SQLSERVER: PREEMPTIVE_ OS _GETPROCADDRESS: confusion about the waiting type

SQLSERVER: PREEMPTIVE_ OS _GETPROCADDRESS: PREEMPTIVE_ OS _GETPROCADDRESS wait type is a new wait type in SQLSERVER2008. This wait type is used to load the DLL entry point when GetProcAddress tracks the SQL server instance calling the extended storage process.

SQLSERVER: PREEMPTIVE_ OS _GETPROCADDRESS: PREEMPTIVE_ OS _GETPROCADDRESS wait type is a new wait type in SQLSERVER2008. This wait type is used to load the DLL entry point when GetProcAddress tracks the SQL server instance calling the extended storage process.

SQLSERVER: PREEMPTIVE_ OS _GETPROCADDRESS: confusion about the waiting type

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PREEMPTIVE_ OS _GETPROCADDRESS the waiting type is a new waiting type in SQLSERVER2008

This waiting type is used to load the DLL entry point when GetProcAddress traces the time taken by the SQL server instance to call the extended storage process.

However, there are some problems with the way this wait type tracks this wait time, which is documented in Rob Dorr's blog.

Based on the discussion in the post on Twitter, I found an example to prove this problem.

Use the following command to list the subdirectories under my drive C:

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