Re: Option to not use ringbuffer in VACUUM, using it in failsafe mode

David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>

From: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>
Date: 2023-04-16T00:09:44Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sat, 15 Apr 2023 at 12:59, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> wrote:
> These are all valid points. I've attached a patch aiming to address
> each of them.

I tweaked this a little further and pushed it.

David



Commits

  1. Add unit to vacuum_buffer_usage_limit value in postgresql.conf.sample.

  2. Improve VACUUM/ANALYZE BUFFER_USAGE_LIMIT docs

  3. Add --buffer-usage-limit option to vacuumdb

  4. Add VACUUM/ANALYZE BUFFER_USAGE_LIMIT option

  5. Move various prechecks from vacuum() into ExecVacuum()

  6. Always make a BufferAccessStrategy for ANALYZE

  7. Rename BufferAccessStrategyData.ring_size to nbuffers

  8. Disable vacuum's use of a buffer access strategy during failsafe

  9. Only make buffer strategy for vacuum when it's likely needed

  10. Remove some global variables from vacuum.c

  11. Doc: add Buffer Access Strategy to the glossary