Re: Dynamically loaded C function performance

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
Cc: Adam Palmblad <apalmblad(at)dataunison(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dynamically loaded C function performance
Date: 2006-05-11 22:49:45
Message-ID: 4463BF89.6050702@joeconway.com
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 03:47:53PM -0700, Adam Palmblad wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>We've got a C function that we use here and we find that for every
>>connection, the first run of the function is much slower than any
>>subsequent runs. ( 50ms compared to 8ms)
>>
>>Besides using connection pooling, are there any options to improve
>>performance?
>
> In my experience, connection startup takes a heck of a lot longer than
> 50ms, so why are you worrying about 50ms for the first run of a
> function?
>
> BTW, sorry, but I don't know a way to speed this up, either.

I think Tom nailed the solution already in a nearby reply -- see
preload_libraries on this page:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/runtime-config-resource.html

Joe

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