Re: Visibility map, partial vacuums - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Visibility map, partial vacuums
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Msg-id 7144.1227707910@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Visibility map, partial vacuums  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Well, considering how seldom new pages will be added to the visibility
>> map, it seems to me we could afford to send out a relcache inval event
>> when that happens.  Then rd_vm_nblocks_cache could be treated as
>> trustworthy.

> A relcache invalidation sounds awfully heavy-weight.

It really isn't.
        regards, tom lane


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