Re: log_autovacuum in Postgres 14 -- ordering issue

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: Nikolay Samokhvalov <samokhvalov(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Subject: Re: log_autovacuum in Postgres 14 -- ordering issue
Date: 2021-08-26 00:23:04
Message-ID: 202108260023.twjesgqhsvxj@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2021-Aug-25, Peter Geoghegan wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 2:06 PM Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:

> > I like it better than the current layout, so +1.
>
> This seems like a release housekeeping task to me. I'll come up with
> a patch targeting 14 and master in a few days.

Agreed, thanks.

> The question of whether or not we do an index scan (i.e. index
> vacuuming) depends entirely on the number of LP_DEAD items that heap
> pruning left behind in the table structure. [...]

Ooh, this was illuminating -- thanks for explaining. TBH I would have
been very confused if asked to explain what that log line meant; and now
that I know what it means, I am even more convinced that we need to work
harder at it :-)

I'll see if I can come up with something ...

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