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* [PATCH v43 6/7] Fix a few problems in index build progress reporting.
@ 2026-03-16 12:53  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-03-16 12:53 UTC (permalink / raw)

First, index_build() should not update the progress when being driven by
REPACK, because the progress reporting infractructure cannot handle status of
two commands at the same time. So far, REPACK with the CONCURRENTLY option
neglected this problem altogether, but even the existing REPACK wasn't
consistent enough: even if the 'progress' variable in repack_index() was
false, it didn't pass the value to index_build().

Second, REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) should not set PROGRESS_REPACK_PHASE to
PROGRESS_REPACK_PHASE_FINAL_CLEANUP in rebuild_relation() because it calls
finish_heap_swap() anyway (via rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent()), which
does the same thing.
---
 src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c |  2 +-
 src/backend/catalog/heap.c        |  3 ++-
 src/backend/catalog/index.c       | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 src/backend/catalog/toasting.c    |  3 ++-
 src/backend/commands/cluster.c    |  7 ++++---
 src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c  |  1 +
 src/include/catalog/index.h       |  4 +++-
 7 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c b/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c
index 68a42de0889..1c8226c6d67 100644
--- a/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c
+++ b/src/backend/bootstrap/bootstrap.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ build_indices(void)
 		heap = table_open(ILHead->il_heap, NoLock);
 		ind = index_open(ILHead->il_ind, NoLock);
 
-		index_build(heap, ind, ILHead->il_info, false, false);
+		index_build(heap, ind, ILHead->il_info, false, false, false);
 
 		index_close(ind, NoLock);
 		table_close(heap, NoLock);
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/heap.c b/src/backend/catalog/heap.c
index 5748aa9a1a9..ae6b7cda3dd 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/heap.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/heap.c
@@ -3570,7 +3570,8 @@ RelationTruncateIndexes(Relation heapRelation)
 
 		/* Initialize the index and rebuild */
 		/* Note: we do not need to re-establish pkey setting */
-		index_build(heapRelation, currentIndex, indexInfo, true, false);
+		index_build(heapRelation, currentIndex, indexInfo, true, false,
+					true);
 
 		/* We're done with this index */
 		index_close(currentIndex, NoLock);
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/index.c b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
index 98d38dc5229..1d28202de34 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/index.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
@@ -715,6 +715,9 @@ UpdateIndexRelation(Oid indexoid,
  *			already exists.
  *		INDEX_CREATE_PARTITIONED:
  *			create a partitioned index (table must be partitioned)
+ *		INDEX_CREATE_REPORT_PROGRESS:
+ *			update the backend's progress information during index build.
+
  * constr_flags: flags passed to index_constraint_create
  *		(only if INDEX_CREATE_ADD_CONSTRAINT is set)
  * allow_system_table_mods: allow table to be a system catalog
@@ -760,6 +763,7 @@ index_create(Relation heapRelation,
 	bool		invalid = (flags & INDEX_CREATE_INVALID) != 0;
 	bool		concurrent = (flags & INDEX_CREATE_CONCURRENT) != 0;
 	bool		partitioned = (flags & INDEX_CREATE_PARTITIONED) != 0;
+	bool		progress = (flags & INDEX_CREATE_REPORT_PROGRESS) != 0;
 	char		relkind;
 	TransactionId relfrozenxid;
 	MultiXactId relminmxid;
@@ -1276,7 +1280,8 @@ index_create(Relation heapRelation,
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		index_build(heapRelation, indexRelation, indexInfo, false, true);
+		index_build(heapRelation, indexRelation, indexInfo, false, true,
+					progress);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1455,6 +1460,12 @@ index_create_copy(Relation heapRelation, Oid oldIndexId, Oid tablespaceOid,
 		stattargets[i].isnull = isnull;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Note: The current callers do not need INDEX_CREATE_REPORT_PROGRESS. If
+	 * 'concurrently' is true, there is no build at all. Otherwise the index
+	 * build is a sub-command of REPACK. The current infrastructure does not
+	 * allow two commands to report their progress at the same time.
+	 */
 	if (concurrently)
 		flags = INDEX_CREATE_SKIP_BUILD | INDEX_CREATE_CONCURRENT;
 
