On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >>That's true, but if you don't align the beginnings of the allocations, >>then it's a lot more complicated for the code to properly align stuff >>within the allocation. It's got to insert a variable amount of >>padding based on the alignment it happens to get. > > Hm? Allocate +PG_CACHELINE_SIZE and do var = CACHELINEALIGN(var).
Meh. I guess that will work, but I see little advantage in it. Cache-line aligning the allocations is simple and, not of no value, of long precedent. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
