Re: kqueue

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Cc: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>
Subject: Re: kqueue
Date: 2016-09-13 15:36:48
Message-ID: CANP8+jLHowKRNrP9CL-g_FtrFOkavuzeo_ha7ZnNQxi=T1a5eA@mail.gmail.com
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On 13 September 2016 at 08:08, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> wrote:

> So, if I've understood correctly, the purpose of this patch is to improve
> performance on a multi-CPU system, which has the kqueue() function. Most
> notably, FreeBSD?

I'm getting a little fried from "self-documenting" patches, from
multiple sources.

I think we should make it a firm requirement to explain what a patch
is actually about, with extra points for including with it a test that
allows us to validate that. We don't have enough committer time to
waste on such things.

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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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