From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:08:35 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Properly document semphore requirements by accounting for worker
X-Git-Tag: REL9_0_5~16
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=38052a9dbc90305b8f1fa5b87cbd7099778e66ab;p=thirdparty%2Fpostgresql.git

Properly document semphore requirements by accounting for worker
processes.

Backpatch to 9.1 and 9.0.

Submitted by Anton Yuzhaninov, confirmed by Robert Haas
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 01599af5c5c..d11c5bc8cfc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -597,13 +597,13 @@ psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
        <row>
         <entry><varname>SEMMNI</></>
         <entry>Maximum number of semaphore identifiers (i.e., sets)</>
-        <entry>at least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers) / 16)</literal></>
+        <entry>at least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + 4) / 16)</literal></>
        </row>
 
        <row>
         <entry><varname>SEMMNS</></>
         <entry>Maximum number of semaphores system-wide</>
-        <entry><literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers) / 16) * 17</literal> plus room for other applications</>
+        <entry><literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + 4) / 16) * 17</literal> plus room for other applications</>
        </row>
 
        <row>
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
     linkend="sysvipc-parameters">).  The parameter <varname>SEMMNI</>
     determines the limit on the number of semaphore sets that can
     exist on the system at one time.  Hence this parameter must be at
-    least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers) / 16)</>.
+    least <literal>ceil((max_connections + autovacuum_max_workers + 4) / 16)</>.
     Lowering the number
     of allowed connections is a temporary workaround for failures,
     which are usually confusingly worded <quote>No space