Re: Slow GRANT ROLE on PostgreSQL 16 with thousands of ROLEs

From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, alex work <alexwork033(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Slow GRANT ROLE on PostgreSQL 16 with thousands of ROLEs
Date: 2024-03-25 15:16:47
Message-ID: 20240325151647.GA2662364@nathanxps13
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 11:08:39AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> * The magic constants (crossover list length and bloom filter size)
> need some testing to see if there are better values. They should
> probably be made into named #defines, too. I suspect, with little
> proof, that the bloom filter size isn't particularly critical --- but
> I know we pulled the crossover of 1000 out of thin air, and I have
> no certainty that it's even within an order of magnitude of being a
> good choice.

I'll try to construct a couple of tests to see if we can determine a proper
order of magnitude.

> * Code needs more than zero comments.

Yup.

> * Is it worth trying to make a subroutine, or at least a macro,
> so as not to have 2 copies of the code?

I think so. I'll try that in the next version.

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Nathan Bossart
Amazon Web Services: https://aws.amazon.com

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