Re: Yet another fast GiST build

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>
Cc: Alexander Korotkov <a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru>, Darafei Komяpa Praliaskouski <me@komzpa.net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2019-12-01T02:06:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 01:54:35PM +0500, Andrey Borodin wrote:
> Here's V3 of the patch set.
> Changes:
> 1. Added some documentation of new sort support routines
> 2. Fixed bug with dirty pages
> 
> I did not add sort support procs to built-in boxes, circles and
> polys, since it may be not optimal index for them. However, for
> points Z-order is quite good as a defaul t.

The latest patch does not apply.  Could you send a rebase?  I have
moved the patch to next CF, waiting on author for now.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Add sortsupport for gist_btree opclasses, for faster index builds.

  2. pageinspect: Fix relcache leak in gist_page_items().

  3. Fix test failure with wal_level=minimal.

  4. Enhance nbtree index tuple deletion.

  5. Fix portability issues in the new gist pageinspect test.

  6. Add functions to 'pageinspect' to inspect GiST indexes.

  7. Fix missing validation for the new GiST sortsupport functions.

  8. Fix compilation warning in xlog.c

  9. Set right-links during sorted GiST index build.

  10. Fix checksum calculation in the new sorting GiST build.

  11. Add support for building GiST index by sorting.