Re: [HACKERS] Postgres Speed or lack thereof

Tom Lane wrote:
> I don't think we can or should stop using malloc(), but we can
> ask it for large blocks and do our own allocations inside those
> blocks --- was that what you meant?

I will just jump in with a small idea.
The Gnome crowd is investigating using alloca instead of malloc/free
where applicable. It is a huge save in CPU cycles where it can be used.

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