Re: Proposal: "query_work_mem" GUC, to distribute working memory to the query's individual operators - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: Proposal: "query_work_mem" GUC, to distribute working memory to the query's individual operators
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Msg-id e22b9d56e56d4cecd2cc7e95a9758e09cc187c8f.camel@j-davis.com
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In response to Re: Proposal: "query_work_mem" GUC, to distribute working memory to the query's individual operators  (James Hunter <james.hunter.pg@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Proposal: "query_work_mem" GUC, to distribute working memory to the query's individual operators
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On Mon, 2025-02-10 at 19:09 -0800, James Hunter wrote:
> I think it makes sense to split the work into two parts: one part
> that
> improves SQL execution, and a second part that improves the
> optimizer,
> to reflect the improvements to execution.

I like the idea to store the value of work_mem in the
path/plan/executor nodes, and use that at execution time rather than
the GUC directly.

IIUC, that would allow an extension to do what you want, right? A
planner hook could just walk the tree and edit those values for
individual nodes, and the executor would enforce them.

Regards,
    Jeff Davis




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