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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
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Subject: Re: bgwriter_lru_multiplier maximum value
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Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 10:27:13AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
>> The server has an undocumented maximum value of 10 for
>> bgwriter_lru_multiplier, and will fail to start if it's set higher than
>> this:

> Any opinions from others?

I don't think it's generally our practice to specify min and max
values in config.sgml.  If we were to start doing so, we'd need
a much bigger patch than this, and it'd be an ongoing maintenance
issue.

Unless there's some reason I'm missing why the limits are more
significant for this variable than for others?

			regards, tom lane