Re: bgwriter_lru_maxpages range in postgresql.conf

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> (My earlier post has been stuck in infinite moderation due to the use of a
> common 6 letter abbreviation for configuration, so I will try again without
> it)
>
> With v10, commit 14ca9abfbe4643408a, the upper limit on
> bgwriter_lru_maxpages was changed from 1000 to INT_MAX / 2, but the
> postgresql.conf.sample was not updated.
>
> #bgwriter_lru_maxpages = 100 # 0-1000 max buffers written/round
>
> I don't see any precedence for including INT_MAX-type limits in the sample
> configuration file, so maybe something like this:?
>
> #bgwriter_lru_maxpages = 100 # max buffers written/round, 0 to turn
> off

wfm. Patch?

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