Re: Re: Optimizing pg_trgm makesign() (was Re: WIP: Fast GiST index build)

From: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Optimizing pg_trgm makesign() (was Re: WIP: Fast GiST index build)
Date: 2011-09-29 21:20:47
Message-ID: CAPpHfdsc0k5wH6NjnfcN1ZRu5TXYxEhu4PSXOQmdrRjO2eds2A@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Heikki Linnakangas <
heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> At every call, gtrgm_penalty() has to calculate the signature for newitem,
> using makesign(). That's an enormous waste of effort, but there's currently
> no way gtrgm_penalty() to avoid that. If we could call makesign() only on
> the first call in the loop, and remember it for the subsequent calls, that
> would eliminate the need for any micro-optimization in makesign() and make
> inserting into a trigram index much faster (including building the index
> from scratch)
>
Isn't it possible to cache signature of newitem in gtrgm_penalty
like gtrgm_consistent do this for query?

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With best regards,
Alexander Korotkov.

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