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Re: Add bump memory context type and use it for tuplesorts

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

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From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@enterprisedb.com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>, John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com>, Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-04-16T08:28:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> On 16 Apr 2024, at 07:12, Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Attached is a small patch adding the missing BumpContext description to the
> README.

Nice catch, we should add it to the README.

+  pfree'd or realloc'd.
I think it's best to avoid mixing API:s, "pfree'd or repalloc'd" keeps it to
functions in our API instead.

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Daniel Gustafsson

Commits

  1. Update mmgr's README to mention BumpContext

  2. Push dedicated BumpBlocks to the tail of the blocks list

  3. Improve test coverage in bump.c

  4. Fix incorrect KeeperBlock macro in bump.c

  5. Use bump memory context for tuplesorts

  6. Introduce a bump memory allocator

  7. Enlarge bit-space for MemoryContextMethodID