Here's a video on lock-free hashing for example: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2139967204534450862#
I guess by "lock-free in the uncontended case" they mean the buffer cache manager is lock-free unless you're actually contending on the same buffer? -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
