[COMMITTERS] pgsql: Introduce 64-bit hash functions with a 64-bit seed. - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Robert Haas
Subject [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Introduce 64-bit hash functions with a 64-bit seed.
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Msg-id E1dnbjt-0004xb-6w@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Responses Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Introduce 64-bit hash functions with a 64-bit seed.  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Introduce 64-bit hash functions with a 64-bit seed.

This will be useful for hash partitioning, which needs a way to seed
the hash functions to avoid problems such as a hash index on a hash
partitioned table clumping all values into a small portion of the
bucket space; it's also useful for anything that wants a 64-bit hash
value rather than a 32-bit hash value.

Just in case somebody wants a 64-bit hash value that is compatible
with the existing 32-bit hash values, make the low 32-bits of the
64-bit hash value match the 32-bit hash value when the seed is 0.

Robert Haas and Amul Sul

Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CA+Tgmoafx2yoJuhCQQOL5CocEi-w_uG4S2xT0EtgiJnPGcHW3g@mail.gmail.com

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master

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/81c5e46c490e2426db243eada186995da5bb0ba7

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/xindex.sgml                    |  13 +-
src/backend/access/hash/hashfunc.c          | 372 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
src/backend/access/hash/hashpage.c          |   2 +-
src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c          |   6 +-
src/backend/access/hash/hashvalidate.c      |  42 +++-
src/backend/commands/opclasscmds.c          |  34 ++-
src/backend/utils/adt/acl.c                 |  15 ++
src/backend/utils/adt/arrayfuncs.c          |  79 ++++++
src/backend/utils/adt/date.c                |  21 ++
src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb_op.c            |  43 ++++
src/backend/utils/adt/jsonb_util.c          |  43 ++++
src/backend/utils/adt/mac.c                 |   9 +
src/backend/utils/adt/mac8.c                |   9 +
src/backend/utils/adt/network.c             |  10 +
src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c             |  60 +++++
src/backend/utils/adt/pg_lsn.c              |   6 +
src/backend/utils/adt/rangetypes.c          |  63 +++++
src/backend/utils/adt/timestamp.c           |  19 ++
src/backend/utils/adt/uuid.c                |   8 +
src/backend/utils/adt/varchar.c             |  18 ++
src/backend/utils/cache/lsyscache.c         |   8 +-
src/backend/utils/cache/typcache.c          |  58 ++++-
src/include/access/hash.h                   |  32 ++-
src/include/catalog/catversion.h            |   2 +-
src/include/catalog/pg_amproc.h             |  36 +++
src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h               |  54 ++++
src/include/fmgr.h                          |   1 +
src/include/utils/jsonb.h                   |   2 +
src/include/utils/typcache.h                |   4 +
src/test/regress/expected/alter_generic.out |   4 +-
src/test/regress/expected/hash_func.out     | 300 ++++++++++++++++++++++
src/test/regress/parallel_schedule          |   2 +-
src/test/regress/sql/hash_func.sql          | 222 +++++++++++++++++
33 files changed, 1555 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)


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