Re: [HACKERS] Profiling?]

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, I have done it many times.  I profile that postgres process, not
> > the backend. 
> 
> Hmm, isn't Postgres process called backend process? AFAIK postmaster
> (it's simply a nickname to Postgres) forks itself on receiveing new
> connection request. Isn't it true? I mean that Postmaster is the same 
> binary as Postgres itself.

Yes.

> 
> > Look for this in Makefile.global:
> > 
> >         # Comment out PROFILE to generate a profile version of the binaries
> >         #PROFILE= -p -non_shared
> > 
> 
> Of course I used -p option. The problem is, when I start Postmaster,
> it complains about 'profile timer expired'. What do I do wrong?

That's strange.  I have not profiled in a while.  I wonder if the
removal of the exec() has caused this.

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