Re: Estimating HugePages Requirements? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Estimating HugePages Requirements?
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Msg-id CA+TgmoZ1=ffb2zqNDCHc=-bkU2iw61Pn66Md7szoWubm-f2jeg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Estimating HugePages Requirements?  ("Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn@amazon.com>)
Responses Re: Estimating HugePages Requirements?  ("Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn@amazon.com>)
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On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 7:43 PM Bossart, Nathan <bossartn@amazon.com> wrote:
> > shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages? It's kinda long, but a long name
> > that you can understand without reading the docs is better than a
> > short one where you can't.
>
> I think that's an improvement.  The only other idea I have at the
> moment is num_huge_pages_required_for_shared_memory.

Hmm, that to me sounds like maybe only part of shared memory uses huge
pages and maybe we're just giving you the number required for that
part. I realize that it doesn't work that way but I don't know if
everyone will.

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Robert Haas
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