Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postg...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, 4 Apr 2024 at 22:43, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> The only objection I can think of is that perhaps this would slow >> things down a tad by requiring more complicated shifting/masking. >> I wonder if we could redo the performance checks that were done >> on the way to accepting the current design.
> I didn't do very extensive testing, but the light performance tests > that I did with the palloc performance benchmark patch & script shared > above indicate didn't measure an observable negative effect. OK. I did not read the patch very closely, but at least in principle I have no further objections. David, are you planning to take point on getting this in? regards, tom lane