On 2014-10-21 19:06:41 -0500, Jim Nasby wrote:
> On 10/13/14, 8:28 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> >Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@BlueTreble.com> writes:
> >>CacheInvalidateHeapTuple currently does the following tests first; would there be a performance improvement to
testingthe system relation case first? We're almost never in bootstrap mode, so that test is almost always a waste. Is
thereany reason not to switch the two?
> >> /* Do nothing during bootstrap */
> >> if (IsBootstrapProcessingMode())
> >> return;
> >
> >> /*
> >> * We only need to worry about invalidation for tuples that are in system
> >> * relations; user-relation tuples are never in catcaches and can't affect
> >> * the relcache either.
> >> */
> >> if (!IsSystemRelation(relation))
> >> return;
> >
> >You're assuming that IsSystemRelation() is safe to apply during bootstrap
> >mode. Even if it is, I don't see the point of messing with this.
> >IsBootstrapProcessingMode() is a macro expanding to one comparison
> >instruction.
>
> Comment patch to that effect attached.
That doesn't seem worth the effort of apply a patch and tracking in the
CF. Marked as returned with feedback.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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