Re: BUG #2546: PostgreSQL does not have native spinlock

Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > "John Weekley" <weekleyj@foobarlabs.net> writes:
> >> Platform is 64 bit Solaris x86.
> >> ...
> >> "../../../../src/include/storage/s_lock.h", line 814: #error: PostgreSQL
> >> does not have native spinlock support on this platform.  To continue the
> >> compilation, rerun configure using --disable-spinlocks.  However,
> >> performance will be poor.  Please report this to pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org.
> >
> > It looks like s_lock.h currently has coverage for amd64 using gcc, or
> > sparc64 using either compiler, but not for amd64 using Sun's cc.
> > Please feel free to send a patch, or you could pester Sun to send us
> > one (Josh?)
>
> SunStudio is supported on the HEAD (8.2). Spin lock problem is know
> issue in version 8.1.4. I don't know if latest 8.1 branch contains
> backport.

No, we did not backport because of concern that not enough people
reviewed the changes.

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