Subject: [PATCH v21 5/7] Create custom compression methods

From: Dilip Kumar <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 15:44:09 +0530

Provide syntax to create custom compression methods.

Dilip Kumar based on the patches from Ildus Kurbangaliev.
Design input from Tomas Vondra and Robert Haas
Reviewed by Robert Haas, Tomas Vondra, Alexander Korotkov and Justin Pryzby
---
 doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml             |  7 ++-
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_access_method.sgml    | 13 ++--
 doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml            |  3 +-
 src/backend/access/common/detoast.c           | 59 +++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/access/common/toast_internals.c   | 19 +++++-
 src/backend/access/compression/compress_lz4.c | 21 +++----
 .../access/compression/compress_pglz.c        | 20 +++----
 .../access/compression/compressamapi.c        | 27 +++++++++
 src/backend/access/index/amapi.c              | 50 ++++++++++++----
 src/backend/commands/amcmds.c                 |  5 ++
 src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c        |  2 +-
 src/backend/parser/gram.y                     |  1 +
 src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c               |  7 +--
 src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c                     |  3 +
 src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c                   |  6 ++
 src/include/access/amapi.h                    |  1 +
 src/include/access/compressamapi.h            | 16 +++--
 src/include/access/detoast.h                  |  8 +++
 src/include/access/toast_internals.h          | 15 +++++
 src/test/regress/expected/compression.out     | 40 ++++++++++++-
 src/test/regress/expected/compression_1.out   | 41 ++++++++++++-
 src/test/regress/sql/compression.sql          | 10 ++++
 22 files changed, 312 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
index 081fe078a4..46f34bffe5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml
@@ -390,9 +390,10 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
     </term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-      This clause adds compression to a column. The Compression method can be
-      set to any available compression method.  The built-in methods are
-      <literal>pglz</literal> and <literal>lz4</literal>.
+      This clause adds compression to a column. The Compression method could be
+      created with <xref linkend="sql-create-access-method"/> or
+      it can be set to any available compression method.  The built-in methods
+      are <literal>pglz</literal> and <literal>lz4</literal>.
       The <literal>PRESERVE</literal> list contains a list of compression
       methods used in the column and determines which of them may be kept.
       Without <literal>PRESERVE</literal> or if any of the pre-existing
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_access_method.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_access_method.sgml
index dae43dbaed..79f1290a58 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_access_method.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_access_method.sgml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ CREATE ACCESS METHOD <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       This clause specifies the type of access method to define.
-      Only <literal>TABLE</literal> and <literal>INDEX</literal>
+      <literal>TABLE</literal>, <literal>INDEX</literal> and <literal>COMPRESSION</literal>
       are supported at present.
      </para>
     </listitem>
@@ -77,12 +77,15 @@ CREATE ACCESS METHOD <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
       declared to take a single argument of type <type>internal</type>,
       and its return type depends on the type of access method;
       for <literal>TABLE</literal> access methods, it must
-      be <type>table_am_handler</type> and for <literal>INDEX</literal>
-      access methods, it must be <type>index_am_handler</type>.
+      be <type>table_am_handler</type>, for <literal>INDEX</literal>
+      access methods, it must be <type>index_am_handler</type> and
+      for <literal>COMPRESSION</literal> access methods, it must be
+      <type>compression_am_handler</type>.
       The C-level API that the handler function must implement varies
       depending on the type of access method. The table access method API
-      is described in <xref linkend="tableam"/> and the index access method
-      API is described in <xref linkend="indexam"/>.
+      is described in <xref linkend="tableam"/>, the index access method
+      API is described in <xref linkend="indexam"/> an the compression access
+      method API is described in <xref linkend="compression-am"/>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
index d514c7f8c1..10b468fb2d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml
@@ -998,7 +998,8 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM
     <listitem>
      <para>
       This clause adds the compression method to a column.  The Compression
-      method can be set from available compression methods.  The built-in
+      method could be created with <xref linkend="sql-create-access-method"/> or
+      it can be set from the available compression methods.  The built-in
       methods are <literal>pglz</literal> and <literal>lz4</literal>.
       If no compression method is specified, then compressible types will have
       the default compression method <literal>pglz</literal>.
diff --git a/src/backend/access/common/detoast.c b/src/backend/access/common/detoast.c
index c90464053c..e032c30d25 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/common/detoast.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/common/detoast.c
@@ -457,13 +457,44 @@ toast_fetch_datum_slice(struct varlena *attr, int32 sliceoffset,
 	return result;
 }
 
