Re: [HACKERS] why not parallel seq scan for slow functions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: [HACKERS] why not parallel seq scan for slow functions
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] why not parallel seq scan for slow functions  (Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] why not parallel seq scan for slow functions  (Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>)
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On Sat, Aug 12, 2017 at 9:18 AM, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think skipping a generation of gather paths for scan node or top
> level join node generated via standard_join_search seems straight
> forward, but skipping for paths generated via geqo seems to be tricky
> (See use of generate_gather_paths in merge_clump).  Assuming, we find
> some way to skip it for top level scan/join node, I don't think that
> will be sufficient, we have some special way to push target list below
> Gather node in apply_projection_to_path, we need to move that part as
> well in generate_gather_paths.

I don't think that can work, because at that point we don't know what
target list the upper node wants to impose.

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Robert Haas
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