Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > [...] Can you correlate the performance hit with any specific part > of autovacuum? In particular, I'm wondering if it matters whether > vacuum is cleaning tables or indexes [...] In case it helps, this systemtap run will report on the top few time-sampled call graphs of post* processes: # debuginfo-install -y postgresql # stap -V [...Fedora16...] Systemtap translator/driver (version 1.7/0.153 non-git sources) # cat post-prof.stp probe timer.profile { if (substr(execname(),0,4) != "post") next bt[sprint_ustack(ubacktrace())] <<< 1 } probe end { foreach ([s] in bt- limit 50) { println("\n",@count(bt[s]),":",s) } } global bt[20000] # stap post-prof.stp -v -d /usr/bin/postgres -d /usr/bin/postmaster --ldd --all-modules --suppress-handler-errors [wait awhile during workload] ^C 1390:index_getnext+0x1f9 [postgres] IndexNext+0x56 [postgres] ExecScan+0x14e [postgres] ExecProcNode+0x228 [postgres] ExecLimit+0xb8 [postgres] ExecProcNode+0xd8 [postgres] standard_ExecutorRun+0x14a [postgres] PortalRunSelect+0x287 [postgres] PortalRun+0x248 [postgres] PostgresMain+0x754 [postgres] ServerLoop+0x799 [postgres] PostmasterMain+0x647 [postgres] main+0x71e [postgres] __libc_start_main+0xed [libc-2.14.90.so] _start+0x29 [postgres] 935:__lseek_nocancel+0x7 [libc-2.14.90.so] FileSeek+0x127 [postgres] _mdnblocks+0x20 [postgres] mdnblocks+0x6b [postgres] get_relation_info+0x5e2 [postgres] build_simple_rel+0x169 [postgres] add_base_rels_to_query+0x83 [postgres] query_planner+0x159 [postgres] grouping_planner+0xc0b [postgres] subquery_planner+0x5b4 [postgres] standard_planner+0xe4 [postgres] pg_plan_query+0x1b [postgres] pg_plan_queries+0x54 [postgres] PostgresMain+0x848 [postgres] ServerLoop+0x799 [postgres] PostmasterMain+0x647 [postgres] 721:__send+0x22 [libc-2.14.90.so] internal_flush+0x3b [postgres] pq_flush+0x22 [postgres] ReadyForQuery+0x29 [postgres] PostgresMain+0x49e [postgres] ServerLoop+0x799 [postgres] PostmasterMain+0x647 [postgres] main+0x71e [postgres] __libc_start_main+0xed [libc-2.14.90.so] _start+0x29 [postgres] 431:recv+0x22 [libc-2.14.90.so] secure_read+0x1c6 [postgres] pq_recvbuf+0x5f [postgres] pq_getbyte+0x15 [postgres] PostgresMain+0x4bf [postgres] ServerLoop+0x799 [postgres] PostmasterMain+0x647 [postgres] main+0x71e [postgres] __libc_start_main+0xed [libc-2.14.90.so] _start+0x29 [postgres] 380:__lseek_nocancel+0x7 [libc-2.14.90.so] FileSeek+0x127 [postgres] _mdnblocks+0x20 [postgres] mdnblocks+0x6b [postgres] estimate_rel_size+0x7c [postgres] get_relation_info+0x121 [postgres] build_simple_rel+0x169 [postgres] add_base_rels_to_query+0x83 [postgres] query_planner+0x159 [postgres] grouping_planner+0xc0b [postgres] subquery_planner+0x5b4 [postgres] standard_planner+0xe4 [postgres] pg_plan_query+0x1b [postgres] pg_plan_queries+0x54 [postgres] PostgresMain+0x848 [postgres] ServerLoop+0x799 [postgres] [...] -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general