Hi, That is what I got from gdb:
TopMemoryContext: 88992 total in 10 blocks; 10336 free (7 chunks); 78656 used Type information cache: 24576 total in 2 blocks; 11888 free (5 chunks); 12688 used Operator lookup cache: 24576 total in 2 blocks; 11888 free (5 chunks); 12688 used Operator class cache: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 1680 free (0 chunks); 6512 used TopTransactionContext: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 7648 free (1 chunks); 544 used MessageContext: 73728 total in 4 blocks; 14752 free (3 chunks); 58976 used smgr relation table: 24576 total in 2 blocks; 13904 free (4 chunks); 10672 used TransactionAbortContext: 32768 total in 1 blocks; 32736 free (0 chunks); 32 used Portal hash: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 1680 free (0 chunks); 6512 used PortalMemory: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 7888 free (0 chunks); 304 used PortalHeapMemory: 1024 total in 1 blocks; 744 free (0 chunks); 280 used ExecutorState: 11586756656 total in 1391 blocks; 4938408 free (6 chunks); 11581818248 used TIDBitmap: 57344 total in 3 blocks; 23936 free (8 chunks); 33408 used ExprContext: 0 total in 0 blocks; 0 free (0 chunks); 0 used ExprContext: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 8016 free (0 chunks); 176 used ExprContext: 0 total in 0 blocks; 0 free (0 chunks); 0 used Relcache by OID: 24576 total in 2 blocks; 14912 free (3 chunks); 9664 used CacheMemoryContext: 817392 total in 20 blocks; 145728 free (0 chunks); 671664 used uni_codauten: 2048 total in 1 blocks; 752 free (0 chunks); 1296 used pk_nfe: 2048 total in 1 blocks; 632 free (0 chunks); 1416 used idx_wm_nfsp_dtemis: 2048 total in 1 blocks; 752 free (0 chunks); 1296 used idx_wm_nfsp_codpre: 2048 total in 1 blocks; 704 free (0 chunks); 1344 used wm_nfsp_pkey: 2048 total in 1 blocks; 440 free (0 chunks); 1608 used pg_index_indrelid_index: 2048 total in 1 blocks; 704 free (0 chunks); 1344 used pg_attrdef_adrelid_adnum_index: 2048 total in 1 blocks; 608 free (0 chunks); 1440 used pg_ts_dict_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_aggregate_fnoid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_language_name_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_statistic_relid_att_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1600 free (2 chunks); 1472 used pg_ts_dict_dictname_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_namespace_nspname_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_opfamily_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_opclass_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_ts_parser_prsname_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_amop_fam_strat_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1384 free (2 chunks); 1688 used pg_opclass_am_name_nsp_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1624 free (3 chunks); 1448 used pg_trigger_tgrelid_tgname_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1600 free (2 chunks); 1472 used pg_cast_source_target_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1600 free (2 chunks); 1472 used pg_auth_members_role_member_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_attribute_relid_attnum_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1600 free (2 chunks); 1472 used pg_ts_config_cfgname_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_authid_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_ts_config_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_conversion_default_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1432 free (3 chunks); 1640 used pg_language_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_enum_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_proc_proname_args_nsp_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1624 free (3 chunks); 1448 used pg_ts_parser_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_database_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_conversion_name_nsp_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_class_relname_nsp_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1600 free (2 chunks); 1472 used pg_attribute_relid_attnam_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_class_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_amproc_fam_proc_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1384 free (2 chunks); 1688 used pg_operator_oprname_l_r_n_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1384 free (2 chunks); 1688 used pg_index_indexrelid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_type_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_rewrite_rel_rulename_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_authid_rolname_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_auth_members_member_role_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_enum_typid_label_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_constraint_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_conversion_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_ts_template_tmplname_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_ts_config_map_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1624 free (3 chunks); 1448 used pg_namespace_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used pg_type_typname_nsp_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1648 free (2 chunks); 1424 used pg_operator_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_amop_opr_fam_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1600 free (2 chunks); 1472 used pg_proc_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1696 free (2 chunks); 1376 used pg_opfamily_am_name_nsp_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1624 free (3 chunks); 1448 used pg_ts_template_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1744 free (3 chunks); 1328 used MdSmgr: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 7520 free (0 chunks); 672 used LOCALLOCK hash: 24576 total in 2 blocks; 15984 free (5 chunks); 8592 used Timezones: 53584 total in 2 blocks; 3744 free (0 chunks); 49840 used ErrorContext: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 8160 free (3 chunks); 32 used There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Attaching to process 31446 Reading symbols from /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /lib64/libcrypt.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libcrypt.