Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Looking at the code, I wonder if we already have folks not using > > spinlocks, and not even knowing it. I don't think problem reports will > > be limited to new platforms. > > Very likely --- I heard from someone recently who was trying to run > HPUX/Itanium. After we got past the hard-wired assumption that HPUX > == HPPA, it was still giving lousy performance for lack of spinlocks. > I like the part of the patch that is in-your-face about that. > > > I just learned from Larry that Unixware defines intel as i386, not > > __i386 or __i386__, at least of the native SCO compiler that he uses. > > [blink] Namespace infringement 'r us, huh? > > > I am going to test for __cpu, __cpu__, and cpu on non-gcc compiler for > > consistency. It is only done in one place in the patch, so that should > > be good. > > Please, only the first two. Make the Unixware template add __i386__. > Don't add assumptions about valid user-namespace symbols.
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