Karl Denninger <karl(at)denninger(dot)net> writes:
> Hmmmmm..... now that's interesting. Stats collector IS accumulating
> quite a bit of runtime..... me thinks its time to go grab 8.2.4.
I think Merlin might have nailed it --- the "stats collector bug" is
that it tries to write out the stats file way more often than it
should. So any excessive userland CPU time you see is just the tip
of the iceberg compared to the system and I/O costs incurred.
regards, tom lane