It'd be relatively easy I think to extract the current FSM statistics in a function that could be invoked separately from VACUUM. Not sure how we ought to return 'em though --- the VACUUM way of a bunch of INFO messages is a bit old-fashioned. Maybe a statistics view?
That would work for me.
regards, tom lane
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