Re: [HACKERS] Block level parallel vacuum

On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 6:13 AM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 4:36 PM Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 3.
> > @@ -2888,6 +2888,8 @@ table_recheck_autovac(Oid relid, HTAB *table_toast_map,
> >   (!wraparound ? VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED : 0);
> >   tab->at_params.index_cleanup = VACOPT_TERNARY_DEFAULT;
> >   tab->at_params.truncate = VACOPT_TERNARY_DEFAULT;
> > + /* parallel lazy vacuum is not supported for autovacuum */
> > + tab->at_params.nworkers = -1;
> >
> > What is the reason for the same?  Can we explain in the comments?
>
> I think it's just that we don't want to support parallel auto vacuum
> because it can consume more CPU resources in spite of background job,
> which might be an unexpected behavior of autovacuum.
>

I think the other reason is it can generate a lot of I/O which might
choke other operations.  I think if we want we can provide Guc(s) to
control such behavior, but initially providing it via command should
be a good start so that users can knowingly use it in appropriate
cases.  We can later extend it for autovacuum if required.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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