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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 6262cb7bb2f..c9fa6cd9c76 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -1727,7 +1727,9 @@ include_dir 'conf.d' server will try to request huge pages, but fall back to the default if that fails. With <literal>on</literal>, failure to request huge pages will prevent the server from starting up. With <literal>off</literal>, - huge pages will not be requested. + huge pages will not be requested. The actual state of huge pages is + indicated by the server variable + <xref linkend="guc-huge-pages-status"/>. </para> <para> @@ -10738,6 +10740,25 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir' </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="guc-huge-pages-status" xreflabel="huge_pages_status"> + <term><varname>huge_pages_status</varname> (<type>enum</type>) + <indexterm> + <primary><varname>huge_pages_status</varname> configuration parameter</primary> + </indexterm> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + Reports the state of huge pages in the current instance: + <literal>on</literal>, <literal>off</literal>, or + <literal>unknown</literal> (if displayed with + <literal>postgres -C</literal>). + This parameter is useful to determine whether allocation of huge pages + was successful under <literal>huge_pages=try</literal>. + See <xref linkend="guc-huge-pages"/> for more information. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry id="guc-integer-datetimes" xreflabel="integer_datetimes"> <term><varname>integer_datetimes</varname> (<type>boolean</type>) <indexterm> |