Arrange to cache btree metapage data in the relcache entry for the index,

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Commit: d2896a9ed14387912bffb6f7ed188aca0a245e71
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2006-04-25T22:46:05Z
Releases: 8.2.0
Arrange to cache btree metapage data in the relcache entry for the index,
thereby saving a visit to the metapage in most index searches/updates.
This wouldn't actually save any I/O (since in the old regime the metapage
generally stayed in cache anyway), but it does provide a useful decrease
in bufmgr traffic in high-contention scenarios.  Per my recent proposal.

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