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib64/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib64/libm.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libm.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib64/libfreebl3.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libfreebl3.so Reading symbols from /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib64/libnss_files.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib64/libnss_files.so.2 0x000000395d6e83e2 in recv () from /lib64/libc.so.6 Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install glibc-2.12-1.80.el6.x86_64 nss-softokn-freebl-3.12.9-11.el6.x86_64 (gdb) cont Continuing. bt ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x00000000005ff177 in record_out () (gdb) bt #0 0x00000000005ff177 in record_out () #1 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #2 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #3 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #4 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #5 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #6 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #7 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #8 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #9 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #10 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #11 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) ^C(gdb) Quit (gdb) bt #0 0x00000000005ff177 in record_out () #1 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #2 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #3 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #4 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #5 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #6 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #7 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #8 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #9 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #10 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #11 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) ^C(gdb) Quit (gdb) bt #0 0x00000000005ff177 in record_out () #1 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #2 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #3 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #4 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #5 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #6 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #7 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #8 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #9 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #10 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #11 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) cont Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x000000395d688ae9 in memcpy () from /lib64/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x000000395d688ae9 in memcpy () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x000000000046314f in heap_tuple_untoast_attr () #2 0x00000000005fb2ef in numeric_out () #3 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #4 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #5 0x00000000005ff121 in record_out () #6 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #7 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #8 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #9 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #10 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #11 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #12 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #13 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #14 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #15 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #16 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) cont Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x00000000005395d0 in appendStringInfoChar () (gdb) bt #0 0x00000000005395d0 in appendStringInfoChar () #1 0x00000000005ff1e6 in record_out () #2 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #3 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #4 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #5 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #6 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #7 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #8 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #9 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #10 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #11 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #12 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) cont Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x00000000005ed175 in int2out () (gdb) bt #0 0x00000000005ed175 in int2out () #1 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #2 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #3 0x00000000005ff121 in record_out () #4 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #5 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #6 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #7 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #8 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #9 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #10 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #11 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #12 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #13 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #14 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) cont Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x00000000005f5ab0 in get_str_from_var () (gdb) bt #0 0x00000000005f5ab0 in get_str_from_var () #1 0x00000000005fb33b in numeric_out () #2 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #3 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #4 0x00000000005ff121 in record_out () #5 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #6 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #7 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #8 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #9 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #10 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #11 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #12 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #13 