Thread: Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
"Simon Riggs"
Date:
On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 19:38 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 22:19 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Simon Riggs wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 18:45 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > Chris Campbell <chris@bignerdranch.com> writes:
> > > > > Is there additional logging information I can turn on to get more
> > > > > details? I guess I need to see exactly what locks both processes
> > > > > hold, and what queries they were running when the deadlock occurred?
> > > > > Is that easily done, without turning on logging for *all* statements?
> > > >
> > > > log_min_error_statement = error would at least get you the statements
> > > > reporting the deadlocks, though not what they're conflicting against.
> > >
> > > Yeh, we need a much better locking logger for performance analysis.
> > >
> > > We really need to dump the whole wait-for graph for deadlocks, since
> > > this might be more complex than just two statements involved. Deadlocks
> > > ought to be so infrequent that we can afford the log space to do this -
> > > plus if we did this it would likely lead to fewer deadlocks.
> > >
> > > For 8.3 I'd like to have a log_min_duration_lockwait (secs) parameter
> > > that would allow you to dump the wait-for graph for any data-level locks
> > > that wait too long, rather than just those that deadlock. Many
> > > applications experience heavy locking because of lack of holistic
> > > design. That will also show up the need for other utilities to act
> > > CONCURRENTLY, if possible.
> >
> > Old email, but I don't see how our current output is not good enough?
> >
> >     test=> lock a;
> >     ERROR:  deadlock detected
> >     DETAIL:  Process 6855 waits for AccessExclusiveLock on relation 16394 of
> >     database 16384; blocked by process 6795.
> >     Process 6795 waits for AccessExclusiveLock on relation 16396 of database
> >     16384; blocked by process 6855.
>
> This detects deadlocks, but it doesn't detect lock waits.
>
> When I wrote that it was previous experience driving me. Recent client
> experience has highlighted the clear need for this. We had a lock wait
> of 50 hours because of an RI check; thats the kind of thing I'd like to
> show up in the logs somewhere.
>
> Lock wait detection can be used to show up synchronisation points that
> have been inadvertently designed into an application, so its a useful
> tool in investigating performance issues.
>
> I have a patch implementing the logging as agreed with Tom, will post to
> patches later tonight.

Patch for discussion, includes doc entries at top of patch, so its
fairly clear how it works.

Output is an INFO message, to allow this to trigger
log_min_error_statement when it generates a message, to allow us to see
the SQL statement that is waiting. This allows it to generate a message
prior to the statement completing, which is important because it may not
ever complete, in some cases, so simply logging a list of pids won't
always tell you what the SQL was that was waiting.

Other approaches are possible...

Comments?

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
I am a little concerned about a log_* setting that is INFO. I understand
why you used INFO (for log_min_error_messages), but INFO is inconsistent
with the log* prefix, and by default INFO doesn't appear in the log
file.

So, by default, the INFO is going to go to the user terminal, and not to
the logfile.

Ideas?

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Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 19:38 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 22:19 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Simon Riggs wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 18:45 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > > Chris Campbell <chris@bignerdranch.com> writes:
> > > > > > Is there additional logging information I can turn on to get more
> > > > > > details? I guess I need to see exactly what locks both processes
> > > > > > hold, and what queries they were running when the deadlock occurred?
> > > > > > Is that easily done, without turning on logging for *all* statements?
> > > > >
> > > > > log_min_error_statement = error would at least get you the statements
> > > > > reporting the deadlocks, though not what they're conflicting against.
> > > >
> > > > Yeh, we need a much better locking logger for performance analysis.
> > > >
> > > > We really need to dump the whole wait-for graph for deadlocks, since
> > > > this might be more complex than just two statements involved. Deadlocks
> > > > ought to be so infrequent that we can afford the log space to do this -
> > > > plus if we did this it would likely lead to fewer deadlocks.
> > > >
> > > > For 8.3 I'd like to have a log_min_duration_lockwait (secs) parameter
> > > > that would allow you to dump the wait-for graph for any data-level locks
> > > > that wait too long, rather than just those that deadlock. Many
> > > > applications experience heavy locking because of lack of holistic
> > > > design. That will also show up the need for other utilities to act
> > > > CONCURRENTLY, if possible.
> > >
> > > Old email, but I don't see how our current output is not good enough?
> > >
> > >     test=> lock a;
> > >     ERROR:  deadlock detected
> > >     DETAIL:  Process 6855 waits for AccessExclusiveLock on relation 16394 of
> > >     database 16384; blocked by process 6795.
> > >     Process 6795 waits for AccessExclusiveLock on relation 16396 of database
> > >     16384; blocked by process 6855.
> >
> > This detects deadlocks, but it doesn't detect lock waits.
> >
> > When I wrote that it was previous experience driving me. Recent client
> > experience has highlighted the clear need for this. We had a lock wait
> > of 50 hours because of an RI check; thats the kind of thing I'd like to
> > show up in the logs somewhere.
> >
> > Lock wait detection can be used to show up synchronisation points that
> > have been inadvertently designed into an application, so its a useful
> > tool in investigating performance issues.
> >
> > I have a patch implementing the logging as agreed with Tom, will post to
> > patches later tonight.
>
> Patch for discussion, includes doc entries at top of patch, so its
> fairly clear how it works.
>
> Output is an INFO message, to allow this to trigger
> log_min_error_statement when it generates a message, to allow us to see
> the SQL statement that is waiting. This allows it to generate a message
> prior to the statement completing, which is important because it may not
> ever complete, in some cases, so simply logging a list of pids won't
> always tell you what the SQL was that was waiting.
>
> Other approaches are possible...
>
> Comments?
>
> --
>   Simon Riggs
>   EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com
>

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
"Simon Riggs"
Date:
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 13:34 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> I am a little concerned about a log_* setting that is INFO. I understand
> why you used INFO (for log_min_error_messages), but INFO is inconsistent
> with the log* prefix, and by default INFO doesn't appear in the log
> file.

Yeh, LOG would be most appropriate, but thats not possible.

log_min_messages allows only DEBUG5, DEBUG4, DEBUG3, DEBUG2, DEBUG1,
INFO, NOTICE and WARNING for non-error states.

Possibly DEBUG1?

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  Simon Riggs
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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> Yeh, LOG would be most appropriate, but thats not possible.

You have not given any good reason for that.

> log_min_messages allows only DEBUG5, DEBUG4, DEBUG3, DEBUG2, DEBUG1,
> INFO, NOTICE and WARNING for non-error states.

