Re: compute_query_id and pg_stat_statements

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: compute_query_id and pg_stat_statements
Date: 2021-04-26 18:14:08
Message-ID: 20210426181408.3j6kkzpxnadpwptv@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2021-04-26 13:43:31 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> I think it's straightforward, if we decouple the tri-valued enum used
> for guc.c purposes from a separate boolean that actually enables the
> feature. GUC sets the boolean to "off" initially when it sees the enum
> as "auto", and then pg_stat_statement's _PG_init modifies it during its
> own startup as needed.

> So the user can turn the GUC off, and then pg_stat_statement does
> nothing and there is no performance drawback; or leave it "auto" and
> it'll only compute query_id if pg_stat_statement is loaded; or leave it
> on if they want the query_id for other purposes.

I think that's the right direction. I wonder though if we shouldn't go a
bit further. Have one guc that determines the "query id provider" (NULL
or a shared library), and one GUC that configures whether query-id is
computed (never, on-demand/auto, always). For the provider GUC load the
.so and look up a function with some well known name.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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