Re: Cost of XLogInsert CRC calculations

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Mark Cave-Ayland <m(dot)cave-ayland(at)webbased(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Cost of XLogInsert CRC calculations
Date: 2005-03-08 08:31:35
Message-ID: 1110270695.6117.229.camel@localhost.localdomain
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On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 20:50 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > Well, we're using the CRC in 3 separate places...
> > (1) for xlog records
> > (2) for complete blocks copied to xlog
> > (3) for control files
>
> > For (1), records are so short that probably CRC16 would be sufficient
> > without increasing the error rate noticeably.
>
> > I think I'd like to keep (3) at CRC64...its just too important. Plus
> > thats slightly less code to change.
>
> The control files are so short that CRC16 would be plenty.
>
> > My money is on (2) being the source of most of that run-time anyway,
>
> Undoubtedly, so there's not going to be much win from micro-optimization
> by having several different CRC functions.

Agreed.

> I would go for CRC32 across
> the board, myself.

Sold.

Best Regards, Simon Riggs

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