I don't think you understand quite how the log message priority works...

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
"Simon Riggs"
Date:
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 14:11 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > Yeh, LOG would be most appropriate, but thats not possible.
>
> You have not given any good reason for that.

The idea of the patch is that it generates a log message which then
invokes log_min_error_statement so that the SQL statement is displayed.
LOG is not on the list of options there, otherwise I would use it.

The reason for behaving like this is so that a message is generated
while the statement is still waiting, rather than at the end. As I
mentioned in the submission, you may not like that behaviour; I'm in two
minds myself, but I'm trying to get to the stage of having useful
information come out of the server when we have long lock waits.

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  Simon Riggs
  EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com



Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> The idea of the patch is that it generates a log message which then
> invokes log_min_error_statement so that the SQL statement is displayed.
> LOG is not on the list of options there, otherwise I would use it.

As I said, you don't understand how the logging priority control works.
LOG *is* the appropriate level for stuff intended to go to the server log.

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
"Simon Riggs"
Date:
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 14:28 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > The idea of the patch is that it generates a log message which then
> > invokes log_min_error_statement so that the SQL statement is displayed.
> > LOG is not on the list of options there, otherwise I would use it.
>
> As I said, you don't understand how the logging priority control works.
> LOG *is* the appropriate level for stuff intended to go to the server log.

Please look at the definition of log_min_error_statement, so you
understand where I'm coming from.

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  EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com



Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
"Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 14:28 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>>> The idea of the patch is that it generates a log message which then
>>> invokes log_min_error_statement so that the SQL statement is displayed.
>>> LOG is not on the list of options there, otherwise I would use it.
>>
>> As I said, you don't understand how the logging priority control works.
>> LOG *is* the appropriate level for stuff intended to go to the server log.

> Please look at the definition of log_min_error_statement, so you
> understand where I'm coming from.

I *have* read the definition of log_min_error_statement.  (The SGML docs
are wrong btw, as a quick look at the code shows that LOG is an accepted
value.)

The real issue here is that send_message_to_server_log just does

    if (edata->elevel >= log_min_error_statement && debug_query_string != NULL)

to determine whether to log the statement, whereas arguably it should be
using a test like is_log_level_output --- that is, the priority ordering
for log_min_error_statement should be like log_min_messages not like
client_min_messages.  We've discussed that before in another thread, but
it looks like nothing's been done yet.  In any case, if you're unhappy
with the code's choice of whether to emit the STATEMENT part of a log
message, some changes here are what's indicated, not bizarre choices of
elevel for individual messages.

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
"Simon Riggs"
Date:
On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 14:52 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 14:28 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> >>> The idea of the patch is that it generates a log message which then
> >>> invokes log_min_error_statement so that the SQL statement is displayed.
> >>> LOG is not on the list of options there, otherwise I would use it.
> >>
> >> As I said, you don't understand how the logging priority control works.
> >> LOG *is* the appropriate level for stuff intended to go to the server log.
>
> > Please look at the definition of log_min_error_statement, so you
> > understand where I'm coming from.
>
> I *have* read the definition of log_min_error_statement.  (The SGML docs
> are wrong btw, as a quick look at the code shows that LOG is an accepted
> value.)

OK, I should have looked passed the manual.

> The real issue here is that send_message_to_server_log just does
>
>     if (edata->elevel >= log_min_error_statement && debug_query_string != NULL)
>
> to determine whether to log the statement, whereas arguably it should be
> using a test like is_log_level_output --- that is, the priority ordering
> for log_min_error_statement should be like log_min_messages not like
> client_min_messages.  We've discussed that before in another thread, but
> it looks like nothing's been done yet.

Hopefully not with me? Don't remember that.

> In any case, if you're unhappy
> with the code's choice of whether to emit the STATEMENT part of a log
> message, some changes here are what's indicated, not bizarre choices of
> elevel for individual messages.

Well, I would have chosen LOG if I thought it was available.

I'll do some more to the patch.

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  Simon Riggs
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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 13:34 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > I am a little concerned about a log_* setting that is INFO. I understand
> > why you used INFO (for log_min_error_messages), but INFO is inconsistent
> > with the log* prefix, and by default INFO doesn't appear in the log
> > file.
>
> Yeh, LOG would be most appropriate, but thats not possible.
>
> log_min_messages allows only DEBUG5, DEBUG4, DEBUG3, DEBUG2, DEBUG1,
> INFO, NOTICE and WARNING for non-error states.
>
> Possibly DEBUG1?

This highlights a problem we have often had with LOG output where we
also want the query.

I think there are two possible approaches.  First, we could add a new
bitmap value like LOG_STATEMENT to ereport when we want the statement
with the log line:

    ereport (LOG | LOG_STATEMENT, ...)

(or a new LOG_WITH_STATEMENT log level) and a new GUC like
"log_include_statement" that would control the output of statements for
certain GUC parameters, and we document with GUC values it controls.

A simpler idea would be to unconditionally include the query in the
errdetail() of the actual LOG ereport.

This is not the first GUC that has needed this.  We had this issue with
"log_temp_files", which we just added, and the only suggested solution
was to use log_statement = 'all'.  Either of these ideas above would be
useful for this as well.

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> This is not the first GUC that has needed this.

Exactly.  I think that we simply made a mistake in the initial
implementation of log_min_error_statement: we failed to think about
whether it should use client or server priority ordering, and the
easy-to-code behavior was the wrong one.

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > This is not the first GUC that has needed this.
>
> Exactly.  I think that we simply made a mistake in the initial
> implementation of log_min_error_statement: we failed to think about
> whether it should use client or server priority ordering, and the
> easy-to-code behavior was the wrong one.

I have coded up the following patch which places LOG just above ERROR in
log_min_error_statement.

It also adds the new log level LOG_NO_STATEMENT, which is used only for
internal use by ereport() calls that should not print the statement.
This is particularly useful so log_statemant and
log_min_duration_statement do not print the statement twice.

