From: Bruce Momjian Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 18:40:02 +0000 (-0500) Subject: GUC: adjust effective_cache_size SQL descriptions X-Git-Tag: REL9_6_12~104 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6fc2738edd9f40fce099ea1be3f592caef4ac6c5;p=postgresql GUC: adjust effective_cache_size SQL descriptions Follow on patch for commit 3e0f1a4741f564c1a2fa6e944729d6967355d8c7. Reported-by: Peter Eisentraut Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/369ec766-b947-51bd-4dad-6fb9e026439f@2ndquadrant.com Backpatch-through: 9.4 --- diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c index d0d3903f20..0628912ed9 100644 --- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c +++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c @@ -2738,8 +2738,8 @@ static struct config_int ConfigureNamesInt[] = { {"effective_cache_size", PGC_USERSET, QUERY_TUNING_COST, - gettext_noop("Sets the planner's assumption about the size of the data cache."), - gettext_noop("That is, the size of the cache used for PostgreSQL data files. " + gettext_noop("Sets the planner's assumption about the total size of the data caches."), + gettext_noop("That is, the total size of the caches (kernel cache and shared buffers) used for PostgreSQL data files. " "This is measured in disk pages, which are normally 8 kB each."), GUC_UNIT_BLOCKS, },