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-rw-r--r--src/shell.c6
-rw-r--r--src/sqlite.h.in37
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/src/shell.c b/src/shell.c
index f79087122..7c5399579 100644
--- a/src/shell.c
+++ b/src/shell.c
@@ -4601,10 +4601,10 @@ int SQLITE_CDECL main(int argc, char **argv){
int n, sz;
sz = (int)integerValue(cmdline_option_value(argc,argv,++i));
if( sz>70000 ) sz = 70000;
- if( sz<800 ) sz = 800;
+ if( sz<0 ) sz = 0;
n = (int)integerValue(cmdline_option_value(argc,argv,++i));
- if( n<10 ) n = 10;
- sqlite3_config(SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE, malloc(n*sz+1), sz, n);
+ sqlite3_config(SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE,
+ (n>0 && sz>0) ? malloc(n*sz) : 0, sz, n);
data.shellFlgs |= SHFLG_Pagecache;
}else if( strcmp(z,"-lookaside")==0 ){
int n, sz;
diff --git a/src/sqlite.h.in b/src/sqlite.h.in
index 961c5169f..928034350 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.h.in
+++ b/src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -1599,29 +1599,34 @@ struct sqlite3_mem_methods {
** </dd>
**
** [[SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE]] <dt>SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE</dt>
-** <dd> ^The SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE option specifies a static memory buffer
+** <dd> ^The SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE option a memory pool
** that SQLite can use for the database page cache with the default page
** cache implementation.
-** This configuration should not be used if an application-define page
-** cache implementation is loaded using the [SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE2]
-** configuration option.
+** This configuration option is a no-op if an application-define page
+** cache implementation is loaded using the [SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE2].
** ^There are three arguments to SQLITE_CONFIG_PAGECACHE: A pointer to
-** 8-byte aligned
-** memory, the size of each page buffer (sz), and the number of pages (N).
+** 8-byte aligned memory (pMem), the size of each page cache line (sz),
+** and the number of cache lines (N).
** The sz argument should be the size of the largest database page
** (a power of two between 512 and 65536) plus some extra bytes for each
** page header. ^The number of extra bytes needed by the page header
-** can be determined using the [SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE_HDRSZ] option
-** to [sqlite3_config()].
+** can be determined using [SQLITE_CONFIG_PCACHE_HDRSZ].
** ^It is harmless, apart from the wasted memory,
-** for the sz parameter to be larger than necessary. The first
-** argument should pointer to an 8-byte aligned block of memory that
-** is at least sz*N bytes of memory, otherwise subsequent behavior is
-** undefined.
-** ^SQLite will use the memory provided by the first argument to satisfy its
-** memory needs for the first N pages that it adds to cache. ^If additional
-** page cache memory is needed beyond what is provided by this option, then
-** SQLite goes to [sqlite3_malloc()] for the additional storage space.</dd>
+** for the sz parameter to be larger than necessary. The pMem
+** argument must be either a NULL pointer or a pointer to an 8-byte
+** aligned block of memory of at least sz*N bytes, otherwise
+** subsequent behavior is undefined.
+** ^When pMem is not NULL, SQLite will strive to use the memory provided
+** to satisfy page cache needs, falling back to [sqlite3_malloc()] if
+** a page cache line is larger than sz bytes or if all of the pMem buffer
+** is exhausted.
+** ^If pMem is NULL and N is non-zero, then each database connection
+** does an initial bulk allocation for page cache memory
+** from [sqlite3_malloc()] sufficient for N cache lines if N is positive or
+** of -1024*N bytes if N is negative, . ^If additional
+** page cache memory is needed beyond what is provided by the initial
+** allocation, then SQLite goes to [sqlite3_malloc()] separately for each
+** additional cache line. </dd>
**
** [[SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP]] <dt>SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP</dt>
** <dd> ^The SQLITE_CONFIG_HEAP option specifies a static memory buffer