Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jYbV0-0004Gu-48 for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 20:27:34 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jYbUz-0007l8-1O for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 20:27:33 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jYbUy-0007l1-R4 for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 20:27:32 +0000 Received: from mail-qt1-x842.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::842]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jYbUw-0001KL-5v for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 12 May 2020 20:27:32 +0000 Received: by mail-qt1-x842.google.com with SMTP id h26so12298698qtu.8 for ; Tue, 12 May 2020 13:27:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=2ndquadrant-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=KgV5e7NDHEFmD1ju26TVL41u6du2oCy8VwYwO27U/7E=; b=STB5qDV/VtzWpKSfU98HcVSAd2bbQHU+w537ccorKvJWAlBWElJbxc3mqsG6CsyqiM 3L/BTErT9uWiWChqANQlYhR3OzuevDIZGfpHjg/DIw47qNTNqt5zWJh0drKIBKU/Scw6 sWKBRjBHSjdrUI3JUE0qjVhBi00s1eX+4KuV1fN5FWH82LUM1A0oLbEvp964cDoYrJsJ c34mj8qhILMSKpaO7BtS2X42M57kXB8IfqHgm0qSKfh5VKJ3v+DP+S5CuWwwsYiMMk26 lLJ26RNTGtXRmhI6D57/GDm4+pAFpDAvCcdl4aRmsPuDuyrLcospaBVkT5LafLEw+Uem 52Og== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=KgV5e7NDHEFmD1ju26TVL41u6du2oCy8VwYwO27U/7E=; b=uMyHgWc8W5QGkJ8CSCgXGnIbGmmZtHs8Bu3qZZIfVam/0lv6sbxBiW+wFmObdzVUoT Bf7uefhomKJda6LOntZNtFIcUp++Y2CcpKcEl0DuMrKjhWnieciEWm/I3uFOuTemph5E HmwK5J6sRQqW7ZvQdDFjvoCjDXq/LV9IrLyTmaVt2ogDqvhmt/97eVtxsNcoiOadOcPr LV5NBfTUkIGxhfkgWJynpIlcrvWsgPGQLCTPO0mgMArGYC3b78BtapUpYmDlVaYCBUgO AOmeus1DgTmCcNzdLOZ0ruacMA3mnvq/JwScd7uGSyjnRDUvzEBnHWEpDZAh5pROuVJc SPeA== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuZuP09QkLx1zdbw+hMra2PyBjOOiSgc/InvZ/2ktlRgFHUsVGf6 EE29Knv6UojMcQB8hbekyNne9A== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypJFsDf5N96kmYU9biuz0d0t+cxR+I+BksEI9dzpkolDjIO8A1YHSUuqeW2RX+w66qCnbjRNsQ== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:1387:: with SMTP id h7mr23424552qtj.229.1589315248648; Tue, 12 May 2020 13:27:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nimloth.alvh.no-ip.org ([190.95.18.252]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e27sm12089629qkl.47.2020.05.12.13.27.28 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 12 May 2020 13:27:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by nimloth.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 443A03005C2; Tue, 12 May 2020 16:27:26 -0400 (-04) Date: Tue, 12 May 2020 16:27:26 -0400 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Robert Haas Cc: Tom Lane , PostgreSQL Hackers Subject: Re: Our naming of wait events is a disaster. Message-ID: <20200512202726.GA31125@alvherre.pgsql> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk On 2020-May-12, Robert Haas wrote: > That reminds me that it might be easier to maintain that table if we > broke it up into one table per major category - that is, one table for > lwlocks, one table for IPC, one table for IO, etc. - instead of a > single table with a row-span number that is large and frequently > updated incorrectly. (Didn't we have a patch to generate the table programmatically?) -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services