Re: [PATCH] Doc fix for autovacuum_max_parallel_workers

> On Oct 16, 2026, at 08:22, Baji Shaik <baji(dot)pgdev(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 7:01 AM Baji Shaik <baji(dot)pgdev(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> + line; but the setting can be overridden for individual tables by
>
> "overridden" should be "reduced" here? IIUC, this GUC remains an upper limit
> even when the table storage parameter is set, so the table parameter can
> lower the limit but cannot raise it. Both autovacuum_freeze_max_age and
> autovacuum_multixact_freeze_max_age seem to use "reduced" for the same
> reason.
>
> That's a good point. Thank you for the review and correction. v4 attached.
>
> Thanks,
> Baji Shaik.
> <v4-0001-doc-say-where-autovacuum_max_parallel_workers-can.patch>

V4 looks good to me. “Reduced” accurately describes the implementation: parallel_vacuum_compute_workers() caps the table’s requested worker count at autovacuum_max_parallel_workers.

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