On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 8:20 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 5:59 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 12:46 PM Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2022 at 3:27 PM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > 1.
> > > > In ReorderBufferGetCatalogChangesXacts(), isn't it better to use the
> > > > list length of 'catchange_txns' to allocate xids array? If we can do
> > > > so, then we will save the need to repalloc as well.
> > >
> > > Since ReorderBufferGetcatalogChangesXacts() collects all ongoing
> > > catalog modifying transactions, the length of the array could be
> > > bigger than the one taken last time. We can start with the previous
> > > length but I think we cannot remove the need for repalloc.
> > >
> >
> > It is using the list "catchange_txns" to form xid array which
> > shouldn't change for the duration of
> > ReorderBufferGetCatalogChangesXacts(). Then the caller frees the xid
> > array after its use. Next time in
> > ReorderBufferGetCatalogChangesXacts(), the fresh allocation for xid
> > array happens, so not sure why repalloc would be required?
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> Oops, I mistook catchange_txns for catchange->xcnt. You're right.
> Starting with the length of catchange_txns should be sufficient.
>
I've attached an updated patch.
While trying this idea, I noticed there is no API to get the length of
dlist, as we discussed offlist. Alternative idea was to use List
(T_XidList) but I'm not sure it's a great idea since deleting an xid
from the list is O(N), we need to implement list_delete_xid, and we
need to make sure allocating list node in the reorder buffer context.
So in the patch, I added a variable, catchange_ntxns, to keep track of
the length of the dlist. Please review it.
Regards,
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Masahiko Sawada
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