Re: Drop 32-bit support (was "Re: Fix typo 586/686 in atomics/arch-x86.h") - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Drop 32-bit support (was "Re: Fix typo 586/686 in atomics/arch-x86.h")
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In response to Drop 32-bit support (was "Re: Fix typo 586/686 in atomics/arch-x86.h")  (Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com>)
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Hi,

On 2026-03-12 08:57:59 +0100, Jakub Wartak wrote:
> I've marked this patch (to fix typos) as returned with feedback in CF. I'm +1
> (mainly due to eliminating complexity and saving time for
> 'Linux - Debian Trixie - Meson' in Cirrus CI as it will be faster without
> testing the 32-bit stuff there; last run was like ~+7 mins for 'test_world_32'
> alone, and that's almost like 50% of the whole time there), but I think that
> the topic of removal 32-bit support deserves  better transparency, so I'm
> sending this under new subject.

The reason that takes substantial time is that it uses ubsan and alignment
sanitizers.

Even if we were to get rid of 32bit support - which I don't think we have
concensus on - we wouldn't want to get rid of some of the coverage the test
currently provides us.

Greetings,

Andres Freund



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