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In pgbench logging, avoid assuming that instr_times match Unix timestamps.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Mon, 2 Jan 2017 17:26:03 +0000 (12:26 -0500)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Mon, 2 Jan 2017 17:26:03 +0000 (12:26 -0500)
For aggregated logging, pg_bench supposed that printing the integer part of
INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE() would produce a Unix timestamp.  That was already
broken on Windows, and it's about to get broken on most other platforms as
well.  As in commit 74baa1e3b, we can remove the entanglement at the price
of one extra syscall per transaction; though here it seems more convenient
to use time(NULL) instead of gettimeofday(), since we only need
integral-second precision.

I took the time to do some wordsmithing on the documentation about
pgbench's logging features, too.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/8837.1483216839@sss.pgh.pa.us

doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c

index 3a65729bf3592f7ed149b5ae222b62336387f559..3fb29f8c1d47287cf9e188a5200e99dfae70cbb9 100644 (file)
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</> </optional> <replaceable>dbname</>
       <term><option>--log</option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Write the time taken by each transaction to a log file.
+        Write information about each transaction to a log file.
         See below for details.
        </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -572,13 +572,9 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</> </optional> <replaceable>dbname</>
       <term><option>--aggregate-interval=<replaceable>seconds</></option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Length of aggregation interval (in seconds). May be used only together
-        with <application>-l</application> - with this option, the log contains
-        per-interval summary (number of transactions, min/max latency and two
-        additional fields useful for variance estimation).
-       </para>
-       <para>
-        This option is not currently supported on Windows.
+        Length of aggregation interval (in seconds).  May be used only
+        with <option>-l</option> option.  With this option, the log contains
+        per-interval summary data, as described below.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -618,8 +614,8 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</> </optional> <replaceable>dbname</>
       <term><option>--log-prefix=<replaceable>prefix</></option></term>
       <listitem>
        <para>
-        Set the filename prefix for the transaction log file created by
-        <option>--log</>.  The default is <replaceable>pgbench_log</>.
+        Set the filename prefix for the transaction log files created by
+        <option>--log</>.  The default is <literal>pgbench_log</>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -1128,38 +1124,44 @@ END;
   <title>Per-Transaction Logging</title>
 
   <para>
-   With the <option>-l</> option but without the <option>--aggregate-interval</option>,
-   <application>pgbench</> writes the time taken by each transaction
+   With the <option>-l</> option (but without
+   the <option>--aggregate-interval</option> option),
+   <application>pgbench</> writes information about each transaction
    to a log file.  The log file will be named
    <filename><replaceable>prefix</>.<replaceable>nnn</></filename>,
    where <replaceable>prefix</> defaults to <literal>pgbench_log</>, and
    <replaceable>nnn</> is the PID of the
-   <application>pgbench</application> process. If the <option>-j</> option is 2 or higher,
-   creating multiple worker threads, each will have its own log file. The first worker will
+   <application>pgbench</application> process.
+   The prefix can be changed by using the <option>--log-prefix</> option.
+   If the <option>-j</> option is 2 or higher, so that there are multiple
+   worker threads, each will have its own log file. The first worker will
    use the same name for its log file as in the standard single worker case.
    The additional log files for the other workers will be named
-   <filename><replaceable>pgbench_log</>.<replaceable>nnn</>.<replaceable>mmm</></filename>,
+   <filename><replaceable>prefix</>.<replaceable>nnn</>.<replaceable>mmm</></filename>,
    where <replaceable>mmm</> is a sequential number for each worker starting
-   with 1.  The prefix can be changed by using the <option>--log-prefix</>
-   option.
+   with 1.
   </para>
 
   <para>
    The format of the log is:
 
 <synopsis>
-<replaceable>client_id</> <replaceable>transaction_no</> <replaceable>time</> <replaceable>script_no</> <replaceable>time_epoch</> <replaceable>time_us</> <optional><replaceable>schedule_lag</replaceable></optional>
+<replaceable>client_id</> <replaceable>transaction_no</> <replaceable>time</> <replaceable>script_no</> <replaceable>time_epoch</> <replaceable>time_us</> <optional> <replaceable>schedule_lag</replaceable> </optional>
 </synopsis>
 
