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diff --git a/src/include/postgres.h b/src/include/postgres.h
index 30e1dee1870..cb9d196c519 100644
--- a/src/include/postgres.h
+++ b/src/include/postgres.h
@@ -54,23 +54,53 @@
*/
/*
- * struct varatt_external is a "TOAST pointer", that is, the information
- * needed to fetch a stored-out-of-line Datum. The data is compressed
- * if and only if va_extsize < va_rawsize - VARHDRSZ. This struct must not
- * contain any padding, because we sometimes compare pointers using memcmp.
+ * struct varatt_external is a "TOAST pointer", that is, the information needed
+ * to fetch a Datum stored in an out-of-line on-disk Datum. The data is
+ * compressed if and only if va_extsize < va_rawsize - VARHDRSZ. This struct
+ * must not contain any padding, because we sometimes compare pointers using
+ * memcmp.
*
* Note that this information is stored unaligned within actual tuples, so
* you need to memcpy from the tuple into a local struct variable before
* you can look at these fields! (The reason we use memcmp is to avoid
* having to do that just to detect equality of two TOAST pointers...)
*/
-struct varatt_external
+typedef struct varatt_external
{
int32 va_rawsize; /* Original data size (includes header) */
int32 va_extsize; /* External saved size (doesn't) */
Oid va_valueid; /* Unique ID of value within TOAST table */
Oid va_toastrelid; /* RelID of TOAST table containing it */
-};
+} varatt_external;
+
+/*
+ * Out-of-line Datum thats stored in memory in contrast to varatt_external
+ * pointers which points to data in an external toast relation.
+ *
+ * Note that just as varatt_external's this is stored unaligned within the
+ * tuple.
+ */
+typedef struct varatt_indirect
+{
+ struct varlena *pointer; /* Pointer to in-memory varlena */
+} varatt_indirect;
+
+
+/*
+ * Type of external toast datum stored. The peculiar value for VARTAG_ONDISK
+ * comes from the requirement for on-disk compatibility with the older
+ * definitions of varattrib_1b_e where v_tag was named va_len_1be...
+ */
+typedef enum vartag_external
+{
+ VARTAG_INDIRECT = 1,
+ VARTAG_ONDISK = 18
+} vartag_external;
+
+#define VARTAG_SIZE(tag) \
+ ((tag) == VARTAG_INDIRECT ? sizeof(varatt_indirect) : \
+ (tag) == VARTAG_ONDISK ? sizeof(varatt_external) : \
+ TrapMacro(true, "unknown vartag"))
/*
* These structs describe the header of a varlena object that may have been
@@ -102,11 +132,12 @@ typedef struct
char va_data[1]; /* Data begins here */
} varattrib_1b;
+/* inline portion of a short varlena pointing to an external resource */
typedef struct
{
uint8 va_header; /* Always 0x80 or 0x01 */
- uint8 va_len_1be; /* Physical length of datum */
- char va_data[1]; /* Data (for now always a TOAST pointer) */
+ uint8 va_tag; /* Type of datum */
+ char va_data[1]; /* Data (of the type indicated by va_tag) */
} varattrib_1b_e;
/*
@@ -130,6 +161,9 @@ typedef struct
* first byte. Also, it is not possible for a 1-byte length word to be zero;
* this lets us disambiguate alignment padding bytes from the start of an
* unaligned datum. (We now *require* pad bytes to be filled with zero!)
+ *
+ * In TOAST datums the tag field in varattrib_1b_e is used to discern whether
+ * its an indirection pointer or more commonly an on-disk tuple.
