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authorAndres Freund2016-04-24 19:26:55 +0000
committerAndres Freund2016-04-24 19:26:55 +0000
commit8f91d87d43d021db92c6edd966a4bb8c3a81ae39 (patch)
treec7fa6c68b3d06dacadbdd6deefb6b0d4742b5941 /doc/src
parent0ab3595e5bb53a8fc2cd231320b1af1ae3ed68e0 (diff)
Fix documentation & config inconsistencies around 428b1d6b2.
Several issues: 1) checkpoint_flush_after doc and code disagreed about the default 2) new GUCs were missing from postgresql.conf.sample 3) Outdated source-code comment about bgwriter_flush_after's default 4) Sub-optimal categories assigned to new GUCs 5) Docs suggested backend_flush_after is PGC_SIGHUP, but it's PGC_USERSET. 6) Spell out int as integer in the docs, as done elsewhere Reported-By: Magnus Hagander, Fujii Masao Discussion: CAHGQGwETyTG5VYQQ5C_srwxWX7RXvFcD3dKROhvAWWhoSBdmZw@mail.gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/config.sgml10
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index f9ba1487822..909b3e23c52 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1884,7 +1884,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-bgwriter-flush-after" xreflabel="bgwriter_flush_after">
- <term><varname>bgwriter_flush_after</varname> (<type>int</type>)
+ <term><varname>bgwriter_flush_after</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>bgwriter_flush_after</> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-backend-flush-after" xreflabel="backend_flush_after">
- <term><varname>backend_flush_after</varname> (<type>int</type>)
+ <term><varname>backend_flush_after</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>backend_flush_after</> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -2036,8 +2036,6 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
and <literal>2MB</literal>. The default is <literal>128Kb</> on
Linux, <literal>0</> elsewhere. (Non-default values of
<symbol>BLCKSZ</symbol> change the default and maximum.)
- This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>
- file or on the server command line.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -2607,7 +2605,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-checkpoint-flush-after" xreflabel="checkpoint_flush_after">
- <term><varname>checkpoint_flush_after</varname> (<type>int</type>)
+ <term><varname>checkpoint_flush_after</varname> (<type>integer</type>)
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>checkpoint_flush_after</> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
@@ -2626,7 +2624,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
than the OS's page cache, where performance might degrade. This
setting may have no effect on some platforms. The valid range is
between <literal>0</literal>, which disables controlled writeback,
- and <literal>2MB</literal>. The default is <literal>128Kb</> on
+ and <literal>2MB</literal>. The default is <literal>256Kb</> on
Linux, <literal>0</> elsewhere. (Non-default values of
<symbol>BLCKSZ</symbol> change the default and maximum.)
This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>