Add log_min_autovacuum_duration per-table option

This is useful to control autovacuum log volume, for situations where
monitoring only a set of tables is necessary.

Author: Michael Paquier
Reviewed by: A team led by Naoya Anzai (also including Akira Kurosawa,
Taiki Kondo, Huong Dangminh), Fujii Masao.

Author: alvherre

doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml

@@ -881,9 +881,9 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
     <literal>toast.</literal>, which can be used to control the behavior of the
     table's secondary <acronym>TOAST</> table, if any
     (see <xref linkend="storage-toast"> for more information about TOAST).
-    Note that the TOAST table inherits the
-    <literal>autovacuum_*</literal> values from its parent table, if there are
-    no <literal>toast.autovacuum_*</literal> settings set.
+    Note that the TOAST table uses the parameter values defined for
+    the main table, for each parameter applicable to TOAST tables and
+    for which no value is set in the TOAST table itself.
    </para>
 
    <variablelist>
@@ -1060,13 +1060,23 @@ CREATE [ [ GLOBAL | LOCAL ] { TEMPORARY | TEMP } | UNLOGGED ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXI
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
 
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>log_autovacuum_min_duration</literal>, <literal>toast.log_autovacuum_min_duration</literal> (<type>integer</type>)</term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Custom <xref linkend="guc-log-autovacuum-min-duration"> parameter.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
    <varlistentry>
     <term><literal>user_catalog_table</literal> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Declare a table as an additional catalog table, e.g. for the purpose of
       logical replication. See
       <xref linkend="logicaldecoding-capabilities"> for details.
+      This parameter cannot be set for TOAST tables.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

src/backend/access/common/reloptions.c

@@ -209,6 +209,14 @@ static relopt_int intRelOpts[] =
 			RELOPT_KIND_HEAP | RELOPT_KIND_TOAST
 		}, -1, 0, 2000000000
 	},
+	{
+		{
+			"log_autovacuum_min_duration",
+			"Sets the minimum execution time above which autovacuum actions will be logged",
+			RELOPT_KIND_HEAP | RELOPT_KIND_TOAST
+		},
+		-1, -1, INT_MAX
+	},
 	{
 		{
 			"pages_per_range",
@@ -1210,6 +1218,8 @@ default_reloptions(Datum reloptions, bool validate, relopt_kind kind)
 		offsetof(StdRdOptions, autovacuum) +offsetof(AutoVacOpts, multixact_freeze_max_age)},
 		{"autovacuum_multixact_freeze_table_age", RELOPT_TYPE_INT,
 		offsetof(StdRdOptions, autovacuum) +offsetof(AutoVacOpts, multixact_freeze_table_age)},
+		{"log_autovacuum_min_duration", RELOPT_TYPE_INT,
+		offsetof(StdRdOptions, autovacuum) +offsetof(AutoVacOpts, log_min_duration)},
 		{"autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor", RELOPT_TYPE_REAL,
 		offsetof(StdRdOptions, autovacuum) +offsetof(AutoVacOpts, vacuum_scale_factor)},
 		{"autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor", RELOPT_TYPE_REAL,

src/backend/commands/analyze.c

@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ static MemoryContext anl_context = NULL;
 static BufferAccessStrategy vac_strategy;
 
 
-static void do_analyze_rel(Relation onerel, int options, List *va_cols,
+static void do_analyze_rel(Relation onerel, int options,
+			   VacuumParams *params, List *va_cols,
 			   AcquireSampleRowsFunc acquirefunc, BlockNumber relpages,
 			   bool inh, bool in_outer_xact, int elevel);
 static void BlockSampler_Init(BlockSampler bs, BlockNumber nblocks,
@@ -115,8 +116,9 @@ static Datum ind_fetch_func(VacAttrStatsP stats, int rownum, bool *isNull);
  *	analyze_rel() -- analyze one relation
  */
 void
-analyze_rel(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, int options, List *va_cols,
-			bool in_outer_xact, BufferAccessStrategy bstrategy)
+analyze_rel(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, int options,
+			VacuumParams *params, List *va_cols, bool in_outer_xact,
+			BufferAccessStrategy bstrategy)
 {
 	Relation	onerel;
 	int			elevel;
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ analyze_rel(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, int options, List *va_cols,
 	else
 	{
 		onerel = NULL;
-		if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && Log_autovacuum_min_duration >= 0)
+		if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && params->log_min_duration >= 0)
 			ereport(LOG,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
 				  errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
@@ -266,14 +268,14 @@ analyze_rel(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, int options, List *va_cols,
 	/*
 	 * Do the normal non-recursive ANALYZE.
 	 */
-	do_analyze_rel(onerel, options, va_cols, acquirefunc, relpages,
+	do_analyze_rel(onerel, options, params, va_cols, acquirefunc, relpages,
 				   false, in_outer_xact, elevel);
 
