On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 9:22 PM David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 12:30, Ranier Vilela <ranier.vf@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Em qua., 14 de jul. de 2021 às 21:21, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> escreveu:
> >> But, in v8 there is no additional branch, so no branch to mispredict.
> >> I don't really see how your explanation fits.
> >
> > In v8 the branch occurs at :
> > + if (ExecGetResultType(outerPlanState(sortstate))->natts == 1)
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> You do know that branch is in a function that's only executed once
> during executor initialization, right?
This is why I have a hard time believing there's a "real" change here
and not the result of either noise or something not really
controllable like executable layout changing.
James
