Re: Avoid overhead with fprintf related functions

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Avoid overhead with fprintf related functions
Date: 2022-09-09 21:53:54
Message-ID: 255610.1662760434@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Em sex., 9 de set. de 2022 às 13:20, Nathan Bossart <
> nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com> escreveu:
>> I agree with David [0]. But if you can demonstrate a performance gain,
>> perhaps it's worth considering a subset of these changes in hot paths.

> head:
> Time: 418,210 ms
> Time: 419,588 ms
> Time: 424,713 ms

> fprintf patch:
> Time: 416,919 ms
> Time: 416,246 ms
> Time: 416,237 ms

That is most certainly not enough gain to justify a large amount
of code churn. In fact, given that this is probably pretty
platform-dependent and you've checked only one platform, I don't
think I'd call this a sufficient case for even a one-line change.

regards, tom lane

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