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Re: eliminate xl_heap_visible to reduce WAL (and eventually set VM on-access)

Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>

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From: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
To: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>
Cc: Kirill Reshke <reshkekirill@gmail.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
Date: 2025-11-24T09:31:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Remove table_scan_analyze_next_tuple unneeded parameter OldestXmin

  2. Simplify visibility check in heap_page_would_be_all_visible()

  3. Eliminate use of cached VM value in lazy_scan_prune()

  4. Combine visibilitymap_set() cases in lazy_scan_prune()

  5. Fix const qualification in prune_freeze_setup()

  6. Simplify vacuum visibility assertion

  7. Split heap_page_prune_and_freeze() into helpers

  8. Assert that cutoffs are provided if freezing will be attempted

  9. Split PruneFreezeParams initializers to one field per line

  10. Refactor heap_page_prune_and_freeze() parameters into a struct

  11. Make heap_page_is_all_visible independent of LVRelState

  12. Inline TransactionIdFollows/Precedes[OrEquals]()

  13. Add helper for freeze determination to heap_page_prune_and_freeze

  14. Bump XLOG_PAGE_MAGIC after xl_heap_prune change

  15. Correct prune WAL record opcode name in comment

  16. Add error codes when vacuum discovers VM corruption

  17. Remove unused xl_heap_prune member, reason

  18. Remove unneeded VM pin from VM replay

  19. Add assert and log message to visibilitymap_set

  20. Add error codes to some corruption log messages


> On Nov 24, 2025, at 16:07, Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 0006, 0007 look good, no comment.

I missed a nit comment in 0007:

7 - 0007
```
+ * To handle recovery conflict during logical decoding on standby, we must know
+ * if the table is a catalog table. Note that in visibilitymapdefs.h
+ * VISIBLITYMAP_XLOG_CATALOG_REL is also defined as (1 << 2). xl_heap_prune
+ * records should use XLHP_IS_CATALOG_REL, not VISIBILIYTMAP_XLOG_CATALOG_REL --
+ * even if they only contain updates to the VM.
```

VISIBLITYMAP_XLOG_CATALOG_REL missed “I” after “B”.

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/