-   where <replaceable>time</> is the total elapsed transaction time in microseconds,
+   where
+   <replaceable>client_id</> indicates which client session ran the transaction,
+   <replaceable>transaction_no</> counts how many transactions have been
+   run by that session,
+   <replaceable>time</> is the total elapsed transaction time in microseconds,
    <replaceable>script_no</> identifies which script file was used (useful when
    multiple scripts were specified with <option>-f</> or <option>-b</>),
    and <replaceable>time_epoch</>/<replaceable>time_us</> are a
-   Unix epoch format time stamp and an offset
+   Unix-epoch time stamp and an offset
    in microseconds (suitable for creating an ISO 8601
    time stamp with fractional seconds) showing when
    the transaction completed.
-   Field <replaceable>schedule_lag</> is the difference between the
+   The <replaceable>schedule_lag</> field is the difference between the
    transaction's scheduled start time, and the time it actually started, in
    microseconds. It is only present when the <option>--rate</> option is used.
    When both <option>--rate</> and <option>--latency-limit</> are used,
@@ -1168,7 +1170,7 @@ END;
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   Here is a snippet of the log file generated:
+   Here is a snippet of a log file generated in a single-client run:
 <screen>
 0 199 2241 0 1175850568 995598
 0 200 2465 0 1175850568 998079
@@ -1176,7 +1178,8 @@ END;
 0 202 2038 0 1175850569 2663
 </screen>
 
-   Another example with --rate=100 and --latency-limit=5 (note the additional
+   Another example with <literal>--rate=100</>
+   and <literal>--latency-limit=5</> (note the additional
    <replaceable>schedule_lag</> column):
 <screen>
 0 81 4621 0 1412881037 912698 3005
@@ -1203,32 +1206,41 @@ END;
   <title>Aggregated Logging</title>
 
   <para>
-   With the <option>--aggregate-interval</option> option, the logs use a bit different format:
+   With the <option>--aggregate-interval</option> option, a different
+   format is used for the log files:
 
 <synopsis>
-<replaceable>interval_start</> <replaceable>num_of_transactions</> <replaceable>latency_sum</> <replaceable>latency_2_sum</> <replaceable>min_latency</> <replaceable>max_latency</> <optional><replaceable>lag_sum</> <replaceable>lag_2_sum</> <replaceable>min_lag</> <replaceable>max_lag</> <optional><replaceable>skipped_transactions</></optional></optional>
+<replaceable>interval_start</> <replaceable>num_transactions</> <replaceable>sum_latency</> <replaceable>sum_latency_2</> <replaceable>min_latency</> <replaceable>max_latency</> <optional> <replaceable>sum_lag</> <replaceable>sum_lag_2</> <replaceable>min_lag</> <replaceable>max_lag</> <optional> <replaceable>skipped</> </optional> </optional>
 </synopsis>
 
-   where <replaceable>interval_start</> is the start of the interval (Unix epoch
-   format time stamp), <replaceable>num_of_transactions</> is the number of transactions
-   within the interval, <replaceable>latency_sum</replaceable> is a sum of latencies
-   (so you can compute average latency easily). The following two fields are useful
-   for variance estimation - <replaceable>latency_sum</> is a sum of latencies and
-   <replaceable>latency_2_sum</> is a sum of 2nd powers of latencies. The next two
-   fields are <replaceable>min_latency</> - a minimum latency within the interval, and
-   <replaceable>max_latency</> - maximum latency within the interval. A transaction is
-   counted into the interval when it was committed. The fields in the end,
-   <replaceable>lag_sum</>, <replaceable>lag_2_sum</>, <replaceable>min_lag</>,
+   where
+   <replaceable>interval_start</> is the start of the interval (as a Unix
+   epoch time stamp),
+   <replaceable>num_transactions</> is the number of transactions
+   within the interval,
+   <replaceable>sum_latency</replaceable> is the sum of the transaction
+   latencies within the interval,
+   <replaceable>sum_latency_2</replaceable> is the sum of squares of the
+   transaction latencies within the interval,
+   <replaceable>min_latency</> is the minimum latency within the interval,
+   and
+   <replaceable>max_latency</> is the maximum latency within the interval.
+   The next fields,
+   <replaceable>sum_lag</>, <replaceable>sum_lag_2</>, <replaceable>min_lag</>,
    and <replaceable>max_lag</>, are only present if the <option>--rate</>
-   option is used. The very last one, <replaceable>skipped_transactions</>,
-   is only present if the option <option>--latency-limit</> is present, too.
-   They are calculated from the time each transaction had to wait for the
+   option is used.
+   They provide statistics about the time each transaction had to wait for the
    previous one to finish, i.e. the difference between each transaction's
    scheduled start time and the time it actually started.
+   The very last field, <replaceable>skipped</>,
+   is only present if the <option>--latency-limit</> option is used, too.
+   It counts the number of transactions skipped because they would have
+   started too late.
+   Each transaction is counted in the interval when it was committed.
   </para>
 
