Re: pg_freespacemap question

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Alvaro Herrera
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Re: pg_freespacemap question
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20060307234924.GA9838@surnet.cl
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pg_freespacemap question Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz>
Re: [PATCHES] pg_freespacemap question Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: pg_freespacemap question Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Tatsuo Ishii wrote:

> Just for curiousity, why FSM gathers info for indexes? I thought FSM
> is only good for tables.

It's part of the implementation of the page-recycling algorithm for
btrees Tom did for 7.4.  When a btree page is empty after a vacuum, it's
entered in the free space map.  When a page is split, the new page is
taken from the FSM (or the relation is extended if there isn't any.)

That's why the bytes-free number is zero: when a btree page makes it
into the FSM, we are sure it's completely empty.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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