Re: partial heap only tuples

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "McAlister, Grant" <grant(at)amazon(dot)com>, "Mlodgenski, Jim" <mlodj(at)amazon(dot)com>, "Nasby, Jim" <nasbyj(at)amazon(dot)com>, "Hsu, John" <hsuchen(at)amazon(dot)com>
Subject: Re: partial heap only tuples
Date: 2021-02-13 16:26:23
Message-ID: 20210213162623.4upmsuzwv2anqoqx@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2021-02-09 18:48:21 +0000, Bossart, Nathan wrote:
> In order to be eligible for cleanup, the final tuple in the
> corresponding PHOT/HOT chain must also be eligible for cleanup, or all
> indexes must have been updated later in the chain before any visible
> tuples.

This sounds like it might be prohibitively painful. Adding effectively
unremovable bloat to remove other bloat is not an uncomplicated
premise. I think you'd really need a way to fully remove this as part of
vacuum for this to be viable.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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