I am going to start working on it. I am concerned it is a big job.
I will post questions as I find them, and the one below is a good one.
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Qingqing Zhou wrote:
>
> "Qingqing Zhou" <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu> writes
> >
> > The start/stop routine is quite like Bgwriter.
> >
>
> I just realized that the non-standard backend can't execute any SQL command.
> If so, how would the background pg_autovacuum do "vacuum"? It could be
> forked more like a standard backend, but this is obviously not a good idea,
> since we don't know which database this process will sit on.
>
> A possible solution is that backgroud pg_autovacuum could fork another
> process to connect to postmaster as an ordinary backend each time it feels
> that a "vacuum" is needed.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards,
> Qingqing
>
>
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