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Message: Re: [HACKERS] advanced partition matching algorithm for partition-wise join

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Series: patch 0002
Subject: Changes.
File+
doc/src/sgml/config.sgml 3 3
src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c 1 1
src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c 100 83
src/backend/optimizer/README 27 0
src/backend/optimizer/util/relnode.c 5 5
src/backend/partitioning/partbounds.c 56 30
src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h 6 5
From 11f93f75f05315404d5838ff050b0d66d1633a78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Etsuro Fujita <etsuro@EtsuronoMacBook-Air.local>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 00:05:59 +0900
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Changes.

---
 doc/src/sgml/config.sgml              |   6 +-
 src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c          |   2 +-
 src/backend/optimizer/README          |  27 +++++
 src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c | 183 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
 src/backend/optimizer/util/relnode.c  |  10 +-
 src/backend/partitioning/partbounds.c |  86 ++++++++++------
 src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h         |  11 +-
 7 files changed, 198 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index 2de21903a1..50cffb8694 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -4693,9 +4693,9 @@ ANY <replaceable class="parameter">num_sync</replaceable> ( <replaceable class="
         which allows a join between partitioned tables to be performed by
         joining the matching partitions.  Partitionwise join currently applies
         only when the join conditions include all the partition keys, which
-        must be of the same data type and have exactly matching sets of child
-        partitions.  Because partitionwise join planning can use significantly
-        more CPU time and memory during planning, the default is
+        must be of the same data type and have one-to-one matching sets of
+        child partitions.  Because partitionwise join planning can use
+        significantly more CPU time and memory during planning, the default is
         <literal>off</literal>.
        </para>
       </listitem>
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
index 55dfa27157..baee36892f 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ _outRelOptInfo(StringInfo str, const RelOptInfo *node)
 	WRITE_BOOL_FIELD(has_eclass_joins);
 	WRITE_BOOL_FIELD(consider_partitionwise_join);
 	WRITE_BITMAPSET_FIELD(top_parent_relids);
-	WRITE_BOOL_FIELD(merged);
+	WRITE_BOOL_FIELD(partbounds_merged);
 	WRITE_BITMAPSET_FIELD(all_partrels);
 	WRITE_NODE_FIELD(partitioned_child_rels);
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/README b/src/backend/optimizer/README
index 89ce373d5e..13633841f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/README
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/README
@@ -1106,6 +1106,33 @@ into joins between their partitions is called partitionwise join. We will use
 term "partitioned relation" for either a partitioned table or a join between
 compatibly partitioned tables.
 
