Re: Fix checkpoint skip logic on idle systems by tracking LSN progress

From: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Alexander Korotkov <a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Subject: Re: Fix checkpoint skip logic on idle systems by tracking LSN progress
Date: 2016-12-21 21:43:33
Message-ID: cd05cc4d-f9f2-478d-b3f0-a1a537bf419b@pgmasters.net
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On 12/21/16 4:40 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2016-12-21 16:35:28 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:

>> What I think "progress LSN"
>> is getting at -- actually fairly well -- is whether we're getting
>> anything *important* done, not whether we are consistent. I don't
>> mind changing the name, but not to consistency LSN.
>
> Well, progress could just as well be replay. Or the actual insertion
> point. Or up to where we've written out. Or synced out. Or
> replicated....
>
> Open to other suggestions - I'm not really happy with consistency LSN,
> but definitely unhappy with progress LSN.

MinConsistencyLSN?

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-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net

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