Re: PostgreSQL 18 Beta 1 release announcement draft

On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 11:55:53AM -0400, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2025-05-05 15:07:01 -0400, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> > ### Performance
> >
> > PostgreSQL 18 introduces an asynchronous I/O (AIO) subsystem using
> > `io_uring` on Linux, which, when combined with direct I/O (DIO), lets
> > PostgreSQL directly interface with storage interfaces. This new subsystem
> > gives PostgreSQL the opportunity to maximize its usage of hardware transfer
> > capacity, and this initial release supporting file system reads such as
> > sequential scans, bitmap heap scans, and vacuums, with tests showing up to a
> > 2-3x performance improvements.
>
> This isn't quite right:
>
> - AIO is usable on all platforms, it *optionally* can use io_uring on linux -
> the default is to use AIO using worker processes

Actually, is AIO using worker processes new behavior or just a new
implementation of our old behavior? I might need to point that out in
the release notes.

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