On 10/13/14, 8:28 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com> writes:
>> CacheInvalidateHeapTuple currently does the following tests first; would there be a performance improvement to
testingthe system relation case first? We're almost never in bootstrap mode, so that test is almost always a waste. Is
thereany reason not to switch the two?
>> /* Do nothing during bootstrap */
>> if (IsBootstrapProcessingMode())
>> return;
>
>> /*
>> * We only need to worry about invalidation for tuples that are in system
>> * relations; user-relation tuples are never in catcaches and can't affect
>> * the relcache either.
>> */
>> if (!IsSystemRelation(relation))
>> return;
>
> You're assuming that IsSystemRelation() is safe to apply during bootstrap
> mode. Even if it is, I don't see the point of messing with this.
> IsBootstrapProcessingMode() is a macro expanding to one comparison
> instruction.
Comment patch to that effect attached.
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Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting
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