Improve the memory usage in `SingleValueDataString`
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- C++
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Description
Enhancement
SingleValueDataString will allocate memory from arena when there is large string to be processed. In extreme case, if the length of processed string increases one by one, arena will continuous allocate new memory and the memory that allocated before will be wasted.
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Research direction
Start by locating SingleValueDataString and tracing how it allocates memory from the arena while processing large strings. Reproduce the case where string length increases one by one, then verify that previously allocated memory is not continuously wasted.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- databases, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100