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-rw-r--r--src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c2
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c8
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample10
-rw-r--r--src/bin/initdb/initdb.c25
-rw-r--r--src/include/pg_config_manual.h18
-rw-r--r--src/include/storage/bufmgr.h11
6 files changed, 49 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index ce4f1fc2989..084401d2f23 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@ XLogFlush(XLogRecPtr record)
* This routine is invoked periodically by the background walwriter process.
*
* Returns TRUE if there was any work to do, even if we skipped flushing due
- * to wal_writer_delay/wal_flush_after.
+ * to wal_writer_delay/wal_writer_flush_after.
*/
bool
XLogBackgroundFlush(void)
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index da74f00ab24..28ebcb6f3fa 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -2281,7 +2281,6 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
GUC_UNIT_BLOCKS
},
&checkpoint_flush_after,
- /* see bufmgr.h: OS dependent default */
DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_FLUSH_AFTER, 0, WRITEBACK_MAX_PENDING_FLUSHES,
NULL, NULL, NULL
},
@@ -2310,12 +2309,12 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
{
{"wal_writer_flush_after", PGC_SIGHUP, WAL_SETTINGS,
- gettext_noop("Amount of WAL written out by WAL writer triggering a flush."),
+ gettext_noop("Amount of WAL written out by WAL writer that triggers a flush."),
NULL,
GUC_UNIT_XBLOCKS
},
&WalWriterFlushAfter,
- 128, 0, INT_MAX,
+ (1024*1024) / XLOG_BLCKSZ, 0, INT_MAX,
NULL, NULL, NULL
},
@@ -2439,7 +2438,6 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
GUC_UNIT_BLOCKS
},
&bgwriter_flush_after,
- /* see bufmgr.h: OS dependent default */
DEFAULT_BGWRITER_FLUSH_AFTER, 0, WRITEBACK_MAX_PENDING_FLUSHES,
NULL, NULL, NULL
},
@@ -2467,7 +2465,7 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
GUC_UNIT_BLOCKS
},
&backend_flush_after,
- 0, 0, WRITEBACK_MAX_PENDING_FLUSHES,
+ DEFAULT_BACKEND_FLUSH_AFTER, 0, WRITEBACK_MAX_PENDING_FLUSHES,
NULL, NULL, NULL
},
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 7c2daa54bc8..0df15380a9a 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@
#bgwriter_delay = 200ms # 10-10000ms between rounds
#bgwriter_lru_maxpages = 100 # 0-1000 max buffers written/round
#bgwriter_lru_multiplier = 2.0 # 0-10.0 multiplier on buffers scanned/round
-#bgwriter_flush_after = 0 # 0 disables,
- # default is 512kB on linux, 0 otherwise
+#bgwriter_flush_after = 0 # measured in pages, 0 disables
# - Asynchronous Behavior -
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@
#max_parallel_workers_per_gather = 2 # taken from max_worker_processes
#old_snapshot_threshold = -1 # 1min-60d; -1 disables; 0 is immediate
# (change requires restart)
-#backend_flush_after = 0 # 0 disables, default is 0
+#backend_flush_after = 0 # measured in pages, 0 disables
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@
#wal_buffers = -1 # min 32kB, -1 sets based on shared_buffers
# (change requires restart)
#wal_writer_delay = 200ms # 1-10000 milliseconds
-#wal_writer_flush_after = 1MB # 0 disables
+#wal_writer_flush_after = 1MB # measured in pages, 0 disables
#commit_delay = 0 # range 0-100000, in microseconds
#commit_siblings = 5 # range 1-1000
@@ -207,8 +206,7 @@
#max_wal_size = 1GB
#min_wal_size = 80MB
#checkpoint_completion_target = 0.5 # checkpoint target duration, 0.0 - 1.0
-#checkpoint_flush_after = 0 # 0 disables,
- # default is 256kB on linux, 0 otherwise
+#checkpoint_flush_after = 0 # measured in pages, 0 disables
#checkpoint_warning = 30s # 0 disables
