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

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Overhead for stats_command_string et al, take
Date: 2006-06-27 19:07:05
Message-ID: 200606271907.k5RJ75I10301@momjian.us
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Applied.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > > Seeing stats_command_string with almost zero overhead is great news!
> > > Should we remove that setting and just have it enabled all
> > > the time?
> >
> > If you don't need it, you shouldn't have to pay any overhead for it,
> > I think. One could make an argument now for having stats_command_string
> > default to ON, though.
>
> The attached patch makes stats_command_string default to 'on', and
> updates the documentation.
>
> > 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?
>
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> Bruce Momjian bruce(at)momjian(dot)us
> EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
>
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