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Activity: CheckpointerMain

在 checkpointer 进程的主循环中等待。
PostgreSQL 等待事件档案
类别Activity 事件CheckpointerMain 版本PG 13-18 证据2 个源码位置

官方描述译文

在 checkpointer 进程的主循环中等待。

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触发机制

WAIT_EVENT_CHECKPOINTER_MAIN 位于 src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c:583,是经 grep 核验的报告路径。公共身份/资源映射位于 src/backend/utils/activity/wait_event_names.txt:58。探针覆盖的操作是:在 checkpointer 进程的主循环中等待。CheckpointerMain 后台路径在主循环暂时无事可做、进入 latch wait 前报告此事件;信号、计时器或新工作会唤醒进程并进入下一轮循环。

正常还是麻烦?

  • 正常: 对匹配的后台进程而言,这通常是预期空闲。
  • 需要调查: 只有工作队列、关闭或故障切换时限没有推进但进程一直停在这里,或事件出现在不匹配的后端类型上时,才需要调查。

诊断 SQL

正在等待 Activity/CheckpointerMain 的会话
SELECT pid, backend_type, usename, datname, application_name,
       state, now() - query_start AS query_age,
       now() - xact_start AS xact_age,
       wait_event_type, wait_event,
       pg_blocking_pids(pid) AS blocking_pids,
       left(query, 160) AS query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE wait_event_type = 'Activity'
  AND wait_event = 'CheckpointerMain'
ORDER BY query_age DESC NULLS LAST;
当前 Activity 等待分布
SELECT wait_event, count(*) AS waiting_sessions,
       count(*) FILTER (WHERE state = 'active') AS active_waiters,
       max(now() - query_start) AS oldest_query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE wait_event_type = 'Activity'
GROUP BY wait_event
ORDER BY waiting_sessions DESC, wait_event;
这些会话的锁与关系上下文
SELECT a.pid, l.locktype, l.mode, l.granted, l.fastpath,
       d.datname, n.nspname, c.relname,
       l.page, l.tuple, l.virtualxid, l.transactionid,
       l.classid, l.objid, l.objsubid
FROM pg_stat_activity AS a
LEFT JOIN pg_locks AS l ON l.pid = a.pid
LEFT JOIN pg_database AS d ON d.oid = l.database
LEFT JOIN pg_class AS c
  ON c.oid = l.relation
 AND l.database = (
       SELECT oid FROM pg_database WHERE datname = current_database()
     )
LEFT JOIN pg_namespace AS n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
WHERE a.wait_event_type = 'Activity'
  AND a.wait_event = 'CheckpointerMain'
ORDER BY a.pid, l.granted, l.locktype, l.mode;

处置建议

  1. 先与 backend_type 对照。
  2. 检查该进程专属的积压与最后进展时间。
  3. 修复缺失的工作信号或停滞的上游阶段,不要终止正常空闲的 worker。

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