Re: VACUUM VERBOSE FSM info - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: VACUUM VERBOSE FSM info
Date
Msg-id 200504240351.j3O3p4T08912@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: VACUUM VERBOSE FSM info  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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OK, new text is:

    INFO:  free space map contains 36 pages in 51 relations
    DETAIL:  A total of 816 page slots are in use (including overhead).
    816 page slots are required to track all free space.
    Current limits are:  18000 page slots, 1000 relations, using 171 KB.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Should the "memory used" line be a hint?
>
> Well, the main message should fit on one line, and the rest is either
> hint or detail.  In this case detail since it's all facts, not advice.
> Could look like this:
>
> INFO: free space map contains N1 pages in N2 relations
> DETAIL: A total of N3 FSM page slots are in use.
> A total of N4 FSM page slots are required to track all free space.
> Current FSM parameters are max_fsm_pages = N5, max_fsm_relations = N6,
> resulting in total memory usage of N7 kB.
>
> (where N3 is the number including overhead, and N4 is the "requested"
> number.)
>
> You could fix it so that hints were conditionally added like
>
> HINT: max_fsm_pages is too small, consider raising it to at least N4.
>
> but since you seem to want to treat that as a WARNING, it'd probably
> be redundant to make a HINT for it.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
>

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