+The technique is extended to some cases where the joining tables don't have
+exactly the same partition bounds, by an advanced partition-matching
+algorithm: it checks to see if there is a relationship where each partition of
+one joining table matches/overlaps at most one partition of the other, and
+vice versa; in which case the join between the joining tables can be broken
+down into joins between the matching partitions (ie, the join relation is
+considerd partitioned), so the algorithm produces the pairs of the matching
+partitions, plus the partition bounds for the join relation, to allow
+partitionwise join for the join.  The algorithm is implemented in
+partition_bounds_merge().  For an N-way join relation considered partitioned
+by this extension, not every pair of joining relations can use partitionwise
+join.  For example:
+
+	(A leftjoin B on (Pab)) innerjoin C on (Pac)
+
+where A, B, and C are partitioned tables, and A has an extra partition
+compared to B and C.  When considering partitionwise join for the join {A B},
+the extra partition of A doesn't have a matching partition on the nullable
+side, which is the case that the current implementation of partitionwise join
+can't handle.  So {A B} is not considered partitioned, and thus the pair of
+{A B} and C considered for the 3-way join can't use partitionwise join.  On
+the other hand, the pair of {A C} and B can use partitionwise join, because
+{A C} is considered partitioned, eliminating the extra partition (see identity
+1 on outer join reordering).  The partitionwise joinability of the N-way join
+relation is determined based on the first pair of joining relations that are
+both partitioned and can use partitionwise join.
+
 The partitioning properties of a partitioned relation are stored in its
 RelOptInfo.  The information about data types of partition keys are stored in
 PartitionSchemeData structure. The planner maintains a list of canonical
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c
index 530ebed245..2c0ce6d2f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinrels.c
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ static SpecialJoinInfo *build_child_join_sjinfo(PlannerInfo *root,
 												Relids left_relids, Relids right_relids);
 static int	match_expr_to_partition_keys(Expr *expr, RelOptInfo *rel,
 										 bool strict_op);
+static void compute_partition_bounds(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel1,
+									 RelOptInfo *rel2, RelOptInfo *joinrel,
+									 SpecialJoinInfo *parent_sjinfo,
+									 List **parts1, List **parts2);
 static void get_matching_part_pairs(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *joinrel,
 						RelOptInfo *rel1, RelOptInfo *rel2,
 						List **parts1, List **parts2);
@@ -1360,7 +1364,6 @@ try_partitionwise_join(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel1, RelOptInfo *rel2,
 {
 	bool		rel1_is_simple = IS_SIMPLE_REL(rel1);
 	bool		rel2_is_simple = IS_SIMPLE_REL(rel2);
-	bool		merged = false;
 	List	   *parts1 = NIL;
 	List	   *parts2 = NIL;
 	ListCell   *lcr1 = NULL;
@@ -1397,89 +1400,12 @@ try_partitionwise_join(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel1, RelOptInfo *rel2,
 	Assert(joinrel->part_scheme == rel1->part_scheme &&
 		   joinrel->part_scheme == rel2->part_scheme);
 
-	/*
-	 * If we don't have the partition bounds for the join rel yet, try to
-	 * compute those along with pairs of partitions to be joined.
-	 */
-	if (joinrel->nparts == -1)
-	{
-		PartitionScheme part_scheme = joinrel->part_scheme;
-		PartitionBoundInfo boundinfo = NULL;
-		int			nparts = 0;
-
-		Assert(joinrel->boundinfo == NULL);
-		Assert(joinrel->part_rels == NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * See if the partition bounds for inputs are exactly the same, in
-		 * which case we don't need to work hard: the join rel have the same
-		 * partition bounds as inputs, and the partitions with the same
-		 * cardinal positions form the pairs.
-		 *
-		 * Note: even in cases where one or both inputs have merged bounds,
-		 * it would be possible for both the bounds to be exactly the same, but
-		 * it seems unlikely to be worth the cycles to check.
-		 */
-		if (!rel1->merged &&
-			!rel2->merged &&
-			rel1->nparts == rel2->nparts &&
-			partition_bounds_equal(part_scheme->partnatts,
-								   part_scheme->parttyplen,
-								   part_scheme->parttypbyval,
-								   rel1->boundinfo, rel2->boundinfo))
-		{
-			boundinfo = rel1->boundinfo;
-			nparts = rel1->nparts;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			/* Try merging the partition bounds for inputs. */
-			boundinfo = partition_bounds_merge(part_scheme->partnatts,
-											   part_scheme->partsupfunc,
-											   part_scheme->partcollation,
-											   rel1, rel2,
-											   parent_sjinfo->jointype,
-											   &parts1, &parts2);
-			if (boundinfo == NULL)
-			{
-				joinrel->nparts = 0;
-				return;
-			}
-			nparts = list_length(parts1);
-			merged = true;
-		}
-
-		Assert(nparts > 0);
-		joinrel->boundinfo = boundinfo;
-		joinrel->merged = merged;
-		joinrel->nparts = nparts;
-		joinrel->part_rels =
-			(RelOptInfo **) palloc0(sizeof(RelOptInfo *) * nparts);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		Assert(joinrel->nparts > 0);
-		Assert(joinrel->boundinfo);
-		Assert(joinrel->part_rels);
+	Assert(!(joinrel->partbounds_merged && (joinrel->nparts <= 0)));
 