   <para>
-   Here is example output:
+   Here is some example output:
 <screen>
 1345828501 5601 1542744 483552416 61 2573
 1345828503 7884 1979812 565806736 60 1479
@@ -1238,9 +1250,9 @@ END;
 </screen></para>
 
   <para>
-   Notice that while the plain (unaggregated) log file contains a reference
-   to the custom script files, the aggregated log does not. Therefore if
-   you need per script data, you need to aggregate the data on your own.
+   Notice that while the plain (unaggregated) log file shows which script
+   was used for each transaction, the aggregated log does not. Therefore if
+   you need per-script data, you need to aggregate the data on your own.
   </para>
 
  </refsect2>
index 1f05650c66f9c0573f1091e257ecdf082ba66714..16a32e21f598b64b789ad11bc74fde73a08eb4fc 100644 (file)
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <math.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
 #include <sys/select.h>
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ typedef struct SimpleStats
  */
 typedef struct StatsData
 {
-       long            start_time;             /* interval start time, for aggregates */
+       time_t          start_time;             /* interval start time, for aggregates */
        int64           cnt;                    /* number of transactions */
        int64           skipped;                /* number of transactions skipped under --rate
                                                                 * and --latency-limit */
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ static const BuiltinScript builtin_script[] =
 static void setIntValue(PgBenchValue *pv, int64 ival);
 static void setDoubleValue(PgBenchValue *pv, double dval);
 static bool evaluateExpr(TState *, CState *, PgBenchExpr *, PgBenchValue *);
-static void doLog(TState *thread, CState *st, instr_time *now,
+static void doLog(TState *thread, CState *st,
          StatsData *agg, bool skipped, double latency, double lag);
 static void processXactStats(TState *thread, CState *st, instr_time *now,
                                 bool skipped, StatsData *agg);
@@ -780,7 +781,7 @@ mergeSimpleStats(SimpleStats *acc, SimpleStats *ss)
  * the given value.
  */
 static void
-initStats(StatsData *sd, double start_time)
+initStats(StatsData *sd, time_t start_time)
 {
        sd->start_time = start_time;
        sd->cnt = 0;
@@ -2425,10 +2426,15 @@ doCustom(TState *thread, CState *st, StatsData *agg)
 }
 
 /*
- * print log entry after completing one transaction.
+ * Print log entry after completing one transaction.
+ *
+ * We print Unix-epoch timestamps in the log, so that entries can be
+ * correlated against other logs.  On some platforms this could be obtained
+ * from the instr_time reading the caller has, but rather than get entangled
+ * with that, we just eat the cost of an extra syscall in all cases.
  */
 static void
-doLog(TState *thread, CState *st, instr_time *now,
+doLog(TState *thread, CState *st,
          StatsData *agg, bool skipped, double latency, double lag)
 {
        FILE       *logfile = thread->logfile;
@@ -2447,15 +2453,17 @@ doLog(TState *thread, CState *st, instr_time *now,
        if (agg_interval > 0)
        {
                /*
-                * Loop until we reach the interval of the current transaction, and
-                * print all the empty intervals in between (this may happen with very
-                * low tps, e.g. --rate=0.1).
+                * Loop until we reach the interval of the current moment, and print
+                * any empty intervals in between (this may happen with very low tps,
+                * e.g. --rate=0.1).
                 */
-               while (agg->start_time + agg_interval < INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(*now))
+               time_t          now = time(NULL);
+
+               while (agg->start_time + agg_interval <= now)
                {
                        /* print aggregated report to logfile */
                        fprintf(logfile, "%ld " INT64_FORMAT " %.0f %.0f %.0f %.0f",
-                                       agg->start_time,
+                                       (long) agg->start_time,
                                        agg->cnt,
                                        agg->latency.sum,
                                        agg->latency.sum2,
@@ -2485,12 +2493,6 @@ doLog(TState *thread, CState *st, instr_time *now,
                /* no, print raw transactions */
                struct timeval tv;
 
