On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 11:15 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.m...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 11:00 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapil...@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 3:40 AM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.m...@gmail.com> 
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Please find the attached patches.
> > > >
> >
> > Thank you for reviewing the patch!
> >
> > >
> > > @@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ ReorderBufferAllocate(void)
> > >   */
> > >   buffer->tup_context = GenerationContextCreate(new_ctx,
> > >     "Tuples",
> > > -   SLAB_LARGE_BLOCK_SIZE,
> > > -   SLAB_LARGE_BLOCK_SIZE,
> > > -   SLAB_LARGE_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > > +   SLAB_DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE,
> > > +   SLAB_DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE,
> > > +   SLAB_DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE);
> > >
> > > Shouldn't we change the comment atop this change [1] which states that
> > > we should benchmark the existing values?
> >
> > Agreed.
> >
>
> Can we slightly tweak the comments as follows so that it doesn't sound
> like a fix for a bug?
>
> /* To minimize memory fragmentation caused by long-running
> transactions with changes spanning multiple memory blocks, we use a
> single fixed-size memory block for decoded tuple storage. The tests
> showed that the default memory block size maintains logical decoding
> performance without causing fragmentation due to concurrent
> transactions. One might think that we can use the max size as
> SLAB_LARGE_BLOCK_SIZE but the test also showed it doesn't help resolve
> the memory fragmentation.

Agreed. I've incorporated your comment in the latest patches. I'm
going to push them today, barring any objections or further comments.

> Other than that the changes in the patch look good to me. Note that I
> haven't tested the patch by myself but the test results shown by you
> and others in the thread seem sufficient to proceed with this change.

Understood. Thank you for the discussion and your help reviewing the patch.

Regards,

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Masahiko Sawada
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