-		/*
-		 * If the join rel's merged flag is true, it means inputs are not
-		 * guaranteed to have the same partition bounds, therefore we can't
-		 * assume that the partitions at the same cardinal positions form the
-		 * pairs; let get_matching_part_pairs() generate the pairs.  Otherwise,
-		 * nothing to do since we can assume that.
-		 */
-		if (joinrel->merged)
-		{
-			get_matching_part_pairs(root, joinrel, rel1, rel2,
-									&parts1, &parts2);
-			Assert(list_length(parts1) == joinrel->nparts);
-			Assert(list_length(parts2) == joinrel->nparts);
-			merged = true;
-		}
-	}
+	compute_partition_bounds(root, rel1, rel2, joinrel, parent_sjinfo,
+							 &parts1, &parts2);
 
-	if (merged)
+	if (joinrel->partbounds_merged)
 	{
 		lcr1 = list_head(parts1);
 		lcr2 = list_head(parts2);
@@ -1503,7 +1429,7 @@ try_partitionwise_join(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel1, RelOptInfo *rel2,
 		AppendRelInfo **appinfos;
 		int			nappinfos;
 
-		if (merged)
+		if (joinrel->partbounds_merged)
 		{
 			child_rel1 = lfirst_node(RelOptInfo, lcr1);
 			child_rel2 = lfirst_node(RelOptInfo, lcr2);
@@ -1835,6 +1761,97 @@ match_expr_to_partition_keys(Expr *expr, RelOptInfo *rel, bool strict_op)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * compute_partition_bounds
+ *		Compute the partition bounds for a join rel from those for inputs
+ */
+static void
+compute_partition_bounds(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel1,
+						 RelOptInfo *rel2, RelOptInfo *joinrel,
+						 SpecialJoinInfo *parent_sjinfo,
+						 List **parts1, List **parts2)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If we don't have the partition bounds for the join rel yet, try to
+	 * compute those along with pairs of partitions to be joined.
+	 */
+	if (joinrel->nparts == -1)
+	{
+		PartitionScheme part_scheme = joinrel->part_scheme;
+		PartitionBoundInfo boundinfo = NULL;
+		int			nparts = 0;
+
+		Assert(joinrel->boundinfo == NULL);
+		Assert(joinrel->part_rels == NULL);
+
+		/*
+		 * See if the partition bounds for inputs are exactly the same, in
+		 * which case we don't need to work hard: the join rel have the same
+		 * partition bounds as inputs, and the partitions with the same
+		 * cardinal positions form the pairs.
+		 *
+		 * Note: even in cases where one or both inputs have merged bounds,
+		 * it would be possible for both the bounds to be exactly the same, but
+		 * it seems unlikely to be worth the cycles to check.
+		 */
+		if (!rel1->partbounds_merged &&
+			!rel2->partbounds_merged &&
+			rel1->nparts == rel2->nparts &&
+			partition_bounds_equal(part_scheme->partnatts,
+								   part_scheme->parttyplen,
+								   part_scheme->parttypbyval,
+								   rel1->boundinfo, rel2->boundinfo))
+		{
+			boundinfo = rel1->boundinfo;
+			nparts = rel1->nparts;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Try merging the partition bounds for inputs. */
