Fix documentation for System V semaphores.

nathan-bossart · nathan-bossart · commit 1d5c5ae8e555 · 2024-06-03T12:10:43.000-05:00
The formulas for SEMMNI and SEMMNS do not include the archiver process, which was converted to an auxiliary process in v14, and the WAL summarizer process, which was introduced in v17. This commit corrects these formulas and adds a missing reference to max_wal_senders nearby. Since this section of the documentation tends to be incorrect quite often, we should likely give up on documenting the exact formulas in favor of something less fragile, but that is left as a future exercise. Reported-by: Sami Imseih Reviewed-by: Sami Imseih Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20240517164452.GA1914161%40nathanxps13 Backpatch-through: 12
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -836,7 +836,8 @@ psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
     When using System V semaphores,
     <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses one semaphore per allowed connection
     (<xref linkend="guc-max-connections"/>), allowed autovacuum worker process
-    (<xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-workers"/>) and allowed background
+    (<xref linkend="guc-autovacuum-max-workers"/>), allowed WAL sender process
+    (<xref linkend="guc-max-wal-senders"/>), and allowed background
     process (<xref linkend="guc-max-worker-processes"/>), in sets of 16.
     Each such set will
     also contain a 17th semaphore which contains a <quote>magic
