Robert Haas wrote: > On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > Uh, in this C comment: > > > > + ? ? ? ?* or not we want to take the time to write it. ?We allow up to 5% > > of > > + ? ? ? ?* otherwise-not-dirty pages to be written due to hint bit changes, > > > > 5% of what? ?5% of all buffers? ?5% of all hint-bit-dirty ones? ?Can you > > clarify this in the patch? > > 5% of buffers that are hint-bit-dirty but not otherwise dirty. ISTM > that's exactly what the comment you just quoted says on its face, but > I'm open to some other wording you want to propose.
How about: otherwise-not-dirty -> only-hint-bit-dirty So 95% of your hint bit modificates are discarded if the pages is not otherwise dirtied? That seems pretty radical. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers