bufmgr: Use atomic sub for unpinning buffers
The prior commit made it legal to modify BufferDesc.state while the buffer
header spinlock is held. This allows us to replace the CAS loop
inUnpinBufferNoOwner() with an atomic sub. This improves scalability
significantly. See the prior commits for more background.
Reviewed-by: Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/fvfmkr5kk4nyex56ejgxj3uzi63isfxovp2biecb4bspbjrze7@az2pljabhnff
Branch
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master
Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/5310fac6e0fcb1c7fcefb3446767673f9107328c
Modified Files
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src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c | 29 +++--------------------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
