Re: Still need GUC update_process_title? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Still need GUC update_process_title?
Date
Msg-id 20529.1159678360@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Still need GUC update_process_title?  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> We added GUC update_process_title (default is 'on') in 8.2 based on
> tests Tom ran showing that there was a performance impact for the
> process title.  With the new use of strlcpy(), is there still an impact
> from process title?  Tom, would you run your tests again?  Thanks.

I don't really need to: the platforms on which it counts are the ones
where a kernel call is involved.  It's sheer folly to suppose that
strlcpy eliminates that issue.
        regards, tom lane


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