CREATE EXTENSION pg_buffercache; select count(*) = (select setting::bigint from pg_settings where name = 'shared_buffers') from pg_buffercache; ?column? ---------- t (1 row) select buffers_used + buffers_unused > 0, buffers_dirty <= buffers_used, buffers_pinned <= buffers_used from pg_buffercache_summary(); ?column? | ?column? | ?column? ----------+----------+---------- t | t | t (1 row) SELECT count(*) > 0 FROM pg_buffercache_usage_counts() WHERE buffers >= 0; ?column? ---------- t (1 row) -- Check that the functions / views can't be accessed by default. To avoid -- having to create a dedicated user, use the pg_database_owner pseudo-role. SET ROLE pg_database_owner; SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache; ERROR: permission denied for view pg_buffercache SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_pages() AS p (wrong int); ERROR: permission denied for function pg_buffercache_pages SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_summary(); ERROR: permission denied for function pg_buffercache_summary SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_usage_counts(); ERROR: permission denied for function pg_buffercache_usage_counts RESET role; -- Check that pg_monitor is allowed to query view / function SET ROLE pg_monitor; SELECT count(*) > 0 FROM pg_buffercache; ?column? ---------- t (1 row) SELECT buffers_used + buffers_unused > 0 FROM pg_buffercache_summary(); ?column? ---------- t (1 row) SELECT count(*) > 0 FROM pg_buffercache_usage_counts(); ?column? ---------- t (1 row) RESET role; ------ ---- Test pg_buffercache_evict* functions ------ CREATE ROLE regress_buffercache_normal; SET ROLE regress_buffercache_normal; -- These should fail because they need to be called as SUPERUSER SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_evict(1); ERROR: must be superuser to use pg_buffercache_evict() SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_evict_relation(1); ERROR: must be superuser to use pg_buffercache_evict_relation() SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_evict_all(); ERROR: must be superuser to use pg_buffercache_evict_all() RESET ROLE; -- These should return nothing, because these are STRICT functions SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_evict(NULL); buffer_evicted | buffer_flushed ----------------+---------------- | (1 row) SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_evict_relation(NULL); buffers_evicted | buffers_flushed | buffers_skipped -----------------+-----------------+----------------- | | (1 row) -- These should fail because they are not called by valid range of buffers -- Number of the shared buffers are limited by max integer SELECT 2147483647 max_buffers \gset SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_evict(-1); ERROR: bad buffer ID: -1 SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_evict(0); ERROR: bad buffer ID: 0 SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_evict(:max_buffers); ERROR: bad buffer ID: 2147483647 -- This should fail because pg_buffercache_evict_relation() doesn't accept -- local relations CREATE TEMP TABLE temp_pg_buffercache(); SELECT * FROM pg_buffercache_evict_relation('temp_pg_buffercache'); ERROR: relation uses local buffers, pg_buffercache_evict_relation() is intended to be used for shared buffers only DROP TABLE temp_pg_buffercache; -- These shouldn't fail SELECT buffer_evicted IS NOT NULL FROM pg_buffercache_evict(1); ?column? ---------- t (1 row) SELECT buffers_evicted IS NOT NULL FROM pg_buffercache_evict_all(); ?column? ---------- t (1 row) CREATE TABLE shared_pg_buffercache(); SELECT buffers_evicted IS NOT NULL FROM pg_buffercache_evict_relation('shared_pg_buffercache'); ?column? ---------- t (1 row) DROP TABLE shared_pg_buffercache; DROP ROLE regress_buffercache_normal;