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author | Amit Kapila <akapila@postgresql.org> | 2019-01-28 11:31:44 +0530 |
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committer | Amit Kapila <akapila@postgresql.org> | 2019-01-28 11:31:44 +0530 |
commit | a23676503b746b7f1588cd2ab0c60411032d32da (patch) | |
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parent | ac88d2962a96a9c7e83d5acfc28fe49a72812086 (diff) | |
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Revert "Avoid creation of the free space map for small heap relations."
This reverts commit ac88d2962a96a9c7e83d5acfc28fe49a72812086.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml index cbdad0c3fb5..8ef2ac80106 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/storage.sgml @@ -590,13 +590,12 @@ tuple would otherwise be too big. <indexterm><primary>FSM</primary><see>Free Space Map</see></indexterm> <para> -Each heap relation, unless it is very small, and each index relation, except -for hash indexes, has a Free Space Map (FSM) to keep track of available -space in the relation. It's stored alongside the main relation data in a -separate relation fork, named after the filenode number of the relation, plus -a <literal>_fsm</literal> suffix. For example, if the filenode of a relation -is 12345, the FSM is stored in a file called <filename>12345_fsm</filename>, -in the same directory as the main relation file. +Each heap and index relation, except for hash indexes, has a Free Space Map +(FSM) to keep track of available space in the relation. It's stored +alongside the main relation data in a separate relation fork, named after the +filenode number of the relation, plus a <literal>_fsm</literal> suffix. For example, +if the filenode of a relation is 12345, the FSM is stored in a file called +<filename>12345_fsm</filename>, in the same directory as the main relation file. </para> <para> |