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    Simplify autovacuum work-item implementation · 31ae1638
    Alvaro Herrera authored
    The initial implementation of autovacuum work-items used a dynamic
    shared memory area (DSA).  However, it's argued that dynamic shared
    memory is not portable enough, so we cannot rely on it being supported
    everywhere; at the same time, autovacuum work-items are now a critical
    part of the server, so it's not acceptable that they don't work in the
    cases where dynamic shared memory is disabled.  Therefore, let's fall
    back to a simpler implementation of work-items that just uses
    autovacuum's main shared memory segment for storage.
    
    Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CA+TgmobQVbz4K_+RSmiM9HeRKpy3vS5xnbkL95gSEnWijzprKQ@mail.gmail.com
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