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From: Tomas Vondra <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Consider incremental sort paths in additional places
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2019 15:59:05 +0200

---
 src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c | 221 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c  | 130 ++++++++++++++-
 src/include/optimizer/paths.h         |   2 +
 3 files changed, 350 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c
index ccf46dd0aa..9a92948fe3 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ set_rel_pathlist(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
 	 */
 	if (rel->reloptkind == RELOPT_BASEREL &&
 		bms_membership(root->all_baserels) != BMS_SINGLETON)
-		generate_gather_paths(root, rel, false);
+		generate_useful_gather_paths(root, rel, false);
 
 	/* Now find the cheapest of the paths for this rel */
 	set_cheapest(rel);
@@ -2727,6 +2727,223 @@ generate_gather_paths(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel, bool override_rows)
 	}
 }
 
+/*
+ * Find an equivalence class member expression, all of whose Vars, come from
+ * the indicated relation.
+ */
+static Expr *
+find_em_expr_for_rel(EquivalenceClass *ec, RelOptInfo *rel)
+{
+	ListCell   *lc_em;
+
+	foreach(lc_em, ec->ec_members)
+	{
+		EquivalenceMember *em = lfirst(lc_em);
+
+		if (bms_is_subset(em->em_relids, rel->relids) &&
+			!bms_is_empty(em->em_relids))
+		{
+			/*
+			 * If there is more than one equivalence member whose Vars are
+			 * taken entirely from this relation, we'll be content to choose
+			 * any one of those.
+			 */
+			return em->em_expr;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* We didn't find any suitable equivalence class expression */
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * get_useful_pathkeys_for_relation
+ *		Determine which orderings of a relation might be useful.
+ *
+ * Getting data in sorted order can be useful either because the requested
+ * order matches the final output ordering for the overall query we're
+ * planning, or because it enables an efficient merge join.  Here, we try
+ * to figure out which pathkeys to consider.
+ */
+static List *
+get_useful_pathkeys_for_relation(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel)
+{
+	List	   *useful_pathkeys_list = NIL;
+	ListCell   *lc;
+
+	/*
+	 * Pushing the query_pathkeys to the remote server is always worth
+	 * considering, because it might let us avoid a local sort.
+	 */
+	if (root->query_pathkeys)
+	{
+		bool		query_pathkeys_ok = true;
+
+		foreach(lc, root->query_pathkeys)
+		{
+			PathKey    *pathkey = (PathKey *) lfirst(lc);
+			EquivalenceClass *pathkey_ec = pathkey->pk_eclass;
+			Expr	   *em_expr;
+
+			/*
+			 * The planner and executor don't have any clever strategy for
+			 * taking data sorted by a prefix of the query's pathkeys and
+			 * getting it to be sorted by all of those pathkeys. We'll just
+			 * end up re-sorting the entire data set.  So, unless we can push
+			 * down all of the query pathkeys, forget it.
+			 *
+			 * is_foreign_expr would detect volatile expressions as well, but
+			 * checking ec_has_volatile here saves some cycles.
+			 */
+			if (pathkey_ec->ec_has_volatile ||
+				!(em_expr = find_em_expr_for_rel(pathkey_ec, rel)))
+			{
+				query_pathkeys_ok = false;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * This ends up allowing us to do incremental sort on top of an index
+		 * scan all parallelized under a gather merge node.
+		 */
+		if (query_pathkeys_ok)
+			useful_pathkeys_list = list_make1(list_copy(root->query_pathkeys));
+	}
+
+	return useful_pathkeys_list;
+}
+
+/*
+ * generate_useful_gather_paths
