Re: [HACKERS] Microvacuum support for Hash Index

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Ashutosh Sharma <ashu.coek88@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 8:20 AM, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> As I said in my previous e-mail, I think you need
>>> to record clearing of this flag in WAL record XLOG_HASH_DELETE as you
>>> are not doing this unconditionally and then during replay clear it
>>> only when the WAL record indicates the same.
>>
>> Thank you so much for putting that point. I too think that we should
>> record the flag status in the WAL record and clear it only when
>> required during replay.
>>
>
> I think hashdesc.c needs an update (refer case XLOG_HASH_DELETE:).

Done. Thanks!

>
> - * flag. Clearing this flag is just a hint; replay won't redo this.
> + * flag. Clearing this flag is just a hint; replay will check the
> + * status of clear_dead_marking flag before redo it.
>   */
>   if (tuples_removed && *tuples_removed > 0 &&
>   opaque->hasho_flag & LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES)
> + {
>   opaque->hasho_flag &= ~LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES;
> + clear_dead_marking = true;
> + }
>
>
> I feel the above comment is not required as you are logging this
> action explicitly.

That's right. I have removed it in the attached v4 patch.

>
> + bool clear_dead_marking; /* TRUE if VACUUM clears
>
> No need to write VACUUM explicitly, you can simply say "TRUE if this
> operation clears ...".

Corrected. Please find the attached v4 patch.

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With Regards,
Ashutosh Sharma
EnterpriseDB:http://www.enterprisedb.com

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