Re: inefficient loop in StandbyReleaseLockList()

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>, michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz, sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: inefficient loop in StandbyReleaseLockList()
Date: 2021-11-06 23:13:31
Message-ID: 641260.1636240411@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2021-11-06 18:32:54 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Good point. The note at list_delete_last that it's O(1) isn't really
>> on point --- instead, the text for list_delete_first should be like
>>
>> + * Note that this takes time proportional to the length of the list,
>> + * since the remaining entries must be moved. Consider reversing the
>> + * list order so that you can use list_delete_last() instead. However,
>> + * if that causes you to replace lappend() with lcons(), you haven't
>> + * improved matters.

> LGTM

Done that way, then.

regards, tom lane

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