1 files changed, 59 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/page/itemptr.c b/src/backend/storage/page/itemptr.c
index 55759c383b6..f40d6c22a02 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/page/itemptr.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/page/itemptr.c
@@ -71,3 +71,62 @@ ItemPointerCompare(ItemPointer arg1, ItemPointer arg2)
 	else
 		return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * ItemPointerInc
+ *		Increment 'pointer' by 1 only paying attention to the ItemPointer's
+ *		type's range limits and not MaxOffsetNumber and FirstOffsetNumber.
+ *		This may result in 'pointer' becoming !OffsetNumberIsValid.
+ *
+ * If the pointer is already the maximum possible values permitted by the
+ * range of the ItemPointer's types, then do nothing.
+ */
+void
+ItemPointerInc(ItemPointer pointer)
+{
+	BlockNumber blk = ItemPointerGetBlockNumberNoCheck(pointer);
+	OffsetNumber off = ItemPointerGetOffsetNumberNoCheck(pointer);
+
+	if (off == PG_UINT16_MAX)
+	{
+		if (blk != InvalidBlockNumber)
+		{
+			off = 0;
+			blk++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+		off++;
+
+	ItemPointerSet(pointer, blk, off);
+}
+
+/*
+ * ItemPointerDec
+ *		Decrement 'pointer' by 1 only paying attention to the ItemPointer's
+ *		type's range limits and not MaxOffsetNumber and FirstOffsetNumber.
+ *		This may result in 'pointer' becoming !OffsetNumberIsValid.
+ *
+ * If the pointer is already the minimum possible values permitted by the
+ * range of the ItemPointer's types, then do nothing.  This does rely on
+ * FirstOffsetNumber being 1 rather than 0.
+ */
+void
+ItemPointerDec(ItemPointer pointer)
+{
+	BlockNumber blk = ItemPointerGetBlockNumberNoCheck(pointer);
+	OffsetNumber off = ItemPointerGetOffsetNumberNoCheck(pointer);
+
+	if (off == 0)
+	{
+		if (blk != 0)
+		{
+			off = PG_UINT16_MAX;
+			blk--;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+		off--;
+
+	ItemPointerSet(pointer, blk, off);
+}