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authorRobert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>2016-07-07 11:18:51 -0400
committerRobert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>2016-07-07 11:35:08 -0400
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Clarify resource utilization of parallel query.
temp_file_limit is a per-process limit, not a per-session limit across all cooperating parallel processes; change wording accordingly, per a suggestion from Tom Lane. Also, document under max_parallel_workers_per_gather the fact that each process involved in a parallel query may use as many resources as a separate session. Caveat emptor. Per a complaint from Peter Geoghegan.
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# - Disk -
-#temp_file_limit = -1 # limits per-session temp file space
+#temp_file_limit = -1 # limits per-process temp file space
# in kB, or -1 for no limit
# - Kernel Resource Usage -