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From tgl@svr1.postgresql.org (Tom Lane)
Subject pgsql: Remove BufferBlockPointers array in favor of a base + (bufnum) *
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Msg-id 20050812050551.9BB3D52D8C@svr1.postgresql.org
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Remove BufferBlockPointers array in favor of a base + (bufnum) * BLCKSZ
computation.  On modern machines this is as fast if not faster, and we
don't have to clog the CPU's L2 cache with a tens-of-KB pointer array.
If we ever decide to adopt a more dynamic allocation method for shared
buffers, we'll probably have to revert this patch, but in the meantime
we might as well save a few bytes and nanoseconds.  Per Qingqing Zhou.

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer:
        buf_init.c (r1.74 -> r1.75)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_init.c.diff?r1=1.74&r2=1.75)
        bufmgr.c (r1.192 -> r1.193)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c.diff?r1=1.192&r2=1.193)
    pgsql/src/include/storage:
        bufmgr.h (r1.94 -> r1.95)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/storage/bufmgr.h.diff?r1=1.94&r2=1.95)

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