+/* ----------
+ * toast_get_compression_oid -
+ *
+ * Return the Oid of the compresion method stored in the compressed data.
+ * For built-in methods, we only store the built-in compression method id in
+ * first 2-bits of the rawsize and that is directly mapped to the compression
+ * method Oid.  And, for the custom compression method we store the Oid of the
+ * compression method in the custom compression header.
+ */
+Oid
+toast_get_compression_oid(struct varlena *attr)
+{
+	CompressionId cmid;
+
+	/*
+	 * If it is custom compression id then get the Oid from the custom
+	 * compression header otherwise, directly translate the built-in
+	 * compression id to compression method Oid.
+	 */
+	cmid = TOAST_COMPRESS_METHOD(attr);
+	if (IsCustomCompression(cmid))
+	{
+		toast_compress_header_custom	*hdr;
+
+		hdr = (toast_compress_header_custom *) attr;
+		return hdr->cmoid;
+	}
+	else
+		return CompressionIdToOid(cmid);
+}
+
 /* ----------
  * toast_get_compression_handler - get the compression handler routines
  *
  * helper function for toast_decompress_datum and toast_decompress_datum_slice
  */
 static inline const CompressionAmRoutine *
-toast_get_compression_handler(struct varlena *attr)
+toast_get_compression_handler(struct varlena *attr, int32 *header_size)
 {
 	const CompressionAmRoutine *cmroutine;
 	CompressionId cmid;
@@ -477,10 +508,21 @@ toast_get_compression_handler(struct varlena *attr)
 	{
 		case PGLZ_COMPRESSION_ID:
 			cmroutine = &pglz_compress_methods;
+			*header_size = TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ;
 			break;
 		case LZ4_COMPRESSION_ID:
 			cmroutine = &lz4_compress_methods;
+			*header_size = TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ;
 			break;
+		case CUSTOM_COMPRESSION_ID:
+		{
+			toast_compress_header_custom	*hdr;
+
+			hdr = (toast_compress_header_custom *) attr;
+			cmroutine = GetCompressionAmRoutineByAmId(hdr->cmoid);
+			*header_size = TOAST_CUSTOM_COMPRESS_HDRSZ;
+			break;
+		}
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "Invalid compression method id %d", cmid);
 	}
@@ -496,9 +538,11 @@ toast_get_compression_handler(struct varlena *attr)
 static struct varlena *
 toast_decompress_datum(struct varlena *attr)
 {
-	const CompressionAmRoutine *cmroutine = toast_get_compression_handler(attr);
+	int32	header_size;
+	const CompressionAmRoutine *cmroutine =
+				toast_get_compression_handler(attr, &header_size);
 
-	return cmroutine->datum_decompress(attr);
+	return cmroutine->datum_decompress(attr, header_size);
 }

@@ -512,16 +556,19 @@ toast_decompress_datum(struct varlena *attr)
 static struct varlena *
 toast_decompress_datum_slice(struct varlena *attr, int32 slicelength)
 {
-	const CompressionAmRoutine *cmroutine = toast_get_compression_handler(attr);
+	int32	header_size;
+	const CompressionAmRoutine *cmroutine =
+				toast_get_compression_handler(attr, &header_size);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the handler supports the slice decompression then decompress the
 	 * slice otherwise decompress complete data.
 	 */
 	if (cmroutine->datum_decompress_slice)
-		return cmroutine->datum_decompress_slice(attr, slicelength);
+		return cmroutine->datum_decompress_slice(attr, header_size,
+												 slicelength);
 	else
-		return cmroutine->datum_decompress(attr);
+		return cmroutine->datum_decompress(attr, header_size);
 }
 
 /* ----------
diff --git a/src/backend/access/common/toast_internals.c b/src/backend/access/common/toast_internals.c
index b04c5a5eb8..a3539065d3 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/common/toast_internals.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/common/toast_internals.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ toast_compress_datum(Datum value, Oid cmoid)
 {
 	struct varlena *tmp = NULL;
 	int32		valsize;
+	bool		isCustomCompression = false;
 	const CompressionAmRoutine *cmroutine = NULL;
 
