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Re:High-Performance DBMSs with io_uring: When and How to use it by lukeh on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @04:29PM (#46519082)
Small nitpick: malloc is not a system call.
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Re:High-Performance DBMSs with io_uring: When and How to use it by to_ziegler on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @04:39PM (#46519218)
Good catch! We will fix this in the next version and change it to brk/sbrk or mmap
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Re:High-Performance DBMSs with io_uring: When and How to use it by sfink on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @02:32PM (#46531313)
That jumped out at me too. It stood out amid the (excellent) performance model validation.
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