postgresql/src/backend/utils
Dean Rasheed d996d648f3 Simplify the inner loop of numeric division in div_var().
In the standard numeric division algorithm, the inner loop multiplies
the divisor by the next quotient digit and subtracts that from the
working dividend. As suggested by the original code comment, the
separate "carry" and "borrow" variables (from the multiplication and
subtraction steps respectively) can be folded together into a single
variable. Doing so significantly improves performance, as well as
simplifying the code.

Dean Rasheed, reviewed by Tom Lane.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAEZATCVwsBi-ND-t82Cuuh1=8ee6jdOpzsmGN+CUZB6yjLg9jw@mail.gmail.com
2022-02-27 10:41:12 +00:00
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activity Remove MaxBackends variable in favor of GetMaxBackends() function. 2022-02-08 15:53:19 -05:00
adt Simplify the inner loop of numeric division in div_var(). 2022-02-27 10:41:12 +00:00
cache Allow specifying row filters for logical replication of tables. 2022-02-22 08:11:50 +05:30
error Introduce log_destination=jsonlog 2022-01-17 10:16:53 +09:00
fmgr Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
hash Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
init Add further debug info to help debug 019_replslot_limit.pl failures. 2022-02-25 17:04:39 -08:00
mb Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
misc Clean up and simplify code in a couple of set-returning functions 2022-02-24 16:11:34 +09:00
mmgr Clean up and simplify code in a couple of set-returning functions 2022-02-24 16:11:34 +09:00
resowner Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
sort Add UNIQUE null treatment option 2022-02-03 11:48:21 +01:00
time Assert in init_toast_snapshot() that some snapshot registered or active. 2022-02-21 08:58:29 -08:00
.gitignore Rearrange makefile rules for running Gen_fmgrtab.pl. 2018-05-03 17:54:18 -04:00
errcodes.txt Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
Gen_dummy_probes.pl Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
Gen_dummy_probes.pl.prolog Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
Gen_dummy_probes.sed Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
Gen_fmgrtab.pl Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
generate-errcodes.pl Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
Makefile Correct Makefile dependencies for catalog scripts 2022-02-14 09:07:09 +07:00
probes.d Update copyright for 2022 2022-01-07 19:04:57 -05:00
README.Gen_dummy_probes Tweak generation of Gen_dummy_probes.pl 2021-05-11 20:02:02 -04:00

# Generating dummy probes

If Postgres isn't configured with dtrace enabled, we need to generate
dummy probes for the entries in probes.d, that do nothing.

This is accomplished in Unix via the sed script `Gen_dummy_probes.sed`. We
used to use this in MSVC builds using the perl utility `psed`, which mimicked
sed. However, that utility disappeared from Windows perl distributions and so
we converted the sed script to a perl script to be used in MSVC builds.

We still keep the sed script as the authoritative source for generating
these dummy probes because except on Windows perl is not a hard requirement
when building from a tarball.

So, if you need to change the way dummy probes are generated, first change
the sed script, and when it's working generate the perl script. This can
be accomplished by using the perl utility s2p.

s2p is no longer part of the perl core, so it might not be on your system,
but it is available on CPAN and also in many package systems. e.g.
on Fedora it can be installed using `cpan App::s2p` or
`dnf install perl-App-s2p`.

The Makefile contains a recipe for regenerating Gen_dummy_probes.pl, so all
you need to do is once you have s2p installed is `make Gen_dummy_probes.pl`
Note that in a VPATH build this will generate the file in the vpath tree,
not the source tree.