Re: Remove vacuum_defer_cleanup_age

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Remove vacuum_defer_cleanup_age
Date: 2016-10-18 20:37:46
Message-ID: 20161018203746.mbbnm7ighmemf6rn@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2016-10-09 21:51:07 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Given that hot_standby_feedback is pretty bulletproof now, and a lot of
> the work in reducing replay conflicts, I think the utility of
> vacuum_defer_cleanup_age is at an end. I really meant so submit a patch
> to remove it to 9.6, but it got away from me.

HS feedback doesn't e.g. work well with delayed and/or archived replay,
whereas defer_cleanup does.

On the other hand, removing it would make some of the reasoning around
GetOldestXmin() a bit easier.

Andres

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