Re: Avoid unecessary MemSet call (src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Avoid unecessary MemSet call (src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c)
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Msg-id 6c3e3577-0e44-5b40-b1b0-c56dbf8010f5@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: Avoid unecessary MemSet call (src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c)  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
Responses Re: Avoid unecessary MemSet call (src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c)
Re: Avoid unecessary MemSet call (src/backend/utils/cache/relcache.c)
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On 24.08.22 16:30, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2022-Aug-19, David Zhang wrote:
>> Should these obviously possible replacement of the standard library function
>> "memset" be considered as well? For example, something like the attached one
>> which is focusing on the pageinspect extension only.
> 
> If you do this, you're creating a potential backpatching hazard.  This
> is OK if we get something in return, so a question to ask is whether
> there is any benefit in doing it.

I don't follow how this is a backpatching hazard.



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