On 10/04/2010 07:50 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:
>
> - If the crash dump handler is enabled by setting the GUC,
> all backends register the handler during startup or (if it
> proves practical) when the GUC is changed.
>
> - When the handler is triggered by the OS trapping an unhandled
> exception, it loads dbghelp.dll, writes the appropriate dump
> format to the hardcoded path, and terminates the process.
>
>
What is the performance impact of doing that? Specifically, how does it
affect backend startup time?
cheers
andrew