# - Archiving -
diff --git a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
index c8a8c52c3d7..24f9cc8eae2 100644
--- a/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c
@@ -64,11 +64,11 @@
#include "common/file_utils.h"
#include "common/restricted_token.h"
#include "common/username.h"
-#include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
+#include "fe_utils/string_utils.h"
#include "getaddrinfo.h"
#include "getopt_long.h"
+#include "mb/pg_wchar.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
-#include "fe_utils/string_utils.h"
/* Ideally this would be in a .h file, but it hardly seems worth the trouble */
@@ -1095,6 +1095,27 @@ setup_config(void)
conflines = replace_token(conflines, "#dynamic_shared_memory_type = posix",
repltok);
+#if DEFAULT_BACKEND_FLUSH_AFTER > 0
+ snprintf(repltok, sizeof(repltok), "#backend_flush_after = %dkB",
+ DEFAULT_BACKEND_FLUSH_AFTER * (BLCKSZ / 1024));
+ conflines = replace_token(conflines, "#backend_flush_after = 0",
+ repltok);
+#endif
+
+#if DEFAULT_BGWRITER_FLUSH_AFTER > 0
+ snprintf(repltok, sizeof(repltok), "#bgwriter_flush_after = %dkB",
+ DEFAULT_BGWRITER_FLUSH_AFTER * (BLCKSZ / 1024));
+ conflines = replace_token(conflines, "#bgwriter_flush_after = 0",
+ repltok);
+#endif
+
+#if DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_FLUSH_AFTER > 0
+ snprintf(repltok, sizeof(repltok), "#checkpoint_flush_after = %dkB",
+ DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_FLUSH_AFTER * (BLCKSZ / 1024));
+ conflines = replace_token(conflines, "#checkpoint_flush_after = 0",
+ repltok);
+#endif
+
#ifndef USE_PREFETCH
conflines = replace_token(conflines,
"#effective_io_concurrency = 1",
diff --git a/src/include/pg_config_manual.h b/src/include/pg_config_manual.h
index a2b2b614bec..96885bb9901 100644
--- a/src/include/pg_config_manual.h
+++ b/src/include/pg_config_manual.h
@@ -148,6 +148,24 @@
#endif
/*
+ * Default and maximum values for backend_flush_after, bgwriter_flush_after
+ * and checkpoint_flush_after; measured in blocks. Currently, these are
+ * enabled by default if sync_file_range() exists, ie, only on Linux. Perhaps
+ * we could also enable by default if we have mmap and msync(MS_ASYNC)?
+ */
+#ifdef HAVE_SYNC_FILE_RANGE
+#define DEFAULT_BACKEND_FLUSH_AFTER 0 /* never enabled by default */
+#define DEFAULT_BGWRITER_FLUSH_AFTER 64
+#define DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_FLUSH_AFTER 32
+#else
+#define DEFAULT_BACKEND_FLUSH_AFTER 0
+#define DEFAULT_BGWRITER_FLUSH_AFTER 0
+#define DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_FLUSH_AFTER 0
+#endif
+/* upper limit for all three variables */
+#define WRITEBACK_MAX_PENDING_FLUSHES 256
+
+/*
* USE_SSL code should be compiled only when compiling with an SSL
* implementation. (Currently, only OpenSSL is supported, but we might add
* more implementations in the future.)
diff --git a/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h b/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h
index 821bee5ecea..c543ad6fdec 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h
@@ -54,17 +54,6 @@ struct WritebackContext;
extern PGDLLIMPORT int NBuffers;
/* in bufmgr.c */
-#define WRITEBACK_MAX_PENDING_FLUSHES 256
-
-/* FIXME: Also default to on for mmap && msync(MS_ASYNC)? */
-#ifdef HAVE_SYNC_FILE_RANGE
-#define DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_FLUSH_AFTER 32
-#define DEFAULT_BGWRITER_FLUSH_AFTER 64
-#else
-#define DEFAULT_CHECKPOINT_FLUSH_AFTER 0
-#define DEFAULT_BGWRITER_FLUSH_AFTER 0
-#endif /* HAVE_SYNC_FILE_RANGE */
-
extern bool zero_damaged_pages;
extern int bgwriter_lru_maxpages;
extern double bgwriter_lru_multiplier;