Re: Large writable variables

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@enterprisedb.com>
Date: 2018-10-17T19:09:13Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> .data 0000000000001180 datetktbl ./src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt_common.o
> .data 0000000000000c28 ibmkanji ./src/backend/utils/mb/conversion_procs/euc_jp_and_sjis/euc_jp_and_sjis.o
> .data 00000000000003f0 deltatktbl ./src/interfaces/ecpg/pgtypeslib/dt_common.o

Hmm.  I think these can just be marked const, will investigate.

The rest of those look to be mostly below the threshold of pain ...

			regards, tom lane


Commits

  1. Apply unconstify() in more places

  2. Improve unconstify() documentation

  3. Drop const cast from dlsym() calls

  4. Const-ify a few more large static tables.

  5. Improve tzparse's handling of TZDEFRULES ("posixrules") zone data.

  6. Avoid statically allocating statement cache in ecpglib/prepare.c.

  7. Reorder FmgrBuiltin members, saving 25% in size.

  8. Add macro to cast away const without allowing changes to underlying type.

  9. Mark constantly allocated dest receiver as const.

  10. Avoid statically allocating formatting.c's format string caches.

  11. Correct constness of system attributes in heap.c & prerequisites.

  12. Avoid statically allocating gmtsub()'s timezone workspace.

  13. Correct constness of a few variables.

  14. Move the replication lag tracker into heap memory.