+			boundinfo = partition_bounds_merge(part_scheme->partnatts,
+											   part_scheme->partsupfunc,
+											   part_scheme->partcollation,
+											   rel1, rel2,
+											   parent_sjinfo->jointype,
+											   parts1, parts2);
+			if (boundinfo == NULL)
+			{
+				joinrel->nparts = 0;
+				return;
+			}
+			nparts = list_length(*parts1);
+			joinrel->partbounds_merged = true;
+		}
+
+		Assert(nparts > 0);
+		joinrel->boundinfo = boundinfo;
+		joinrel->nparts = nparts;
+		joinrel->part_rels =
+			(RelOptInfo **) palloc0(sizeof(RelOptInfo *) * nparts);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		Assert(joinrel->nparts > 0);
+		Assert(joinrel->boundinfo);
+		Assert(joinrel->part_rels);
+
+		/*
+		 * If the join rel's partbounds_merged flag is true, it means inputs
+		 * are not guaranteed to have the same partition bounds, therefore we
+		 * can't assume that the partitions at the same cardinal positions form
+		 * the pairs; let get_matching_part_pairs() generate the pairs.
+		 * Otherwise, nothing to do since we can assume that.
+		 */
+		if (joinrel->partbounds_merged)
+		{
+			get_matching_part_pairs(root, joinrel, rel1, rel2,
+									parts1, parts2);
+			Assert(list_length(*parts1) == joinrel->nparts);
+			Assert(list_length(*parts2) == joinrel->nparts);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * get_matching_part_pairs
  *		Generate pairs of partitions to be joined from the two inputs
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/relnode.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/relnode.c
index 0e4944ac8e..433f031d0f 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/relnode.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/relnode.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ build_simple_rel(PlannerInfo *root, int relid, RelOptInfo *parent)
 	rel->part_scheme = NULL;
 	rel->nparts = -1;
 	rel->boundinfo = NULL;
-	rel->merged = false;
+	rel->partbounds_merged = false;
 	rel->partition_qual = NIL;
 	rel->part_rels = NULL;
 	rel->all_partrels = NULL;
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ build_join_rel(PlannerInfo *root,
 	joinrel->part_scheme = NULL;
 	joinrel->nparts = -1;
 	joinrel->boundinfo = NULL;
-	joinrel->merged = false;
+	joinrel->partbounds_merged = false;
 	joinrel->partition_qual = NIL;
 	joinrel->part_rels = NULL;
 	joinrel->all_partrels = NULL;
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ build_child_join_rel(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *outer_rel,
 	joinrel->part_scheme = NULL;
 	joinrel->nparts = -1;
 	joinrel->boundinfo = NULL;
-	joinrel->merged = false;
+	joinrel->partbounds_merged = false;
 	joinrel->partition_qual = NIL;
 	joinrel->part_rels = NULL;
 	joinrel->all_partrels = NULL;
@@ -1668,8 +1668,8 @@ build_joinrel_partition_info(RelOptInfo *joinrel, RelOptInfo *outer_rel,
 		   !joinrel->boundinfo);
 
