Yes, I have done it many times. I profile that postgres process, not
the backend. Look for this in Makefile.global:
# Comment out PROFILE to generate a profile version of the binaries#PROFILE= -p -non_shared
> Hi!
>
> How do you profile backend? It complains about 'profile timer expired'
> apparently due to waiting on socket. Maybe some compile option is
> missing or there is other trick?
>
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