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Index: doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.112
diff -c -c -r1.112 config.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/config.sgml    16 Feb 2007 16:37:29 -0000    1.112
--- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml    1 Mar 2007 01:56:33 -0000
***************
*** 2507,2518 ****
          <literal>DEBUG2</literal>, <literal>DEBUG1</literal>,
          <literal>INFO</literal>, <literal>NOTICE</literal>,
          <literal>WARNING</literal>, <literal>ERROR</literal>,
!         <literal>FATAL</literal>, and <literal>PANIC</literal>.
!         The default is <literal>ERROR</literal>, which means statements
!         causing errors, fatal errors, or panics will be logged.
!         To effectively turn off logging of failing statements,
!         set this parameter to <literal>PANIC</literal>.
!         Only superusers can change this setting.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
--- 2507,2518 ----
          <literal>DEBUG2</literal>, <literal>DEBUG1</literal>,
          <literal>INFO</literal>, <literal>NOTICE</literal>,
          <literal>WARNING</literal>, <literal>ERROR</literal>,
!         <literal>LOG</literal>, <literal>FATAL</literal>, and
!         <literal>PANIC</literal>.  The default is <literal>ERROR</literal>,
!         which means statements causing errors, log messages, fatal errors,
!         or panics will be logged.  To turn off logging of statements for
!         all levela, set this parameter to <literal>PANIC</literal>.  Only
!         superusers can change this setting.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
Index: src/backend/tcop/fastpath.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/fastpath.c,v
retrieving revision 1.95
diff -c -c -r1.95 fastpath.c
*** src/backend/tcop/fastpath.c    5 Jan 2007 22:19:39 -0000    1.95
--- src/backend/tcop/fastpath.c    1 Mar 2007 01:56:34 -0000
***************
*** 328,334 ****
      /* Log as soon as we have the function OID and name */
      if (log_statement == LOGSTMT_ALL)
      {
!         ereport(LOG,
                  (errmsg("fastpath function call: \"%s\" (OID %u)",
                          fip->fname, fid)));
          was_logged = true;
--- 328,334 ----
      /* Log as soon as we have the function OID and name */
      if (log_statement == LOGSTMT_ALL)
      {
!         ereport(LOG_NO_STATEMENT,
                  (errmsg("fastpath function call: \"%s\" (OID %u)",
                          fip->fname, fid)));
          was_logged = true;
Index: src/backend/tcop/postgres.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v
retrieving revision 1.525
diff -c -c -r1.525 postgres.c
*** src/backend/tcop/postgres.c    20 Feb 2007 17:32:16 -0000    1.525
--- src/backend/tcop/postgres.c    1 Mar 2007 01:56:35 -0000
***************
*** 821,827 ****
      /* Log immediately if dictated by log_statement */
      if (check_log_statement(parsetree_list))
      {
!         ereport(LOG,
                  (errmsg("statement: %s", query_string),
                   errdetail_execute(parsetree_list)));
          was_logged = true;
--- 821,827 ----
      /* Log immediately if dictated by log_statement */
      if (check_log_statement(parsetree_list))
      {
!         ereport(LOG_NO_STATEMENT,
                  (errmsg("statement: %s", query_string),
                   errdetail_execute(parsetree_list)));
          was_logged = true;
***************
*** 1023,1029 ****
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms", msec_str)));
              break;
          case 2:
!             ereport(LOG,
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms  statement: %s",
                              msec_str, query_string),
                       errdetail_execute(parsetree_list)));
--- 1023,1029 ----
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms", msec_str)));
              break;
          case 2:
!             ereport(LOG_NO_STATEMENT,
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms  statement: %s",
                              msec_str, query_string),
                       errdetail_execute(parsetree_list)));
***************
*** 1284,1290 ****
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms", msec_str)));
              break;
          case 2:
!             ereport(LOG,
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms  parse %s: %s",
                              msec_str,
                              *stmt_name ? stmt_name : "<unnamed>",
--- 1284,1290 ----
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms", msec_str)));
              break;
          case 2:
!             ereport(LOG_NO_STATEMENT,
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms  parse %s: %s",
                              msec_str,
                              *stmt_name ? stmt_name : "<unnamed>",
***************
*** 1638,1644 ****
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms", msec_str)));
              break;
          case 2:
!             ereport(LOG,
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms  bind %s%s%s: %s",
                              msec_str,
                              *stmt_name ? stmt_name : "<unnamed>",
--- 1638,1644 ----
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms", msec_str)));
              break;
          case 2:
!             ereport(LOG_NO_STATEMENT,
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms  bind %s%s%s: %s",
                              msec_str,
                              *stmt_name ? stmt_name : "<unnamed>",
***************
*** 1768,1774 ****
      /* Log immediately if dictated by log_statement */
      if (check_log_statement(portal->stmts))
      {
!         ereport(LOG,
                  (errmsg("%s %s%s%s%s%s",
                          execute_is_fetch ?
                          _("execute fetch from") :
--- 1768,1774 ----
      /* Log immediately if dictated by log_statement */
      if (check_log_statement(portal->stmts))
      {
!         ereport(LOG_NO_STATEMENT,
                  (errmsg("%s %s%s%s%s%s",
                          execute_is_fetch ?
                          _("execute fetch from") :
***************
*** 1849,1855 ****
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms", msec_str)));
              break;
          case 2:
!             ereport(LOG,
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms  %s %s%s%s%s%s",
                              msec_str,
                              execute_is_fetch ?
--- 1849,1855 ----
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms", msec_str)));
              break;
          case 2:
!             ereport(LOG_NO_STATEMENT,
                      (errmsg("duration: %s ms  %s %s%s%s%s%s",
                              msec_str,
                              execute_is_fetch ?
Index: src/backend/utils/error/elog.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/error/elog.c,v
retrieving revision 1.182
diff -c -c -r1.182 elog.c
*** src/backend/utils/error/elog.c    11 Feb 2007 11:59:26 -0000    1.182
--- src/backend/utils/error/elog.c    1 Mar 2007 01:56:35 -0000
***************
*** 1629,1635 ****
      /*
       * If the user wants the query that generated this error logged, do it.
       */
!     if (edata->elevel >= log_min_error_statement && debug_query_string != NULL)
      {
          log_line_prefix(&buf);
          appendStringInfoString(&buf, _("STATEMENT:  "));
--- 1629,1636 ----
      /*
       * If the user wants the query that generated this error logged, do it.
       */
!     if (is_log_level_output(edata->elevel, log_min_error_statement) &&
!         edata->elevel != LOG_NO_STATEMENT && debug_query_string != NULL)
      {
          log_line_prefix(&buf);
          appendStringInfoString(&buf, _("STATEMENT:  "));
***************
*** 1653,1658 ****
--- 1654,1660 ----
                  syslog_level = LOG_DEBUG;
                  break;
              case LOG:
+             case LOG_NO_STATEMENT:
              case COMMERROR:
              case INFO:
                  syslog_level = LOG_INFO;
***************
*** 1968,1973 ****
--- 1970,1976 ----
              prefix = _("DEBUG");
              break;
          case LOG:
+         case LOG_NO_STATEMENT:
          case COMMERROR:
              prefix = _("LOG");
              break;
***************
*** 2062,2068 ****
       *    Complicated because LOG is sorted out-of-order here, between
       *    ERROR and FATAL.
       */
!     if (elevel == LOG || elevel == COMMERROR)
      {
          if (log_min_level == LOG || log_min_level <= ERROR)
              return true;
--- 2065,2071 ----
       *    Complicated because LOG is sorted out-of-order here, between
       *    ERROR and FATAL.
       */
!     if (elevel == LOG || elevel == LOG_NO_STATEMENT || elevel == COMMERROR)
      {
          if (log_min_level == LOG || log_min_level <= ERROR)
              return true;
Index: src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample,v
retrieving revision 1.209
diff -c -c -r1.209 postgresql.conf.sample
*** src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample    16 Feb 2007 17:07:00 -0000    1.209
--- src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample    1 Mar 2007 01:56:37 -0000
***************
*** 289,295 ****