 	Assert(!VARATT_IS_EXTERNAL(DatumGetPointer(value)));
@@ -65,11 +66,16 @@ toast_compress_datum(Datum value, Oid cmoid)
 			cmroutine = &lz4_compress_methods;
 			break;
 		default:
-			elog(ERROR, "Invalid compression method oid %u", cmoid);
+			isCustomCompression = true;
+			cmroutine = GetCompressionAmRoutineByAmId(cmoid);
+			break;
 	}
 
 	/* Call the actual compression function */
-	tmp = cmroutine->datum_compress((const struct varlena *) value);
+	tmp = cmroutine->datum_compress((const struct varlena *)value,
+									isCustomCompression ?
+									TOAST_CUSTOM_COMPRESS_HDRSZ :
+									TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ);
 	if (!tmp)
 		return PointerGetDatum(NULL);
 
@@ -88,7 +94,14 @@ toast_compress_datum(Datum value, Oid cmoid)
 	if (VARSIZE(tmp) < valsize - 2)
 	{
 		/* successful compression */
-		TOAST_COMPRESS_SET_SIZE_AND_METHOD(tmp, valsize, CompressionOidToId(cmoid));
+		TOAST_COMPRESS_SET_SIZE_AND_METHOD(tmp, valsize, isCustomCompression ?
+										   CUSTOM_COMPRESSION_ID :
+										   CompressionOidToId(cmoid));
+
+		/* For custom compression, set the oid of the compression method */
+		if (isCustomCompression)
+			TOAST_COMPRESS_SET_CMOID(tmp, cmoid);
+
 		return PointerGetDatum(tmp);
 	}
 	else
diff --git a/src/backend/access/compression/compress_lz4.c b/src/backend/access/compression/compress_lz4.c
index e8b035d138..34b0dc1002 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/compression/compress_lz4.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/compression/compress_lz4.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  * compressed varlena, or NULL if compression fails.
  */
 static struct varlena *
-lz4_cmcompress(const struct varlena *value)
+lz4_cmcompress(const struct varlena *value, int32 header_size)
 {
 #ifndef HAVE_LIBLZ4
 	ereport(ERROR,
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ lz4_cmcompress(const struct varlena *value)
 	valsize = VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(value);
 
 	max_size = LZ4_compressBound(VARSIZE_ANY_EXHDR(value));
-	tmp = (struct varlena *) palloc(max_size + TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ);
+	tmp = (struct varlena *) palloc(max_size + header_size);
 
 	len = LZ4_compress_default(VARDATA_ANY(value),
-							   (char *) tmp + TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ,
+							   (char *) tmp + header_size,
 							   valsize, max_size);
 	if (len <= 0)
 	{
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ lz4_cmcompress(const struct varlena *value)
 		elog(ERROR, "lz4: could not compress data");
 	}
 
-	SET_VARSIZE_COMPRESSED(tmp, len + TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ);
+	SET_VARSIZE_COMPRESSED(tmp, len + header_size);
 
 	return tmp;
 #endif
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ lz4_cmcompress(const struct varlena *value)
  * Returns the decompressed varlena.
  */
 static struct varlena *
-lz4_cmdecompress(const struct varlena *value)
+lz4_cmdecompress(const struct varlena *value, int32 header_size)
 {
 #ifndef HAVE_LIBLZ4
 	ereport(ERROR,
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ lz4_cmdecompress(const struct varlena *value)
 	result = (struct varlena *) palloc(TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWSIZE(value) + VARHDRSZ);
 	SET_VARSIZE(result, TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWSIZE(value) + VARHDRSZ);
 
-	rawsize = LZ4_decompress_safe(TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWDATA(value),
+	rawsize = LZ4_decompress_safe((char *) value + header_size,
 								  VARDATA(result),
-								  VARSIZE(value) - TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ,
+								  VARSIZE(value) - header_size,
 								  TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWSIZE(value));
 	if (rawsize < 0)
 		elog(ERROR, "lz4: compressed data is corrupted");
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ lz4_cmdecompress(const struct varlena *value)
  * Decompresses part of the data. Returns the decompressed varlena.
  */
 static struct varlena *
-lz4_cmdecompress_slice(const struct varlena *value, int32 slicelength)
+lz4_cmdecompress_slice(const struct varlena *value, int32 header_size,
+					  int32 slicelength)
 {
 #ifndef HAVE_LIBLZ4
 	ereport(ERROR,
@@ -112,9 +113,9 @@ lz4_cmdecompress_slice(const struct varlena *value, int32 slicelength)
 
 	result = (struct varlena *) palloc(TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWSIZE(value) + VARHDRSZ);
 
