Re: Planning performance problem (67626.278ms) - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Ranier Vilela
Subject Re: Planning performance problem (67626.278ms)
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Msg-id CAEudQApVF7TX-EJXwBz4TUhH6NzNB-wXqhs4wj+qSe6Vw3H5-Q@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Planning performance problem (67626.278ms)  (Manuel Weitzman <manuelweitzman@gmail.com>)
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Em dom., 20 de jun. de 2021 às 14:50, Manuel Weitzman <manuelweitzman@gmail.com> escreveu:
Hello everyone,

> Apparently, the planner isn't reusing the data boundaries across alternative
> plans. It would be nicer if the planner remembered each column boundaries
> for later reuse (within the same planner execution).

I've written a very naive (and crappy) patch to show how adding
memorization to get_actual_variable_range() could help the planner on
scenarios with a big number of joins.

For the previous example,

> explain (analyze, buffers)
> select * from a
> join b b1 on (b1.a = a.a)
> join b b2 on (b2.a = a.a)
> where b1.a in (1,100,10000,1000000,1000001);

each time you add a join clause the planner has to read an extra ~5[K]
buffers and gets about 200[ms] slower.

1 join
 Planning:
   Buffers: shared hit=9 read=27329
 Planning Time: 101.745 ms
 Execution Time: 0.082 ms

2 joins
 Planning:
   Buffers: shared hit=42 read=81988
 Planning Time: 303.237 ms
 Execution Time: 0.102 ms

3 joins
 Planning:
   Buffers: shared hit=94 read=136660
 Planning Time: 508.947 ms
 Execution Time: 0.155 ms

4 joins
 Planning:
   Buffers: shared hit=188 read=191322
 Planning Time: 710.981 ms
 Execution Time: 0.168 ms


After adding memorization the cost in buffers remains constant and the
latency deteriorates only marginally (as expected) with each join.

1 join
 Planning:
   Buffers: shared hit=10 read=27328
 Planning Time: 97.889 ms
 Execution Time: 0.066 ms

2 joins
 Planning:
   Buffers: shared hit=7 read=27331
 Planning Time: 100.589 ms
 Execution Time: 0.111 ms

3 joins
 Planning:
   Buffers: shared hit=9 read=27329
 Planning Time: 105.669 ms
 Execution Time: 0.134 ms

4 joins
 Planning:
   Buffers: shared hit=132 read=27370
 Planning Time: 155.716 ms
 Execution Time: 0.219 ms


I'd be happy to improve this patch into something better. Though I'd
like suggestions on how to do it:
I have this idea of creating a local "memorization" struct instance within
standard_planner(). That would require passing on a pointer down until
it reaches get_actual_variable_range(), which I think would be quite
ugly, if done just to improve the planner for this scenario.
Is there any better mechanism I could reuse from other modules? (utils
or cache, for example).
Without going into the merits of whether this cache will be adopted or not,
I have some comments about the code.

1. Prefer to use .patch instead of .diff, it makes it easier for browsers such as firefox to read and show the content automatically.
2. New struct?
    Oid is unsigned int, lower than int64.
    Better struct is:
+struct ActualVariableRangeCache {
+ int64 min_value; /* 8 bytes */
+ int64 max_value; /* 8 bytes */
+ Oid indexoid;     /* 4 bytes */
+ bool has_min; /* 1 byte */
+ bool has_max; /*1 byte */
+};
Takes up less space.

3. Avoid use of type *long*, it is very problematic with 64 bits.
Windows 64 bits, long is 4 (four) bytes.
Linux 64 bits, long is 8 (eight) bytes.

4. Avoid C99 style declarations
    for(unsigned long i = 0;)
Prefer:
   size_t i;
   for(i = 0;)
Helps backpatching to C89 versions.

regards,
Ranier Vilela

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