Re: Removing PD_ALL_VISIBLE

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Pavan Deolasee <pavan(dot)deolasee(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Removing PD_ALL_VISIBLE
Date: 2013-01-21 03:19:02
Message-ID: 5225.1358738342@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> wrote:
>> So, I attached a new version of the patch that doesn't look at the VM
>> for tables with fewer than 32 pages. That's the only change.

> That certainly seems worthwhile, but I still don't want to get rid of
> this code. I'm just not seeing a reason why that's something that
> desperately needs to be done.

Yeah, I'm having the same problem. Despite Jeff's test results, I can't
help thinking that lack of PD_ALL_VISIBLE *will* hurt us under some
workloads, and it's not obvious to me what benefit we get from dropping
it.

regards, tom lane

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