Re: [HACKERS] Cutting initdb's runtime (Perl question embedded)

On 2017-04-13 12:13:30 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> writes:
> > Here is my proof of concept patch. It does basically the same thing as 
> > Andres's patch except that it handles quoted values a bit better and 
> > does not try to support anything other than the regproc type.
> 
> > The patch speeds up initdb without fsync from 0.80 seconds to 0.55 
> > seconds, which is a nice speedup, while adding a negligible amount of 
> > extra work on compilation.
> 
> I've pushed this with some mostly-cosmetic adjustments:

Cool.  I wonder if we also should remove AtEOXact_CatCache()'s
cross-checks - the resowner replacement has been in place for a while,
and seems robust enough.  They're now the biggest user of time.

- Andres