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authorSimon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>2013-02-02 18:51:21 +0000
committerSimon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>2013-02-02 18:51:21 +0000
commitac148a2e9375708170d9c582da4c719832a89f6f (patch)
tree479ccb5c13f33eedfb1ff647b5d8c2b4fb502153
parent3c6e719eac07f64fb6672e0bc20547957a87575a (diff)
downloadpostgresql-ac148a2e9375708170d9c582da4c719832a89f6f.tar.gz
Mark vacuum_defer_cleanup_age as PGC_POSTMASTER.
Following bug analysis of #7819 by Tom Lane
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/config.sgml3
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 1e42a2619b..1f4114dd4b 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -2059,8 +2059,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
is measured in terms of number of write transactions occurring on the
primary server, it is difficult to predict just how much additional
grace time will be made available to standby queries.
- This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>
- file or on the server command line.
+ This parameter can only be set at server start.
</para>
<para>
You should also consider setting <varname>hot_standby_feedback</>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index a363441d8f..f9a5efe100 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -1853,7 +1853,12 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
},
{
- {"vacuum_defer_cleanup_age", PGC_SIGHUP, REPLICATION_MASTER,
+ /*
+ * Setting this to a higher value without restarting postmaster
+ * can cause various bugs in TOAST object removal, CLUSTER and
+ * possibly other places, so this must be changed only on restart.
+ */
+ {"vacuum_defer_cleanup_age", PGC_POSTMASTER, REPLICATION_MASTER,
gettext_noop("Number of transactions by which VACUUM and HOT cleanup should be deferred, if any."),
NULL
},