-	rawsize = LZ4_decompress_safe_partial(TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWDATA(value),
+	rawsize = LZ4_decompress_safe_partial((char *) value + header_size,
 										  VARDATA(result),
-										  VARSIZE(value) - TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ,
+										  VARSIZE(value) - header_size,
 										  slicelength,
 										  TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWSIZE(value));
 	if (rawsize < 0)
diff --git a/src/backend/access/compression/compress_pglz.c b/src/backend/access/compression/compress_pglz.c
index 578be6f1dd..d33ea3d2cf 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/compression/compress_pglz.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/compression/compress_pglz.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  * compressed varlena, or NULL if compression fails.
  */
 static struct varlena *
-pglz_cmcompress(const struct varlena *value)
+pglz_cmcompress(const struct varlena *value, int32 header_size)
 {
 	int32		valsize,
 				len;
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ pglz_cmcompress(const struct varlena *value)
 		return NULL;
 
 	tmp = (struct varlena *) palloc(PGLZ_MAX_OUTPUT(valsize) +
-									TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ);
+									header_size);
 
 	len = pglz_compress(VARDATA_ANY(DatumGetPointer(value)),
 						valsize,
-						TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWDATA(tmp),
+						(char *) tmp + header_size,
 						NULL);
 
 	if (len >= 0)
 	{
-		SET_VARSIZE_COMPRESSED(tmp, len + TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ);
+		SET_VARSIZE_COMPRESSED(tmp, len + header_size);
 		return tmp;
 	}
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pglz_cmcompress(const struct varlena *value)
  * Returns the decompressed varlena.
  */
 static struct varlena *
-pglz_cmdecompress(const struct varlena *value)
+pglz_cmdecompress(const struct varlena *value, int32 header_size)
 {
 	struct varlena *result;
 	int32		rawsize;
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ pglz_cmdecompress(const struct varlena *value)
 	result = (struct varlena *) palloc(TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWSIZE(value) + VARHDRSZ);
 	SET_VARSIZE(result, TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWSIZE(value) + VARHDRSZ);
 
-	rawsize = pglz_decompress(TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWDATA(value),
-							  TOAST_COMPRESS_SIZE(value),
+	rawsize = pglz_decompress((char *) value + header_size,
+							  VARSIZE(value) - header_size,
 							  VARDATA(result),
 							  TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWSIZE(value), true);
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pglz_cmdecompress(const struct varlena *value)
  * Decompresses part of the data. Returns the decompressed varlena.
  */
 static struct varlena *
-pglz_cmdecompress_slice(const struct varlena *value,
+pglz_cmdecompress_slice(const struct varlena *value, int32 header_size,
 						int32 slicelength)
 {
 	struct varlena *result;
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ pglz_cmdecompress_slice(const struct varlena *value,
 
 	result = (struct varlena *) palloc(slicelength + VARHDRSZ);
 
-	rawsize = pglz_decompress(TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWDATA(value),
-							  VARSIZE(value) - TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ,
+	rawsize = pglz_decompress((char *) value + header_size,
+							  VARSIZE(value) - header_size,
 							  VARDATA(result),
 							  slicelength, false);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/access/compression/compressamapi.c b/src/backend/access/compression/compressamapi.c
index e8bfb23ec3..19780f57e7 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/compression/compressamapi.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/compression/compressamapi.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/reloptions.h"
 #include "access/table.h"
+#include "catalog/pg_am.h"
 #include "commands/defrem.h"
 #include "utils/fmgroids.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
@@ -63,6 +64,32 @@ CompressionIdToOid(CompressionId cmid)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * GetCompressionAmRoutineByAmId - look up the handler of the compression access
+ * method with the given OID, and get its CompressionAmRoutine struct.
+ */
+CompressionAmRoutine *
+GetCompressionAmRoutineByAmId(Oid amoid)
+{
+	regproc		amhandler;
+	Datum		datum;
+	CompressionAmRoutine *routine;
+
+	/* Get handler function OID for the access method */
+	amhandler = GetAmHandlerByAmId(amoid, AMTYPE_COMPRESSION, false);
+	Assert(OidIsValid(amhandler));
+
+	/* And finally, call the handler function to get the API struct */
+	datum = OidFunctionCall0(amhandler);
+	routine = (CompressionAmRoutine *) DatumGetPointer(datum);
+
+	if (routine == NULL || !IsA(routine, CompressionAmRoutine))
+		elog(ERROR, "compression access method handler function %u did not return an CompressionAmRoutine struct",
+			 amhandler);
+
+	return routine;
+}
+
 /* check_hook: validate new default_toast_compression */
 bool
 check_default_toast_compression(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource source)
diff --git a/src/backend/access/index/amapi.c b/src/backend/access/index/amapi.c
index d30bc43514..89a4b01d78 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/index/amapi.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/index/amapi.c
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ GetIndexAmRoutine(Oid amhandler)
 }
 
