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authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2020-07-03 19:01:21 -0400
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>2020-07-03 19:01:21 -0400
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parentf7b5988cc0d879d6cc9d481ba898e55747a53bbe (diff)
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Clamp total-tuples estimates for foreign tables to ensure planner sanity.
After running GetForeignRelSize for a foreign table, adjust rel->tuples to be at least as large as rel->rows. This prevents bizarre behavior in estimate_num_groups() and perhaps other places, especially in the scenario where rel->tuples is zero because pg_class.reltuples is (suggesting that ANALYZE has never been run for the table). As things stood, we'd end up estimating one group out of any GROUP BY on such a table, whereas the default group-count estimate is more likely to result in a sane plan. Also, clarify in the documentation that GetForeignRelSize has the option to override the rel->tuples value if it has a better idea of what to use than what is in pg_class.reltuples. Per report from Jeff Janes. Back-patch to all supported branches. Patch by me; thanks to Etsuro Fujita for review Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAMkU=1xNo9cnan+Npxgz0eK7394xmjmKg-QEm8wYG9P5-CcaqQ@mail.gmail.com
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/fdwhandler.sgml8
-rw-r--r--src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c3
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/fdwhandler.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/fdwhandler.sgml
index 6587678af2b..1e997c218b9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/fdwhandler.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/fdwhandler.sgml
@@ -123,6 +123,14 @@ GetForeignRelSize(PlannerInfo *root,
should be replaced if at all possible. The function may also choose to
update <literal>baserel-&gt;width</literal> if it can compute a better estimate
of the average result row width.
+ (The initial value is based on column data types and on column
+ average-width values measured by the last <command>ANALYZE</command>.)
+ Also, this function may update <literal>baserel-&gt;tuples</literal> if
+ it can compute a better estimate of the foreign table's total row count.
+ (The initial value is
+ from <structname>pg_class</structname>.<structfield>reltuples</structfield>
+ which represents the total row count seen by the
+ last <command>ANALYZE</command>.)
</para>
<para>
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c
index d984da25d77..63761d55938 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/allpaths.c
@@ -911,6 +911,9 @@ set_foreign_size(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel, RangeTblEntry *rte)
/* ... but do not let it set the rows estimate to zero */
rel->rows = clamp_row_est(rel->rows);
+
+ /* also, make sure rel->tuples is not insane relative to rel->rows */
+ rel->tuples = Max(rel->tuples, rel->rows);
}
/*