Re: FSM versus GIN pending list bloat

On 2015-08-04 14:59:11 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On 4 August 2015 at 14:55, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi> wrote:
> 
> > On 08/04/2015 04:35 PM, Simon Riggs wrote:
> >
> >> This and the OP seem like 9.5 open items to me.
> >>
> >
> > Why? This is nothing new in 9.5.
> 
> 
> gin_pending_list_limit is new in 9.5
> 
> We're in Alpha, so if something has been added and isn't very usable, we
> should change it while we can.

The only thing that variable does is change what the pending size limit
is determined by. Previously it was work_mem, now it's
gin_pending_list_limit. Imo that has pretty much nothing to do with not
registering pages as free.

Andres