Re: Default setting for enable_hashagg_disk (hash_mem)

From: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Default setting for enable_hashagg_disk (hash_mem)
Date: 2020-07-06 10:29:29
Message-ID: CAA4eK1JVUwfne2A3mERR5rLhkWxsAyJhxH-VLY5Wfuz5GT+QJg@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 2:24 AM Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2020-07-04 at 14:49 +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> > > We don't even have a user report yet of a
> > > regression compared to PG 12, or one that can't be fixed by
> > > increasing
> > > work_mem.
> > >
> >
> > Yeah, this is exactly the same point I have raised above. I feel we
> > should wait before designing any solution to match pre-13 behavior
> > for
> > hashaggs to see what percentage of users face problems related to
> > this
> > and how much is a problem for them to increase work_mem to avoid
> > regression.
>
> I agree that it's good to wait for actual problems. But the challenge
> is that we can't backport an added GUC.
>

Is it because we won't be able to edit existing postgresql.conf file
or for some other reasons?

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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