Re: Simplify calls of pg_class_aclcheck when multiple modes are used

On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> In a couple of code paths we do the following to check permissions on an
object:
> if (pg_class_aclcheck(relid, userid, ACL_USAGE) != ACLCHECK_OK &&
> pg_class_aclcheck(relid, userid, ACL_UPDATE) != ACLCHECK_OK)
> ereport(ERROR, blah);
>
> Wouldn't it be better to simplify that with a single call of
pg_class_aclcheck, gathering together the modes that need to be checked? In
the case above, the call to pg_class_aclcheck would become like that:
> if (pg_class_aclcheck(relid, userid,
> ACL_USAGE | ACL_UPDATE) != ACLCHECK_OK)
> ereport(ERROR, blah);
>
> That's not a critical thing, but it would save some cycles. Patch is
attached.
>

I did a little review:
- applied to master without errors
- no compiler warnings
- no regressions

It's a minor change and as Michael already said would save some cycles.

Marked as "Ready for commiter".

Regards,

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