I have updated my Synchronized Scan patch and have had more time for testing.
Go to http://j-davis.com/postgresql/syncscan-results10.html where you can download the patch, and see the benchmarks that I've run. The results are very promising. I did not see any significant slowdown for non-concurrent scans or for scans that fit into memory, although I do need more testing in this area. The benchmarks that I ran tested the concurrent performance, and the results were excellent. I also added two new simple features to the patch (they're just #define'd tunables in heapam.h): (1) If the table is smaller than effective_cache_size*SYNC_SCAN_THRESHOLD then the patch doesn't do anything different from current behavior. (2) The scans can start earlier than the hint implies by setting SYNC_SCAN_START_OFFSET between 0 and 1. This is helpful because it makes the scan start in a place where the cache trail is likely to be continuous between the starting point and the location of an existing scan. I'd like any feedback, particularly any results that show a slowdown from current behavior. I think I fixed Luke's problem (actually, it was a fluke that it was even working at all), but I haven't heard back. Some new feedback would be very helpful. Thanks. Regards, Jeff Davis ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
