Re: Damage control for planner's get_actual_variable_endpoint() runaway

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: Jakub Wartak <jakub(dot)wartak(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Simon Riggs <simon(dot)riggs(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robert(dot)haas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Damage control for planner's get_actual_variable_endpoint() runaway
Date: 2022-11-21 12:22:13
Message-ID: 20221121122213.egy3bxhyul67y3iv@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2022-Nov-21, Jakub Wartak wrote:

> b) I was wondering about creating a new wait class "Planner" with the
> event "ReadingMinMaxIndex" (or similar). The obvious drawback is the
> naming/categorization as wait events are ... well.. as the name "WAIT"
> implies, while those btree lookups could easily be ON-CPU activity.

I think we should definitely do this, regardless of any other fixes we
add, so that this condition can be identified more easily. I wonder if
we can backpatch it safely.

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Álvaro Herrera PostgreSQL Developer — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
"Always assume the user will do much worse than the stupidest thing
you can imagine." (Julien PUYDT)

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