@@ -1545,7 +1556,7 @@ index_concurrently_build(Oid heapRelationId,
 	indexInfo->ii_BrokenHotChain = false;
 
 	/* Now build the index */
-	index_build(heapRel, indexRelation, indexInfo, false, true);
+	index_build(heapRel, indexRelation, indexInfo, false, true, true);
 
 	/* Roll back any GUC changes executed by index functions */
 	AtEOXact_GUC(false, save_nestlevel);
@@ -3018,6 +3029,7 @@ index_update_stats(Relation rel,
  *
  * isreindex indicates we are recreating a previously-existing index.
  * parallel indicates if parallelism may be useful.
+ * progress indicates if the backend should update its progress info.
  *
  * Note: before Postgres 8.2, the passed-in heap and index Relations
  * were automatically closed by this routine.  This is no longer the case.
@@ -3028,7 +3040,8 @@ index_build(Relation heapRelation,
 			Relation indexRelation,
 			IndexInfo *indexInfo,
 			bool isreindex,
-			bool parallel)
+			bool parallel,
+			bool progress)
 {
 	IndexBuildResult *stats;
 	Oid			save_userid;
@@ -3079,6 +3092,7 @@ index_build(Relation heapRelation,
 	RestrictSearchPath();
 
 	/* Set up initial progress report status */
+	if (progress)
 	{
 		const int	progress_index[] = {
 			PROGRESS_CREATEIDX_PHASE,
@@ -3836,7 +3850,7 @@ reindex_index(const ReindexStmt *stmt, Oid indexId,
 
 	/* Initialize the index and rebuild */
 	/* Note: we do not need to re-establish pkey setting */
-	index_build(heapRelation, iRel, indexInfo, true, true);
+	index_build(heapRelation, iRel, indexInfo, true, true, progress);
 
 	/* Re-allow use of target index */
 	ResetReindexProcessing();
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/toasting.c b/src/backend/catalog/toasting.c
index 078a1cf5127..73c41360ae9 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/toasting.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/toasting.c
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ create_toast_table(Relation rel, Oid toastOid, Oid toastIndexOid,
 				 BTREE_AM_OID,
 				 rel->rd_rel->reltablespace,
 				 collationIds, opclassIds, NULL, coloptions, NULL, (Datum) 0,
-				 INDEX_CREATE_IS_PRIMARY, 0, true, true, NULL);
+				 INDEX_CREATE_IS_PRIMARY | INDEX_CREATE_REPORT_PROGRESS, 0,
+				 true, true, NULL);
 
 	table_close(toast_rel, NoLock);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/cluster.c b/src/backend/commands/cluster.c
index 36950aea780..065316ee866 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/cluster.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/cluster.c
@@ -1162,9 +1162,6 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 
 		rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(NewHeap, OldHeap, ident_idx,
 										   frozenXid, cutoffMulti);
-
-		pgstat_progress_update_param(PROGRESS_REPACK_PHASE,
-									 PROGRESS_REPACK_PHASE_FINAL_CLEANUP);
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -3616,6 +3613,10 @@ rebuild_relation_finish_concurrent(Relation NewHeap, Relation OldHeap,
 	relpersistence = OldHeap->rd_rel->relpersistence;
 	is_system_catalog = IsSystemRelation(OldHeap);
 
+	/*
+	 * finish_heap_swap() sets the phase too, but here we need some swapping
+	 * in advance.
+	 */
 	pgstat_progress_update_param(PROGRESS_REPACK_PHASE,
 								 PROGRESS_REPACK_PHASE_SWAP_REL_FILES);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
index 836eedb8ed5..1c4a887da13 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c
@@ -1231,6 +1231,7 @@ DefineIndex(ParseState *pstate,
 		flags |= INDEX_CREATE_PARTITIONED;
 	if (stmt->primary)
 		flags |= INDEX_CREATE_IS_PRIMARY;
+	flags |= INDEX_CREATE_REPORT_PROGRESS;
 
