On 2014-09-17 11:19:36 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > On 09/17/2014 08:27 AM, Craig Ringer wrote: > >Hi all > > > >Attached is a patch to switch 9.5 over to using the > >GetSystemTimeAsFileTime call instead of separate GetSystemTime and > >SystemTimeToFileTime calls. > > > >This patch the first step in improving PostgreSQL's support for Windows > >high(er) resolution time. > > > >In addition to requiring one less call into the platform libraries, this > >change permits capture of timestamps at up to 100ns precision, instead > >of the current 1ms limit. Unfortunately due to platform timer resolution > >limitations it will in practice only report with 1ms resolution and > >0.1ms precision - or sometimes even as much as 15ms resolution. (If you > >want to know more, see the README for > >https://github.com/2ndQuadrant/pg_sysdatetime). > > > >On Windows 2012 and Windows 8 I'd like to use the new > >GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime call instead. As this requires some extra > >hoop-jumping to safely and efficiently use it without breaking support > >for older platforms I suggest that we start with just switching over to > >GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, which has been supported since Windows 2000. > >Then more precise time capture can be added in a later patch. > > > > > > > That will presumably breaK XP.
The proposed patch? I don't really see why? GetSystemTimeAsFileTime() is documented to be available since win2k? Or do you mean GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime()? That'd surely - as indicated by Craig - would have to be optional since it's not available anywhere but 2012 and windows 8? > I know XP has been declared at EOL, but there > are still a heck of a lot of such systems out there, especially in places > like ATMs, but I saw it in use recently at a US surgical facility (which is > slightly scary, although this wasn't for life-sustaining functionality). My > XP system is still actually getting some security updates sent from > Microsoft. I unfortunately have to agree, dropping XP is probably at least a year or two out. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
