On 2014-06-27 10:51:20 -0700, Jeff Janes wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 1:03 PM, Anand Kumar, Karthik > > Samples: 33K of event 'cycles', Event count (approx.): 20693251070 > > 26.16% postmaster postgres [.] 0x0000000000188450 > > 21.13% postmaster postgres [.] hash_search_with_hash_value > > 10.47% postmaster postgres [.] heap_page_prune_opt > > 4.21% postmaster postgres [.] LWLockAcquire > > 3.71% postmaster postgres [.] slot_getattr > > 1.97% postmaster postgres [.] HeapTupleSatisfiesMVCC > > If it is what I am guessing at, then the top anonymous address is > probably coming from LWLockAcquire, and those are coming from > HeapTupleSatisfiesMVCC. I don't know how to verify that, though. Recompile postgres with -fno-omit-frame-pointers and use perf record -g. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services