Re: Display of buffers for planning time show nothing for second run - Mailing list pgsql-hackers
From | Pavel Stehule |
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Subject | Re: Display of buffers for planning time show nothing for second run |
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Msg-id | CAFj8pRBc3nwWO4YNZs1Dxu0U-cKWpkUjGfs391fy9_w0XUiZPw@mail.gmail.com Whole thread Raw |
In response to | Re: Display of buffers for planning time show nothing for second run (Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>) |
List | pgsql-hackers |
út 14. 4. 2020 v 11:35 odesílatel Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com> napsal:
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 11:25 AM Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> út 14. 4. 2020 v 10:40 odesílatel Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com> napsal:
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 5:27 PM Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 10:18 AM Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > For second run I get
>> > >
>> > > postgres=# EXPLAIN (BUFFERS, ANALYZE) SELECT * FROM obce WHERE okres_id = 'CZ0201';
>> > > ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
>> > > │ QUERY PLAN │
>> > > ╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡
>> > > │ Index Scan using obce_okres_id_idx on obce (cost=0.28..14.49 rows=114 width=41) (actual time=0.044..0.101 rows=114 loops=1) │
>> > > │ Index Cond: ((okres_id)::text = 'CZ0201'::text) │
>> > > │ Buffers: shared hit=4 │
>> > > │ Planning Time: 0.159 ms │
>> > > │ Execution Time: 0.155 ms │
>> > > └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
>> > > (5 rows)
>> > >
>> > > Now, there is not any touch in planning time. Does it mean so this all these data are cached somewhere in session memory?
>> >
>> > The planning time is definitely shorter the 2nd time. And yes, what
>> > you see are all the catcache accesses that are initially performed on
>> > a fresh new backend.
>>
>> By the way, even with all catcaches served from local memory, one may
>> still see shared buffers being hit during planning. For example:
>>
>> explain (buffers, analyze) select * from foo where a = 1;
>> QUERY PLAN
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Index Only Scan using foo_pkey on foo (cost=0.15..8.17 rows=1
>> width=4) (actual time=0.010..0.011 rows=0 loops=1)
>> Index Cond: (a = 1)
>> Heap Fetches: 0
>> Buffers: shared hit=2
>> Planning Time: 0.775 ms
>> Buffers: shared hit=72
>> Execution Time: 0.086 ms
>> (7 rows)
>>
>> Time: 2.477 ms
>> postgres=# explain (buffers, analyze) select * from foo where a = 1;
>> QUERY PLAN
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Index Only Scan using foo_pkey on foo (cost=0.15..8.17 rows=1
>> width=4) (actual time=0.012..0.012 rows=0 loops=1)
>> Index Cond: (a = 1)
>> Heap Fetches: 0
>> Buffers: shared hit=2
>> Planning Time: 0.102 ms
>> Buffers: shared hit=1
>> Execution Time: 0.047 ms
>> (7 rows)
>>
>> It seems that 1 Buffer hit comes from get_relation_info() doing
>> _bt_getrootheight() for that index on foo.
>
>
> unfortunatelly, I cannot to repeat it.
>
> create table foo(a int);
> create index on foo(a);
> insert into foo values(1);
> analyze foo;
>
> for this case any second EXPLAIN is without buffer on my comp
_bt_getrootheight() won't cache any value if the index is totally
empty. Removing the INSERT in your example should lead to Amit's
behavior.
aha. good to know it.
Thank you
Pavel
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