 /*
- * GetIndexAmRoutineByAmId - look up the handler of the index access method
- * with the given OID, and get its IndexAmRoutine struct.
+ * GetAmHandlerByAmId - look up the handler of the index/compression access
+ * method with the given OID, and get its handler function.
  *
- * If the given OID isn't a valid index access method, returns NULL if
- * noerror is true, else throws error.
+ * If the given OID isn't a valid index/compression access method, returns
+ * Invalid Oid if noerror is true, else throws error.
  */
-IndexAmRoutine *
-GetIndexAmRoutineByAmId(Oid amoid, bool noerror)
+regproc
+GetAmHandlerByAmId(Oid amoid, char amtype, bool noerror)
 {
 	HeapTuple	tuple;
 	Form_pg_am	amform;
@@ -64,24 +64,25 @@ GetIndexAmRoutineByAmId(Oid amoid, bool noerror)
 	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tuple))
 	{
 		if (noerror)
-			return NULL;
+			return InvalidOid;
 		elog(ERROR, "cache lookup failed for access method %u",
 			 amoid);
 	}
 	amform = (Form_pg_am) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
 
 	/* Check if it's an index access method as opposed to some other AM */
-	if (amform->amtype != AMTYPE_INDEX)
+	if (amform->amtype != amtype)
 	{
 		if (noerror)
 		{
 			ReleaseSysCache(tuple);
-			return NULL;
+			return InvalidOid;
 		}
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
 				 errmsg("access method \"%s\" is not of type %s",
-						NameStr(amform->amname), "INDEX")));
+						NameStr(amform->amname), (amtype == AMTYPE_INDEX ?
+						"INDEX" : "COMPRESSION"))));
 	}
 
 	amhandler = amform->amhandler;
@@ -92,16 +93,41 @@ GetIndexAmRoutineByAmId(Oid amoid, bool noerror)
 		if (noerror)
 		{
 			ReleaseSysCache(tuple);
-			return NULL;
+			return InvalidOid;
 		}
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
-				 errmsg("index access method \"%s\" does not have a handler",
+				 errmsg("access method \"%s\" does not have a handler",
 						NameStr(amform->amname))));
 	}
 
 	ReleaseSysCache(tuple);
 
+	return amhandler;
+}
+
+/*
+ * GetIndexAmRoutineByAmId - look up the handler of the index access method
+ * with the given OID, and get its IndexAmRoutine struct.
+ *
+ * If the given OID isn't a valid index access method, returns NULL if
+ * noerror is true, else throws error.
+ */
+IndexAmRoutine *
+GetIndexAmRoutineByAmId(Oid amoid, bool noerror)
+{
+	regproc		amhandler;
+
+	/* Get handler function OID for the access method */
+	amhandler = GetAmHandlerByAmId(amoid, AMTYPE_INDEX, noerror);
+
+	/* Complain if handler OID is invalid */
+	if (!OidIsValid(amhandler))
+	{
+		Assert(noerror);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	/* And finally, call the handler function to get the API struct. */
 	return GetIndexAmRoutine(amhandler);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/amcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/amcmds.c
index 668e43faed..31d4a3e958 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/amcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/amcmds.c
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ get_am_type_string(char amtype)
 			return "INDEX";
 		case AMTYPE_TABLE:
 			return "TABLE";
+		case AMTYPE_COMPRESSION:
+			return "TABLE";
 		default:
 			/* shouldn't happen */
 			elog(ERROR, "invalid access method type '%c'", amtype);
@@ -278,6 +280,9 @@ lookup_am_handler_func(List *handler_name, char amtype)
 		case AMTYPE_TABLE:
 			expectedType = TABLE_AM_HANDLEROID;
 			break;
+		case AMTYPE_COMPRESSION:
+			expectedType = COMPRESSION_AM_HANDLEROID;
+			break;
 		default:
 			elog(ERROR, "unrecognized access method type \"%c\"", amtype);
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c
index 916f6541c1..a63737213d 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ CompareCompressionMethodAndDecompress(TupleTableSlot *slot,
 			 * compression method is not supported by the target attribute then
 			 * we need to decompress it.
 			 */
-			cmoid = CompressionIdToOid(TOAST_COMPRESS_METHOD(new_value));
+			cmoid = toast_get_compression_oid(new_value);
 			if (!IsCompressionSupported(&targetTupDesc->attrs[i], cmoid))
 			{
 				new_value = detoast_attr(new_value);
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 332e60f170..0a0ea0562a 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -5304,6 +5304,7 @@ CreateAmStmt: CREATE ACCESS METHOD name TYPE_P am_type HANDLER handler_name
 am_type:
 			INDEX			{ $$ = AMTYPE_INDEX; }
 		|	TABLE			{ $$ = AMTYPE_TABLE; }
+		|	COMPRESSION		{ $$ = AMTYPE_COMPRESSION; }
 		;
 
