Re: autovacuum "connections" are hidden

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Casey Duncan <casey(at)pandora(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Subject: Re: autovacuum "connections" are hidden
Date: 2006-05-18 16:45:06
Message-ID: 200605181645.k4IGj6J15566@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Casey Duncan <casey(at)pandora(dot)com> writes:
> > however, when I did "select * from pg_stat_activity" on the pg
> > server, it showed no connection to that db. Then I looked at the
> > processes:
> > tmp0% ps ax | grep test_seg1
> > 10317 ? D 0:36 postgres: autovacuum process test_seg1
>
> Hmm, autovacuum won't show up in pg_stat_activity because it never calls
> pgstat_report_activity(). Seems like maybe it should, though.

If we do that, would it help people who are trying to determine if
pg_autovacuum is running? Would the connection still appear while
pg_autovacuum is sleeping?

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