> > I was wondering if the multiple writes performed to the
> > XLOG could be grouped into one write().
>
> That would require fairly major restructuring of xlog.c, which I don't
Restructing? Why? It's only XLogWrite() who make writes.
> want to undertake at this point in the cycle (we're trying to push out
> a release candidate, remember?). I'm not convinced it would be a huge
> win anyway. It would be a win if your average transaction writes
> multiple blocks' worth of XLOG ... but if your average transaction
> writes less than a block then it won't help.
But in multi-user environment multiple transactions may write > 1 block
before commit.
> I think it probably is a good idea to restructure xlog.c so
> that it can write more than one page at a time --- but it's
> not such a great idea that I want to hold up the release any
> more for it.
Agreed.
Vadim
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