On 3/6/19 7:52 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2019-Feb-08, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering if we should just get rid of all such optimizations, and
>> make the unowned list doubly-linked (WIP patch attached, needs fixing
>> the comments etc.).
>
> +1 for that approach.
>
> Did you consider using a dlist?
>
I'm not sure. I might have considered it, but decided to go with a
simpler / less invasive fix demonstrating the effect. And maybe make it
more acceptable for backpatch, if we want that. Which we probably don't,
so I agree dlist might be a better choice.
cheers
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