Re: [PROPOSAL] VACUUM Progress Checker.

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: pokurev(at)pm(dot)nttdata(dot)co(dot)jp, Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, Amit Langote <amitlangote09(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, bannos(at)nttdata(dot)co(dot)jp
Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] VACUUM Progress Checker.
Date: 2016-03-11 04:16:26
Message-ID: CA+TgmoYfN4_LB54UOxXT3DsuQ2i-kFN92ZD+q+VK2cGRGoNybw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Amit Langote
<Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:
> So, from what I understand here, we should not put total count of index
> pages into st_progress_param; rather, have the client (reading
> pg_stat_progress_vacuum) derive it using pg_indexes_size() (?), as and
> when necessary. However, only server is able to tell the current position
> within an index vacuuming round (or how many pages into a given index
> vacuuming round), so report that using some not-yet-existent mechanism.

Isn't that mechanism what you are trying to create in 0003? But
otherwise, yes, you've accurate summarized what I think we should do.

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Robert Haas
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