Re: TODO : Allow parallel cores to be used by vacuumdb [ WIP ]

On 08 November 2013 03:22, Euler Taveira Wrote

> On 07-11-2013 09:42, Dilip kumar wrote:
>
> Dilip, this is on my TODO for 9.4. I've already had a half-backed patch
> for it. Let's see what I can come up with.

Ok, Let me know if I can contribute to this..

> > Is it required to move the common code for parallel operation of
> pg_dump and vacuumdb to one place and reuse it ?
> >
> I'm not sure about that because the pg_dump parallel code is tight to
> TOC entry. Also, dependency matters for pg_dump while in the scripts
> case, an order to be choosen will be used. However, vacuumdb can share
> the parallel code with clusterdb and reindexdb (my patch does it).

+1

>
> Of course, a refactor to unify parallel code (pg_dump and scripts) can
> be done in a separate patch.
>
> > Prototype patch is attached in the mail, please provide your
> feedback/Suggestions...
> >
> I'll try to merge your patch with the one I have here until the next CF.

Regards,
Dilip