Re: PG 16 draft release notes ready - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: PG 16 draft release notes ready
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Msg-id ZG5NHFRXxToOI4Ca@momjian.us
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In response to Re: PG 16 draft release notes ready  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: PG 16 draft release notes ready
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On Wed, May 24, 2023 at 01:43:50PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > * Reduce palloc() memory overhead for all memory allocations down to 8
> > bytes on all platforms. (Andres Freund, David Rowley)
> > 
> > This allows more efficient use of memory and is especially useful in
> > queries which perform operations (such as sorting or hashing) that
> > require more than work_mem.
> 
> Well, this would go in the source code section, but it seems too
> internal and global to mention.

What was the previous memory allocation overhead?

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