Re: libpq: Fix lots of discrepancies in PQtrace

From: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: libpq: Fix lots of discrepancies in PQtrace
Date: 2024-08-10 14:27:02
Message-ID: CAGECzQRKV2_3kXa4gdom=NqE6B7R43Njxc4D6GLSiU7Rhz6HMA@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 at 01:08, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote:
> I don't want to add 4 bytes to struct pg_conn for tracing support. I'm
> tempted to make the new struct member a plain 'char' to reduce overhead
> for a feature that almost nobody is going to use. According to pahole
> we have a 3 bytes hole in that position of the struct, so if we make it
> a 1- or 2-byte member, there's no storage overhead whatsoever.

Sounds fine to me.

> Also, why not have pqTraceOutputMessage() responsible for resetting the
> byte after printing the message? It seems to cause less undesirable
> detritus.

Yeah, that's indeed much nicer.

> I propose something like the attached, but it's as yet untested. What
> do you think?

Looks good, but I haven't tested it yet either.

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