pgsql: Simplify vacuum VM update logging counters

From: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Simplify vacuum VM update logging counters
Date: 2025-06-26 18:26:30
Message-ID: E1uUrIs-003T4S-1x@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Simplify vacuum VM update logging counters

We can simplify the VM counters added in dc6acfd910b8 to
lazy_vacuum_heap_page() and lazy_scan_new_or_empty().

We won't invoke lazy_vacuum_heap_page() unless there are dead line
pointers, so we know the page can't be all-visible.

In lazy_scan_new_or_empty(), we only update the VM if the page-level
hint PD_ALL_VISIBLE is clear, and the VM bit cannot be set if the page
level bit is clear because a subsequent page update would fail to clear
the visibility map bit.

Simplify the logic for determining which log counters to increment based
on this knowledge. Doing so is worthwhile because the old logic was
confusing and misguided.

Author: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/flat/CAAKRu_a9w_n2mwY%3DG4LjfWTvRTJtjbfvnYAKi4WjO8QXHHrA0g%40mail.gmail.com

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/060f420a03a8d8186423e7d64302b72e01365c20

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/heap/vacuumlazy.c | 53 +++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

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