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author | Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org> | 2016-02-16 14:49:47 +0900 |
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committer | Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org> | 2016-02-16 14:58:09 +0900 |
commit | 177ff78ddb11de94d653e4b3a93c16358b32af2d (patch) | |
tree | 9760409c5428d8651a6903b9d7ba7ca4d28276dc /doc | |
parent | 73ca21c7ac2aa44f88b6ddb4cc4fc43cb2067e5e (diff) | |
download | postgresql-177ff78ddb11de94d653e4b3a93c16358b32af2d.tar.gz |
Correct the formulas for System V IPC parameters SEMMNI and SEMMNS in docs.
In runtime.sgml, the old formulas for calculating the reasonable
values of SEMMNI and SEMMNS were incorrect. They have forgotten to
count the number of semaphores which both the checkpointer process
(introduced in 9.2) and the background worker processes (introduced
in 9.3) need.
This commit fixes those formulas so that they count the number of
semaphores which the checkpointer process and the background worker
processes need.
Report and patch by Kyotaro Horiguchi. Only the patch for 9.3 was
modified by me. Back-patch to 9.2 where the checkpointer process was
added and the number of needed semaphores was increased.
Author: Kyotaro Horiguchi
Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao
Backpatch: 9.2
Discussion: http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20160203.125119.66820697.horiguchi.kyotaro@lab.ntt.co.jp
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml index 6d5b1082d2..fba67a37c7 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml @@ -645,13 +645,13 @@ psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory <row> <entry><varname>SEMMNI</></> <entry>Maximum number of semaphore identifiers (i.e., sets)</> - <entry>at least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + 4) / 16)</literal></> + <entry>at least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + max_worker_processes + 5) / 16)</literal></> </row> <row> <entry><varname>SEMMNS</></> <entry>Maximum number of semaphores system-wide</> - <entry><literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + 4) / 16) * 17</literal> plus room for other applications</> + <entry><literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + max_worker_processes + 5) / 16) * 17</literal> plus room for other applications</> </row> <row> @@ -699,20 +699,22 @@ psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory <para> <productname>PostgreSQL</> uses one semaphore per allowed connection - (<xref linkend="guc-max-connections">) and allowed autovacuum worker - process (<xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-workers">), in sets of 16. + (<xref linkend="guc-max-connections">), allowed autovacuum worker process + (<xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-workers">) and allowed background + process (<xref linkend="guc-max-worker-processes">), in sets of 16. Each such set will also contain a 17th semaphore which contains a <quote>magic number</quote>, to detect collision with semaphore sets used by other applications. The maximum number of semaphores in the system is set by <varname>SEMMNS</>, which consequently must be at least as high as <varname>max_connections</> plus - <varname>autovacuum_max_workers</>, plus one extra for each 16 + <varname>autovacuum_max_workers</> plus <varname>max_worker_processes</>, + plus one extra for each 16 allowed connections plus workers (see the formula in <xref linkend="sysvipc-parameters">). The parameter <varname>SEMMNI</> determines the limit on the number of semaphore sets that can exist on the system at one time. Hence this parameter must be at - least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + 4) / 16)</>. + least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + max_worker_processes + 5) / 16)</>. Lowering the number of allowed connections is a temporary workaround for failures, which are usually confusingly worded <quote>No space |