*/
/*
@@ -161,8 +195,8 @@ typedef struct
(((varattrib_4b *) (PTR))->va_4byte.va_header & 0x3FFFFFFF)
#define VARSIZE_1B(PTR) \
(((varattrib_1b *) (PTR))->va_header & 0x7F)
-#define VARSIZE_1B_E(PTR) \
- (((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_len_1be)
+#define VARTAG_1B_E(PTR) \
+ (((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_tag)
#define SET_VARSIZE_4B(PTR,len) \
(((varattrib_4b *) (PTR))->va_4byte.va_header = (len) & 0x3FFFFFFF)
@@ -170,9 +204,9 @@ typedef struct
(((varattrib_4b *) (PTR))->va_4byte.va_header = ((len) & 0x3FFFFFFF) | 0x40000000)
#define SET_VARSIZE_1B(PTR,len) \
(((varattrib_1b *) (PTR))->va_header = (len) | 0x80)
-#define SET_VARSIZE_1B_E(PTR,len) \
+#define SET_VARTAG_1B_E(PTR,tag) \
(((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_header = 0x80, \
- ((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_len_1be = (len))
+ ((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_tag = (tag))
#else /* !WORDS_BIGENDIAN */
#define VARATT_IS_4B(PTR) \
@@ -193,8 +227,8 @@ typedef struct
((((varattrib_4b *) (PTR))->va_4byte.va_header >> 2) & 0x3FFFFFFF)
#define VARSIZE_1B(PTR) \
((((varattrib_1b *) (PTR))->va_header >> 1) & 0x7F)
-#define VARSIZE_1B_E(PTR) \
- (((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_len_1be)
+#define VARTAG_1B_E(PTR) \
+ (((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_tag)
#define SET_VARSIZE_4B(PTR,len) \
(((varattrib_4b *) (PTR))->va_4byte.va_header = (((uint32) (len)) << 2))
@@ -202,12 +236,12 @@ typedef struct
(((varattrib_4b *) (PTR))->va_4byte.va_header = (((uint32) (len)) << 2) | 0x02)
#define SET_VARSIZE_1B(PTR,len) \
(((varattrib_1b *) (PTR))->va_header = (((uint8) (len)) << 1) | 0x01)
-#define SET_VARSIZE_1B_E(PTR,len) \
+#define SET_VARTAG_1B_E(PTR,tag) \
(((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_header = 0x01, \
- ((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_len_1be = (len))
+ ((varattrib_1b_e *) (PTR))->va_tag = (tag))
#endif /* WORDS_BIGENDIAN */
-#define VARHDRSZ_SHORT 1
+#define VARHDRSZ_SHORT offsetof(varattrib_1b, va_data)
#define VARATT_SHORT_MAX 0x7F
#define VARATT_CAN_MAKE_SHORT(PTR) \
(VARATT_IS_4B_U(PTR) && \
@@ -215,7 +249,7 @@ typedef struct
#define VARATT_CONVERTED_SHORT_SIZE(PTR) \
(VARSIZE(PTR) - VARHDRSZ + VARHDRSZ_SHORT)
-#define VARHDRSZ_EXTERNAL 2
+#define VARHDRSZ_EXTERNAL offsetof(varattrib_1b_e, va_data)
#define VARDATA_4B(PTR) (((varattrib_4b *) (PTR))->va_4byte.va_data)
#define VARDATA_4B_C(PTR) (((varattrib_4b *) (PTR))->va_compressed.va_data)
@@ -249,26 +283,32 @@ typedef struct
#define VARSIZE_SHORT(PTR) VARSIZE_1B(PTR)
#define VARDATA_SHORT(PTR) VARDATA_1B(PTR)
-#define VARSIZE_EXTERNAL(PTR) VARSIZE_1B_E(PTR)
+#define VARTAG_EXTERNAL(PTR) VARTAG_1B_E(PTR)
+#define VARSIZE_EXTERNAL(PTR) (VARHDRSZ_EXTERNAL + VARTAG_SIZE(VARTAG_EXTERNAL(PTR)))
#define VARDATA_EXTERNAL(PTR) VARDATA_1B_E(PTR)
#define VARATT_IS_COMPRESSED(PTR) VARATT_IS_4B_C(PTR)
#define VARATT_IS_EXTERNAL(PTR) VARATT_IS_1B_E(PTR)
+#define VARATT_IS_EXTERNAL_ONDISK(PTR) \
+ (VARATT_IS_EXTERNAL(PTR) && VARTAG_EXTERNAL(PTR) == VARTAG_ONDISK)
+#define VARATT_IS_EXTERNAL_INDIRECT(PTR) \
+ (VARATT_IS_EXTERNAL(PTR) && VARTAG_EXTERNAL(PTR) == VARTAG_INDIRECT)
#define VARATT_IS_SHORT(PTR) VARATT_IS_1B(PTR)
#define VARATT_IS_EXTENDED(PTR) (!VARATT_IS_4B_U(PTR))
#define SET_VARSIZE(PTR, len) SET_VARSIZE_4B(PTR, len)
#define SET_VARSIZE_SHORT(PTR, len) SET_VARSIZE_1B(PTR, len)
#define SET_VARSIZE_COMPRESSED(PTR, len) SET_VARSIZE_4B_C(PTR, len)
-#define SET_VARSIZE_EXTERNAL(PTR, len) SET_VARSIZE_1B_E(PTR, len)
+
+#define SET_VARTAG_EXTERNAL(PTR, tag) SET_VARTAG_1B_E(PTR, tag)
#define VARSIZE_ANY(PTR) \
- (VARATT_IS_1B_E(PTR) ? VARSIZE_1B_E(PTR) : \
+ (VARATT_IS_1B_E(PTR) ? VARSIZE_EXTERNAL(PTR) : \
(VARATT_IS_1B(PTR) ? VARSIZE_1B(PTR) : \
VARSIZE_4B(PTR)))
#define VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(PTR) \
- (VARATT_IS_1B_E(PTR) ? VARSIZE_1B_E(PTR)-VARHDRSZ_EXTERNAL : \
+ (VARATT_IS_1B_E(PTR) ? VARSIZE_EXTERNAL(PTR)-VARHDRSZ_EXTERNAL : \
(VARATT_IS_1B(PTR) ? VARSIZE_1B(PTR)-VARHDRSZ_SHORT : \
VARSIZE_4B(PTR)-VARHDRSZ))