Re: [ADMIN] High CPU usage from a vacuum process but does nothing - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Boris S.
Subject Re: [ADMIN] High CPU usage from a vacuum process but does nothing
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Msg-id 6c3c0b4a-40ba-b5f7-9a8b-97fe43294e62@infosplet.com
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In response to [ADMIN] High CPU usage from a vacuum process but does nothing  ("Boris S." <boris@splet.net>)
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To sum it up, after reboot it looks alright, vacuum finishes promptly.


On 04/10/2017 19:28, Boris S. wrote:
> After migrating the server to a bigger machine, I'm noticing an odd 
> behaviour. If I begin vacuuming manually, it starts OK:
>
> <snip>
> 0 pages are entirely empty.
> CPU 0.00s/0.00u sec elapsed 0.00 sec.
> INFO:  analyzing "public.table024484"
> INFO:  "table024484": scanned 111123 of 111123 pages, containing 
> 4909226 live rows and 0 dead rows; 150000 rows in sample, 4909226 
> estimated total rows
>
> But then it gets stuck indefinitely with high CPU usage and command 
> never exits. kill -TERM isn't helping, process stays on with ~99% CPU 
> usage. Stracing this process gets me just:
>
> strace: Process 102011 attached
> strace: [ Process PID=102011 runs in x32 mode. ]
>
> Which is an odd message, all other processes give normal strace output.
>
> latest pgsql 9.5 (same on old and new machine)
> Ubuntu 16.04
>
> Values in "cat /proc/102011/io" stay the same.
>
> Autovacuum and other processes, queries aren't affected and can be 
> straced normally. Disk IO is low (checked with iostat)
>
> Any ideas on what else to try?
>
>



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