Prohibit pushing subqueries containing window function calculation to

workers.

Allowing window function calculation in workers leads to inconsistent
results because if the input row ordering is not fully deterministic, the
output of window functions might vary across workers.  The fix is to treat
them as parallel-restricted.

In the passing, improve the coding pattern in max_parallel_hazard_walker
so that it has a chain of mutually-exclusive if ... else if ... else if
... else if ... IsA tests.

Reported-by: Marko Tiikkaja
Bug: 15324
Author: Amit Kapila
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane
Backpatch-through: 9.6
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAL9smLAnfPJCDUUG4ckX2iznj53V7VSMsYefzZieN93YxTNOcw@mail.gmail.com

3 files changed, 47 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
index fa53b7a8c50..82b56902a6c 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/clauses.c
@@ -1168,13 +1168,27 @@ max_parallel_hazard_walker(Node *node, max_parallel_hazard_context *context)
 			return true;
 	}
 
-	if (IsA(node, NextValueExpr))
+	else if (IsA(node, NextValueExpr))
 	{
 		if (max_parallel_hazard_test(PROPARALLEL_UNSAFE, context))
 			return true;
 	}
 
 	/*
+	 * Treat window functions as parallel-restricted because we aren't sure
+	 * whether the input row ordering is fully deterministic, and the output
+	 * of window functions might vary across workers if not.  (In some cases,
+	 * like where the window frame orders by a primary key, we could relax
+	 * this restriction.  But it doesn't currently seem worth expending extra
+	 * effort to do so.)
+	 */
+	else if (IsA(node, WindowFunc))
+	{
+		if (max_parallel_hazard_test(PROPARALLEL_RESTRICTED, context))
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	/*
 	 * As a notational convenience for callers, look through RestrictInfo.
 	 */
 	else if (IsA(node, RestrictInfo))
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/select_parallel.out b/src/test/regress/expected/select_parallel.out
index 562eb2c5380..9fd86256d2f 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/select_parallel.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/select_parallel.out
@@ -573,6 +573,32 @@ explain (costs off)
          Index Cond: (unique1 = 1)
 (5 rows)
 
+-- Window function calculation can't be pushed to workers.
+explain (costs off, verbose)
+  select count(*) from tenk1 a where (unique1, two) in
+    (select unique1, row_number() over() from tenk1 b);
+                                          QUERY PLAN                                          
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Aggregate
+   Output: count(*)
+   ->  Hash Semi Join
+         Hash Cond: ((a.unique1 = b.unique1) AND (a.two = (row_number() OVER (?))))
+         ->  Gather
+               Output: a.unique1, a.two
+               Workers Planned: 4
+               ->  Parallel Seq Scan on public.tenk1 a
+                     Output: a.unique1, a.two
+         ->  Hash
+               Output: b.unique1, (row_number() OVER (?))
+               ->  WindowAgg
+                     Output: b.unique1, row_number() OVER (?)
+                     ->  Gather
+                           Output: b.unique1
+                           Workers Planned: 4
+                           ->  Parallel Index Only Scan using tenk1_unique1 on public.tenk1 b
+                                 Output: b.unique1
+(18 rows)
+
 -- to increase the parallel query test coverage
 EXPLAIN (analyze, timing off, summary off, costs off) SELECT * FROM tenk1;
                          QUERY PLAN                          
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/select_parallel.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/select_parallel.sql
index 1d29e966076..dd9365d7c6e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/select_parallel.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/select_parallel.sql
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ set force_parallel_mode=1;
 explain (costs off)
   select stringu1::int2 from tenk1 where unique1 = 1;
 
+-- Window function calculation can't be pushed to workers.
+explain (costs off, verbose)
+  select count(*) from tenk1 a where (unique1, two) in
+    (select unique1, row_number() over() from tenk1 b);
+
+
 -- to increase the parallel query test coverage
 EXPLAIN (analyze, timing off, summary off, costs off) SELECT * FROM tenk1;