Re: BUG #17336: logtape sort performance and overflow

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: ma100(at)hotmail(dot)com
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Subject: Re: BUG #17336: logtape sort performance and overflow
Date: 2021-12-14 16:28:07
Message-ID: 262745.1639499287@sss.pgh.pa.us
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PG Bug reporting form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> In logtape.c,

> * Each `swap_nodes` will execute assignment statement three times, while
> we only need execute once like in tuplesort.c

Yeah, that could be improved. I see similar coding in binaryheap.c, too.

> * right_offset(unsigned i) parameter i seemed should be `unsigned long`

Ugh, that's surely wrong. I don't know that anyone could get to >4G entries
in this heap, but it's still wrong.

Thanks for the report!

> Here's a patch

FYI, patches tend not to survive being passed through email unless
you add 'em as attachments.

regards, tom lane

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