Re: Shared hash table allocations

On Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> wrote:
>
> > I think we should highlight the change in default in the release notes
> > though. The users which use default configuration will notice an
> > increase in the memory. If they are using a custom value, they will
> > think of bumping it up. Can we give them some ballpark % by which they
> > should increase their max_locks_per_transaction? E.g. double the
> > number or something?
>
> I don't think people who are using the defaults will notice. I'm worried
> about the people who have set max_locks_per_transactions manually, and
> now effectively get less lock space for the same setting. Yeah, doubling
> the previous value is a good rule of thumb.

Users who have set max_locks_per_transaction to a non-default value
but have tuned their application to respect those limits are safe even
after this change, since their lock hash table never used wiggle room.
Those users who weren't careful to respect those limits will need to
bump their setting. I think the release notes should "nudge" all the
users who use non-default max_locks_per_transaction to increase it if
they see "out of memory" errors. I don't think it should provide a
blanket advise to double their locks

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Best Wishes,
Ashutosh Bapat