+ *		Generate parallel access paths for a relation by pushing a Gather or
+ *		Gather Merge on top of a partial path.
+ *
+ * Unlike generate_gather_paths, this does not look only at pathkeys of the
+ * input paths (aiming to preserve the ordering). It also considers ordering
+ * that might be useful by nodes above the gather merge node, and tries to
+ * add a sort (regular or incremental) to provide that.
+ */
+void
+generate_useful_gather_paths(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel, bool override_rows)
+{
+	ListCell   *lc;
+	double		rows;
+	double	   *rowsp = NULL;
+	List	   *useful_pathkeys_list = NIL;
+	Path	   *cheapest_partial_path = NULL;
+
+	/* If there are no partial paths, there's nothing to do here. */
+	if (rel->partial_pathlist == NIL)
+		return;
+
+	/* Should we override the rel's rowcount estimate? */
+	if (override_rows)
+		rowsp = &rows;
+
+	/* generate the regular gather merge paths */
+	generate_gather_paths(root, rel, override_rows);
+
+	/* when incremental sort is disabled, we're done */
+	if (!enable_incrementalsort)
+		return;
+
+	/* consider incremental sort for interesting orderings */
+	useful_pathkeys_list = get_useful_pathkeys_for_relation(root, rel);
+
+	/* used for explicit sort paths */
+	cheapest_partial_path = linitial(rel->partial_pathlist);
+
+	/*
+	 * Consider incremental sort paths for each interesting ordering.
+	 *
+	 * XXX I wonder if we need to consider adding a projection here, as
+	 * create_ordered_paths does.
+	 */
+	foreach(lc, useful_pathkeys_list)
+	{
+		List	   *useful_pathkeys = lfirst(lc);
+		ListCell   *lc2;
+		bool		is_sorted;
+		int			presorted_keys;
+
+		foreach(lc2, rel->partial_pathlist)
+		{
+			Path	   *subpath = (Path *) lfirst(lc2);
+			GatherMergePath *path;
+
+			/* path has no ordering at all, can't use incremental sort */
+			if (subpath->pathkeys == NIL)
+				continue;
+
+			is_sorted = pathkeys_common_contained_in(useful_pathkeys,
+													 subpath->pathkeys,
+													 &presorted_keys);
+
+			if (is_sorted)
+			{
+				path = create_gather_merge_path(root, rel, subpath, rel->reltarget,
+												subpath->pathkeys, NULL, rowsp);
+
+				add_path(rel, &path->path);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			Assert(!is_sorted);
+
+			/*
+			 * consider regular sort for cheapest partial path (for each
+			 * useful pathkeys)
+			 */
+			if (cheapest_partial_path == subpath)
+			{
+				Path	   *tmp;
+
+				tmp = (Path *) create_sort_path(root,
+												rel,
+												subpath,
+												useful_pathkeys,
+												-1.0);
+
+				rows = tmp->rows * tmp->parallel_workers;
+
+				path = create_gather_merge_path(root, rel,
+												tmp,
+												rel->reltarget,
+												tmp->pathkeys,
+												NULL,
+												rowsp);
+
+				add_path(rel, &path->path);
+
+				/* Fall through */
+			}
+
+			/* Also consider incremental sort */
+			if (presorted_keys > 0)
+			{
+				Path	   *tmp;
+
+				tmp = (Path *) create_incremental_sort_path(root,
+															rel,
+															subpath,
+															useful_pathkeys,
+															presorted_keys,
+															-1);
+
+				path = create_gather_merge_path(root, rel,
+												tmp,
+												rel->reltarget,
+												tmp->pathkeys,
+												NULL,
+												rowsp);
+
+				add_path(rel, &path->path);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * make_rel_from_joinlist
  *	  Build access paths using a "joinlist" to guide the join path search.
@@ -2899,7 +3116,7 @@ standard_join_search(PlannerInfo *root, int levels_needed, List *initial_rels)
 			 * once we know the final targetlist (see grouping_planner).
 			 */
 			if (lev < levels_needed)
-				generate_gather_paths(root, rel, false);
+				generate_useful_gather_paths(root, rel, false);
 
