Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at: http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches It will be applied as soon as one of the PostgreSQL committers reviews and approves it. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Mayer wrote: > > On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > Ron Mayer <rm_pg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > Should the relation overflow be a WARNING or a LOG? ... > > > I'd go for making them both LOG, I think. More consistent. > > > > Can we also update this wording: > > > > INFO: free space map: 52 relations, 61 pages stored; 848 total pages needed > > DETAIL: Allocated FSM size: 1000 relations + 20000 pages = 182 kB shared memory. > > > > The "pages needed" is confusing. In fact it is the total pages used or > > allocated. I looked in the code and got confused. It needs clarity. > > > Any preference? To me, "allocated" has some risk of sounding like > it refers to the total free space map (memory allocated for fsm) > instead of just the used ones. "Allocated" is actually used for > that other meaning on the next line. I guess it's confusing there > too, so that line should be changed as well. > > How about if I go for "used" in that first line; and simply remove the > word "Allocated" in the DETAIL line. > > So instead of: > > > > INFO: free space map: 52 relations, 61 pages stored; 848 total pages needed > > DETAIL: Allocated FSM size: 1000 relations + 20000 pages = 182 kB shared memory. > > > it'll say > > > > INFO: free space map: 52 relations, 61 pages stored; 848 total pages used > > DETAIL: FSM size: 1000 relations + 20000 pages = 182 kB shared memory. > > > > > With those changes, the patch now looks like this... > > > ====================================================================== > > % diff -u postgresql-8.0.1/src/backend/storage/freespace/freespace.c postgresql-patched/src/backend/storage/freespace/freespace.c > --- postgresql-8.0.1/src/backend/storage/freespace/freespace.c 2004-12-31 14:00:54.000000000 -0800 > +++ postgresql-patched/src/backend/storage/freespace/freespace.c 2005-02-25 16:45:26.773792440 -0800 > @@ -705,12 +705,25 @@ > /* Convert stats to actual number of page slots needed */ > needed = (sumRequests + numRels) * CHUNKPAGES; > > - ereport(elevel, > - (errmsg("free space map: %d relations, %d pages stored; %.0f total pages needed", > + ereport(INFO, > + (errmsg("free space map: %d relations, %d pages stored; %.0f total pages used", > numRels, storedPages, needed), > - errdetail("Allocated FSM size: %d relations + %d pages = %.0f kB shared memory.", > + errdetail("FSM size: %d relations + %d pages = %.0f kB shared memory.", > MaxFSMRelations, MaxFSMPages, > (double) FreeSpaceShmemSize() / 1024.0))); > + > + if (numRels == MaxFSMRelations) > + ereport(LOG, > + (errmsg("max_fsm_relations(%d) is equal than the number of relations vacuum checked (%d)", > + MaxFSMRelations, numRels), > + errhint("You probably have more than %d relations. You should increase max_fsm_relations. Pages needed for max_fsm_pages may have been underestimated. ",numRels))); > + else > + if (needed > MaxFSMPages) > + ereport(LOG, > + (errmsg("max_fsm_pages(%d) is smaller than the actual number of page slots needed(%.0f)", > + MaxFSMPages, needed), > + errhint("You may want to increase max_fsm_pages to be larger than %.0f",needed))); > + > } > > /* > ====================================================================== > > > Getting closer? > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster