Re: [WIP]Vertical Clustered Index (columnar store extension) - take2

On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 at 17:51, Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM Japin Li <japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:
> ...
>> I'm still trying to understand the patches.
>>
>> diff --git a/src/include/storage/itemptr.h b/src/include/storage/itemptr.h
>> index 74b87a9..d97d1c5 100644
>> --- a/src/include/storage/itemptr.h
>> +++ b/src/include/storage/itemptr.h
>> @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ typedef struct ItemPointerData
>> #endif
>> ItemPointerData;
>>
>> +#define SizeOfIptrData \
>> + (offsetof(ItemPointerData, ip_posid) + sizeof(OffsetNumber))
>> +
>>
>> I've noticed this macro is currently defined within core; however, I found it only
>> used in the VCI extension.
>>
>> Could you clarify the rationale for its inclusion in the core, and whether it's
>> genuinely required there, or if it would be better suited within the extension
>> itself?
>
> Right, this had previously also been reported by Tomas [1].
>
> Upon investigation, I found that this was master code from 10 years
> ago (back when this VCI patch was implemented). The master code has
> moved on since then and removed this macro [2], but this VCI patch did
> not...
>
> I'll try to address this for the next patchset.
>
> ======
> [1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/a748aa6b-c7e6-4d02-a590-ab404d590448%40vondra.me
> [2] https://github.com/postgres/postgres/commit/8023b5827fbada6815ce269db4f3373ac77ec7c3
>

My apologies, I wasn't following the full email thread.

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Regards,
Japin Li