[HACKERS] batch write of dirty buffers

2004-06-20 Thread Qingqing Zhou
In checkpoint and background writer, we flush out dirty buffer pages one page one time. Is it possible to do in a batch mode? That is, try to find out the continous page(same tblNode, relNode, adjacent blockNum), then write them together? To find out continous pages, most cases can be handled by

Re: [HACKERS] batch write of dirty buffers

2004-06-20 Thread Tom Lane
Qingqing Zhou [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In checkpoint and background writer, we flush out dirty buffer pages one page one time. Is it possible to do in a batch mode? That is, try to find out the continous page(same tblNode, relNode, adjacent blockNum), then write them together? What for? The