=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Yves_Wei=DFig?= <weissig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am not aiming for full parallelization, only some > parts of the algorithm regarding build, insert and search are going to > be extended by Open MP. E.g. I want to parallelize searching in multiple > pages by directing some portions to one thread and other portions to > another thread. Do you think that this small amount of parallelization > is possible? Or will there be complications with the used methods by the > buffer manager and so on? What do you think? What are your thoughts? The backend code is not designed for thread safety. This is not a case where "only a little bit" of parallelism is going to be safe. It *will* break. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general