On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 2:34 AM, Jeff Janes <jeff.ja...@gmail.com> wrote: > In 9.4dev, if the server is started with effective_cache_size = -1, then it > cannot be changed away from that without a restart. If you change the > config file and do a reload or pg_reload_conf(), it ignores the change > without comment in the logs. > > If you start the server with a value other than -1, then you can change the > value by editing the file and doing a reload. You can even change it to -1, > and then change it back away from -1 again.
I think that's a bug. Patch attached. > I don't know if bugs reports (without patches) against pre-release versions > are supposed to go to hackers or to bugs. Either works at least for me. Regards, -- Fujii Masao
*** a/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c --- b/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c *************** *** 4145,4151 **** set_default_effective_cache_size(void) effective_cache_size = 0; /* and let check_effective_cache_size() compute the setting */ SetConfigOption("effective_cache_size", "-1", ! PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_OVERRIDE); } Assert(effective_cache_size > 0); } --- 4145,4151 ---- effective_cache_size = 0; /* and let check_effective_cache_size() compute the setting */ SetConfigOption("effective_cache_size", "-1", ! PGC_POSTMASTER, PGC_S_FILE); } Assert(effective_cache_size > 0); }
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