Re: logtape.c stats don't account for unused "prefetched" block numbers

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-09-15T23:00:37Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 3:02 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> The tag is applied, though for some reason the pgsql-committers auto
>> e-mail about new tags hasn't been working lately.

> Thanks. FWIW I did get the automated email shortly after you sent this email.

Yeah, it did show up here too, about an hour after I pushed the tag.
The last several taggings have been delayed similarly, and I think
at least one never was reported at all.

			regards, tom lane



Commits

  1. Change LogicalTapeSetBlocks() to use nBlocksWritten.

  2. HashAgg: release write buffers sooner by rewinding tape.

  3. logtape.c: do not preallocate for tapes when sorting

  4. Fix bogus MaxAllocSize check in logtape.c.

  5. Avoid fragmentation of logical tapes when writing concurrently.

  6. Logical Tape Set: use min heap for freelist.

  7. Don't create "holes" in BufFiles, in the new logtape code.