Re: [PATCH] Unremovable tuple monitoring

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Yeb Havinga <yebhavinga(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Royce Ausburn <royce(dot)ml(at)inomial(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Kevin Grittner <kevin(dot)grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Unremovable tuple monitoring
Date: 2011-11-16 14:47:52
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYgXJARyXBBfc85dfKxdeTMLA5+wYQomvqBgZruerJ6_g@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Not sure about the log line, but allowing pgstattuple to distinguish
>> between recently-dead and quite-thoroughly-dead seems useful.
>
> The dividing line is enormously unstable though.  pgstattuple's idea of
> RecentGlobalXmin could even be significantly different from that of a
> concurrently running VACUUM.  I can see the point of having VACUUM log
> what it did, but opinions from the peanut gallery aren't worth much.

Hmm, you have a point.

But as Yeb points out, it seems like we should at least try to be more
consistent about the terminology.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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