Use palloc_object() and palloc_array(), the last change

This is the last batch of changes that have been suggested by the
author, this part covering the non-trivial changes.  Some of the changes
suggested have been discarded as they seem to lead to more instructions
generated, leaving the parts that can be qualified as in-place
replacements.

Similar work has been done in 1b105f9472, 0c3c5c3b06 and
31d3847a37.

Author: David Geier <geidav.pg@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/ad0748d4-3080-436e-b0bc-ac8f86a3466a@gmail.com

contrib/pg_buffercache/pg_buffercache_pages.c

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pg_buffercache_pages(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(funcctx->multi_call_memory_ctx);
 
 		/* Create a user function context for cross-call persistence */
-		fctx = (BufferCachePagesContext *) palloc(sizeof(BufferCachePagesContext));
+		fctx = palloc_object(BufferCachePagesContext);
 
 		/*
 		 * To smoothly support upgrades from version 1.0 of this extension
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@ pg_buffercache_os_pages_internal(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool include_numa)
 			os_page_count = (endptr - startptr) / os_page_size;
 
 			/* Used to determine the NUMA node for all OS pages at once */
-			os_page_ptrs = palloc0(sizeof(void *) * os_page_count);
-			os_page_status = palloc(sizeof(int) * os_page_count);
+			os_page_ptrs = palloc0_array(void *, os_page_count);
+			os_page_status = palloc_array(int, os_page_count);
 
 			/*
 			 * Fill pointers for all the memory pages.  This loop stores and
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ pg_buffercache_os_pages_internal(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo, bool include_numa)
 		oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(funcctx->multi_call_memory_ctx);
 
 		/* Create a user function context for cross-call persistence */
-		fctx = (BufferCacheOsPagesContext *) palloc(sizeof(BufferCacheOsPagesContext));
+		fctx = palloc_object(BufferCacheOsPagesContext);
 
 		if (get_call_result_type(fcinfo, NULL, &expected_tupledesc) != TYPEFUNC_COMPOSITE)
 			elog(ERROR, "return type must be a row type");

contrib/pg_trgm/trgm_op.c

@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ make_positional_trgm(trgm *trg1, int len1, trgm *trg2, int len2)
 	int			i,
 				len = len1 + len2;
 
-	result = (pos_trgm *) palloc(sizeof(pos_trgm) * len);
+	result = palloc_array(pos_trgm, len);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < len1; i++)
 	{
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ iterate_word_similarity(int *trg2indexes,
 	lower = (flags & WORD_SIMILARITY_STRICT) ? 0 : -1;
 
 	/* Memorise last position of each trigram */
-	lastpos = (int *) palloc(sizeof(int) * len);
+	lastpos = palloc_array(int, len);
 	memset(lastpos, -1, sizeof(int) * len);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < len2; i++)
@@ -711,8 +711,8 @@ calc_word_similarity(char *str1, int slen1, char *str2, int slen2,
 	 * Merge positional trigrams array: enumerate each trigram and find its
 	 * presence in required word.
 	 */
-	trg2indexes = (int *) palloc(sizeof(int) * len2);
-	found = (bool *) palloc0(sizeof(bool) * len);
+	trg2indexes = palloc_array(int, len2);
+	found = palloc0_array(bool, len);
 
 	ulen1 = 0;
 	j = 0;
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ generate_wildcard_trgm(const char *str, int slen)
 	tptr = GETARR(trg);
 
 	/* Allocate a buffer for blank-padded, but not yet case-folded, words */
-	buf = palloc(sizeof(char) * (slen + 4));
+	buf = palloc_array(char, slen + 4);
 
 	/*
 	 * Extract trigrams from each substring extracted by get_wildcard_part.
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ show_trgm(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	int			i;
 
 	trg = generate_trgm(VARDATA_ANY(in), VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(in));
-	d = (Datum *) palloc(sizeof(Datum) * (1 + ARRNELEM(trg)));
+	d = palloc_array(Datum, 1 + ARRNELEM(trg));
 
 	for (i = 0, ptr = GETARR(trg); i < ARRNELEM(trg); i++, ptr++)
 	{
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ trgm_presence_map(TRGM *query, TRGM *key)
 				lenk = ARRNELEM(key),
 				i;
 
-	result = (bool *) palloc0(lenq * sizeof(bool));
+	result = palloc0_array(bool, lenq);
 
