Re: Reduce timing overhead of EXPLAIN ANALYZE using rdtsc?

From: Ants Aasma <ants(dot)aasma(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Jakub Wartak <jakub(dot)wartak(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Lukas Fittl <lukas(at)fittl(dot)com>, David Geier <geidav(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>, Hannu Krosing <hannuk(at)google(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, vignesh C <vignesh21(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Ibrar Ahmed <ibrar(dot)ahmad(at)gmail(dot)com>, Maciek Sakrejda <m(dot)sakrejda(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Reduce timing overhead of EXPLAIN ANALYZE using rdtsc?
Date: 2026-02-05 09:23:15
Message-ID: CANwKhkPcQ9fNNJff24kqpMDoD4GuHfdmP9yzkOO=LUOHqZsO+Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, 4 Feb 2026 at 16:23, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> I forgot another important one we really should use the fast timing for:
> track_io_timing/track_wal_io_timing. The overhead of IO timing can be
> noticeable on busy systems and it's hard to believe that the inaccuracy
> matters. This is probably particularly relevant when measuring IO intensive
> workloads where the data resides in the kernel page cache, but doesn't fit
> into s_b.

I have been wanting for those two to be turned on by default with a
"fast enough" clock source. But determining this seemed complicated. I
think if the clock source for them is rdtsc we know that it is
definitely fast enough to be on by default.

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Ants Aasma

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