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From: Egor Rogov <e.rogov@postgrespro.ru>
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Parallel index build for BRIN
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 18:00:25 +0300
Message-ID: <908b63e1-4b79-2889-98d1-1909cac39785@postgrespro.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <009f4101-29a2-850e-6767-72a9104ec89a@postgrespro.ru>
References: <114e2d5d-125e-07d8-94aa-5ad175fb7443@postgrespro.ru>
	<009f4101-29a2-850e-6767-72a9104ec89a@postgrespro.ru>

Hi,


On 17.11.2024 11:28, Egor Rogov wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> This thread doesn't seem to have attracted attention, so let me try 
> again. Two documentation pages claim that B-tree is the only access 
> method that supports parallel building, which is no longer true. I 
> propose to fix it in a way like this:
>
> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
> index d54f9049569..b5b1580dee7 100644
> --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
> +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
> @@ -2835,7 +2835,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
>           Sets the maximum number of parallel workers that can be
>           started by a single utility command.  Currently, the parallel
>           utility commands that support the use of parallel workers are
> -         <command>CREATE INDEX</command> only when building a B-tree 
> index,
> +         <command>CREATE INDEX</command> when building a B-tree or 
> BRIN index,
>           and <command>VACUUM</command> without <literal>FULL</literal>
>           option.  Parallel workers are taken from the pool of processes
>           established by <xref linkend="guc-max-worker-processes"/>, 
> limited
> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml 
> b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
> index 621bc0e253c..208389e8006 100644
> --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
> +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
> @@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ Indexes:
>     leveraging multiple CPUs in order to process the table rows faster.
>     This feature is known as <firstterm>parallel index
>     build</firstterm>.  For index methods that support building indexes
> -   in parallel (currently, only B-tree),
> +   in parallel (currently, B-tree and BRIN),
>     <varname>maintenance_work_mem</varname> specifies the maximum
>     amount of memory that can be used by each index build operation as
>     a whole, regardless of how many worker processes were started.


I've spotted another mention of B-tree being the only AM that supports 
parallel builds: comment in src/backend/catalog/index.c. As this mention 
is not visible to the users, I'd propose removing it altogether rather 
than fixing it. Updated patch is attached.


>
> Thanks,
> Egor
>
>
> On 05.11.2024 12:12, Egor Rogov wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Commit b4375717 introduced parallel CREATE INDEX for BRIN. I've 
>> noticed that a couple of documentation pages need to be updated 
>> accordingly. A small patch is attached.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Egor
From 625fa1fbdce1746285d00dd26c632845ab775a51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Egor Rogov <e.rogov@postgrespro.ru>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 17:45:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Doc and comment: parallel CREATE INDEX is allowed for BRIN

Commit b4375717 introduced parallel index build for BRIN,
but missed updating the documentation and code comment about it.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml           | 2 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml | 2 +-
 src/backend/catalog/index.c        | 3 +--
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index e0c8325a39c..24bd504c213 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -2843,7 +2843,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
          Sets the maximum number of parallel workers that can be
          started by a single utility command.  Currently, the parallel
          utility commands that support the use of parallel workers are
-         <command>CREATE INDEX</command> only when building a B-tree index,
+         <command>CREATE INDEX</command> when building a B-tree or BRIN index,
          and <command>VACUUM</command> without <literal>FULL</literal>
          option.  Parallel workers are taken from the pool of processes
          established by <xref linkend="guc-max-worker-processes"/>, limited
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
index 621bc0e253c..208389e8006 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ Indexes:
    leveraging multiple CPUs in order to process the table rows faster.
    This feature is known as <firstterm>parallel index
    build</firstterm>.  For index methods that support building indexes
-   in parallel (currently, only B-tree),
+   in parallel (currently, B-tree and BRIN),
    <varname>maintenance_work_mem</varname> specifies the maximum
    amount of memory that can be used by each index build operation as
    a whole, regardless of how many worker processes were started.
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/index.c b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
index 1c3a9e06d37..fc1c2a8d026 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/index.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
@@ -2988,8 +2988,7 @@ index_build(Relation heapRelation,
 	Assert(PointerIsValid(indexRelation->rd_indam->ambuildempty));
 
 	/*
-	 * Determine worker process details for parallel CREATE INDEX.  Currently,
-	 * only btree has support for parallel builds.
+	 * Determine worker process details for parallel CREATE INDEX.
 	 *
 	 * Note that planner considers parallel safety for us.
 	 */
-- 
2.37.1 (Apple Git-137.1)



Attachments:

  [text/plain] 0001-Doc-and-comment-parallel-CREATE-INDEX-is-allowed-for.patch (2.6K, ../908b63e1-4b79-2889-98d1-1909cac39785@postgrespro.ru/2-0001-Doc-and-comment-parallel-CREATE-INDEX-is-allowed-for.patch)
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From 625fa1fbdce1746285d00dd26c632845ab775a51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Egor Rogov <e.rogov@postgrespro.ru>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 17:45:19 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Doc and comment: parallel CREATE INDEX is allowed for BRIN

Commit b4375717 introduced parallel index build for BRIN,
but missed updating the documentation and code comment about it.
---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml           | 2 +-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml | 2 +-
 src/backend/catalog/index.c        | 3 +--
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index e0c8325a39c..24bd504c213 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -2843,7 +2843,7 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
          Sets the maximum number of parallel workers that can be
          started by a single utility command.  Currently, the parallel
          utility commands that support the use of parallel workers are
-         <command>CREATE INDEX</command> only when building a B-tree index,
+         <command>CREATE INDEX</command> when building a B-tree or BRIN index,
          and <command>VACUUM</command> without <literal>FULL</literal>
          option.  Parallel workers are taken from the pool of processes
          established by <xref linkend="guc-max-worker-processes"/>, limited
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
index 621bc0e253c..208389e8006 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_index.sgml
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ Indexes:
    leveraging multiple CPUs in order to process the table rows faster.
    This feature is known as <firstterm>parallel index
    build</firstterm>.  For index methods that support building indexes
-   in parallel (currently, only B-tree),
+   in parallel (currently, B-tree and BRIN),
    <varname>maintenance_work_mem</varname> specifies the maximum
    amount of memory that can be used by each index build operation as
    a whole, regardless of how many worker processes were started.
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/index.c b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
index 1c3a9e06d37..fc1c2a8d026 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/index.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
@@ -2988,8 +2988,7 @@ index_build(Relation heapRelation,
 	Assert(PointerIsValid(indexRelation->rd_indam->ambuildempty));
 
 	/*
-	 * Determine worker process details for parallel CREATE INDEX.  Currently,
-	 * only btree has support for parallel builds.
+	 * Determine worker process details for parallel CREATE INDEX.
 	 *
 	 * Note that planner considers parallel safety for us.
 	 */
-- 
2.37.1 (Apple Git-137.1)



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