 /*****************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
index aff5b7e95e..ebd797158a 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
@@ -5309,7 +5309,6 @@ Datum
 pg_column_compression(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
 	Datum		value = PG_GETARG_DATUM(0);
-	char	   *compression;
 	int			typlen;
 	struct varlena *varvalue;
 
@@ -5339,10 +5338,8 @@ pg_column_compression(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	varvalue = (struct varlena *) DatumGetPointer(value);
 
-	compression =
-		get_am_name(CompressionIdToOid(TOAST_COMPRESS_METHOD(varvalue)));
-
-	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(compression));
+	PG_RETURN_TEXT_P(cstring_to_text(get_am_name(
+								toast_get_compression_oid(varvalue))));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
index c09f3972c6..3a79754550 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
@@ -13124,6 +13124,9 @@ dumpAccessMethod(Archive *fout, AccessMethodInfo *aminfo)
 		case AMTYPE_TABLE:
 			appendPQExpBufferStr(q, "TYPE TABLE ");
 			break;
+		case AMTYPE_COMPRESSION:
+			appendPQExpBufferStr(q, "TYPE COMPRESSION ");
+			break;
 		default:
 			pg_log_warning("invalid type \"%c\" of access method \"%s\"",
 						   aminfo->amtype, qamname);
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
index c40d498a30..5de2a6a18b 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c
@@ -883,6 +883,12 @@ static const SchemaQuery Query_for_list_of_statistics = {
 "  WHERE substring(pg_catalog.quote_ident(amname),1,%d)='%s' AND "\
 "   amtype=" CppAsString2(AMTYPE_TABLE)
 
+#define Query_for_list_of_compression_access_methods \
+" SELECT pg_catalog.quote_ident(amname) "\
+"   FROM pg_catalog.pg_am "\
+"  WHERE substring(pg_catalog.quote_ident(amname),1,%d)='%s' AND "\
+"   amtype=" CppAsString2(AMTYPE_COMPRESSION)
+
 /* the silly-looking length condition is just to eat up the current word */
 #define Query_for_list_of_arguments \
 "SELECT pg_catalog.oidvectortypes(proargtypes)||')' "\
diff --git a/src/include/access/amapi.h b/src/include/access/amapi.h
index d357ebb559..0f7b5b0794 100644
--- a/src/include/access/amapi.h
+++ b/src/include/access/amapi.h
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ typedef struct IndexAmRoutine
 
 /* Functions in access/index/amapi.c */
 extern IndexAmRoutine *GetIndexAmRoutine(Oid amhandler);
+extern regproc GetAmHandlerByAmId(Oid amoid, char amtype, bool noerror);
 extern IndexAmRoutine *GetIndexAmRoutineByAmId(Oid amoid, bool noerror);
 
 #endif							/* AMAPI_H */
diff --git a/src/include/access/compressamapi.h b/src/include/access/compressamapi.h
index be5b4da7b8..36c9f57628 100644
--- a/src/include/access/compressamapi.h
+++ b/src/include/access/compressamapi.h
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 typedef enum CompressionId
 {
 	PGLZ_COMPRESSION_ID = 0,
-	LZ4_COMPRESSION_ID = 1
+	LZ4_COMPRESSION_ID = 1,
+	/* one free slot for the future built-in method */
+	CUSTOM_COMPRESSION_ID = 3
 } CompressionId;
 
