diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index a50b53ab294..de5b5d67943 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PostgreSQL TODO List ==================== Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) -Last updated: Sat Apr 23 17:25:48 EDT 2005 +Last updated: Sat Apr 23 17:38:41 EDT 2005 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ Locking while on non-SMP machines, the backend should sleep so the process holding the lock can complete and release it. -* Improve SMP performance on i386 machines +* -Improve SMP performance on i386 machines i386-based SMP machines can generate excessive context switching caused by lock failure in high concurrency situations. This may be diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html index 865a3f51fca..58eca34b7f1 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
-Last updated: Sat Apr 23 17:25:48 EDT 2005
+Last updated: Sat Apr 23 17:38:41 EDT 2005
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ first.
while on non-SMP machines, the backend should sleep so the process
holding the lock can complete and release it.
i386-based SMP machines can generate excessive context switching caused by lock failure in high concurrency situations. This may be caused by CPU cache line invalidation inefficiencies.