Re: [PATCH] Report no unpinned buffers as insufficient resources - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Pierre Forstmann
Subject Re: [PATCH] Report no unpinned buffers as insufficient resources
Date
Msg-id 179042222819.1129.9520282623409278427.pgcf@coridan.postgresql.org
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In response to [PATCH] Report no unpinned buffers as insufficient resources  (Ma Xueting <ma@sraoss.co.jp>)
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The following review has been posted through the commitfest application:
make installcheck-world:  tested, passed
Implements feature:       tested, passed
Spec compliant:           not tested
Documentation:            not tested

Hello,

I have used following scenario to trigger "no unpinned buffers available":

1. set following parameters in postgresql.conf:

shared_buffers = 128kB
log_error_verbosity = verbose

2. stop and restart PG server

3. use pgbench:

pgbench -i -s 10 postgres
dropping old tables...
creating tables...
generating data (client-side)...
vacuuming...                                                                                
creating primary keys...
done in 8.98 s (drop tables 0.01 s, create tables 0.02 s, client-side generate 8.14 s, vacuum 0.31 s, primary keys 0.50
s).

$ pgbench -c 16 -j 16 -T 60 postgres
pgbench (20devel)
starting vacuum...end.
pgbench: error: pgbench: error: pgbench:client 8 script 0 aborted in command 5 query 0: ERROR:  no unpinned buffers
available
pgbench:pgbench:client 5 script 0 aborted in command 5 query 0: ERROR:  no unpinned buffers available
pgbench: error:  error: client 4 script 0 aborted in command 5 query 0: ERROR:  no unpinned buffers available
 error: client 7 script 0 aborted in command 5 query 0: ERROR:  no unpinned buffers available

I have checked PG log:

grep 53000 $PGDATA/log/pg.log
2026-09-26 13:23:28.504 CEST [66095] ERROR:  53000: no unpinned buffers available
2026-09-26 13:23:28.504 CEST [66102] ERROR:  53000: no unpinned buffers available
2026-09-26 13:23:28.504 CEST [66089] ERROR:  53000: no unpinned buffers available
2026-09-26 13:23:28.504 CEST [66103] ERROR:  53000: no unpinned buffers available
2026-09-26 13:23:28.504 CEST [66094] ERROR:  53000: no unpinned buffers available
2026-09-26 13:23:28.504 CEST [66092] ERROR:  53000: no unpinned buffers available
2026-09-26 13:23:28.504 CEST [66088] ERROR:  53000: no unpinned buffers available
2026-09-26 13:23:28.504 CEST [66098] ERROR:  53000: no unpinned buffers available
2026-09-26 13:23:28.505 CEST [66091] ERROR:  53000: no unpinned buffers available

We have expected PG error code class:
Class 53 — Insufficient Resources

Patch looks good to me.

Regards,
PF.

The new status of this patch is: Ready for Committer

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