From: Date: July 4 2008 11:36am
Subject: Re: mutex contention for the query cache
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* Jonas Oreland <jonas@stripped> [08/07/04 13:12]:
> i haven't really thought about this in the context of the query cache...
> i've been more thinking about the table-definition-cache

With the table definition cache, we have WL#3983 ready
to be implemented. Its goal is to significantly reduce contention
on LOCK_open. 

Unfortunately, it is being pushed currently out of 6.0 to 6.X, due
to a lack of time.

Perhaps a request from a customer could influence management's
priorities.

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