Re: Patch: Write Amplification Reduction Method (WARM)

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Pavan Deolasee <pavan(dot)deolasee(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jaime Casanova <jaime(dot)casanova(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Patch: Write Amplification Reduction Method (WARM)
Date: 2017-01-26 19:53:08
Message-ID: 20170126195308.wdea3huq5vhg4rs3@alvherre.pgsql
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Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> > I think the way WARM works has been pretty well hammered by now, other
> > than the CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY issues, so I'm looking at the code
> > from a maintainability point of view only.
>
> Which senior hackers have previously reviewed it in detail?

The previous thread,
https://postgr.es/m/CABOikdMop5Rb_RnS2xFdAXMZGSqcJ-P-BY2ruMd+buUkJ4iDPw@mail.gmail.com
contains some discussion of it, which uncovered bugs in the initial idea
and gave rise to the current design.

> Where would I go to get a good overview of the overall theory of operation?

The added README file does a pretty good job, I thought.

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Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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