does it reserve kernel disk cache; it is used only for estimation
purposes. The system also does not assume data remains in
the disk cache between queries.
If this value is specified without units, it is taken as blocks,
that is <symbol>BLCKSZ</symbol> bytes, typically 8kB.
The default is 4 gigabytes (<literal>4GB</literal>).
(If <symbol>BLCKSZ</symbol> is not 8kB, the default value scales
proportionally to it.)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-jit-above-cost" xreflabel="jit_above_cost">
<term><varname>jit_above_cost</varname> (<type>floating point</type>)
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>jit_above_cost</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the query cost above which JIT compilation is activated, if
enabled (see <xref linkend="jit"/>).
Performing <acronym>JIT</acronym> costs planning time but can
accelerate query execution.
Setting this to <literal>-1</literal> disables JIT compilation.
The default is <literal>100000</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-jit-inline-above-cost" xreflabel="jit_inline_above_cost">
<term><varname>jit_inline_above_cost</varname> (<type>floating point</type>)
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>jit_inline_above_cost</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the query cost above which JIT compilation attempts to inline
functions and operators. Inlining adds planning time, but can
improve execution speed. It is not meaningful to set this to less
than <varname>jit_above_cost</varname>.
Setting this to <literal>-1</literal> disables inlining.
The default is <literal>500000</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="guc-jit-optimize-above-cost" xreflabel="jit_optimize_above_cost">
<term><varname>jit_optimize_above_cost</varname> (<type>floating point</type>)
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>jit_optimize_above_cost</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Sets the query cost above which JIT compilation applies expensive
optimizations. Such optimization adds planning time, but can improve
execution speed. It is not meaningful to set this to less
than <varname>jit_above_cost</varname>, and it is unlikely to be
beneficial to set it to more
than <varname>jit_inline_above_cost</varname>.
Setting this to <literal>-1</literal> disables expensive optimizations.
The default is <literal>500000</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="runtime-config-query-geqo">
<title>Genetic Query Optimizer</title>
<para>
The genetic query optimizer (GEQO) is an algorithm that does query
planning using heuristic searching. This reduces planning time for
complex queries (those joining many relations), at the cost of producing
plans that are sometimes inferior to those found by the normal
exhaustive-search algorithm.
For more information see <xref linkend="geqo"/>.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="guc-geqo" xreflabel="geqo">
<term><varname>geqo</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)
<indexterm>
<primary>genetic query optimization</primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary>GEQO</primary>
<see>genetic query optimization</see>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary><varname>geqo</varname> configuration parameter</primary>
</indexterm>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Enables or disables genetic