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Re: shared-memory based stats collector - v70

Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> — 2022-04-06T19:37:20Z

On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 12:34 PM Justin Pryzby <pryzby@telsasoft.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 06, 2022 at 12:27:34PM -0700, Andres Freund wrote:
> > > > +   next use of statistical information will cause a new snapshot to
> be built
> > > > +   or accessed statistics to be cached.
> > >
> > > I believe this should be an "and", not an "or". (next access builds
> both a
> > > new snapshot and caches accessed statistics)
> >
> > I *think* or is correct? The new snapshot is when
> stats_fetch_consistency =
> > snapshot, the cached is when stats_fetch_consistency = cache. Not sure
> how to
> > make that clearer without making it a lot longer. Suggestions?
>
> I think it's correct.  Maybe it's clearer to say:
>
> +   next use of statistical information will (when in snapshot mode) cause
> a new snapshot to be built
> +   or (when in cache mode) accessed statistics to be cached.
>

Ah, yes, that does clarify what was meant.

+1 to Justin's edit, or something like it.

Thanks,
Lukas

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Lukas Fittl