 	/*
 	 * If there are child tables, do recursive ANALYZE.
 	 */
 	if (onerel->rd_rel->relhassubclass)
-		do_analyze_rel(onerel, options, va_cols, acquirefunc, relpages,
+		do_analyze_rel(onerel, options, params, va_cols, acquirefunc, relpages,
 					   true, in_outer_xact, elevel);
 
 	/*
@@ -301,9 +303,10 @@ analyze_rel(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, int options, List *va_cols,
  * appropriate acquirefunc for each child table.
  */
 static void
-do_analyze_rel(Relation onerel, int options, List *va_cols,
-			   AcquireSampleRowsFunc acquirefunc, BlockNumber relpages,
-			   bool inh, bool in_outer_xact, int elevel)
+do_analyze_rel(Relation onerel, int options, VacuumParams *params,
+			   List *va_cols, AcquireSampleRowsFunc acquirefunc,
+			   BlockNumber relpages, bool inh, bool in_outer_xact,
+			   int elevel)
 {
 	int			attr_cnt,
 				tcnt,
@@ -359,10 +362,10 @@ do_analyze_rel(Relation onerel, int options, List *va_cols,
 	save_nestlevel = NewGUCNestLevel();
 
 	/* measure elapsed time iff autovacuum logging requires it */
-	if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && Log_autovacuum_min_duration >= 0)
+	if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && params->log_min_duration >= 0)
 	{
 		pg_rusage_init(&ru0);
-		if (Log_autovacuum_min_duration > 0)
+		if (params->log_min_duration > 0)
 			starttime = GetCurrentTimestamp();
 	}
 
@@ -647,11 +650,11 @@ do_analyze_rel(Relation onerel, int options, List *va_cols,
 	vac_close_indexes(nindexes, Irel, NoLock);
 
 	/* Log the action if appropriate */
-	if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && Log_autovacuum_min_duration >= 0)
+	if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && params->log_min_duration >= 0)
 	{
-		if (Log_autovacuum_min_duration == 0 ||
+		if (params->log_min_duration == 0 ||
 			TimestampDifferenceExceeds(starttime, GetCurrentTimestamp(),
-									   Log_autovacuum_min_duration))
+									   params->log_min_duration))
 			ereport(LOG,
 					(errmsg("automatic analyze of table \"%s.%s.%s\" system usage: %s",
 							get_database_name(MyDatabaseId),

src/backend/commands/vacuum.c

@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ ExecVacuum(VacuumStmt *vacstmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	/* user-invoked vacuum is never "for wraparound" */
 	params.is_wraparound = false;
 
+	/* user-invoked vacuum never uses this parameter */
+	params.log_min_duration = -1;
+
 	/* Now go through the common routine */
 	vacuum(vacstmt->options, vacstmt->relation, InvalidOid, &params,
 		   vacstmt->va_cols, NULL, isTopLevel);
@@ -304,7 +307,7 @@ vacuum(int options, RangeVar *relation, Oid relid, VacuumParams *params,
 					PushActiveSnapshot(GetTransactionSnapshot());
 				}
 
-				analyze_rel(relid, relation, options,
+				analyze_rel(relid, relation, options, params,
 							va_cols, in_outer_xact, vac_strategy);
 
 				if (use_own_xacts)
@@ -1233,7 +1236,7 @@ vacuum_rel(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, int options, VacuumParams *params)
 	else
 	{
 		onerel = NULL;
-		if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && Log_autovacuum_min_duration >= 0)
+		if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && params->log_min_duration >= 0)
 			ereport(LOG,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
 				   errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",

src/backend/commands/vacuumlazy.c

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ lazy_vacuum_rel(Relation onerel, int options, VacuumParams *params,
 	Assert(params != NULL);
 
