Re: allow changing autovacuum_max_workers without restarting - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Apr 29, 2025 at 01:31:55PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> So now I'm inclined to leave that one alone.  I'd still revert
>> 38da05346, which means the comment added by 6d0154196 needs some minor
>> adjustments.  But I think we can stick with the "(max_connections /
>> 6)" formula --- it will produce 3 with trial_conns = 20, but that's
>> enough.

> Yup, as long as the lowest possible default is >= the default for
> autovacuum_max_workers (3), we're good.

Pushed.  I realized that the text about SEMMNI/SEMMNS in runtime.sgml
needed some work too, since it still said that increasing them was
optional on NetBSD/OpenBSD.

            regards, tom lane