Re: allow changing autovacuum_max_workers without restarting - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Nathan Bossart
Subject Re: allow changing autovacuum_max_workers without restarting
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In response to Re: allow changing autovacuum_max_workers without restarting  (Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: allow changing autovacuum_max_workers without restarting
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On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 09:16:46PM -0500, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 04:37:10PM +0000, Imseih (AWS), Sami wrote:
>> I thought 256 was a good enough limit. In practice, I doubt anyone will 
>> benefit from more than a few dozen autovacuum workers. 
>> I think 1024 is way too high to even allow.
> 
> WFM

Here is an updated patch that uses 256 as the upper limit.

>> I don't think combining 1024 + 5 = 1029 is a good idea in docs.
>> Breaking down the allotment and using the name of the constant 
>> is much more clear.

I plan to further improve this section of the documentation in v18, so I've
left the constant unexplained for now.

-- 
nathan

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