with SysV share
memory limits.

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