Heikki Linnakangas <heikki@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> I wonder if calling RelationGetNumberOfBlocks on every seq scan becomes
> a performance issue for tiny tables with for example just 1 page. It
> performs an lseek, which isn't free.

We do that anyway; but certainly Simon's patch ought not be injecting
an additional one.

regards, tom lane

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