Re: SLRU optimization - configurable buffer pool and partitioning the SLRU lock

[Andrey M. Borodin]

> On 4 Feb 2024, at 18:38, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote:
> 
> In other words, these barriers are fully useless.

+1. I've tried to understand ideas behind barriers, but latest_page_number is 
heuristics that does not need any guarantees at all. It's also is used in 
safety check which can fire only when everything is already broken beyond any 
repair.. (Though using atomic access seems a good idea anyway)

This patch uses wording "banks" in comments before banks start to exist. But as 
far as I understand, it is expected to be committed before "banks" patch.

Besides this patch looks good to me.


Best regards, Andrey Borodin.