Re: Cutting initdb's runtime (Perl question embedded)

On 2017-04-13 12:13:30 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se> writes:
> > Here is my proof of concept patch. It does basically the same thing as
> > Andres's patch except that it handles quoted values a bit better and
> > does not try to support anything other than the regproc type.
>
> > The patch speeds up initdb without fsync from 0.80 seconds to 0.55
> > seconds, which is a nice speedup, while adding a negligible amount of
> > extra work on compilation.
>
> I've pushed this with some mostly-cosmetic adjustments:

Cool. I wonder if we also should remove AtEOXact_CatCache()'s
cross-checks - the resowner replacement has been in place for a while,
and seems robust enough. They're now the biggest user of time.

- Andres