----------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKLOG TASK -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TASK...........: Unused CREATION DATE..: Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 00:17 SUPERVISOR.....: Monty IMPLEMENTOR....: Igor COPIES TO......: Igor, Monty, Sergei CATEGORY.......: Server-Sprint TASK ID........: 86 (http://askmonty.org/worklog/?tid=86) VERSION........: Server-5.2 STATUS.........: Assigned PRIORITY.......: 60 WORKED HOURS...: 0 ESTIMATE.......: 80 (hours remain) ORIG. ESTIMATE.: 80 PROGRESS NOTES: -=-=(Igor - Tue, 16 Mar 2010, 19:30)=-=- Title modified. --- /tmp/wklog.86.old.22309 2010-03-16 19:30:04.000000000 +0000 +++ /tmp/wklog.86.new.22309 2010-03-16 19:30:04.000000000 +0000 @@ -1 +1 @@ -Partitioned Key Cache for MyISAM +Unused -=-=(Igor - Tue, 16 Mar 2010, 19:29)=-=- High Level Description modified. --- /tmp/wklog.86.old.22292 2010-03-16 19:29:37.000000000 +0000 +++ /tmp/wklog.86.new.22292 2010-03-16 19:29:37.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,19 +1 @@ -A partitioned key cache is a collection of structures for regular MyiSAM key -caches called key cache partitions. Any page from a file can be placed into a -buffer of only one partition. The number of the partition is calculated from the -file number and the position of the page in the file, and it's always the same -for the page. The function that maps pages into partitions takes care of even -distribution of pages among partitions. -Partition key cache mitigate one of the major problem of simple key cache: -thread contention for key cache lock (mutex). Every call of a key cache -interface function must acquire this lock. So threads compete for this lock even -in the case when they have acquired shared locks for the file and pages they -want read from are in the key cache buffers. When working with a partitioned key -cache any key cache interface function that needs only one page has to acquire -the key cache lock only for the partition the page is ascribed to. This makes -the chances for threads not compete for the same key cache lock better. - -The idea and the original of the partitioned key cache was provided by one of -our external contributers (see the attached file segmented_keycache_v2.diff with -the original patch from the contributor). -=-=(Igor - Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 00:19)=-=- Privacy level updated. --- /tmp/wklog.86.old.10092 2010-02-13 22:19:03.000000000 +0000 +++ /tmp/wklog.86.new.10092 2010-02-13 22:19:03.000000000 +0000 @@ -1 +1 @@ -y +n -=-=(Igor - Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 00:19)=-=- Category updated. --- /tmp/wklog.86.old.10092 2010-02-13 22:19:03.000000000 +0000 +++ /tmp/wklog.86.new.10092 2010-02-13 22:19:03.000000000 +0000 @@ -1 +1 @@ -Server-BackLog +Server-Sprint -=-=(Igor - Sun, 14 Feb 2010, 00:18)=-=- Version updated. --- /tmp/wklog.86.old.10044 2010-02-14 00:18:31.000000000 +0200 +++ /tmp/wklog.86.new.10044 2010-02-14 00:18:31.000000000 +0200 @@ -1 +1 @@ -Benchmarks-3.0 +Server-5.2 DESCRIPTION: ESTIMATED WORK TIME ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WorkLog (v4.0.0)