Re: Proposal of tunable fix for scalability of 8.4

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> I think that changing the locking behavior is attacking the problem at
> the wrong level anyway.

Right.  By the time a patch here could have any effect, you've already
lost the game --- having to deschedule and reschedule a process is a
large cost compared to the typical lock hold time for most LWLocks.  So
it would be better to look at how to avoid blocking in the first place.

            regards, tom lane