 	/* measure elapsed time iff autovacuum logging requires it */
-	if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && Log_autovacuum_min_duration >= 0)
+	if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && params->log_min_duration >= 0)
 	{
 		pg_rusage_init(&ru0);
 		starttime = GetCurrentTimestamp();
@@ -328,13 +328,13 @@ lazy_vacuum_rel(Relation onerel, int options, VacuumParams *params,
 						 vacrelstats->new_dead_tuples);
 
 	/* and log the action if appropriate */
-	if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && Log_autovacuum_min_duration >= 0)
+	if (IsAutoVacuumWorkerProcess() && params->log_min_duration >= 0)
 	{
 		TimestampTz endtime = GetCurrentTimestamp();
 
-		if (Log_autovacuum_min_duration == 0 ||
+		if (params->log_min_duration == 0 ||
 			TimestampDifferenceExceeds(starttime, endtime,
-									   Log_autovacuum_min_duration))
+									   params->log_min_duration))
 		{
 			StringInfoData	buf;
 			TimestampDifference(starttime, endtime, &secs, &usecs);

src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c

@@ -2493,6 +2493,7 @@ table_recheck_autovac(Oid relid, HTAB *table_toast_map,
 		int			multixact_freeze_table_age;
 		int			vac_cost_limit;
 		int			vac_cost_delay;
+		int			log_min_duration;
 
 		/*
 		 * Calculate the vacuum cost parameters and the freeze ages.  If there
@@ -2515,6 +2516,11 @@ table_recheck_autovac(Oid relid, HTAB *table_toast_map,
 			? autovacuum_vac_cost_limit
 			: VacuumCostLimit;
 
+		/* -1 in autovac setting means use log_autovacuum_min_duration */
+		log_min_duration = (avopts && avopts->log_min_duration >= 0)
+			? avopts->log_min_duration
+			: Log_autovacuum_min_duration;
+
 		/* these do not have autovacuum-specific settings */
 		freeze_min_age = (avopts && avopts->freeze_min_age >= 0)
 			? avopts->freeze_min_age
@@ -2545,6 +2551,7 @@ table_recheck_autovac(Oid relid, HTAB *table_toast_map,
 		tab->at_params.multixact_freeze_min_age = multixact_freeze_min_age;
 		tab->at_params.multixact_freeze_table_age = multixact_freeze_table_age;
 		tab->at_params.is_wraparound = wraparound;
+		tab->at_params.log_min_duration = log_min_duration;
 		tab->at_vacuum_cost_limit = vac_cost_limit;
 		tab->at_vacuum_cost_delay = vac_cost_delay;
 		tab->at_relname = NULL;

src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c

@@ -1788,6 +1788,7 @@ psql_completion(const char *text, int start, int end)
 			"autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor",
 			"autovacuum_vacuum_threshold",
 			"fillfactor",
+			"log_autovacuum_min_duration",
 			"toast.autovacuum_enabled",
 			"toast.autovacuum_freeze_max_age",
 			"toast.autovacuum_freeze_min_age",
@@ -1799,6 +1800,7 @@ psql_completion(const char *text, int start, int end)
 			"toast.autovacuum_vacuum_cost_limit",
 			"toast.autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor",
 			"toast.autovacuum_vacuum_threshold",
+			"toast.log_autovacuum_min_duration",
 			"user_catalog_table",
 			NULL
 		};

src/include/commands/vacuum.h

@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ typedef struct VacuumParams
 	int		multixact_freeze_table_age;	/* multixact age at which to
 										 * scan whole table */
 	bool	is_wraparound;		/* force a for-wraparound vacuum */
+	int		log_min_duration;	/* minimum execution threshold in ms at
+								 * which  verbose logs are activated,
+								 * -1 to use default */
 } VacuumParams;
 
 /* GUC parameters */
@@ -191,7 +194,7 @@ extern void lazy_vacuum_rel(Relation onerel, int options,
 
 /* in commands/analyze.c */
 extern void analyze_rel(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, int options,
-			List *va_cols, bool in_outer_xact,
+			VacuumParams *params, List *va_cols, bool in_outer_xact,
 			BufferAccessStrategy bstrategy);
 extern bool std_typanalyze(VacAttrStats *stats);
 extern double anl_random_fract(void);

src/include/utils/rel.h

@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ typedef struct AutoVacOpts
 	int			multixact_freeze_min_age;
 	int			multixact_freeze_max_age;
 	int			multixact_freeze_table_age;
+	int			log_min_duration;
 	float8		vacuum_scale_factor;
 	float8		analyze_scale_factor;
 } AutoVacOpts;