  #log_error_verbosity = default        # terse, default, or verbose messages

! #log_min_error_statement = error    # Values in order of increasing severity:
                       #   debug5
                      #   debug4
                      #   debug3
--- 289,295 ----

  #log_error_verbosity = default        # terse, default, or verbose messages

! #log_min_error_statement = error    # Values in order of decreasing detail:
                       #   debug5
                      #   debug4
                      #   debug3
***************
*** 299,304 ****
--- 299,305 ----
                      #   notice
                      #   warning
                      #   error
+                     #   log
                      #   fatal
                      #   panic (effectively off)

Index: src/include/utils/elog.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/utils/elog.h,v
retrieving revision 1.83
diff -c -c -r1.83 elog.h
*** src/include/utils/elog.h    5 Jan 2007 22:19:59 -0000    1.83
--- src/include/utils/elog.h    1 Mar 2007 01:56:38 -0000
***************
*** 25,53 ****
  #define DEBUG1        14            /* used by GUC debug_* variables */
  #define LOG            15            /* Server operational messages; sent only to
                                   * server log by default. */
! #define COMMERROR    16            /* Client communication problems; same as LOG
                                   * for server reporting, but never sent to
                                   * client. */
! #define INFO        17            /* Informative messages that are always sent
                                   * to client;  is not affected by
                                   * client_min_messages */
! #define NOTICE        18            /* Helpful messages to users about query
                                   * operation;  sent to client and server log
                                   * by default. */
! #define WARNING        19            /* Warnings.  NOTICE is for expected messages
                                   * like implicit sequence creation by SERIAL.
                                   * WARNING is for unexpected messages. */
! #define ERROR        20            /* user error - abort transaction; return to
                                   * known state */
  /* Save ERROR value in PGERROR so it can be restored when Win32 includes
   * modify it.  We have to use a constant rather than ERROR because macros
   * are expanded only when referenced outside macros.
   */
  #ifdef WIN32
! #define PGERROR        20
  #endif
! #define FATAL        21            /* fatal error - abort process */
! #define PANIC        22            /* take down the other backends with me */

   /* #define DEBUG DEBUG1 */    /* Backward compatibility with pre-7.3 */

--- 25,55 ----
  #define DEBUG1        14            /* used by GUC debug_* variables */
  #define LOG            15            /* Server operational messages; sent only to
                                   * server log by default. */
! #define LOG_NO_STATEMENT 16        /* Like LOG, but avoids log_min_error_statement */
!
! #define COMMERROR    17            /* Client communication problems; same as LOG
                                   * for server reporting, but never sent to
                                   * client. */
! #define INFO        18            /* Informative messages that are always sent
                                   * to client;  is not affected by
                                   * client_min_messages */
! #define NOTICE        19            /* Helpful messages to users about query
                                   * operation;  sent to client and server log
                                   * by default. */
! #define WARNING        20            /* Warnings.  NOTICE is for expected messages
                                   * like implicit sequence creation by SERIAL.
                                   * WARNING is for unexpected messages. */
! #define ERROR        21            /* user error - abort transaction; return to
                                   * known state */
  /* Save ERROR value in PGERROR so it can be restored when Win32 includes
   * modify it.  We have to use a constant rather than ERROR because macros
   * are expanded only when referenced outside macros.
   */
  #ifdef WIN32
! #define PGERROR        21
  #endif
! #define FATAL        22            /* fatal error - abort process */
! #define PANIC        23            /* take down the other backends with me */

   /* #define DEBUG DEBUG1 */    /* Backward compatibility with pre-7.3 */


Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> I have coded up the following patch which places LOG just above ERROR in
> log_min_error_statement.

LOG_NO_STATEMENT?  What *are* you thinking?  The kindest word I can find
for this is "baroque".

What I had in mind was a one-line patch:

    if (edata->elevel >= log_min_error_statement && debug_query_string != NULL)

becomes

    if (is_log_level_output(edata->elevel, log_min_error_statement) && debug_query_string != NULL)

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > I have coded up the following patch which places LOG just above ERROR in
> > log_min_error_statement.
>
> LOG_NO_STATEMENT?  What *are* you thinking?  The kindest word I can find
> for this is "baroque".
>
> What I had in mind was a one-line patch:
>
>     if (edata->elevel >= log_min_error_statement && debug_query_string != NULL)
>
> becomes
>
>     if (is_log_level_output(edata->elevel, log_min_error_statement) && debug_query_string != NULL)

What are *you* thinking?  Yes, that patch has that line, but
log_statement and log_min_duration_statement is going to trigger
log_min_error_statement so you are going to get the statement printed
twice.  LOG_NO_STATEMENT fixes that.

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> What are *you* thinking?  Yes, that patch has that line, but
> log_statement and log_min_duration_statement is going to trigger
> log_min_error_statement so you are going to get the statement printed
> twice.

What's wrong with that?  If a statement triggers two different log
entries, and both are subject to being annotated with the statement text
according to log_min_error_statement, I would expect them both to be
annotated.  Doing otherwise will probably break automated log analysis
tools.

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > What are *you* thinking?  Yes, that patch has that line, but
> > log_statement and log_min_duration_statement is going to trigger
> > log_min_error_statement so you are going to get the statement printed
> > twice.
>
> What's wrong with that?  If a statement triggers two different log
> entries, and both are subject to being annotated with the statement text
> according to log_min_error_statement, I would expect them both to be
> annotated.  Doing otherwise will probably break automated log analysis
> tools.

