Re: Bug in nbtree optimization to skip > operator comparisons (or < comparisons in backwards scans)

From: Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Bug in nbtree optimization to skip > operator comparisons (or < comparisons in backwards scans)
Date: 2023-12-11 18:59:32
Message-ID: CAPpHfdtrX38rvS7Dk+fJ7kwVjgC5eN1n==2YxzVAy8VOvi6Z=Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 5:56 PM Alexander Korotkov <aekorotkov(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > BTW, do we really need to keep around the BTScanOpaqueData.firstPage
> > field? Why can't the call to _bt_readpage from _bt_first (and from
> > _bt_endpoint) just pass "firstPage=true" as a simple argument? Note
> > that the first call to _bt_readpage must take place from _bt_first (or
> > from _bt_endpoint). The first _bt_first call is already kind of
> > special, in a way that is directly related to this issue. I added some
> > comments about that to today's commit c9c0589fda, in fact -- I think
> > it's an important issue in general.
>
> Please, check the attached patchset.

Sorry, I forgot the attachment. Here it is.

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Regards,
Alexander Korotkov

Attachment Content-Type Size
0001-Remove-BTScanOpaqueData.firstPage-v2.patch application/octet-stream 4.9 KB
0002-Fix-requiredOppositeDir-bug-v2.patch application/octet-stream 5.1 KB

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