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-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/misc/guc_tables.c7
-rw-r--r--src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_tables.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_tables.c
index c0a52cdcc3e..289dea7878a 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_tables.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_tables.c
@@ -2510,6 +2510,11 @@ struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
NULL, NULL, NULL
},
+ /*
+ * Dynamic shared memory has a higher overhead than local memory contexts,
+ * so when testing low-memory scenarios that could use shared memory, the
+ * recommended minimum is 1MB.
+ */
{
{"maintenance_work_mem", PGC_USERSET, RESOURCES_MEM,
gettext_noop("Sets the maximum memory to be used for maintenance operations."),
@@ -2517,7 +2522,7 @@ struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] =
GUC_UNIT_KB
},
&maintenance_work_mem,
- 65536, 1024, MAX_KILOBYTES,
+ 65536, 64, MAX_KILOBYTES,
NULL, NULL, NULL
},
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index 9ec9f97e926..667e0dc40a2 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@
# you actively intend to use prepared transactions.
#work_mem = 4MB # min 64kB
#hash_mem_multiplier = 2.0 # 1-1000.0 multiplier on hash table work_mem
-#maintenance_work_mem = 64MB # min 1MB
-#autovacuum_work_mem = -1 # min 1MB, or -1 to use maintenance_work_mem
+#maintenance_work_mem = 64MB # min 64kB
+#autovacuum_work_mem = -1 # min 64kB, or -1 to use maintenance_work_mem
#logical_decoding_work_mem = 64MB # min 64kB
#max_stack_depth = 2MB # min 100kB
#shared_memory_type = mmap # the default is the first option