 	/*
 	 * If the table is partitioned, and recursion was declined but partitions
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/index.h b/src/include/catalog/index.h
index 144e241ebd3..6c7f0fee115 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/index.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/index.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ extern void index_check_primary_key(Relation heapRel,
 #define	INDEX_CREATE_IF_NOT_EXISTS			(1 << 4)
 #define	INDEX_CREATE_PARTITIONED			(1 << 5)
 #define INDEX_CREATE_INVALID				(1 << 6)
+#define INDEX_CREATE_REPORT_PROGRESS		(1 << 7)
 
 extern Oid	index_create(Relation heapRelation,
 						 const char *indexRelationName,
@@ -152,7 +153,8 @@ extern void index_build(Relation heapRelation,
 						Relation indexRelation,
 						IndexInfo *indexInfo,
 						bool isreindex,
-						bool parallel);
+						bool parallel,
+						bool progress);
 
 extern void validate_index(Oid heapId, Oid indexId, Snapshot snapshot);
 
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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


--=-=-=--





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* [PATCH 2/2] Provide the executor with information on updated columns.
@ 2026-07-01 13:18  Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 37+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


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From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-07-01 13:18 UTC (permalink / raw)

When replaying data changes, REPACK calls ExecInsertIndexTuples() for each
INSERT and UPDATE. In the latter case, the function needs to determine the
value of the 'indexUnchanged' hint for the index AM. (The hint is always false
for INSERT.) Therefore, REPACK is supposed to specify which columns are
changed by the UPDATE.

So far, REPACK missed to specify the set of updated columns, so the
'indexUnchanged' hint could incorrectly evaluate to true. Although it should
not affect correctness, it can make the index AM use optimizations that are
not appropriate.  Ideally, we should compute the set of updated columns for
each individual UPDATE, however the comparison of the old and new tuple might
add too much overhead.

This patch initializes the set as if all columns were updated. Thus
'indexUnchanged' always evaluates to false. This way the index AM never uses
the related optimizations. It might result in worse structure of the index,
however it seems better to not use the optimizations than to misuse them.
---
 src/backend/commands/repack.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index c9b0c047477..f37bb9a21af 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "libpq/pqmq.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "optimizer/optimizer.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "replication/logicalrelation.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
@@ -3005,13 +3006,50 @@ static void
 initialize_change_context(ChangeContext *chgcxt,
 						  Relation relation, Oid ident_index_id)
 {
+	Bitmapset	*updatedCols = NULL;
+	RangeTblEntry *rte;
+	List	   *perminfos = NIL;
+	RTEPermissionInfo *perminfo;
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rel = relation;
 
 	/* Only initialize fields needed by ExecInsertIndexTuples(). */
 	chgcxt->cc_estate = CreateExecutorState();
 
+	/*
+	 * Initialize updatedCols.
+	 *
+	 * The point is that ExecInsertIndexTuples() should not pass the
+	 * indexUnchanged hint to the index AM unless there's a reason to do
+	 * so. For simplicity, we consider all columns updated.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we spend more effort to compare the old and new tuple when
+	 * replaying UPDATE, or at least exclude unchanged TOAST values, like we
+	 * do in logicalrep_write_tuple()?
+	 */
+	for (int i = 0; i < RelationGetDescr(relation)->natts; i++)
+		updatedCols = bms_add_member(updatedCols,
+									 i + 1 - FirstLowInvalidHeapAttributeNumber);
+
+	/*
+	 * In this case, RTE only needs to have ->perminfoindex initialized, but
+	 * there's no reason to not set the fields whose values we have at hand.
+	 */
+	rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = RelationGetRelid(relation);
+	rte->relkind = RelationGetForm(relation)->relkind;
+	/* Create the RTEPermissionInfo instance (and set ->perminfoindex). */
+	addRTEPermissionInfo(&perminfos, rte);
+	/* Make updatedCols available to the executor functions. */
+	perminfo = getRTEPermissionInfo(perminfos, rte);
+	perminfo->updatedCols = updatedCols;
+
+	ExecInitRangeTable(chgcxt->cc_estate, list_make1(rte), perminfos,
+					   bms_make_singleton(1));
+
 	chgcxt->cc_rri = makeNode(ResultRelInfo);
-	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 0, NULL, 0);
+	InitResultRelInfo(chgcxt->cc_rri, relation, 1, NULL, 0);
 	ExecOpenIndices(chgcxt->cc_rri, false);
 
 	/*
-- 
2.52.0


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