 #define DEFAULT_TOAST_COMPRESSION "pglz"
@@ -38,13 +40,18 @@ typedef enum CompressionId
 extern char       *default_toast_compression;
 
 /* Use default compression method if it is not specified. */
+#define IsCustomCompression(cmid)     ((cmid) == CUSTOM_COMPRESSION_ID)
 #define IsStorageCompressible(storage) ((storage) != TYPSTORAGE_PLAIN && \
 										(storage) != TYPSTORAGE_EXTERNAL)
 /* compression handler routines */
-typedef struct varlena *(*cmcompress_function) (const struct varlena *value);
-typedef struct varlena *(*cmdecompress_function) (const struct varlena *value);
+typedef struct varlena *(*cmcompress_function) (const struct varlena *value,
+												int32 toast_header_size);
+typedef struct varlena *(*cmdecompress_function) (const struct varlena *value,
+												  int32 toast_header_size);
 typedef struct varlena *(*cmdecompress_slice_function)
-			(const struct varlena *value, int32 slicelength);
+												(const struct varlena *value,
+												 int32 toast_header_size,
+												 int32 slicelength);
 
 /*
  * API struct for a compression AM.
@@ -68,6 +75,7 @@ extern const CompressionAmRoutine lz4_compress_methods;
 /* access/compression/compressamapi.c */
 extern CompressionId CompressionOidToId(Oid cmoid);
 extern Oid CompressionIdToOid(CompressionId cmid);
+extern CompressionAmRoutine *GetCompressionAmRoutineByAmId(Oid amoid);
 
 extern void assign_default_toast_compression(const char *newval, void **extra);
 extern bool check_default_toast_compression(char **newval, void **extra, GucSource source);
diff --git a/src/include/access/detoast.h b/src/include/access/detoast.h
index 0adf53c77b..6cdc37542d 100644
--- a/src/include/access/detoast.h
+++ b/src/include/access/detoast.h
@@ -89,4 +89,12 @@ extern Size toast_raw_datum_size(Datum value);
  */
 extern Size toast_datum_size(Datum value);
 
+/* ----------
+ * toast_get_compression_oid -
+ *
+ *	Return the compression method oid from the compressed value
+ * ----------
+ */
+extern Oid toast_get_compression_oid(struct varlena *attr);
+
 #endif							/* DETOAST_H */
diff --git a/src/include/access/toast_internals.h b/src/include/access/toast_internals.h
index 84ba303e7e..c158354272 100644
--- a/src/include/access/toast_internals.h
+++ b/src/include/access/toast_internals.h
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ typedef struct toast_compress_header
 								 * rawsize */
 } toast_compress_header;
 
+/*
+ * If the compression method were used, then data also contains
+ * Oid of compression options
+ */
+typedef struct toast_compress_header_custom
+{
+	int32		vl_len_;		/* varlena header (do not touch directly!) */
+	uint32		info;			/*  2 bits for compression method + rawsize */
+	Oid			cmoid;			/* Oid from pg_am */
+} toast_compress_header_custom;
+
 #define RAWSIZEMASK (0x3FFFFFFFU)
 
 /*
@@ -38,6 +49,7 @@ typedef struct toast_compress_header
  * two highest bits.
  */
 #define TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ		((int32) sizeof(toast_compress_header))
+#define TOAST_CUSTOM_COMPRESS_HDRSZ ((int32)sizeof(toast_compress_header_custom))
 #define TOAST_COMPRESS_RAWSIZE(ptr) (((toast_compress_header *) (ptr))->info & RAWSIZEMASK)
 #define TOAST_COMPRESS_METHOD(ptr)  (((toast_compress_header *) (ptr))->info >> 30)
 #define TOAST_COMPRESS_SIZE(ptr)	((int32) VARSIZE_ANY(ptr) - TOAST_COMPRESS_HDRSZ)
@@ -49,6 +61,9 @@ typedef struct toast_compress_header
 		((toast_compress_header *) (ptr))->info = ((len) | (cm_method) << 30); \
 	} while (0)
 
