Re: Allow CLUSTER, VACUUM FULL and REINDEX to change tablespace on the fly

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, Alexey Kondratov <a(dot)kondratov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Masahiko Sawada <masahiko(dot)sawada(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Steve Singer <steve(at)ssinger(dot)info>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alexander Korotkov <a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jose Luis Tallon <jltallon(at)adv-solutions(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Allow CLUSTER, VACUUM FULL and REINDEX to change tablespace on the fly
Date: 2020-12-22 06:47:57
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On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 10:01:11AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 09:45:17PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > I don't like this idea too much, because adding an option causes an ABI
> > break. I don't think we commonly add options in backbranches, but it
> > has happened. The bitmask is much easier to work with in that regard.
>
> ABI flexibility is a good point here. I did not consider this point
> of view. Thanks!

FWIW, I have taken a shot at this part of the patch, and finished with
the attached. This uses bits32 for the bitmask options and an hex
style for the bitmask params, while bundling all the flags into
dedicated structures for all the options that can be extended for the
tablespace case (or some filtering for REINDEX).
--
Michael

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refactor-utility-opts-michael.patch text/x-diff 25.4 KB

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