# HG changeset patch
# User Aris Koning <aris.koning@monetdbsolutions.com>
# Date 1658840232 -7200
# Node ID 5873fe7ba4980bc6c5b8c1220290ed98816d59b0
# Parent  52cba3e788dec5b016c28acc136cc13b7d03d5cf
Implement early exit in merge_segments.

diff --git a/sql/storage/bat/bat_storage.c b/sql/storage/bat/bat_storage.c
--- a/sql/storage/bat/bat_storage.c
+++ b/sql/storage/bat/bat_storage.c
@@ -408,12 +408,15 @@ merge_segments(storage *s, sql_trans *tr
 				int merge = 1;
 				for (int i = 0; active[i] != 0; i++) {
 					assert(active[i] != seg->ts && active[i] != cur->ts);
-					if ((active[i] > seg->ts && active[i] < cur->ts) ||
-						(active[i] < seg->ts && active[i] > cur->ts)) {
-						/* cannot safely merge since there is an active transaction between the segments */
-						merge = 0;
+					if (seg->ts < active[i] && cur->ts < active[i])
 						break;
-					}
+					if (seg->ts > active[i] && cur->ts > active[i])
+						continue;
+
+					assert((active[i] > seg->ts && active[i] < cur->ts) || (active[i] < seg->ts && active[i] > cur->ts));
+					/* cannot safely merge since there is an active transaction between the segments */
+					merge = false;
+					break;
 				}
 				/* merge segments */
 				if (merge) {