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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: our buffer replacement strategy is kind of lame
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In response to Re: our buffer replacement strategy is kind of lame  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
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Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> Does anyone have a better idea for reducing BufFreelistLock
> contention? Something simple that will work for 9.2?

Get rid of the freelist?  Once shared buffers are full, it's just about
useless anyway.  But you'd need to think about the test cases that you
pay attention to, as there might be scenarios where it remains useful.
        regards, tom lane

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