pgsql: pg_stat_wal: Accumulate time as instr_time instead of microsecon

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: pg_stat_wal: Accumulate time as instr_time instead of microsecon
Date: 2023-03-30 21:24:17
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pg_stat_wal: Accumulate time as instr_time instead of microseconds

In instr_time.h it is stated that:

* When summing multiple measurements, it's recommended to leave the
* running sum in instr_time form (ie, use INSTR_TIME_ADD or
* INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF) and convert to a result format only at the end.

The reason for that is that converting to microseconds is not cheap, and can
loose precision. Therefore this commit changes 'PendingWalStats' to use
'instr_time' instead of 'PgStat_Counter' while accumulating 'wal_write_time'
and 'wal_sync_time'.

Author: Nazir Bilal Yavuz <byavuz81(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Reviewed-by: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/1feedb83-7aa9-cb4b-5086-598349d3f555@gmail.com

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/ca7b3c4c00042038ba9c282c4807e05c0a527e42

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c | 6 ++----
src/backend/storage/file/buffile.c | 6 ++----
src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_wal.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++---------------
src/include/pgstat.h | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
src/tools/pgindent/typedefs.list | 1 +
5 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

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