Are people going to be happy that log_statement and
log_min_duration_statement output the statement twice?

    test=> SHOW log_min_error_statement;
     log_min_error_statement
    -------------------------
     error
    (1 row)

    test=> SET log_statement = 'all';
    SET
    test=> SELECT 1;
     ?column?
    ----------
            1
    (1 row)

Server log has:

    LOG:  statement: SELECT 1;
    STATEMENT:  SELECT 1;

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Are people going to be happy that log_statement and
> log_min_duration_statement output the statement twice?

If those are the only cases you're worried about, a far simpler solution
is to clear debug_query_string before instead of after emitting those
log messages.

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Are people going to be happy that log_statement and
> > log_min_duration_statement output the statement twice?
>
> If those are the only cases you're worried about, a far simpler solution
> is to clear debug_query_string before instead of after emitting those
> log messages.

I am concerned about setting debug_query_string to NULL, calling
ereport(), and then resetting it might cause problems because of cases
where ereport might want to access debug_query_string for other uses,
for cases where ereport doesn't return to the reset code (but I assume
that is handled), and for cases like pgmonitor that would stop a
backend, read debug_query_string, and disconnect.

I can create a global variable to control this, but the new elog level
seemed cleaner.

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> I can create a global variable to control this, but the new elog level
> seemed cleaner.

What I don't like about the proposed patch is that it's nonorthogonal.
I see no reason to suppose that LOG is the only possible elevel for
which it might be interesting to suppress the STATEMENT: field.

Perhaps the best thing would be to define an additional ereport
auxiliary function, say errprintstmt(bool), that could set a flag
in the current elog stack entry to control suppression of STATEMENT.
This would mean you couldn't determine the behavior when using elog(),
but that's not supposed to be used for user-facing messages anyway.

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > I can create a global variable to control this, but the new elog level
> > seemed cleaner.
>
> What I don't like about the proposed patch is that it's nonorthogonal.
> I see no reason to suppose that LOG is the only possible elevel for
> which it might be interesting to suppress the STATEMENT: field.

True.

> Perhaps the best thing would be to define an additional ereport
> auxiliary function, say errprintstmt(bool), that could set a flag
> in the current elog stack entry to control suppression of STATEMENT.
> This would mean you couldn't determine the behavior when using elog(),
> but that's not supposed to be used for user-facing messages anyway.

One idea I had was to set the high-bit of elevel to control whether we
want to suppress statement logging, but I think errprintstmt() might be
best.  I don't understand the ereport stack well enough to add this
functionality, though.  What should I look for?

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Perhaps the best thing would be to define an additional ereport
>> auxiliary function, say errprintstmt(bool), that could set a flag
>> in the current elog stack entry to control suppression of STATEMENT.
>> This would mean you couldn't determine the behavior when using elog(),
>> but that's not supposed to be used for user-facing messages anyway.

> One idea I had was to set the high-bit of elevel to control whether we
> want to suppress statement logging, but I think errprintstmt() might be
> best.  I don't understand the ereport stack well enough to add this
> functionality, though.  What should I look for?

It wouldn't really be any different from errcode(), but if you want
I'll do it.

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Perhaps the best thing would be to define an additional ereport
> >> auxiliary function, say errprintstmt(bool), that could set a flag
> >> in the current elog stack entry to control suppression of STATEMENT.
> >> This would mean you couldn't determine the behavior when using elog(),
> >> but that's not supposed to be used for user-facing messages anyway.
>
> > One idea I had was to set the high-bit of elevel to control whether we
> > want to suppress statement logging, but I think errprintstmt() might be
> > best.  I don't understand the ereport stack well enough to add this
> > functionality, though.  What should I look for?
>
> It wouldn't really be any different from errcode(), but if you want
> I'll do it.

If you would just add the infrastructure I can add the LOG part.

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> It wouldn't really be any different from errcode(), but if you want
>> I'll do it.

> If you would just add the infrastructure I can add the LOG part.

OK, I applied a patch that covers the same territory as your patch of
Wednesday evening.  I didn't do anything about Simon's original patch
--- I assume that needs some rework now.

            regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> It wouldn't really be any different from errcode(), but if you want
> >> I'll do it.
>
> > If you would just add the infrastructure I can add the LOG part.
>
> OK, I applied a patch that covers the same territory as your patch of
> Wednesday evening.  I didn't do anything about Simon's original patch
> --- I assume that needs some rework now.

Thanks.  I will rework Simon's.

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
I will rework this before application to use LOG level.

Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

    http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches

It will be applied as soon as one of the PostgreSQL committers reviews
and approves it.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------


Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 19:38 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 22:19 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Simon Riggs wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 18:45 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > > Chris Campbell <chris@bignerdranch.com> writes:
> > > > > > Is there additional logging information I can turn on to get more
> > > > > > details? I guess I need to see exactly what locks both processes
> > > > > > hold, and what queries they were running when the deadlock occurred?
> > > > > > Is that easily done, without turning on logging for *all* statements?
> > > > >
> > > > > log_min_error_statement = error would at least get you the statements
> > > > > reporting the deadlocks, though not what they're conflicting against.
> > > >
> > > > Yeh, we need a much better locking logger for performance analysis.
> > > >
> > > > We really need to dump the whole wait-for graph for deadlocks, since
> > > > this might be more complex than just two statements involved. Deadlocks
> > > > ought to be so infrequent that we can afford the log space to do this -
> > > > plus if we did this it would likely lead to fewer deadlocks.
> > > >
> > > > For 8.3 I'd like to have a log_min_duration_lockwait (secs) parameter
> > > > that would allow you to dump the wait-for graph for any data-level locks
> > > > that wait too long, rather than just those that deadlock. Many
> > > > applications experience heavy locking because of lack of holistic
> > > > design. That will also show up the need for other utilities to act
> > > > CONCURRENTLY, if possible.
> > >
> > > Old email, but I don't see how our current output is not good enough?
> > >
> > >     test=> lock a;
> > >     ERROR:  deadlock detected
> > >     DETAIL:  Process 6855 waits for AccessExclusiveLock on relation 16394 of
> > >     database 16384; blocked by process 6795.
> > >     Process 6795 waits for AccessExclusiveLock on relation 16396 of database
> > >     16384; blocked by process 6855.
> >
> > This detects deadlocks, but it doesn't detect lock waits.
> >
> > When I wrote that it was previous experience driving me. Recent client
> > experience has highlighted the clear need for this. We had a lock wait
> > of 50 hours because of an RI check; thats the kind of thing I'd like to
> > show up in the logs somewhere.
> >
> > Lock wait detection can be used to show up synchronisation points that
> > have been inadvertently designed into an application, so its a useful
> > tool in investigating performance issues.
> >
> > I have a patch implementing the logging as agreed with Tom, will post to
> > patches later tonight.
>
> Patch for discussion, includes doc entries at top of patch, so its
> fairly clear how it works.
>
> Output is an INFO message, to allow this to trigger
> log_min_error_statement when it generates a message, to allow us to see
> the SQL statement that is waiting. This allows it to generate a message
> prior to the statement completing, which is important because it may not
> ever complete, in some cases, so simply logging a list of pids won't
> always tell you what the SQL was that was waiting.
>
> Other approaches are possible...
>
> Comments?
>
> --
>   Simon Riggs
>   EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com
>

