Re: define pg_structiszero(addr, s, r)

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot(dot)pg(at)gmail(dot)com>, Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: define pg_structiszero(addr, s, r)
Date: 2024-11-07 00:45:44
Message-ID: ZywNuH34bxvo7CL4@paquier.xyz
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On Thu, Nov 07, 2024 at 08:05:10AM +1300, David Rowley wrote:
> That might be quite good for small lengths or for use cases where the
> memory is always or almost always zero. The problem is there's no
> early exit when you find the first non-zero which means, for larger
> lengths, reading much more memory. That'll both take longer and
> possibly evict cache lines which might be useful to have in the near
> future.

Didn't know this one either, thanks for the explanation.
--
Michael

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