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From Masahiko Sawada
Subject pgsql: Fix parallel autovacuum workers ignoring track_cost_delay_timing
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Msg-id E1xDrwC-00000000TNH-1cva@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Fix parallel autovacuum workers ignoring track_cost_delay_timing changes.

Commit 1ff3180ca01 made the leader of a parallel autovacuum propagate
changes to the cost-based delay parameters to its workers, but missed
track_cost_delay_timing. Workers therefore kept the value they had at
launch: turning the parameter on during the vacuum left
pg_stat_progress_vacuum.delay_time counting only the leader's naps,
and turning it off didn't stop workers from adding theirs. Throttling
itself was not affected.

Fix by adding track_cost_delay_timing to PVSharedCostParams. Since a
worker's setting can now change while it runs, we report its residual
delay time at exit whenever any has been accumulated, rather than only
if track_cost_delay_timing is still on.

Backpatch to v19, where parallel autovacuum was introduced.

Reported-by: Sami Imseih <samimseih.pg@gmail.com>
Author: Sami Imseih <samimseih.pg@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Zsolt Parragi <zsolt.parragi@percona.com>
Reviewed-by: Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAN12+YJZaALd3zMeKVVRTwcuY5_yDtR_vMPwWc8QNgeYxrn4Zg@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 19

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/92a734bf5c7ace23131b711025c75aacd8144482

Modified Files
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src/backend/commands/vacuumparallel.c                       | 13 +++++++++----
.../modules/test_autovacuum/t/001_parallel_autovacuum.pl    |  3 ++-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


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