Re: Report planning memory in EXPLAIN ANALYZE - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 3:24 PM Ashutosh Bapat
<ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 1, 2023 at 8:27 AM Andrei Lepikhov
> <a.lepikhov@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> >
> > On 30/11/2023 18:40, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > > Well, SUMMARY is enabled by default with ANALYZE, and I'd rather not
> > > have planner memory consumption displayed by default with all EXPLAIN
> > > ANALYZEs.  So yeah, I still think this deserves its own option.
> > >
> > > But let's hear others' opinions on this point.  I'm only one vote here.
> >
> > I agree; it should be disabled by default. The fact that memory
> > consumption outputs with byte precision (very uncomfortable for
> > perception) is a sign that the primary audience is developers and for
> > debugging purposes.
>
> That's 2 vs 1. Here's patch with MEMORY option added. Replying to
> Alvaro's earlier relevant comments.
>

"Include information on planner's memory consumption. Specially,
include the total memory allocated by the planner and net memory that
remains used at the end of the planning. It defaults to
<literal>FALSE</literal>.
"
doc/src/sgml/ref/explain.sgml
I can view MemoryContextSizeDifference, figure out the meaning.

But I am not sure "net memory that remains used at the end of the
planning" is the correct description.
(I am not native english speaker).