Re: [BUGS] BUG #2114: (patch) COPY FROM ... end of

pgman wrote:
> Luke Lonergan wrote:
> > Bruce,
> >
> > On 12/27/05 10:20 AM, "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >
> > > OK, original patch applied to HEAD and smaller version to 8.1.X, and
> > > regression test added, now attached.
> >
> > Great, good catch.
> >
> > Have you tested performance, before and after?
> >
> > The only good way to test performance is using a fast enough I/O subsystem
> > that you are CPU-bound, which means >60MB/s of write speed.
> >
> > I'd be happy to get you an account on one.
>
> I don't need to test performance because it is the same code, just with
> macros and the two functions merged. I do have an optimization for that
> loop but I saw no improvement so I didn't apply it. It was basically to
> advance the pointer in a tight look just checking for \r, \n, and \\,
> but it seems the larger loop isn't much slower than a tight one.

Here is the patch I was testing. I don't see any win on my hardware,
but it isn't a huge machine, so you might see an improvement on your
hardware, and if you do, we can consider applying it.

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