Re: RFC: replace pg_stat_activity.waiting with something more descriptive

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RFC: replace pg_stat_activity.waiting with something more descriptive
Date: 2015-06-25 10:58:33
Message-ID: 20150625105833.GF14672@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2015-06-25 16:26:39 +0530, Amit Kapila wrote:
> Won't leaving former contents as it is (until the next thing is being
> blocked) could give misleading information. Currently we mark 'waiting'
> as false as soon as Heavy Weight Lock is over, so following that way
> sounds more appropriate, is there any reason why you want it differently
> than what we are doing currently?

But we don't do the same for query, so I don't think that says much. I
think it'd be useful because it gives you a bit more chance to see what
you blocked on last, even if the time the backend was blocked was very
short.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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