Re: [HACKERS] Block Sizes

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> > How hard would it be for postgresql to support adjustable block sizes?
> > Just wondering.
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> I can take a stab at this tonite after work now that the snapshot is there.
> Still have around some of the files/diffs from looking at this a year ago...
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> I don't think it will be hard, just a few files with BLCKSZ/MAXBLCKSZ
> references to check for breakage. Appears that only one bit of lp_flags is
> being used too, so that would seem to allow up to 32k blocks.
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> Other issue is the bit alignment in the ItemIdData structure. In the past,
> I've read that bit operations were slower than int ops. Is this the case?

Usually, yes.

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> I want to check to see if the structure is only 32 bits and not being padded
> by the compiler. Worse to worse, make one field of 32 bits and make macros
> to access the three pieces or make lp_off & lp_len shorts and lp_flags a char.
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> I can check the aix compiler, but what does gcc and other compilers do with
> bit field alignment?

I don't know.

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