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Subject: [pgsql-hackers-win32] CreateProcess vs. CreateThread (was: Committing Resources to Win32)
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From: "Merlin Moncure" <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com>
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> >problem is the ipc-daemon which has a tendency to crash. It seems
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> >slower on writes, but that is strictly anecdotal. With synching off,
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it
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> >hums along happily.
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> >
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> It is slower on rights, connection startup, limited on connections,
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> tcp/ip transfer and you should
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> never run PostgreSQL with sync off unless you are not worried about
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data
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> integrity.
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I agree 100%. See notes below.
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> >The perceived win32 process management problems are a total red
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herring.
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> >
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> >
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> I disagree... read the other posts. CreateProcess does not scale like
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> CreateThread.
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Here is a good resource comparing process creation on Linux and NT (with
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source).
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http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rt7/?t=gr,Redhat=T
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headsMgt
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NT can create 150 processes/sec (vs. 300+ on Linux 2.4.2). Even with
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the slower process creation time, most postgres applications will spend
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a tiny fraction of their time inside process creation. Again, this is
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much more relevant to a web server than a database server. Compile and
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run the code supplied in the link if you don't believe me (and I don't
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expect you to :)).
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My point about cygwin was to try and illustrate that the performance
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problems wrt postgres on win32 are almost certainly going to be I/O
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based, not process based (as evidenced by the decent performance with
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fsync=off), and this is due to the way files are synched (somebody
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correct me if I'm wrong on this point). I would hate to see you spend a
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bunch of time implementing threading only to find out you are better off
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than with the cygwin version. In case I am wrong, it might be
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informative to fire up a threaded port to see if the end justifies the
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means. The best apples to apples comparison is to run cygwin/peerdirect
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fsync=off vs. linux fsync=off. This is not useful in a production
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sense, but will help tell the relative performance wrt threads vs.
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processes.
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My gut tells me the proper path is to:
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1. Implement no frills process based port to win32 based on (as much as
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possible) native sources and native build environment.
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2. Troubleshoot specific performance problems, which will most likely be
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on the I/O side. Fixing them may ultimately lead to api level file
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calls (possibly including asynch I/O) on win32, which may be the only
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way that platform will ever run postgres as good as on the unix side of
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things.
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Regards,
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Merlin
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