Re: [HACKERS] PATCH: pageinspect / add page_checksum andbt_page_items(bytea)

On 3/3/17 09:03, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> Attached is v2, fixing both issues.

I wonder if

+   bytea      *raw_page = PG_GETARG_BYTEA_P(0);

+       uargs->page = VARDATA(raw_page);

is expected to work reliably, without copying the argument to a
different memory context.

I think it would be better not to maintain so much duplicate code
between bt_page_items(text, int) and bt_page_items(bytea).  How about
just redefining bt_page_items(text, int) as an SQL-language function
calling bt_page_items(get_raw_page($1, $2))?

For page_checksum(), the checksums are internally unsigned, so maybe
return type int on the SQL level, so that there is no confusion about
the sign?

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