Allow users of simplehash.h to perform direct deletions
authorDavid Rowley <drowley@postgresql.org>
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:56:50 +0000 (19:56 +1300)
committerDavid Rowley <drowley@postgresql.org>
Tue, 30 Mar 2021 06:56:50 +0000 (19:56 +1300)
commitff53d7b159b93ce9fc884897f9d96b97744781e2
treece04c9cf7a8a757b8ed7f9ba2cdd7753346c6a9a
parentbc9f1afdebc98b490d0a00468d75e8e4d080afb0
Allow users of simplehash.h to perform direct deletions

Previously simplehash.h only exposed a method to perform a hash table
delete using the hash table key. This meant that the delete function had
to perform a hash lookup in order to find the entry to delete.  Here we
add a new function so that users of simplehash.h can perform a hash delete
directly using the entry pointer, thus saving the hash lookup.

An upcoming patch that uses simplehash.h already has performed the hash
lookup so already has the entry pointer.  This change will allow the
code in that patch to perform the hash delete without the code in
simplehash.h having to perform an additional hash lookup.

Author: David Rowley
Reviewed-by: Andres Freund
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAApHDvqFLXXge153WmPsjke5VGOSt7Ez0yD0c7eBXLfmWxs3Kw@mail.gmail.com
src/include/lib/simplehash.h