Fix unexpected reversal of lists during catcache rehash

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

Commit: 68119480a763d761a9cf2413f4320d9a5d4b34d5
Author: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Date: 2026-01-07T08:52:54Z
Fix unexpected reversal of lists during catcache rehash

During catcache searches, the most-recently searched entries are kept at
the head of the list to speed up subsequent searches, keeping the
"freshest" entries at its beginning.  A rehash of the catcache was doing
the opposite: fresh entries were moved to the tail of the newly-created
buckets, causing a rehash to slow down a bit.

When a rehash is done, this commit switches the code to use
dlist_push_tail() instead of dlist_push_head(), so as fresh entries are
kept at the head of the lists, not their tail.

Author: ChangAo Chen <cca5507@qq.com>
Reviewed-by: John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/tencent_9EA10D8512B5FE29E7323F780A0749768708@qq.com

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src/backend/utils/cache/catcache.c modified +16 −2

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