-               /*
-                * We print the current system timestamp in the log, so that entries
-                * can be correlated against other logs.  On some platforms this is
-                * available in *now, but rather than get entangled with that, we just
-                * eat the cost of an extra syscall in all cases.
-                */
                gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
                if (skipped)
                        fprintf(logfile, "%d " INT64_FORMAT " skipped %d %ld %ld",
@@ -2518,7 +2520,7 @@ processXactStats(TState *thread, CState *st, instr_time *now,
        double          latency = 0.0,
                                lag = 0.0;
 
-       if ((!skipped || agg_interval) && INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(*now))
+       if ((!skipped) && INSTR_TIME_IS_ZERO(*now))
                INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(*now);
 
        if (!skipped)
@@ -2540,7 +2542,7 @@ processXactStats(TState *thread, CState *st, instr_time *now,
                thread->stats.cnt++;
 
        if (use_log)
-               doLog(thread, st, now, agg, skipped, latency, lag);
+               doLog(thread, st, agg, skipped, latency, lag);
 
        /* XXX could use a mutex here, but we choose not to */
        if (per_script_stats)
@@ -3202,7 +3204,7 @@ ParseScript(const char *script, const char *desc, int weight)
        ps.desc = desc;
        ps.weight = weight;
        ps.commands = (Command **) pg_malloc(sizeof(Command *) * alloc_num);
-       initStats(&ps.stats, 0.0);
+       initStats(&ps.stats, 0);
 
        /* Prepare to parse script */
        sstate = psql_scan_create(&pgbench_callbacks);
@@ -3972,10 +3974,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                                }
                                break;
                        case 5:
-#ifdef WIN32
-                               fprintf(stderr, "--aggregate-interval is not currently supported on Windows\n");
-                               exit(1);
-#else
                                benchmarking_option_set = true;
                                agg_interval = atoi(optarg);
                                if (agg_interval <= 0)
@@ -3984,7 +3982,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                                                        optarg);
                                        exit(1);
                                }
-#endif
                                break;
                        case 6:
                                progress_timestamp = true;
@@ -4267,7 +4264,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                thread->random_state[2] = random();
                thread->logfile = NULL; /* filled in later */
                thread->latency_late = 0;
-               initStats(&thread->stats, 0.0);
+               initStats(&thread->stats, 0);
 
                nclients_dealt += thread->nstate;
        }
@@ -4321,7 +4318,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif   /* ENABLE_THREAD_SAFETY */
 
        /* wait for threads and accumulate results */
-       initStats(&stats, 0.0);
+       initStats(&stats, 0);
        INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(conn_total_time);
        for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++)
        {
@@ -4394,6 +4391,9 @@ threadRun(void *arg)
 
        INSTR_TIME_SET_ZERO(thread->conn_time);
 
+       initStats(&aggs, time(NULL));
+       last = aggs;
+
        /* open log file if requested */
        if (use_log)
        {
@@ -4429,9 +4429,6 @@ threadRun(void *arg)
        INSTR_TIME_SET_CURRENT(thread->conn_time);
        INSTR_TIME_SUBTRACT(thread->conn_time, thread->start_time);
 
-       initStats(&aggs, INSTR_TIME_GET_DOUBLE(thread->start_time));
-       last = aggs;
-
        /* explicitly initialize the state machines */
        for (i = 0; i < nstate; i++)
        {
@@ -4635,7 +4632,7 @@ threadRun(void *arg)
                                 * (If a read from a 64-bit integer is not atomic, you might
                                 * get a "torn" read and completely bogus latencies though!)
                                 */
-                               initStats(&cur, 0.0);
+                               initStats(&cur, 0);
                                for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++)
                                {
                                        mergeSimpleStats(&cur.latency, &thread[i].stats.latency);
@@ -4695,12 +4692,13 @@ done:
        INSTR_TIME_ACCUM_DIFF(thread->conn_time, end, start);
        if (thread->logfile)
        {
-               if (agg_interval)
+               if (agg_interval > 0)
                {
                        /* log aggregated but not yet reported transactions */
-                       doLog(thread, state, &end, &aggs, false, 0, 0);
+                       doLog(thread, state, &aggs, false, 0, 0);
                }
                fclose(thread->logfile);
+               thread->logfile = NULL;
        }
        return NULL;
 }