 	/* for each query trigram, do a binary search in the key array */
 	for (i = 0; i < lenq; i++)

contrib/postgres_fdw/postgres_fdw.c

@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ postgresGetForeignRelSize(PlannerInfo *root,
 	 * We use PgFdwRelationInfo to pass various information to subsequent
 	 * functions.
 	 */
-	fpinfo = (PgFdwRelationInfo *) palloc0(sizeof(PgFdwRelationInfo));
+	fpinfo = palloc0_object(PgFdwRelationInfo);
 	baserel->fdw_private = fpinfo;
 
 	/* Base foreign tables need to be pushed down always. */
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ postgresBeginForeignScan(ForeignScanState *node, int eflags)
 	/*
 	 * We'll save private state in node->fdw_state.
 	 */
-	fsstate = (PgFdwScanState *) palloc0(sizeof(PgFdwScanState));
+	fsstate = palloc0_object(PgFdwScanState);
 	node->fdw_state = fsstate;
 
 	/*
@@ -2663,7 +2663,7 @@ postgresBeginDirectModify(ForeignScanState *node, int eflags)
 	/*
 	 * We'll save private state in node->fdw_state.
 	 */
-	dmstate = (PgFdwDirectModifyState *) palloc0(sizeof(PgFdwDirectModifyState));
+	dmstate = palloc0_object(PgFdwDirectModifyState);
 	node->fdw_state = dmstate;
 
 	/*
@@ -3977,7 +3977,7 @@ create_foreign_modify(EState *estate,
 	ListCell   *lc;
 
 	/* Begin constructing PgFdwModifyState. */
-	fmstate = (PgFdwModifyState *) palloc0(sizeof(PgFdwModifyState));
+	fmstate = palloc0_object(PgFdwModifyState);
 	fmstate->rel = rel;
 
 	/* Identify which user to do the remote access as. */
@@ -4014,7 +4014,7 @@ create_foreign_modify(EState *estate,
 
 	/* Prepare for output conversion of parameters used in prepared stmt. */
 	n_params = list_length(fmstate->target_attrs) + 1;
-	fmstate->p_flinfo = (FmgrInfo *) palloc0(sizeof(FmgrInfo) * n_params);
+	fmstate->p_flinfo = palloc0_array(FmgrInfo, n_params);
 	fmstate->p_nums = 0;
 
 	if (operation == CMD_UPDATE || operation == CMD_DELETE)
@@ -4814,7 +4814,7 @@ prepare_query_params(PlanState *node,
 	Assert(numParams > 0);
 
 	/* Prepare for output conversion of parameters used in remote query. */
-	*param_flinfo = (FmgrInfo *) palloc0(sizeof(FmgrInfo) * numParams);
+	*param_flinfo = palloc0_array(FmgrInfo, numParams);
 
 	i = 0;
 	foreach(lc, fdw_exprs)
@@ -6297,7 +6297,7 @@ postgresGetForeignJoinPaths(PlannerInfo *root,
 	 * if found safe. Once we know that this join can be pushed down, we fill
 	 * the entry.
 	 */
-	fpinfo = (PgFdwRelationInfo *) palloc0(sizeof(PgFdwRelationInfo));
+	fpinfo = palloc0_object(PgFdwRelationInfo);
 	fpinfo->pushdown_safe = false;
 	joinrel->fdw_private = fpinfo;
 	/* attrs_used is only for base relations. */
@@ -6666,7 +6666,7 @@ postgresGetForeignUpperPaths(PlannerInfo *root, UpperRelationKind stage,
 		output_rel->fdw_private)
 		return;
 
-	fpinfo = (PgFdwRelationInfo *) palloc0(sizeof(PgFdwRelationInfo));
+	fpinfo = palloc0_object(PgFdwRelationInfo);
 	fpinfo->pushdown_safe = false;
 	fpinfo->stage = stage;
 	output_rel->fdw_private = fpinfo;
@@ -6891,7 +6891,7 @@ add_foreign_ordered_paths(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *input_rel,
 	fpinfo->pushdown_safe = true;
 
 	/* Construct PgFdwPathExtraData */
-	fpextra = (PgFdwPathExtraData *) palloc0(sizeof(PgFdwPathExtraData));
+	fpextra = palloc0_object(PgFdwPathExtraData);
 	fpextra->target = root->upper_targets[UPPERREL_ORDERED];
 	fpextra->has_final_sort = true;
 
@@ -7125,7 +7125,7 @@ add_foreign_final_paths(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *input_rel,
 	fpinfo->pushdown_safe = true;
 
