From 8aff8ec54a6588614f952693f509b75bf240851c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Bossart Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:56:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH v3 1/1] Adjust documentation for configuring Linux huge pages. The present wording about viewing shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages seems to suggest that the parameter cannot be viewed after startup at all, whereas the intent is to make it clear that you can't use "postgres -C" to view this GUC while the server is running. This commit rephrases this section to remove the ambiguity. Author: Seino Yuki Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier, David G. Johnston, Fujii Masao Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/420584fd274f9ec4f337da55ffb3b790%40oss.nttdata.com Backpatch-through: 15 --- doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 2c4d5ef640..a47fa67b38 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -1429,11 +1429,10 @@ export PG_OOM_ADJUST_VALUE=0 with CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y and CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE=y. You will also have to configure the operating system to provide enough huge pages of the desired size. - To determine the number of huge pages needed, use the - postgres command to see the value of - . Note that the - server must be shut down to view this runtime-computed parameter. - This might look like: + The runtime-computed parameter + reports the number + of huge pages required. This parameter can be viewed before starting the + server with a postgres command like: $ postgres -D $PGDATA -C shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages 3170 -- 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)