Jim Nasby <jim.na...@bluetreble.com> writes:
> CacheInvalidateHeapTuple currently does the following tests first; would
> there be a performance improvement to testing the system relation case first?
> We're almost never in bootstrap mode, so that test is almost always a waste.
> Is there any reason not to switch the two?
> /* Do nothing during bootstrap */
> if (IsBootstrapProcessingMode())
> return;
> /*
> * We only need to worry about invalidation for tuples that are in
> system
> * relations; user-relation tuples are never in catcaches and can't
> affect
> * the relcache either.
> */
> if (!IsSystemRelation(relation))
> return;
You're assuming that IsSystemRelation() is safe to apply during bootstrap
mode. Even if it is, I don't see the point of messing with this.
IsBootstrapProcessingMode() is a macro expanding to one comparison
instruction.
regards, tom lane
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