Re: [HACKERS] Overhead for stats_command_string et al, take 2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Overhead for stats_command_string et al, take 2
Date: 2006-06-26 17:32:04
Message-ID: 2141.1151343124@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Something that might also be interesting is an option to suppress
>> per-command ps_status reporting. On machines where updating ps status
>> takes a kernel call, there's now a pretty good argument why you might
>> want to turn that off and rely on pg_stat_activity instead.

> OK, can I get a timing report from someone with the title on/off that
> shows a difference?

IIRC, newer BSDen use a kernel call for this, so you should be able to
measure it on your own machine. Just tweak ps_status.c to force it to
select PS_USE_NONE instead of PS_USE_SETPROCTITLE to generate a
comparison case. I'll try it on my old HPUX box too.

regards, tom lane

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