Re: [patch] CLUSTER blocks scanned progress reporting

From: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>
To: Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [patch] CLUSTER blocks scanned progress reporting
Date: 2020-11-26 16:51:20
Message-ID: 4bbb0f62-4e11-ea58-875a-f6f83c251b7c@oss.nttdata.com
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On 2020/11/27 1:45, Matthias van de Meent wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 at 00:55, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> + * A heap scan need not return tuples for the last page it has
>> + * scanned. To ensure that heap_blks_scanned is equivalent to
>> + * total_heap_blks after the table scan phase, this parameter
>> + * is manually updated to the correct value when the table scan
>> + * finishes.
>>
>> So it's better to update this comment a bit? For example,
>>
>> If the scanned last pages are empty, it's possible to go to the next phase
>> while heap_blks_scanned != heap_blks_total. To ensure that they are
>> equivalet after the table scan phase, this parameter is manually updated
>> to the correct value when the table scan finishes.
>>
>
> PFA a patch with updated message and comment. I've reworded the
> messages to specifically mention empty pages and the need for setting
> heap_blks_scanned = total_heap_blks explicitly.

Thanks for updating the patch! It looks good to me.
Barring any objection, I will commit this patch (also back-patch to v12).

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
Advanced Computing Technology Center
Research and Development Headquarters
NTT DATA CORPORATION

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