+#define TOAST_COMPRESS_SET_CMOID(ptr, oid) \
+	(((toast_compress_header_custom *)(ptr))->cmoid = (oid))
+
 extern Datum toast_compress_datum(Datum value, Oid cmoid);
 extern Oid	toast_get_valid_index(Oid toastoid, LOCKMODE lock);
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/compression.out b/src/test/regress/expected/compression.out
index 151478bcdd..636ab4021b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/compression.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/compression.out
@@ -235,13 +235,51 @@ SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
  pglz
 (2 rows)
 
+-- create compression method
+CREATE ACCESS METHOD pglz2 TYPE COMPRESSION HANDLER pglzhandler;
+ALTER TABLE cmdata ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION pglz2 PRESERVE ALL;
+INSERT INTO cmdata VALUES (repeat('1234567890',1004));
+\d+ cmdata
+                                        Table "public.cmdata"
+ Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default | Storage  | Compression | Stats target | Description 
+--------+------+-----------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+--------------+-------------
+ f1     | text |           |          |         | extended | pglz2       |              | 
+Indexes:
+    "idx" btree (f1)
+
+SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
+ pg_column_compression 
+-----------------------
+ lz4
+ pglz
+ pglz2
+(3 rows)
+
+ALTER TABLE cmdata ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION lz4 PRESERVE (pglz2);
+SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
+ pg_column_compression 
+-----------------------
+ lz4
+ lz4
+ pglz2
+(3 rows)
+
+\d+ cmdata
+                                        Table "public.cmdata"
+ Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default | Storage  | Compression | Stats target | Description 
+--------+------+-----------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+--------------+-------------
+ f1     | text |           |          |         | extended | lz4         |              | 
+Indexes:
+    "idx" btree (f1)
+
 -- check data is ok
 SELECT length(f1) FROM cmdata;
  length 
 --------
   10000
   10040
-(2 rows)
+  10040
+(3 rows)
 
 SELECT length(f1) FROM cmdata1;
  length 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/compression_1.out b/src/test/regress/expected/compression_1.out
index 81182fe949..3177ff91e8 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/compression_1.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/compression_1.out
@@ -232,13 +232,52 @@ SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
  pglz
 (2 rows)
 
+-- create compression method
+CREATE ACCESS METHOD pglz2 TYPE COMPRESSION HANDLER pglzhandler;
+ALTER TABLE cmdata ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION pglz2 PRESERVE ALL;
+INSERT INTO cmdata VALUES (repeat('1234567890',1004));
+\d+ cmdata
+                                        Table "public.cmdata"
+ Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default | Storage  | Compression | Stats target | Description 
+--------+------+-----------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+--------------+-------------
+ f1     | text |           |          |         | extended | pglz2       |              | 
+Indexes:
+    "idx" btree (f1)
+
+SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
+ pg_column_compression 
+-----------------------
+ pglz
+ pglz
+ pglz2
+(3 rows)
+
+ALTER TABLE cmdata ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION lz4 PRESERVE (pglz2);
+ERROR:  not built with lz4 support
+SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
+ pg_column_compression 
+-----------------------
+ pglz
+ pglz
+ pglz2
+(3 rows)
+
+\d+ cmdata
+                                        Table "public.cmdata"
+ Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default | Storage  | Compression | Stats target | Description 
+--------+------+-----------+----------+---------+----------+-------------+--------------+-------------
+ f1     | text |           |          |         | extended | pglz2       |              | 
+Indexes:
+    "idx" btree (f1)
+
 -- check data is ok
 SELECT length(f1) FROM cmdata;
  length 
 --------
   10000
   10040
-(2 rows)
+  10040
+(3 rows)
 
 SELECT length(f1) FROM cmdata1;
  length 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/compression.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/compression.sql
index e447316573..0552eeca16 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/compression.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/compression.sql
@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
 ALTER TABLE cmdata ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION lz4 PRESERVE ALL;
 SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
 
+-- create compression method
+CREATE ACCESS METHOD pglz2 TYPE COMPRESSION HANDLER pglzhandler;
+ALTER TABLE cmdata ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION pglz2 PRESERVE ALL;
+INSERT INTO cmdata VALUES (repeat('1234567890',1004));
+\d+ cmdata
+SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
+ALTER TABLE cmdata ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION lz4 PRESERVE (pglz2);
+SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
+\d+ cmdata
+
 -- check data is ok
 SELECT length(f1) FROM cmdata;
 SELECT length(f1) FROM cmdata1;
-- 
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