Re: select_parallel test fails with nonstandard block size

Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Well, sure, but at any reasonable value of min_parallel_relation_size
>> that won't be a factor. The question here is whether we want the default
>> value to be platform-independent. I notice that both config.sgml and
>> postgresql.conf.sample claim that the default value is 8MB, which this
>> discussion reveals to be a lie. If you want to keep the default expressed
>> as "1024" and not "(8 * 1024 * 1024) / BLCKSZ", we need to change the
>> documentation.

> I don't particularly care about that. Changing it to 8MB always would
> be fine with me.

OK, I'll take care of it (since I now realize that the inconsistency
is my own fault --- I committed that GUC not you). It's unclear what
this will do for Peter's complaint though.

regards, tom lane