Re: nbtree: reduce code redundancy by using _bt_getmeta() in _bt_gettrueroot()
Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>
To: Neil Chen <carpenter.nail.cz@gmail.com>, Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Cc: Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-07-07T21:32:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 16/01/2026 10:09, Neil Chen wrote: > Hi Chao, > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2026 at 4:11 PM Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com > <mailto:li.evan.chao@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > I noticed this while reviewing [1]. _bt_gettrueroot() performs the > same metapage checks as _bt_getmeta(), so using _bt_getmeta() here > removes the duplicated code. > > > It looks good to me. These two code snippets are exactly identical, > so removing the redundant code is reasonable. > > As can be seen from the contextual comments, this is not a performance- > critical path either, > so we don’t need to worry about the performance overhead caused by > function calls. > > I also checked the changes made in commit dd299df, which essentially > does the same thing for the function _bt_getrootheight. Ok, committed. - Heikki
Commits
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Make heap TID a tiebreaker nbtree index column.
- dd299df8189b 12.0 cited