Re: [RFC] Change the default of update_process_title to off

From: David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Change the default of update_process_title to off
Date: 2016-08-05 11:12:39
Message-ID: CAKJS1f-GMxCdUgV_o_5q34wE0XetQU9ThDt0Uqac+mO4uSbnNQ@mail.gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

On 5 August 2016 at 12:25, Tsunakawa, Takayuki
<tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com> wrote:
> It seems that we could reach a consensus. The patch is attached. I'll add this to the next CommitFest.

+ The default is off on Windows
+ because the overhead is significant, and on on other platforms.

"than on other platforms"

But perhaps it's better written like:

+ This value defaults to "off" on Windows platforms due to the
platform's significant overhead for updating the process title.

+1 for this patch from me. I'd hate to think someone would quickly
dismiss Postgres on windows due to some low TPS caused by updating the
process title.

--
David Rowley http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Amit Kapila 2016-08-05 11:36:13 Re: Hash Indexes
Previous Message Ashutosh Bapat 2016-08-05 10:53:18 Re: Declarative partitioning