On 25/08/2015 14:45, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> On 7 July 2015 at 21:37, Julien Rouhaud <julien.rouh...@dalibo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, I obviously missed that pg_srand48() is only used if the system
>>> lacks random/srandom, sorry for the noise.  So yes, random() must be
>>> used instead of pg_lrand48().
>>>
>>> I'm attaching a new version of the patch fixing this issue just in case.
>>
>> Thanks for picking this up. I've been trying to find time to come back
>> to it but been swamped in priority work.
> 
> For now I am marking that as returned with feedback.
> 

PFA v3 of the patch, rebased on current head. It fixes the last issue
(sample a percentage of queries).

I'm adding it to the next commitfest.

-- 
Julien Rouhaud
http://dalibo.com - http://dalibo.org
diff --git a/contrib/auto_explain/auto_explain.c b/contrib/auto_explain/auto_explain.c
index 0950e18..4edb08e 100644
--- a/contrib/auto_explain/auto_explain.c
+++ b/contrib/auto_explain/auto_explain.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ static bool auto_explain_log_triggers = false;
 static bool auto_explain_log_timing = true;
 static int	auto_explain_log_format = EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT;
 static bool auto_explain_log_nested_statements = false;
+static double auto_explain_sample_ratio = 1;
 
 static const struct config_enum_entry format_options[] = {
 	{"text", EXPLAIN_FORMAT_TEXT, false},
@@ -47,9 +48,14 @@ static ExecutorRun_hook_type prev_ExecutorRun = NULL;
 static ExecutorFinish_hook_type prev_ExecutorFinish = NULL;
 static ExecutorEnd_hook_type prev_ExecutorEnd = NULL;
 
+/* Is the current query sampled, per backend */
+static bool current_query_sampled = true;
+
 #define auto_explain_enabled() \
 	(auto_explain_log_min_duration >= 0 && \
-	 (nesting_level == 0 || auto_explain_log_nested_statements))
+	 (nesting_level == 0 || auto_explain_log_nested_statements) && \
+	 current_query_sampled)
+
 
 void		_PG_init(void);
 void		_PG_fini(void);
@@ -62,6 +68,7 @@ static void explain_ExecutorFinish(QueryDesc *queryDesc);
 static void explain_ExecutorEnd(QueryDesc *queryDesc);
 
 
+
 /*
  * Module load callback
  */
@@ -159,6 +166,19 @@ _PG_init(void)
 							 NULL,
 							 NULL);
 
+	DefineCustomRealVariable("auto_explain.sample_ratio",
+							 "Percentage of queries to process.",
+							NULL,
+							&auto_explain_sample_ratio,
+							1.0,
+							0.0,
+							1.0,
+							PGC_SUSET,
+							0,
+							NULL,
+							NULL,
+							NULL);
+
 	EmitWarningsOnPlaceholders("auto_explain");
 
 	/* Install hooks. */
@@ -191,6 +211,14 @@ _PG_fini(void)
 static void
 explain_ExecutorStart(QueryDesc *queryDesc, int eflags)
 {
+	/*
+	 * For ratio sampling, randomly choose top-level statement. Either
+	 * all nested statements will be explained or none will.
+	 */
+	if (auto_explain_log_min_duration >= 0 && nesting_level == 0)
+		current_query_sampled = (random() < auto_explain_sample_ratio *
+				MAX_RANDOM_VALUE);
+
 	if (auto_explain_enabled())
 	{
 		/* Enable per-node instrumentation iff log_analyze is required. */
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml
index d527208..9d40e65 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/auto-explain.sgml
@@ -203,6 +203,23 @@ LOAD 'auto_explain';
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>
+     <varname>auto_explain.sample_ratio</varname> (<type>real</type>)
+     <indexterm>
+      <primary><varname>auto_explain.sample_ratio</> configuration parameter</primary>
+     </indexterm>
+    </term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <varname>auto_explain.sample_ratio</varname> causes auto_explain to only
+      explain X percent statements in each session.  In case of nested
+      statements, either all will be explained or none. Only superusers can
+      change this setting.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
 
   <para>
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