Robert Lor <Robert.Lor@xxxxxxx> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> It's certainly true that hint-bit updates cost something, but >> quantifying how much isn't easy. > Maybe we can instrument the code with DTrace probes to quantify the > actual costs. Hmm, the problem would be trying to figure out what percentage of writes could be blamed solely on hint-bit updates and not any other change to the page. I don't think that the bufmgr currently keeps enough state to know that, but you could probably modify it easily enough, since callers distinguish MarkBufferDirty from SetBufferCommitInfoNeedsSave. Define another flag bit that's set only by the first, and test it during write-out. regards, tom lane
