> > especially since the next sentence uses "concurrently" to describe the
> > other case. I think we need a more thorough rewording, perhaps like
> >
> > - Note that for a complex query, several sort or hash operations might be
> > - running in parallel; each operation will generally be allowed
> > + Note that a complex query may include several sort or hash
> > + operations; each such operation will generally be allowed
> This wording doesn't seem to bring out the fact that there could be
> more than one work_mem consumer running (in-progress) at the same
> time.
Do you mean, more than one work_mem consumer running at the same
time for a given query? If so, that is precisely the point we need to convey
in the docs.
i.e. if I have 2 sorts in a query that can use up to 4MB each, at some point
in the query execution, I can have 8MB of memory allocated.
Regards,
Sami Imseih
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
