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

Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-09-15T03:48:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 8:07 PM Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> wrote:
> Sure. Will backporting either patch into REL_13_STABLE now interfere
> with RC1 release in any way?

The RMT will discuss this.

It would help if there was a patch ready to go.

Thanks
-- 
Peter Geoghegan



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.