On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 8:58 AM Dilip Kumar <dilipbal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Bank selection code assumes that number of buffers is power of 2.
>> If the number of buffers is not power of 2 - only subset of buffers will be 
>> used. In worst case, e.g. 65 buffers, everything will be buffered only in 
>> bank 64.
>
> But why that would be the case? the acceptable values for GUC to configure 
> the slru buffers are in multiple of 16(bank size) we have that check to check 
> the GUC values.

"Must be a multiple of 16" and "must be a power of 2" are different
criteria. For example, 48 is a multiple of 16 but it is not a power of
2. If the code assumes that we have an actual power of 2, the check
you quoted in your previous email is insufficient.

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Robert Haas
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