Re: add PROCESS_MAIN to VACUUM

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: add PROCESS_MAIN to VACUUM
Date: 2023-03-07 03:45:08
Message-ID: ZAazRGzyCYoRzy1M@paquier.xyz
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On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 04:59:49PM -0800, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> That did cross my mind, but I was worried that trying to explain all that
> here could cause confusion.
>
> If PROCESS_MAIN is set (the default), it's time to vacuum the main
> relation. Otherwise, we can skip this part. If processing the TOAST
> table is required (e.g., PROCESS_TOAST is set), we'll force
> PROCESS_MAIN to be set when we recurse to the TOAST table so that it
> gets processed here.
>
> How does that sound?

Sounds clear to me, thanks! Melanie, what do you think?
--
Michael

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