 	/* Construct PgFdwPathExtraData */
-	fpextra = (PgFdwPathExtraData *) palloc0(sizeof(PgFdwPathExtraData));
+	fpextra = palloc0_object(PgFdwPathExtraData);
 	fpextra->target = root->upper_targets[UPPERREL_FINAL];
 	fpextra->has_final_sort = has_final_sort;
 	fpextra->has_limit = extra->limit_needed;

src/backend/executor/execPartition.c

@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ ExecSetupPartitionTupleRouting(EState *estate, Relation rel)
 	 * The reason for this is that a common case is for INSERT to insert a
 	 * single tuple into a partitioned table and this must be fast.
 	 */
-	proute = (PartitionTupleRouting *) palloc0(sizeof(PartitionTupleRouting));
+	proute = palloc0_object(PartitionTupleRouting);
 	proute->partition_root = rel;
 	proute->memcxt = CurrentMemoryContext;
 	/* Rest of members initialized by zeroing */
@@ -1198,10 +1198,8 @@ ExecInitRoutingInfo(ModifyTableState *mtstate,
 		if (proute->max_partitions == 0)
 		{
 			proute->max_partitions = 8;
-			proute->partitions = (ResultRelInfo **)
-				palloc(sizeof(ResultRelInfo *) * proute->max_partitions);
-			proute->is_borrowed_rel = (bool *)
-				palloc(sizeof(bool) * proute->max_partitions);
+			proute->partitions = palloc_array(ResultRelInfo *, proute->max_partitions);
+			proute->is_borrowed_rel = palloc_array(bool, proute->max_partitions);
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -1316,10 +1314,8 @@ ExecInitPartitionDispatchInfo(EState *estate,
 		if (proute->max_dispatch == 0)
 		{
 			proute->max_dispatch = 4;
-			proute->partition_dispatch_info = (PartitionDispatch *)
-				palloc(sizeof(PartitionDispatch) * proute->max_dispatch);
-			proute->nonleaf_partitions = (ResultRelInfo **)
-				palloc(sizeof(ResultRelInfo *) * proute->max_dispatch);
+			proute->partition_dispatch_info = palloc_array(PartitionDispatch, proute->max_dispatch);
+			proute->nonleaf_partitions = palloc_array(ResultRelInfo *, proute->max_dispatch);
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -2211,7 +2207,7 @@ CreatePartitionPruneState(EState *estate, PartitionPruneInfo *pruneinfo,
 			 * arrays are in partition bounds order.
 			 */
 			pprune->nparts = partdesc->nparts;
-			pprune->subplan_map = palloc(sizeof(int) * partdesc->nparts);
+			pprune->subplan_map = palloc_array(int, partdesc->nparts);
 
 			if (partdesc->nparts == pinfo->nparts &&
 				memcmp(partdesc->oids, pinfo->relid_map,
@@ -2238,8 +2234,8 @@ CreatePartitionPruneState(EState *estate, PartitionPruneInfo *pruneinfo,
 				 * attached.  Cope with that by creating a map that skips any
 				 * mismatches.
 				 */
-				pprune->subpart_map = palloc(sizeof(int) * partdesc->nparts);
-				pprune->leafpart_rti_map = palloc(sizeof(int) * partdesc->nparts);
+				pprune->subpart_map = palloc_array(int, partdesc->nparts);
+				pprune->leafpart_rti_map = palloc_array(int, partdesc->nparts);
 
 				for (pp_idx = 0; pp_idx < partdesc->nparts; pp_idx++)
 				{
@@ -2390,16 +2386,14 @@ InitPartitionPruneContext(PartitionPruneContext *context,
 	context->partsupfunc = partkey->partsupfunc;
 
 	/* We'll look up type-specific support functions as needed */
-	context->stepcmpfuncs = (FmgrInfo *)
-		palloc0(sizeof(FmgrInfo) * n_steps * partnatts);
+	context->stepcmpfuncs = palloc0_array(FmgrInfo, n_steps * partnatts);
 
 	context->ppccontext = CurrentMemoryContext;
 	context->planstate = planstate;
 	context->exprcontext = econtext;
 
