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authorThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2021-03-11 10:05:58 +1300
committerThomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>2021-03-11 10:36:17 +1300
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Replace buffer I/O locks with condition variables.
1. Backends waiting for buffer I/O are now interruptible. 2. If something goes wrong in a backend that is currently performing I/O, waiting backends no longer wake up until that backend reaches AbortBufferIO() and broadcasts on the CV. Previously, any waiters would wake up (because the I/O lock was automatically released) and then busy-loop until AbortBufferIO() cleared BM_IO_IN_PROGRESS. 3. LWLockMinimallyPadded is removed, as it would now be unused. Author: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> (earlier version, 2016) Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA%2BhUKGJ8nBFrjLuCTuqKN0pd2PQOwj9b_jnsiGFFMDvUxahj_A%40mail.gmail.com Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA+Tgmoaj2aPti0yho7FeEf2qt-JgQPRWb0gci_o1Hfr=C56Xng@mail.gmail.com
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
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@@ -1587,6 +1587,10 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser
scan to become available.</entry>
</row>
<row>
+ <entry><literal>BufferIO</literal></entry>
+ <entry>Waiting for buffer I/O to complete.</entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry><literal>CheckpointDone</literal></entry>
<entry>Waiting for a checkpoint to complete.</entry>
</row>
@@ -1877,10 +1881,6 @@ postgres 27093 0.0 0.0 30096 2752 ? Ss 11:34 0:00 postgres: ser
<entry>Waiting to access a data page in memory.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><literal>BufferIO</literal></entry>
- <entry>Waiting for I/O on a data page.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
<entry><literal>BufferMapping</literal></entry>
<entry>Waiting to associate a data block with a buffer in the buffer
pool.</entry>