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Re: [HACKERS] Deadlock with pg_dump?

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
I have applied a modified version of this patch, attached.   I trimmed
down the description of log_lock_waits to be more concise, and moved the
idea of using this to tune deadlock_timeout to the deadlock_timeout
section of the manual.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 19:38 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 22:19 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Simon Riggs wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 18:45 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > > Chris Campbell <chris@bignerdranch.com> writes:
> > > > > > Is there additional logging information I can turn on to get more
> > > > > > details? I guess I need to see exactly what locks both processes
> > > > > > hold, and what queries they were running when the deadlock occurred?
> > > > > > Is that easily done, without turning on logging for *all* statements?
> > > > >
> > > > > log_min_error_statement = error would at least get you the statements
> > > > > reporting the deadlocks, though not what they're conflicting against.
> > > >
> > > > Yeh, we need a much better locking logger for performance analysis.
> > > >
> > > > We really need to dump the whole wait-for graph for deadlocks, since
> > > > this might be more complex than just two statements involved. Deadlocks
> > > > ought to be so infrequent that we can afford the log space to do this -
> > > > plus if we did this it would likely lead to fewer deadlocks.
> > > >
> > > > For 8.3 I'd like to have a log_min_duration_lockwait (secs) parameter
> > > > that would allow you to dump the wait-for graph for any data-level locks
> > > > that wait too long, rather than just those that deadlock. Many
> > > > applications experience heavy locking because of lack of holistic
> > > > design. That will also show up the need for other utilities to act
> > > > CONCURRENTLY, if possible.
> > >
> > > Old email, but I don't see how our current output is not good enough?
> > >
> > >     test=> lock a;
> > >     ERROR:  deadlock detected
> > >     DETAIL:  Process 6855 waits for AccessExclusiveLock on relation 16394 of
> > >     database 16384; blocked by process 6795.
> > >     Process 6795 waits for AccessExclusiveLock on relation 16396 of database
> > >     16384; blocked by process 6855.
> >
> > This detects deadlocks, but it doesn't detect lock waits.
> >
> > When I wrote that it was previous experience driving me. Recent client
> > experience has highlighted the clear need for this. We had a lock wait
> > of 50 hours because of an RI check; thats the kind of thing I'd like to
> > show up in the logs somewhere.
> >
> > Lock wait detection can be used to show up synchronisation points that
> > have been inadvertently designed into an application, so its a useful
> > tool in investigating performance issues.
> >
> > I have a patch implementing the logging as agreed with Tom, will post to
> > patches later tonight.
>
> Patch for discussion, includes doc entries at top of patch, so its
> fairly clear how it works.
>
> Output is an INFO message, to allow this to trigger
> log_min_error_statement when it generates a message, to allow us to see
> the SQL statement that is waiting. This allows it to generate a message
> prior to the statement completing, which is important because it may not
> ever complete, in some cases, so simply logging a list of pids won't
> always tell you what the SQL was that was waiting.
>
> Other approaches are possible...
>
> Comments?
>
> --
>   Simon Riggs
>   EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com
>

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Index: doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.113
diff -c -c -r1.113 config.sgml
*** doc/src/sgml/config.sgml    2 Mar 2007 23:37:22 -0000    1.113
--- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml    3 Mar 2007 18:41:13 -0000
***************
*** 2946,2951 ****
--- 2946,2966 ----
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

+      <varlistentry id="guc-log-lock-waits" xreflabel="log_lock_waits">
+       <term><varname>log_lock_waits</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
+       <indexterm>
+        <primary><varname>log_lock_waits</> configuration parameter</primary>
+       </indexterm>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+         Controls whether a log message is produced when a statement waits
+         longer than <xref linkend="guc-deadlock-timeout"> to acquire a
+         lock.  This is useful in determining if lock waits are causing
+         poor performance.  The default is <literal>off</>.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="guc-log-temp-files" xreflabel="log_temp_files">
        <term><varname>log_temp_files</varname> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
        <indexterm>
***************
*** 3980,3996 ****
          This is the amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait on a lock
          before checking to see if there is a deadlock condition. The
          check for deadlock is relatively slow, so the server doesn't run
!         it every time it waits for a lock. We (optimistically?) assume
          that deadlocks are not common in production applications and
          just wait on the lock for a while before starting the check for a
          deadlock. Increasing this value reduces the amount of time
          wasted in needless deadlock checks, but slows down reporting of
          real deadlock errors. The default is one second (<literal>1s</>),
          which is probably about the smallest value you would want in
!         practice. On a heavily loaded server you might want to raise it.
          Ideally the setting should exceed your typical transaction time,
!         so as to improve the odds that a lock will be released before
!         the waiter decides to check for deadlock.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
--- 3995,4012 ----
          This is the amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait on a lock
          before checking to see if there is a deadlock condition. The
          check for deadlock is relatively slow, so the server doesn't run
!         it every time it waits for a lock. We optimistically assume
          that deadlocks are not common in production applications and
          just wait on the lock for a while before starting the check for a
          deadlock. Increasing this value reduces the amount of time
          wasted in needless deadlock checks, but slows down reporting of
          real deadlock errors. The default is one second (<literal>1s</>),
          which is probably about the smallest value you would want in
!         practice.  Set <xref linkend="guc-log-lock-waits"> to log deadlock
!         checks.  On a heavily loaded server you might want to raise it.
          Ideally the setting should exceed your typical transaction time,
!         so as to improve the odds that a lock will be released before the
!         waiter decides to check for deadlock.
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
Index: src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c,v
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -c -c -r1.44 deadlock.c
*** src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c    5 Jan 2007 22:19:38 -0000    1.44
--- src/backend/storage/lmgr/deadlock.c    3 Mar 2007 18:41:13 -0000
***************
*** 187,199 ****
   * deadlock.  If resolution is impossible, return TRUE --- the caller
   * is then expected to abort the given proc's transaction.
   *
!  * Caller must already have locked all partitions of the lock tables.
   *
   * On failure, deadlock details are recorded in deadlockDetails[] for
   * subsequent printing by DeadLockReport().  That activity is separate
   * because we don't want to do it while holding all those LWLocks.
   */
! bool
  DeadLockCheck(PGPROC *proc)
  {
      int            i,
--- 187,200 ----
   * deadlock.  If resolution is impossible, return TRUE --- the caller
   * is then expected to abort the given proc's transaction.
   *
!  * Caller must already have locked all partitions of the lock tables,
!  * so standard error logging/reporting code is handled by caller.
   *
   * On failure, deadlock details are recorded in deadlockDetails[] for
   * subsequent printing by DeadLockReport().  That activity is separate
   * because we don't want to do it while holding all those LWLocks.
   */
! DeadlockState
  DeadLockCheck(PGPROC *proc)
  {
      int            i,
***************
*** 204,209 ****
--- 205,215 ----
      nPossibleConstraints = 0;
      nWaitOrders = 0;