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #14 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #15 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) cont Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x0000000000671990 in AllocSetAlloc () (gdb) bt #0 0x0000000000671990 in AllocSetAlloc () #1 0x00000000005f5136 in alloc_var () #2 0x00000000005f5192 in set_var_from_num () #3 0x00000000005fb32f in numeric_out () #4 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #5 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #6 0x00000000005ff121 in record_out () #7 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #8 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #9 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #10 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #11 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #12 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #13 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #14 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #15 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #16 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #17 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) cont Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x00000000006719a2 in AllocSetAlloc () (gdb) bt #0 0x00000000006719a2 in AllocSetAlloc () #1 0x0000000000463136 in heap_tuple_untoast_attr () #2 0x00000000005fb2ef in numeric_out () #3 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #4 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #5 0x00000000005ff121 in record_out () #6 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #7 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #8 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #9 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #10 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #11 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #12 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #13 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #14 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #15 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #16 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) cont Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x000000395d688ae9 in memcpy () from /lib64/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0x000000395d688ae9 in memcpy () from /lib64/libc.so.6 #1 0x00000000006724b1 in MemoryContextStrdup () #2 0x00000000005d7069 in date_out () #3 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #4 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #5 0x00000000005ff121 in record_out () #6 0x000000000065b73f in FunctionCall1 () #7 0x000000000065c61b in OutputFunctionCall () #8 0x00000000004495cc in printtup () #9 0x000000000051e6a3 in ExecutorRun () #10 0x00000000005b658a in PortalRunSelect () #11 0x00000000005b7af9 in PortalRun () #12 0x00000000005b2ddf in exec_simple_query () #13 0x00000000005b4423 in PostgresMain () #14 0x00000000005881e4 in ServerLoop () #15 0x000000000058a1e5 in PostmasterMain () #16 0x0000000000540cf8 in main () (gdb) cont Continuing. ^C Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x00000000005395e6 in appendStringInfoChar () (gdb) call MemoryContextStats(TopMemoryContext) $1 = 68 (gdb) cont Continuing. Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x00000000005ff168 in record_out () (gdb) cont Continuing. Program received signal SIGINT, Interrupt. 0x00000000005ff168 in record_out () (gdb) ^C(gdb) Quit (gdb) ^C(gdb) Quit (gdb) quit A debugging session is active. Inferior 1 [process 31446] will be detached. Quit anyway? (y or n) y Detaching from program: /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postgres, process 31446 [root@00002-xxx-SGDB ~]# On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 11:01 PM, Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com>wrote: > On 11/11/2012 08:54 AM, Craig Ringer wrote: > > > Now follow Tom's advice: > > In gdb, > call MemoryContextStats(TopMemoryContext) > should produce some useful information on the process's stderr file. > > > Oh, I forgot to explain how to actually get the output. > > stderr goes to the PostgreSQL log files, so you need to look in the Pg > logs. These are in /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_log or > /var/lib/pgsql/[version]/data/pg_log on Red Hat / Fedora systems, and in > /var/log/postgresql/ on Debian/Ubuntu systems. > > You're looking for something like: > > MessageContext: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 7120 free (1 chunks); 1072 used > Operator class cache: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 1680 free (0 chunks); 6512 > used > smgr relation table: 24576 total in 2 blocks; 13920 free (4 chunks); > 10656 used > TransactionAbortContext: 32768 total in 1 blocks; 32736 free (0 chunks); > 32 used > Portal hash: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 1680 free (0 chunks); 6512 used > PortalMemory: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 8160 free (1 chunks); 32 used > Relcache by OID: 24576 total in 2 blocks; 13872 free (3 chunks); 10704 > used > CacheMemoryContext: 817840 total in 20 blocks; 140840 free (3 chunks); > 677000 used > pg_db_role_setting_databaseid_rol_index: 2048 total in 1 blocks; 528 > free (0 chunks); 1520 used > pg_opclass_am_name_nsp_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1272 free (2 > chunks); 1800 used > ... lots more ... > pg_database_oid_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1656 free (3 > chunks); 1416 used > pg_authid_rolname_index: 3072 total in 2 blocks; 1656 free (3 chunks); > 1416 used > MdSmgr: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 8128 free (0 chunks); 64 used > tokenize file cxt: 0 total in 0 blocks; 0 free (0 chunks); 0 used > hba parser context: 7168 total in 3 blocks; 3760 free (4 chunks); 3408 > used > LOCALLOCK hash: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 1680 free (0 chunks); 6512 used > Timezones: 83472 total in 2 blocks; 3744 free (0 chunks); 79728 used > ErrorContext: 8192 total in 1 blocks; 8160 free (3 chunks); 32 used > > Copy and paste the entire block (including the bits I omitted from mine > because it's just an example to show you what it looks like). > > -- > Craig Ringer > -- Reimer 47-3347-1724 47-9183-0547 msn: carlos.rei...@opendb.com.br