Re: Parallel index build for BRIN - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tomas Vondra
Subject Re: Parallel index build for BRIN
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Msg-id ce1aeb37-a001-4e08-a319-3be9b07f5ee1@vondra.me
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In response to Re: Parallel index build for BRIN  (Egor Rogov <e.rogov@postgrespro.ru>)
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On 12/17/24 07:40, Egor Rogov wrote:
> On 16.12.2024 21:24, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> 
>> On 12/9/24 19:54, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>>> On 12/8/24 16:00, Egor Rogov wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> I've spotted another mention of B-tree being the only AM that supports
>>>> parallel builds: comment in src/backend/catalog/index.c. As this
>>>> mention
>>>> is not visible to the users, I'd propose removing it altogether rather
>>>> than fixing it. Updated patch is attached.
>>>>
>>> Thanks for noticing this and the patches. You're right, this should have
>>> been updated with the BRIN parallel builds. I'll get this committed
>>> sometime the week.
>>>
>> I've pushed the doc fix, and backpatched it to PG 17.
> 
> 
> Thanks so much, Tomas!
> 
> Please note that the comment in src/backend/catalog/index.c remains
> unchanged:
> 
> 
> --- a/src/backend/catalog/index.c
> +++ b/src/backend/catalog/index.c
> @@ -2988,8 +2988,7 @@ index_build(Relation heapRelation,
> Assert(PointerIsValid(indexRelation->rd_indam->ambuildempty));
> 
>     /*
> -    * Determine worker process details for parallel CREATE INDEX. 
> Currently,
> -    * only btree has support for parallel builds.
> +    * Determine worker process details for parallel CREATE INDEX.
>      *
>      * Note that planner considers parallel safety for us.
>      */
> 

Oh, thanks for noticing that. I'm not sure why I missed that, I must
have used the first patch by mistake.

Anyway, I found another obsolete comment in planner.c, so I fixed that
too and pushed.


Thanks

-- 
Tomas Vondra




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