Re: Intermittent buildfarm failures on wrasse

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Intermittent buildfarm failures on wrasse
Date: 2022-04-15 17:11:03
Message-ID: CAH2-WzmPesOe=pAHnPfiBhYUjz=+yxDEawLpBBkdL-+w=E3bJQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:05 AM Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> I don't think they're actually that comparable. One shows how much
> relfrozenxid advanced, to a large degree influenced by the time between
> aggressive (or "unintentionally aggressive") vacuums.

It matters more in the extreme cases. The most recent possible value
for our new relfrozenxid is OldestXmin/removable cutoff. So when
something holds back OldestXmin, it also holds back new relfrozenxid
values.

> The other shows
> the age of OldestXmin at the end of the vacuum. Which is influenced by
> what's currently running.

As well as the age of OldestXmin at the start of VACUUM.

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Peter Geoghegan

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