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author | Magnus Hagander | 2016-03-11 14:08:34 +0000 |
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committer | Magnus Hagander | 2016-03-11 14:08:34 +0000 |
commit | 92f03fe76fe6be683a8b7497579158b8a82b2c25 (patch) | |
tree | 09b3625e28d98cd510141b685893e22b0d374692 | |
parent | 69ab7b9d6c9b9e1d782ffad6e440a3615c63f621 (diff) |
Allow setting sample ratio for auto_explain
New configuration parameter auto_explain.sample_ratio makes it
possible to log just a fraction of the queries meeting the configured
threshold, to reduce the amount of logging.
Author: Craig Ringer and Julien Rouhaud
Review: Petr Jelinek
-rw-r--r-- | contrib/auto_explain/auto_explain.c | 31 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml | 18 |
2 files changed, 46 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/auto_explain/auto_explain.c b/contrib/auto_explain/auto_explain.c index 0950e18f6d..76d1831567 100644 --- a/contrib/auto_explain/auto_explain.c +++ b/contrib/auto_explain/auto_explain.c @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ static bool auto_explain_log_triggers = false; static bool auto_explain_log_timing = true; static int auto_explain_log_format = EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT; static bool auto_explain_log_nested_statements = false; +static double auto_explain_sample_ratio = 1; static const struct config_enum_entry format_options[] = { {"text", EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT, false}, @@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ static ExecutorRun_hook_type prev_ExecutorRun = NULL; static ExecutorFinish_hook_type prev_ExecutorFinish = NULL; static ExecutorEnd_hook_type prev_ExecutorEnd = NULL; +/* Is the current query sampled, per backend */ +static bool current_query_sampled = true; + #define auto_explain_enabled() \ (auto_explain_log_min_duration >= 0 && \ (nesting_level == 0 || auto_explain_log_nested_statements)) @@ -159,6 +163,19 @@ _PG_init(void) NULL, NULL); + DefineCustomRealVariable("auto_explain.sample_ratio", + "Fraction of queries to process.", + NULL, + &auto_explain_sample_ratio, + 1.0, + 0.0, + 1.0, + PGC_SUSET, + 0, + NULL, + NULL, + NULL); + EmitWarningsOnPlaceholders("auto_explain"); /* Install hooks. */ @@ -191,7 +208,15 @@ _PG_fini(void) static void explain_ExecutorStart(QueryDesc *queryDesc, int eflags) { - if (auto_explain_enabled()) + /* + * For ratio sampling, randomly choose top-level statement. Either + * all nested statements will be explained or none will. + */ + if (auto_explain_log_min_duration >= 0 && nesting_level == 0) + current_query_sampled = (random() < auto_explain_sample_ratio * + MAX_RANDOM_VALUE); + + if (auto_explain_enabled() && current_query_sampled) { /* Enable per-node instrumentation iff log_analyze is required. */ if (auto_explain_log_analyze && (eflags & EXEC_FLAG_EXPLAIN_ONLY) == 0) @@ -210,7 +235,7 @@ explain_ExecutorStart(QueryDesc *queryDesc, int eflags) else standard_ExecutorStart(queryDesc, eflags); - if (auto_explain_enabled()) + if (auto_explain_enabled() && current_query_sampled) { /* * Set up to track total elapsed time in ExecutorRun. Make sure the @@ -280,7 +305,7 @@ explain_ExecutorFinish(QueryDesc *queryDesc) static void explain_ExecutorEnd(QueryDesc *queryDesc) { - if (queryDesc->totaltime && auto_explain_enabled()) + if (queryDesc->totaltime && auto_explain_enabled() && current_query_sampled) { double msec; diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml index d527208271..6f1bde0d17 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml @@ -203,6 +203,24 @@ LOAD 'auto_explain'; </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term> + <varname>auto_explain.sample_ratio</varname> (<type>real</type>) + <indexterm> + <primary><varname>auto_explain.sample_ratio</> configuration parameter</primary> + </indexterm> + </term> + <listitem> + <para> + <varname>auto_explain.sample_ratio</varname> (<type>floating point</type>) + causes auto_explain to only explain a fraction of the statements in each + session. The default is 1, meaning explain all the queries. In case + of nested statements, either all will be explained or none. Only + superusers can change this setting. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> |