Re: WAL usage calculation patch

Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

From: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>

To: Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>

Cc: Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>, Kirill Bychik <kirill.bychik@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>

Date: 2020-03-31T09:31:56Z

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Change the display of WAL usage statistics in Explain.
- 69bfaf2e1de4 13.0 landed
Cosmetic fixups for WAL usage work.
- ef08ca113fe3 13.0 landed
Allow parallel create index to accumulate buffer usage stats.
- 5c71362174eb 13.0 landed
- f179e9f01b65 11.8 landed
- 13823ad3b012 12.3 landed
Allow autovacuum to log WAL usage statistics.
- b7ce6de93b59 13.0 landed
Add the option to report WAL usage in EXPLAIN and auto_explain.
- 33e05f89c53e 13.0 landed
Allow pg_stat_statements to track WAL usage statistics.
- 6b466bf5f2be 13.0 landed
Add infrastructure to track WAL usage.
- df3b181499b4 13.0 landed
Include information on buffer usage during planning phase, in EXPLAIN output, take two.
- ce77abe63cfc 13.0 cited
Include information on buffer usage during planning phase, in EXPLAIN output.
- ed7a5095716e 13.0 cited
Allow parallel vacuum to accumulate buffer usage.
- 3a5e22138a8d 13.0 landed
Allow pg_stat_statements to track planning statistics.
- 17e03282241c 13.0 cited

On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 2:51 PM Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 4.  Currently, we are combining all full-page write
> force/normal/consistency checks in one category.  I am not sure
> whether it will be good information to know how many are force_fpw and
> how many are normal_fpw?
>

We can do it if we want but I am not sure how useful it will be.  I
think we can always enhance this information if people really need
this and have a clear use-case in mind.

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With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
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