Re: PG 15 (and to a smaller degree 14) regression due to ExprEvalStep size

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Nikita Glukhov <n(dot)gluhov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: PG 15 (and to a smaller degree 14) regression due to ExprEvalStep size
Date: 2023-02-22 22:47:13
Message-ID: 20230222224713.m65d55udzlq5mpbz@awork3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2023-02-22 16:34:44 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> I wrote:
> > Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> >> Maybe it's worth sticking a StaticAssert() for the struct size
> >> somewhere.
>
> > Indeed. I thought we had one already.
>
> >> I'm a bit wary about that being too noisy, there are some machines with
> >> odd alignment requirements. Perhaps worth restricting the assertion to
> >> x86-64 + armv8 or such?
>
> > I'd put it in first and only reconsider if it shows unfixable problems.
>
> Now that we've got the sizeof(ExprEvalStep) under control, shouldn't
> we do the attached?

Indeed. Pushed.

Let's hope there's no rarely used architecture with odd alignment rules.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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