Re: [HACKERS] Well, we seem to be proof against cache-inval problems now

[Hiroshi Inoue]

Tom Lane wrote: > > I just finished running the parallel regress tests with inval.c rigged > to flush the relcache and syscache at every available opportunity, > that is anytime we could recognize a shared-cache-inval message from > another backend (see diff below). This setup gives a whole new universe > of meaning to the word "slow" --- it took *three full days* to run the > standard "make check" procedure, including eighteen hours just to do the > "vacuum template1" part of initdb. I kid you not. But it worked. > Looks like the unexpected-cache-entry-drop class of problems are indeed > gone. > Great. Thanks. Hiroshi Inoue