Re: Avoid unncessary always true test (src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c)

From: Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet(at)singh(dot)im>
Cc: Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>, michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Avoid unncessary always true test (src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c)
Date: 2023-06-15 13:39:17
Message-ID: CAEudQAqyBzH-nnhwkPsMzP8TGMR164XDO5fdk+b5-XKp2KuxrQ@mail.gmail.com
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Em qua., 14 de jun. de 2023 às 13:32, Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet(at)singh(dot)im>
escreveu:

> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 5:12 AM Ranier Vilela <ranier(dot)vf(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> > Em qua., 14 de jun. de 2023 às 06:51, Richard Guo <
> guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com> escreveu:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 3:39 PM Kyotaro Horiguchi <
> horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Gurjeet has mentioned that eb.rel cannot be modified by another
> >>> process since the value or memory is in the local stack, and I believe
> >>> he's correct.
> >>>
> >>> If the pointed Relation had been blown out, eb.rel would be left
> >>> dangling, not nullified. However, I don't believe this situation
> >>> happens (or it shouldn't happen) as the entire relation should already
> >>> be locked.
> >>
> >>
> >> Yeah, Gurjeet is right. I had a thinko here. eb.rel should not be NULL
> >> pointer in any case. And as we've acquired the lock for it, it should
> >> not have been closed. So I think we can remove the check for eb.rel in
> >> the two places.
> >
> > Ok,
> > As there is a consensus on removing the tests and the comment is still
> relevant,
> > here is a new version for analysis.
>
> LGTM.
>
Created an entry in commitfest to track this.
https://commitfest.postgresql.org/43/4371/

regards,
Ranier Vilela

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