Re: pgsql: Prefetch data referenced by the WAL, take II.

On 2022-Apr-07, Thomas Munro wrote:

> Prefetch data referenced by the WAL, take II.

I propose a small wording change in guc.c,

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 9fbbfb1be5..9803741708 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -2840,7 +2840,7 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
 	{
 		{"wal_decode_buffer_size", PGC_POSTMASTER, WAL_RECOVERY,
 			gettext_noop("Maximum buffer size for reading ahead in the WAL during recovery."),
-			gettext_noop("This controls the maximum distance we can read ahead in the WAL to prefetch referenced blocks."),
+			gettext_noop("This controls the maximum distance we can read ahead in the WAL to prefetch data blocks referenced therein."),
 			GUC_UNIT_BYTE
 		},
 		&wal_decode_buffer_size,

"referenced blocks" seems otherwise a bit unclear to me.  Other wording
suggestions welcome.  I first thought of "...to prefetch referenced data
blocks", which is probably OK too.

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