Re: [PATCHES] pg_buffercache tidyup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PATCHES] pg_buffercache tidyup
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Msg-id 6710.1161539554@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> writes:
> This is probably terrible timing, but I noticed Tom had done some nice
> tidying up on pg_freespacemap to eliminate the clumsy conversion to and
> from strings. This patch does a similar thing for pg_buffercache.

Applied --- it is very late in the cycle, but minor code cleanup of
this sort seems pretty safe.

> I did wonder about not showing buffers that are invalid or not in use
> (currently displays all attributes bar the id as NULL). Comments?

I think we should leave it as-is.  You can easily filter the null rows
if you don't want 'em, while they might be handy for certain sorts of
analysis.  Besides, this module has already been out for one release
so we shouldn't change its API on a whim.

            regards, tom lane

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