Re: Why not try for a HOT update, even when PageIsFull()? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: Why not try for a HOT update, even when PageIsFull()?
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Msg-id CAH2-Wz=1oCXbEbdYqHg3=fuvsnem8bsrnU_YejhSOoiHENE3fQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Why not try for a HOT update, even when PageIsFull()?  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
Responses Re: Why not try for a HOT update, even when PageIsFull()?
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On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 11:51 AM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote:
> Hmm, I don't have any memory of introducing this; and if you look at the
> thread, you'll notice that it got there between the first patch I posted
> and the second one, without any mention of the reason.  I probably got
> that code from the WARM patch series at some point, thinking that it was
> an obvious optimization; but I'm fairly certain that we didn't run any
> tailored micro-benchmark to justify it.

I suspected that it was something like that. I agree that it's
unlikely that we'll be able to do another HOT update for as long as
the page has PD_PAGE_FULL set. But that's not saying much; it's also
unlikely that heap_update will find that PD_PAGE_FULL is set to begin
with. And, the chances of successfully applying HOT again are workload
dependent.

> I certainly do not object to removing it.

I'd like to do so soon. I'll wait a few more days, in case Pavan objects.

Thanks
-- 
Peter Geoghegan



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