 	/* Initialize expression state for each expression we need */
-	context->exprstates = (ExprState **)
-		palloc0(sizeof(ExprState *) * n_steps * partnatts);
+	context->exprstates = palloc0_array(ExprState *, n_steps * partnatts);
 	foreach(lc, pruning_steps)
 	{
 		PartitionPruneStepOp *step = (PartitionPruneStepOp *) lfirst(lc);
@@ -2500,7 +2494,7 @@ InitExecPartitionPruneContexts(PartitionPruneState *prunestate,
 		 * indexes to new ones.  For convenience of initialization, we use
 		 * 1-based indexes in this array and leave pruned items as 0.
 		 */
-		new_subplan_indexes = (int *) palloc0(sizeof(int) * n_total_subplans);
+		new_subplan_indexes = palloc0_array(int, n_total_subplans);
 		newidx = 1;
 		i = -1;
 		while ((i = bms_next_member(initially_valid_subplans, i)) >= 0)

src/backend/partitioning/partprune.c

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ make_partition_pruneinfo(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *parentrel,
 	 * that zero can represent an un-filled array entry.
 	 */
 	allpartrelids = NIL;
-	relid_subplan_map = palloc0(sizeof(int) * root->simple_rel_array_size);
+	relid_subplan_map = palloc0_array(int, root->simple_rel_array_size);
 
 	i = 1;
 	foreach(lc, subpaths)
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ make_partitionedrel_pruneinfo(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *parentrel,
 	 * In this phase we discover whether runtime pruning is needed at all; if
 	 * not, we can avoid doing further work.
 	 */
-	relid_subpart_map = palloc0(sizeof(int) * root->simple_rel_array_size);
+	relid_subpart_map = palloc0_array(int, root->simple_rel_array_size);
 
 	i = 1;
 	rti = -1;
@@ -818,9 +818,8 @@ prune_append_rel_partitions(RelOptInfo *rel)
 	context.boundinfo = rel->boundinfo;
 	context.partcollation = rel->part_scheme->partcollation;
 	context.partsupfunc = rel->part_scheme->partsupfunc;
-	context.stepcmpfuncs = (FmgrInfo *) palloc0(sizeof(FmgrInfo) *
-												context.partnatts *
-												list_length(pruning_steps));
+	context.stepcmpfuncs = palloc0_array(FmgrInfo,
+										 context.partnatts * list_length(pruning_steps));
 	context.ppccontext = CurrentMemoryContext;
 
 	/* These are not valid when being called from the planner */
@@ -1890,7 +1889,7 @@ match_clause_to_partition_key(GeneratePruningStepsContext *context,
 			return PARTCLAUSE_MATCH_STEPS;
 		}
 
-		partclause = (PartClauseInfo *) palloc(sizeof(PartClauseInfo));
+		partclause = palloc_object(PartClauseInfo);
 		partclause->keyno = partkeyidx;
 		/* Do pruning with the Boolean equality operator. */
 		partclause->opno = BooleanEqualOperator;
@@ -2147,7 +2146,7 @@ match_clause_to_partition_key(GeneratePruningStepsContext *context,
 		/*
 		 * Build the clause, passing the negator if applicable.
 		 */
-		partclause = (PartClauseInfo *) palloc(sizeof(PartClauseInfo));
+		partclause = palloc_object(PartClauseInfo);
 		partclause->keyno = partkeyidx;
 		if (is_opne_listp)
 		{
@@ -2693,7 +2692,7 @@ get_matching_hash_bounds(PartitionPruneContext *context,
 						 StrategyNumber opstrategy, const Datum *values, int nvalues,
 						 FmgrInfo *partsupfunc, Bitmapset *nullkeys)
 {
-	PruneStepResult *result = (PruneStepResult *) palloc0(sizeof(PruneStepResult));
+	PruneStepResult *result = palloc0_object(PruneStepResult);
 	PartitionBoundInfo boundinfo = context->boundinfo;
 	int		   *partindices = boundinfo->indexes;
 	int			partnatts = context->partnatts;
@@ -2770,7 +2769,7 @@ get_matching_list_bounds(PartitionPruneContext *context,
 						 StrategyNumber opstrategy, Datum value, int nvalues,
 						 FmgrInfo *partsupfunc, Bitmapset *nullkeys)
 {
-	PruneStepResult *result = (PruneStepResult *) palloc0(sizeof(PruneStepResult));
+	PruneStepResult *result = palloc0_object(PruneStepResult);
 	PartitionBoundInfo boundinfo = context->boundinfo;
 	int			off,
 				minoff,
@@ -2981,7 +2980,7 @@ get_matching_range_bounds(PartitionPruneContext *context,
 						  StrategyNumber opstrategy, const Datum *values, int nvalues,
 						  FmgrInfo *partsupfunc, Bitmapset *nullkeys)
 {
-	PruneStepResult *result = (PruneStepResult *) palloc0(sizeof(PruneStepResult));
+	PruneStepResult *result = palloc0_object(PruneStepResult);
 	PartitionBoundInfo boundinfo = context->boundinfo;
 	Oid		   *partcollation = context->partcollation;
 	int			partnatts = context->partnatts;
@@ -3504,7 +3503,7 @@ perform_pruning_base_step(PartitionPruneContext *context,
 			{
 				PruneStepResult *result;
 
