Re: problems with "Shared Memory and Semaphores" section of docs

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 06:30:08PM +0000, Imseih (AWS), Sami wrote:
>> The advantage of the GUC is that its value could be seen before trying to
>> actually start the server. 
> 
> Only if they have a sample in postgresql.conf file, right? 
> A GUC like shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages will not be.

shared_memory_size_in_huge_pages is computed at runtime and can be viewed
with "postgres -C" before actually trying to start the server [0].

[0] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/kernel-resources.html#LINUX-HUGE-PAGES

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Nathan Bossart
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