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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: VACUUM and spoiling the buffer manager cache
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In response to VACUUM and spoiling the buffer manager cache  ("Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: VACUUM and spoiling the buffer manager cache  ("Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com>)
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"Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> VACUUM's current behaviour is to take blocks it has touched and place
> them on the head of the freelist, allowing them to be reused.

No, it puts them at the tail of the freelist.  So I am unconvinced by
the rest of your argument.
        regards, tom lane

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