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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2018-07-10 17:37:42 +0200
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2018-07-10 18:35:24 +0200
commitbcbd940806a2011d6f99ae72ea5897e8a94c6093 (patch)
treea51aac6939900d6ba74b83bda1999304ac178c1b /doc/src
parent17b715c634d451da3edb221c55c614a7d993c289 (diff)
Remove dynamic_shared_memory_type=none
PostgreSQL nowadays offers some kind of dynamic shared memory feature on all supported platforms. Having the choice of "none" prevents us from relying on DSM in core features. So this patch removes the choice of "none". Author: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horiguchi.kyotaro@lab.ntt.co.jp>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/config.sgml6
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/parallel.sgml8
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 5b913f00c1d..e307bb4e8e9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1662,9 +1662,9 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
should use. Possible values are <literal>posix</literal> (for POSIX shared
memory allocated using <literal>shm_open</literal>), <literal>sysv</literal>
(for System V shared memory allocated via <literal>shmget</literal>),
- <literal>windows</literal> (for Windows shared memory), <literal>mmap</literal>
- (to simulate shared memory using memory-mapped files stored in the
- data directory), and <literal>none</literal> (to disable this feature).
+ <literal>windows</literal> (for Windows shared memory),
+ and <literal>mmap</literal> (to simulate shared memory using
+ memory-mapped files stored in the data directory).
Not all values are supported on all platforms; the first supported
option is the default for that platform. The use of the
<literal>mmap</literal> option, which is not the default on any platform,
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/parallel.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/parallel.sgml
index dd7834a763f..e9a015ecd3c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/parallel.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/parallel.sgml
@@ -124,14 +124,6 @@ EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM pgbench_accounts WHERE filler LIKE '%x%';
configured via <varname>max_parallel_workers_per_gather</varname>.
</para>
</listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <xref linkend="guc-dynamic-shared-memory-type"/> must be set to a
- value other than <literal>none</literal>. Parallel query requires dynamic
- shared memory in order to pass data between cooperating processes.
- </para>
- </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>