I agree, this version looks much better, thanks. Two very minor things: On 2020-Sep-03, Michael Paquier wrote:
> @@ -76,11 +77,23 @@ recordMultipleDependencies(const ObjectAddress *depender, > > dependDesc = table_open(DependRelationId, RowExclusiveLock); > > + /* > + * Allocate the slots to use, but delay initialization until we know > that > + * they will be used. The slot initialization is the costly part, and > the > + * exact number of dependencies inserted cannot be known in advance as > it > + * depends on what is pinned by the system. > + */ I'm not sure you need the second sentence in this comment; keeping the "delay initialization until ..." part seems sufficient. If you really want to highlight that initialization is costly, maybe just say "delay costly initialization". > + /* > + * Record the Dependency. Note we don't bother to check for > duplicate > + * dependencies; there's no harm in them. > + */ No need to uppercase "dependency". (I know this is carried forward from prior comment, but it was equally unnecessary there.) > /* > * Allocate the slots to use, but delay initialization until we know > that > - * they will be used. > + * they will be used. A full scan of pg_shdepend is done to find all > the > + * dependencies from the template database to copy. Their number is not > + * known in advance and the slot initialization is the costly part. > */ As above, this change is not needed. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services