From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com>
Cc: henk de wit <henk53602@hotmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Huge amount of memory consumed during transaction
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:49:43 -0400
Message-ID: <2507.1192124983@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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Erik Jones <erik@myemma.com> writes:
> Tom, are there any docs anywhere that explain how to interpret those =20
> per-context memory dumps?
No, not really. What you have to do is grovel around in the code and
see where contexts with particular names might get created.
> For example, when I see an autovacuum =20
> context listed is it safe to assume that the error came from an =20
> autovac operation, etc.?
Probably, but I haven't looked.
regards, tom lane
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