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author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2009-03-24 22:06:03 +0000 |
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committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2009-03-24 22:06:03 +0000 |
commit | e5efda442cfcfa20a0cf6166952c671a0f39689b (patch) | |
tree | 5b2463555c3b06d69511b0747c4bcb59c4309bb5 /src/backend/access/gin/ginarrayproc.c | |
parent | fc022d72c79b83dfe17aad33b6de2cf0a4f6f3ba (diff) | |
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Install a search tree depth limit in GIN bulk-insert operations, to prevent
them from degrading badly when the input is sorted or nearly so. In this
scenario the tree is unbalanced to the point of becoming a mere linked list,
so insertions become O(N^2). The easiest and most safely back-patchable
solution is to stop growing the tree sooner, ie limit the growth of N. We
might later consider a rebalancing tree algorithm, but it's not clear that
the benefit would be worth the cost and complexity. Per report from Sergey
Burladyan and an earlier complaint from Heikki.
Back-patch to 8.2; older versions didn't have GIN indexes.
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