Re: pgbench with libevent?

> It could be refactored to support a different subset of event types --
> maybe just sockets, no latches and obviously no 'postmaster death'.

Ok.

> But figuring out how to make latches work between threads might also
> be interesting for future projects...

Maybe. Some people are working on threading PostgreSQL. They may
already know...

> Maybe Fabien has completion-based I/O in mind (not just "readiness").
> That's something that some of those libraries can do, IIUC.  For
> example, when your thread wakes up, it tells you "your socket read is
> finished, the data is already in your target buffer".  As opposed to
> "you can now call recv() without blocking", so you avoid another trip
> into the kernel.  But that's also something we'll eventually want to
> figure out in the server.

Agreed.
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