On 12/6/21, 3:44 AM, "Bharath Rupireddy" <bharath.rupireddyforpostg...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 11:50 PM Bossart, Nathan <bossa...@amazon.com> wrote: >> I might hack something together for the separate worker approach, if >> for no other reason than to make sure I really understand how these >> functions work. If/when a better idea emerges, we can alter course. > > Thanks. As I said upthread we've been discussing the approach of > offloading some of the checkpoint tasks like (deleting snapshot files) > internally for quite some time and I would like to share a patch that > adds a new background cleaner process (currently able to delete the > logical replication snapshot files, if required can be extended to do > other tasks as well). I don't mind if it gets rejected. Please have a > look.
Thanks for sharing! I've also spent some time on a patch set, which I intend to share once I have handling for all four tasks (so far I have handling for CheckPointSnapBuild() and RemovePgTempFiles()). I'll take a look at your patch as well. Nathan