+ #ifdef LOCK_DEBUG
+     if (Debug_deadlocks)
+         DumpAllLocks();
+ #endif
+
      /* Search for deadlocks and possible fixes */
      if (DeadLockCheckRecurse(proc))
      {
***************
*** 217,223 ****
          if (!FindLockCycle(proc, possibleConstraints, &nSoftEdges))
              elog(FATAL, "deadlock seems to have disappeared");

!         return true;            /* cannot find a non-deadlocked state */
      }

      /* Apply any needed rearrangements of wait queues */
--- 223,229 ----
          if (!FindLockCycle(proc, possibleConstraints, &nSoftEdges))
              elog(FATAL, "deadlock seems to have disappeared");

!         return DS_HARD_DEADLOCK;    /* cannot find a non-deadlocked state */
      }

      /* Apply any needed rearrangements of wait queues */
***************
*** 249,255 ****
          /* See if any waiters for the lock can be woken up now */
          ProcLockWakeup(GetLocksMethodTable(lock), lock);
      }
!     return false;
  }

  /*
--- 255,265 ----
          /* See if any waiters for the lock can be woken up now */
          ProcLockWakeup(GetLocksMethodTable(lock), lock);
      }
!
!     if (nWaitOrders > 0)
!         return DS_SOFT_DEADLOCK;
!     else
!         return DS_DEADLOCK_NOT_FOUND;
  }

  /*
***************
*** 896,902 ****
  }

  /*
!  * Report a detected deadlock, with available details.
   */
  void
  DeadLockReport(void)
--- 906,912 ----
  }

  /*
!  * Report a detected DS_HARD_DEADLOCK, with available details.
   */
  void
  DeadLockReport(void)
Index: src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.184
diff -c -c -r1.184 proc.c
*** src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c    15 Feb 2007 23:23:23 -0000    1.184
--- src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c    3 Mar 2007 18:41:14 -0000
***************
*** 48,53 ****
--- 48,54 ----
  /* GUC variables */
  int            DeadlockTimeout = 1000;
  int            StatementTimeout = 0;
+ bool        log_lock_waits = false;

  /* Pointer to this process's PGPROC struct, if any */
  PGPROC       *MyProc = NULL;
***************
*** 979,984 ****
--- 980,986 ----
  CheckDeadLock(void)
  {
      int            i;
+     DeadlockState deadlock_state = DS_DEADLOCK_NOT_FOUND;

      /*
       * Acquire exclusive lock on the entire shared lock data structures. Must
***************
*** 1004,1063 ****
       * This is quicker than checking our semaphore's state, since no kernel
       * call is needed, and it is safe because we hold the lock partition lock.
       */
!     if (MyProc->links.prev == INVALID_OFFSET ||
!         MyProc->links.next == INVALID_OFFSET)
!         goto check_done;
!
! #ifdef LOCK_DEBUG
!     if (Debug_deadlocks)
!         DumpAllLocks();
! #endif
!
!     if (!DeadLockCheck(MyProc))
      {
!         /* No deadlock, so keep waiting */
!         goto check_done;
!     }
!
!     /*
!      * Oops.  We have a deadlock.
!      *
!      * Get this process out of wait state.    (Note: we could do this more
!      * efficiently by relying on lockAwaited, but use this coding to preserve
!      * the flexibility to kill some other transaction than the one detecting
!      * the deadlock.)
!      *
!      * RemoveFromWaitQueue sets MyProc->waitStatus to STATUS_ERROR, so
!      * ProcSleep will report an error after we return from the signal handler.
!      */
!     Assert(MyProc->waitLock != NULL);
!     RemoveFromWaitQueue(MyProc, LockTagHashCode(&(MyProc->waitLock->tag)));

!     /*
!      * Unlock my semaphore so that the interrupted ProcSleep() call can
!      * finish.
!      */
!     PGSemaphoreUnlock(&MyProc->sem);

!     /*
!      * We're done here.  Transaction abort caused by the error that ProcSleep
!      * will raise will cause any other locks we hold to be released, thus
!      * allowing other processes to wake up; we don't need to do that here.
!      * NOTE: an exception is that releasing locks we hold doesn't consider the
!      * possibility of waiters that were blocked behind us on the lock we just
!      * failed to get, and might now be wakable because we're not in front of
!      * them anymore.  However, RemoveFromWaitQueue took care of waking up any
!      * such processes.
!      */

      /*
       * Release locks acquired at head of routine.  Order is not critical, so
       * do it back-to-front to avoid waking another CheckDeadLock instance
       * before it can get all the locks.
       */
- check_done:
      for (i = NUM_LOCK_PARTITIONS; --i >= 0;)
          LWLockRelease(FirstLockMgrLock + i);
  }


