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Re: May be BUG. Periodic burst growth of the checkpoint_req counter on replica.

Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>

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From: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>
To: "Anton A. Melnikov" <a.melnikov@postgrespro.ru>, Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov@gmail.com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, "Anton A. Melnikov" <aamelnikov@inbox.ru>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2024-10-08T12:42:48Z
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On 2024/09/30 12:26, Fujii Masao wrote:
>>> In 0002.patch, I also modified the description of num_requested from
>>> "Number of backend requested checkpoints" to remove "backend," as it can
>>> be confusing since num_requested includes requests from sources other than
>>> the backend. Thought?
>>
>> Agreed. E.g. from xlog. Then maybe changed it also in the function
>> descriptions in the pg_proc.dat? For pg_stat_get_checkpointer_num_requested()
>> and pg_stat_get_checkpointer_restartpoints_requested().
> 
> Yes, good catch!

Patch attached.

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
Advanced Computing Technology Center
Research and Development Headquarters
NTT DATA CORPORATION

Commits

  1. Improve descriptions of some pg_stat_checkpoints functions in pg_proc.dat.

  2. docs: Enhance the pg_stat_checkpointer view documentation.

  3. Add num_done counter to the pg_stat_checkpointer view.

  4. docs: Improve the description of num_timed column in pg_stat_checkpointer.

  5. Improve documentation for pg_stat_checkpointer fields

  6. Enhance checkpointer restartpoint statistics

  7. Introduce pg_stat_checkpointer