 			/* Find and save the cheapest paths for this rel */
 			set_cheapest(rel);
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c
index 0e01cf8cb1..46dc355af3 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planner.c
@@ -6434,7 +6434,9 @@ add_paths_to_grouping_rel(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *input_rel,
 		foreach(lc, input_rel->pathlist)
 		{
 			Path	   *path = (Path *) lfirst(lc);
+			Path	   *path_original = path;
 			bool		is_sorted;
+			int			presorted_keys;
 
 			is_sorted = pathkeys_contained_in(root->group_pathkeys,
 											  path->pathkeys);
@@ -6493,6 +6495,80 @@ add_paths_to_grouping_rel(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *input_rel,
 					Assert(false);
 				}
 			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now we may consider incremental sort on this path, but only
+			 * when the path is not already sorted and when incremental sort
+			 * is enabled.
+			 */
+			if (is_sorted || !enable_incrementalsort)
+				continue;
+
+			/* Restore the input path (we might have added Sort on top). */
+			path = path_original;
+
+			is_sorted = pathkeys_common_contained_in(root->group_pathkeys,
+													 path->pathkeys,
+													 &presorted_keys);
+
+			/* We've already skipped fully sorted paths above. */
+			Assert(!is_sorted);
+
+			/* no shared prefix, not point in building incremental sort */
+			if (presorted_keys == 0)
+				continue;
+
+			path = (Path *) create_incremental_sort_path(root,
+														 grouped_rel,
+														 path,
+														 root->group_pathkeys,
+														 presorted_keys,
+														 -1.0);
+
+			/* Now decide what to stick atop it */
+			if (parse->groupingSets)
+			{
+				consider_groupingsets_paths(root, grouped_rel,
+											path, true, can_hash,
+											gd, agg_costs, dNumGroups);
+			}
+			else if (parse->hasAggs)
+			{
+				/*
+				 * We have aggregation, possibly with plain GROUP BY. Make
+				 * an AggPath.
+				 */
+				add_path(grouped_rel, (Path *)
+						 create_agg_path(root,
+										 grouped_rel,
+										 path,
+										 grouped_rel->reltarget,
+										 parse->groupClause ? AGG_SORTED : AGG_PLAIN,
+										 AGGSPLIT_SIMPLE,
+										 parse->groupClause,
+										 havingQual,
+										 agg_costs,
+										 dNumGroups));
+			}
+			else if (parse->groupClause)
+			{
+				/*
+				 * We have GROUP BY without aggregation or grouping sets.
+				 * Make a GroupPath.
+				 */
+				add_path(grouped_rel, (Path *)
+						 create_group_path(root,
+										   grouped_rel,
+										   path,
+										   parse->groupClause,
+										   havingQual,
+										   dNumGroups));
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				/* Other cases should have been handled above */
+				Assert(false);
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -6819,7 +6895,9 @@ create_partial_grouping_paths(PlannerInfo *root,
 		foreach(lc, input_rel->partial_pathlist)
 		{
 			Path	   *path = (Path *) lfirst(lc);
+			Path	   *path_original = path;
 			bool		is_sorted;
+			int			presorted_keys;
 
 			is_sorted = pathkeys_contained_in(root->group_pathkeys,
 											  path->pathkeys);
@@ -6854,6 +6932,56 @@ create_partial_grouping_paths(PlannerInfo *root,
 													   NIL,
 													   dNumPartialPartialGroups));
 			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now we may consider incremental sort on this path, but only
+			 * when the path is not already sorted and when incremental sort
+			 * is enabled.
+			 */
+			if (is_sorted || !enable_incrementalsort)
+				continue;
+
+			/* Restore the input path (we might have added Sort on top). */
+			path = path_original;
+
+			is_sorted = pathkeys_common_contained_in(root->group_pathkeys,
+													 path->pathkeys,
+													 &presorted_keys);
+
+			/* We've already skipped fully sorted paths above. */
+			Assert(!is_sorted);
+
+			/* no shared prefix, not point in building incremental sort */
+			if (presorted_keys == 0)
+				continue;
+
+			path = (Path *) create_incremental_sort_path(root,
+														 partially_grouped_rel,
+														 path,
+														 root->group_pathkeys,
+														 presorted_keys,
+														 -1.0);
+
+			if (parse->hasAggs)
+				add_partial_path(partially_grouped_rel, (Path *)
+								 create_agg_path(root,
+												 partially_grouped_rel,
+												 path,
+												 partially_grouped_rel->reltarget,
+												 parse->groupClause ? AGG_SORTED : AGG_PLAIN,
+												 AGGSPLIT_INITIAL_SERIAL,
+												 parse->groupClause,
+												 NIL,
+												 agg_partial_costs,
+												 dNumPartialPartialGroups));
+			else
+				add_partial_path(partially_grouped_rel, (Path *)
+								 create_group_path(root,
+												   partially_grouped_rel,
+												   path,
+												   parse->groupClause,
+												   NIL,
+												   dNumPartialPartialGroups));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -7235,7 +7363,7 @@ apply_scanjoin_target_to_paths(PlannerInfo *root,
 	 * one of the generated paths may turn out to be the cheapest one.
 	 */
 	if (rel->consider_parallel && !IS_OTHER_REL(rel))
-		generate_gather_paths(root, rel, false);
+		generate_useful_gather_paths(root, rel, false);
 
 	/*
 	 * Reassess which paths are the cheapest, now that we've potentially added
diff --git a/src/include/optimizer/paths.h b/src/include/optimizer/paths.h
index 85f5fe37ea..f6994779de 100644
--- a/src/include/optimizer/paths.h
+++ b/src/include/optimizer/paths.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ extern RelOptInfo *standard_join_search(PlannerInfo *root, int levels_needed,
 
 extern void generate_gather_paths(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
 								  bool override_rows);
+extern void generate_useful_gather_paths(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
+										 bool override_rows);
 extern int	compute_parallel_worker(RelOptInfo *rel, double heap_pages,
 									double index_pages, int max_workers);
 extern void create_partial_bitmap_paths(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
-- 
2.21.1


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