X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA7223A5147; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:14:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 18692-01; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:13:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A914E3A5146; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:13:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id iATDDuS29285; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:13:56 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200411291313.iATDDuS29285@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] pg_autovacuum is nice ... but ... In-Reply-To: <41AABE08.6020709@postgresql.org> To: Justin Clift Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 08:13:56 -0500 (EST) Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , Tom Lane , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL108 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200411/1084 X-Sequence-Number: 61656 Justin Clift wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Should I add a TODO to warn if FSM values are too small? Is that doable? > > It sounds like it should be, and it would be a valuable pointer to > people, so yep. > > Any idea who'd be interested in claiming it? Turns out it was already on the TODO list: * Allow free space map to be auto-sized or warn when it is too small The free space map is in shared memory so resizing is difficult. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073