SET max_parallel_maintenance_workers TO 4; SET min_parallel_index_scan_size TO '128kB'; -- Bug #17245: Make sure that we don't totally fail to VACUUM individual indexes that -- happen to be below min_parallel_index_scan_size during parallel VACUUM: CREATE TABLE parallel_vacuum_table (a int) WITH (autovacuum_enabled = off); INSERT INTO parallel_vacuum_table SELECT i from generate_series(1, 10000) i; -- Parallel VACUUM will never be used unless there are at least two indexes -- that exceed min_parallel_index_scan_size. Create two such indexes, and -- a third index that is smaller than min_parallel_index_scan_size. CREATE INDEX regular_sized_index ON parallel_vacuum_table(a); CREATE INDEX typically_sized_index ON parallel_vacuum_table(a); -- Note: vacuum_in_leader_small_index can apply deduplication, making it ~3x -- smaller than the other indexes CREATE INDEX vacuum_in_leader_small_index ON parallel_vacuum_table((1)); -- Verify (as best we can) that the cost model for parallel VACUUM -- will make our VACUUM run in parallel, while always leaving it up to the -- parallel leader to handle the vacuum_in_leader_small_index index: SELECT EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM pg_class WHERE oid = 'vacuum_in_leader_small_index'::regclass AND pg_relation_size(oid) < pg_size_bytes(current_setting('min_parallel_index_scan_size')) ) as leader_will_handle_small_index; leader_will_handle_small_index -------------------------------- t (1 row) SELECT count(*) as trigger_parallel_vacuum_nindexes FROM pg_class WHERE oid in ('regular_sized_index'::regclass, 'typically_sized_index'::regclass) AND pg_relation_size(oid) >= pg_size_bytes(current_setting('min_parallel_index_scan_size')); trigger_parallel_vacuum_nindexes ---------------------------------- 2 (1 row) -- Parallel VACUUM with B-Tree page deletions, ambulkdelete calls: DELETE FROM parallel_vacuum_table; VACUUM (PARALLEL 4, INDEX_CLEANUP ON) parallel_vacuum_table; -- Since vacuum_in_leader_small_index uses deduplication, we expect an -- assertion failure with bug #17245 (in the absence of bugfix): INSERT INTO parallel_vacuum_table SELECT i FROM generate_series(1, 10000) i; RESET max_parallel_maintenance_workers; RESET min_parallel_index_scan_size; -- Deliberately don't drop table, to get further coverage from tools like -- pg_amcheck in some testing scenarios