-				result = (PruneStepResult *) palloc(sizeof(PruneStepResult));
+				result = palloc_object(PruneStepResult);
 				result->bound_offsets = NULL;
 				result->scan_default = false;
 				result->scan_null = false;
@@ -3593,7 +3592,7 @@ perform_pruning_combine_step(PartitionPruneContext *context,
 							 PartitionPruneStepCombine *cstep,
 							 PruneStepResult **step_results)
 {
-	PruneStepResult *result = (PruneStepResult *) palloc0(sizeof(PruneStepResult));
+	PruneStepResult *result = palloc0_object(PruneStepResult);
 	bool		firststep;
 	ListCell   *lc1;
 

src/backend/statistics/mvdistinct.c

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ statext_ndistinct_build(double totalrows, StatsBuildData *data)
 			MVNDistinctItem *item = &result->items[itemcnt];
 			int			j;
 
-			item->attributes = palloc(sizeof(AttrNumber) * k);
+			item->attributes = palloc_array(AttrNumber, k);
 			item->nattributes = k;
 
 			/* translate the indexes to attnums */
@@ -359,9 +359,9 @@ ndistinct_for_combination(double totalrows, StatsBuildData *data,
 	 * using the specified column combination as dimensions.  We could try to
 	 * sort in place, but it'd probably be more complex and bug-prone.
 	 */
-	items = (SortItem *) palloc(numrows * sizeof(SortItem));
-	values = (Datum *) palloc0(sizeof(Datum) * numrows * k);
-	isnull = (bool *) palloc0(sizeof(bool) * numrows * k);
+	items = palloc_array(SortItem, numrows);
+	values = palloc0_array(Datum, numrows * k);
+	isnull = palloc0_array(bool, numrows * k);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < numrows; i++)
 	{
@@ -508,12 +508,12 @@ generator_init(int n, int k)
 	Assert((n >= k) && (k > 0));
 
 	/* allocate the generator state as a single chunk of memory */
-	state = (CombinationGenerator *) palloc(sizeof(CombinationGenerator));
+	state = palloc_object(CombinationGenerator);
 
 	state->ncombinations = n_choose_k(n, k);
 
 	/* pre-allocate space for all combinations */
-	state->combinations = (int *) palloc(sizeof(int) * k * state->ncombinations);
+	state->combinations = palloc_array(int, k * state->ncombinations);
 
 	state->current = 0;
 	state->k = k;
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ generate_combinations_recurse(CombinationGenerator *state,
 static void
 generate_combinations(CombinationGenerator *state)
 {
-	int		   *current = (int *) palloc0(sizeof(int) * state->k);
+	int		   *current = palloc0_array(int, state->k);
 
 	generate_combinations_recurse(state, 0, 0, current);
 

src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c

@@ -4676,7 +4676,7 @@ DropRelationsAllBuffers(SMgrRelation *smgr_reln, int nlocators)
 	if (nlocators == 0)
 		return;
 
-	rels = palloc(sizeof(SMgrRelation) * nlocators);	/* non-local relations */
+	rels = palloc_array(SMgrRelation, nlocators);	/* non-local relations */
 
 	/* If it's a local relation, it's localbuf.c's problem. */
 	for (i = 0; i < nlocators; i++)
@@ -4758,7 +4758,7 @@ DropRelationsAllBuffers(SMgrRelation *smgr_reln, int nlocators)
 	}
 
 	pfree(block);
-	locators = palloc(sizeof(RelFileLocator) * n);	/* non-local relations */
+	locators = palloc_array(RelFileLocator, n); /* non-local relations */
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
 		locators[i] = rels[i]->smgr_rlocator.locator;
 
@@ -5037,7 +5037,7 @@ FlushRelationsAllBuffers(SMgrRelation *smgrs, int nrels)
 		return;
 
 	/* fill-in array for qsort */
-	srels = palloc(sizeof(SMgrSortArray) * nrels);
+	srels = palloc_array(SMgrSortArray, nrels);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nrels; i++)
 	{