Re: buffer manager

monu_indian(at)indiatimes(dot)com (monu agrawal) wrote:
> Hi
> I have developed a new buffer policy for biological databases, I want
> to implement it on postgresql.So I will have to buffer manager of
> pgsql.How should I do it?
> Which files I will have to change & what type of changes I will have
> to make.

Very interesting.

You should start with bufmgr.c and others in src/backend/storage/buffer/.
Then you can see some functions to manipulate shared buffers.

> Is there any document which describes code of buffer manager
> of pgsql?

I have some descriptions about buffer manager as my PowerPoint slides,
but unfortunatery they are written in Japanese. Do you want them?

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