Re: Compress ReorderBuffer spill files using LZ4 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 6/6/24 12:58, Julien Tachoires wrote:
> ...
>
> When compiled with LZ4 support (--with-lz4), this patch enables data
> compression/decompression of these temporary files. Each transaction
> change that must be written on disk (ReorderBufferDiskChange) is now
> compressed and encapsulated in a new structure.
> 

I'm a bit confused, but why tie this to having lz4? Why shouldn't this
be supported even for pglz, or whatever algorithms we add in the future?


regards

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