Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Hint Bits and Write I/O

2008-08-01 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Simon Riggs wrote: The first half is actually quite large, but that makes it even more sensible to commit this part now. The enclosed patch introduces the machinery by which we might later optimise hint bit setting. It differentiates between hint bit setting and block dirtying, when the

Re: [PATCHES] [HACKERS] Hint Bits and Write I/O

2008-08-01 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think it makes sense to commit this patch now, per previous discussions on which we have agreed to make incremental changes. Yeah, but at the same time there is merit in the argument that the proposed patch hasn't actually been proven to be usable for