--- 1006,1082 ----
       * This is quicker than checking our semaphore's state, since no kernel
       * call is needed, and it is safe because we hold the lock partition lock.
       */
!     if (MyProc->links.prev != INVALID_OFFSET &&
!         MyProc->links.next != INVALID_OFFSET)
!         deadlock_state = DeadLockCheck(MyProc);
!
!     if (deadlock_state == DS_HARD_DEADLOCK)
      {
!         /*
!          * Oops.  We have a deadlock.
!          *
!          * Get this process out of wait state.    (Note: we could do this more
!          * efficiently by relying on lockAwaited, but use this coding to preserve
!          * the flexibility to kill some other transaction than the one detecting
!          * the deadlock.)
!          *
!          * RemoveFromWaitQueue sets MyProc->waitStatus to STATUS_ERROR, so
!          * ProcSleep will report an error after we return from the signal handler.
!          */
!         Assert(MyProc->waitLock != NULL);
!         RemoveFromWaitQueue(MyProc, LockTagHashCode(&(MyProc->waitLock->tag)));

!         /*
!          * Unlock my semaphore so that the interrupted ProcSleep() call can
!          * finish.
!          */
!         PGSemaphoreUnlock(&MyProc->sem);

!         /*
!          * We're done here.  Transaction abort caused by the error that ProcSleep
!          * will raise will cause any other locks we hold to be released, thus
!          * allowing other processes to wake up; we don't need to do that here.
!          * NOTE: an exception is that releasing locks we hold doesn't consider the
!          * possibility of waiters that were blocked behind us on the lock we just
!          * failed to get, and might now be wakable because we're not in front of
!          * them anymore.  However, RemoveFromWaitQueue took care of waking up any
!          * such processes.
!          */
!     }

      /*
       * Release locks acquired at head of routine.  Order is not critical, so
       * do it back-to-front to avoid waking another CheckDeadLock instance
       * before it can get all the locks.
       */
      for (i = NUM_LOCK_PARTITIONS; --i >= 0;)
          LWLockRelease(FirstLockMgrLock + i);
+
+     /*
+      * Issue any log messages requested.
+      *
+      * Deadlock ERROR messages are issued as part of transaction abort, so
+      * these messages should not raise error states intentionally.
+      */
+     if (log_lock_waits)
+     {
+         switch (deadlock_state)
+         {
+             case DS_SOFT_DEADLOCK:
+                 ereport(LOG,
+                     (errmsg("deadlock avoided by rearranging lock order")));
+                 break;
+             case DS_DEADLOCK_NOT_FOUND:
+                 ereport(LOG,
+                     (errmsg("statement waiting for lock for at least %d ms",
+                                 DeadlockTimeout)));
+                 break;
+             case DS_HARD_DEADLOCK:
+                 break;    /* ERROR message handled during abort */
+             default:
+                 break;
+         }
+     }
  }


Index: src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.377
diff -c -c -r1.377 guc.c
*** src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c    23 Feb 2007 21:36:18 -0000    1.377
--- src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c    3 Mar 2007 18:41:16 -0000
***************
*** 812,817 ****
--- 812,825 ----
  #endif

      {
+         {"log_lock_waits", PGC_SIGHUP, LOGGING_WHAT,
+             gettext_noop("Logs long lock wait events."),
+             NULL
+         },
+         &log_lock_waits,
+         false, NULL, NULL
+     },
+     {
          {"log_hostname", PGC_SIGHUP, LOGGING_WHAT,
              gettext_noop("Logs the host name in the connection logs."),
              gettext_noop("By default, connection logs only show the IP address "
Index: src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample,v
retrieving revision 1.210
diff -c -c -r1.210 postgresql.conf.sample
*** src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample    2 Mar 2007 23:37:23 -0000    1.210
--- src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample    3 Mar 2007 18:41:16 -0000
***************
*** 340,346 ****
                      # e.g. '<%u%%%d> '
  #log_statement = 'none'            # none, ddl, mod, all
  #log_hostname = off
!
  #log_temp_files = -1            # Log temporary files equal or larger
                      # than the specified number of kilobytes.
                      # -1 disables;  0 logs all temp files
--- 340,346 ----
                      # e.g. '<%u%%%d> '
  #log_statement = 'none'            # none, ddl, mod, all
  #log_hostname = off
! #log_lock_waits = off            # Log lock waits longer than deadlock_timeout
  #log_temp_files = -1            # Log temporary files equal or larger
                      # than the specified number of kilobytes.
                      # -1 disables;  0 logs all temp files
Index: src/include/storage/lock.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/storage/lock.h,v
retrieving revision 1.103
diff -c -c -r1.103 lock.h
*** src/include/storage/lock.h    5 Jan 2007 22:19:58 -0000    1.103
--- src/include/storage/lock.h    3 Mar 2007 18:41:17 -0000
***************
*** 394,399 ****
--- 394,406 ----
      LOCKACQUIRE_ALREADY_HELD    /* incremented count for lock already held */
  } LockAcquireResult;

+ /* Deadlock states identified by DeadlockCheck() */
+ typedef enum
+ {
+     DS_DEADLOCK_NOT_FOUND,        /* no deadlock found within database server */
+     DS_SOFT_DEADLOCK,            /* deadlock, but lock queues rearrangeable */
+     DS_HARD_DEADLOCK            /* deadlock, no way out but ERROR */
+ } DeadlockState;

  /*
   * The lockmgr's shared hash tables are partitioned to reduce contention.
***************
*** 442,448 ****
  extern void lock_twophase_postabort(TransactionId xid, uint16 info,
                          void *recdata, uint32 len);

! extern bool DeadLockCheck(PGPROC *proc);
  extern void DeadLockReport(void);
  extern void RememberSimpleDeadLock(PGPROC *proc1,
                         LOCKMODE lockmode,
--- 449,455 ----
  extern void lock_twophase_postabort(TransactionId xid, uint16 info,
                          void *recdata, uint32 len);

! extern DeadlockState DeadLockCheck(PGPROC *proc);
  extern void DeadLockReport(void);
  extern void RememberSimpleDeadLock(PGPROC *proc1,
                         LOCKMODE lockmode,
Index: src/include/storage/proc.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/include/storage/proc.h,v
retrieving revision 1.94
diff -c -c -r1.94 proc.h
*** src/include/storage/proc.h    15 Feb 2007 23:23:23 -0000    1.94
--- src/include/storage/proc.h    3 Mar 2007 18:41:17 -0000
***************
*** 127,132 ****
--- 127,133 ----
  /* configurable options */
  extern int    DeadlockTimeout;
  extern int    StatementTimeout;
+ extern bool    log_lock_waits;

  extern volatile bool cancel_from_timeout;