On 2022-Apr-07, Thomas Munro wrote:
> Prefetch data referenced by the WAL, take II.
I propose a small wording change in guc.c,
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 9fbbfb1be5..9803741708 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -2840,7 +2840,7 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
{
{"wal_decode_buffer_size", PGC_POSTMASTER, WAL_RECOVERY,
gettext_noop("Maximum buffer size for reading ahead in
the WAL during recovery."),
- gettext_noop("This controls the maximum distance we can
read ahead in the WAL to prefetch referenced blocks."),
+ gettext_noop("This controls the maximum distance we can
read ahead in the WAL to prefetch data blocks referenced therein."),
GUC_UNIT_BYTE
},
&wal_decode_buffer_size,
"referenced blocks" seems otherwise a bit unclear to me. Other wording
suggestions welcome. I first thought of "...to prefetch referenced data
blocks", which is probably OK too.
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