 	/*
-	 * If the join relation is partitioned, it use the same partitioning scheme
-	 * as the joining relations.
+	 * If the join relation is partitioned, it uses the same partitioning
+	 * scheme as the joining relations.
 	 *
 	 * Note: we calculate the partition bounds, number of partitions, and
 	 * child-join relations of the join relation in try_partitionwise_join().
diff --git a/src/backend/partitioning/partbounds.c b/src/backend/partitioning/partbounds.c
index 24dbc2c8f3..e4c74d6c03 100644
--- a/src/backend/partitioning/partbounds.c
+++ b/src/backend/partitioning/partbounds.c
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ typedef struct PartitionRangeBound
 	bool		lower;			/* this is the lower (vs upper) bound */
 } PartitionRangeBound;
 
-/* Per-partitioned-relation data for merge_list_bounds()/merge_range_bounds() */
+/*
+ * Mapping from partitions of a partitioned relation to partitions of a join
+ * relation supposed to be partitioned (a.k.a merged partitions)
+ */
 typedef struct PartitionMap
 {
 	int			nparts;			/* number of partitions */
@@ -998,16 +1001,18 @@ partition_bounds_copy(PartitionBoundInfo src,
 
 /*
  * partition_bounds_merge
+ *		Check to see if there is a relationship where each partition of
+ *		'outer_rel' matches/overlaps at most one partition of 'inner_rel', and
+ *		vice versa; and if so, build and return the partition bounds for a join
+ *		relation between the rels, generating two lists of matching/overlapping
+ *		partitions, which are returned to *outer_parts and *inner_parts
+ *		respectively.
  *
- * This function builds and returns the partition bounds for a join relation
- * between input relations, creating two lists of partitions, which are
- * returned to *outer_parts and *inner_parts respectively.  The lists contain
- * the same number of partitions, and the partitions at the same positions in
- * the lists indicate join pairs used for partitioned join.
- *
- * This function returns NULL, setting *outer_parts and *inner_parts to NIL,
- * if a partition on one side matches multiple partitions on the other side,
- * in which case we currently don't support partitioned join.
+ * The lists contain the same number of partitions, and the partitions at the
+ * same positions in the lists indicate join pairs used for partitioned join.
+ * If a partition on one side matches/overlaps multiple partitions on the other
+ * side, this function returns NULL, setting *outer_parts and *inner_parts to
+ * NIL.
  */
 PartitionBoundInfo
 partition_bounds_merge(int partnatts,
@@ -1018,24 +1023,20 @@ partition_bounds_merge(int partnatts,
 {
 	PartitionBoundInfo outer_binfo = outer_rel->boundinfo;
 	PartitionBoundInfo inner_binfo = inner_rel->boundinfo;
-	char		strategy;
 
 	/*
 	 * Currently, this function is called only from try_partitionwise_join(),
 	 * so the join type should be INNER, LEFT, FULL, SEMI, or ANTI.
 	 */
-	if (jointype != JOIN_INNER && jointype != JOIN_LEFT && 
-		jointype != JOIN_FULL && jointype != JOIN_SEMI &&
-		jointype != JOIN_ANTI)
-		elog(ERROR, "unrecognized join type: %d", (int) jointype);
+	Assert(jointype == JOIN_INNER || jointype == JOIN_LEFT ||
+		   jointype == JOIN_FULL || jointype == JOIN_SEMI ||
+		   jointype == JOIN_ANTI);
 
-	/* Bail out if the partitioning strategies are different. */
-	if (outer_binfo->strategy != inner_binfo->strategy)
-		return NULL;
+	/* The partitioning strategies should be the same. */
+	Assert(outer_binfo->strategy == inner_binfo->strategy);
 
-	strategy = outer_binfo->strategy;
 	*outer_parts = *inner_parts = NIL;
-	switch (strategy)
+	switch (outer_binfo->strategy)
 	{
 		case PARTITION_STRATEGY_HASH:
 
@@ -1075,7 +1076,8 @@ partition_bounds_merge(int partnatts,
 									  inner_parts);
 
 		default:
-			elog(ERROR, "unexpected partition strategy: %d", (int) strategy);
+			elog(ERROR, "unexpected partition strategy: %d",
+				 (int) outer_binfo->strategy);
 			return NULL;				/* keep compiler quiet */
 	}
 }
@@ -1084,6 +1086,18 @@ partition_bounds_merge(int partnatts,
  * merge_list_bounds
  *		Create the partition bounds for a join relation between list
  *		partitioned tables, if possible
+ *
+ * In this function we try to find matching partitions from both sides by
+ * comparing list values stored in their partition bounds.  Since the list
+ * values appear in the ascending order, an algorithm similar to merge join is
+ * used for that.  If a partition doesn't have a matching partition on the
+ * other side, the algorithm tries to match it with the default partition on
+ * the other side if any; if not, the algorithm tries to match it with a
+ * dummy partition on the other side if it is on the non-nullable side of an
+ * outer join.  Also, if both sides have the default partitions, the algorithm
+ * tries to match them with each other.  We give up if the algorithm finds a
+ * partition matching multiple partitions on the other side, which is the
+ * scenario the current implementation of partitioned join can't handle.
  */
 static PartitionBoundInfo
 merge_list_bounds(FmgrInfo *partsupfunc, Oid *partcollation,
@@ -1379,6 +1393,18 @@ cleanup:
  * merge_range_bounds
  *		Create the partition bounds for a join relation between range
  *		partitioned tables, if possible
+ *
+ * In this function we try to find overlapping partitions from both sides by
+ * comparing ranges stored in their partition bounds.  Since the ranges
+ * appear in the ascending order, an algorithm similar to merge join is
+ * used for that.  If a partition doesn't have an overlapping partition on the
+ * other side, the algorithm tries to match it with the default partition on
+ * the other side if any; if not, the algorithm tries to match it with a
+ * dummy partition on the other side if it is on the non-nullable side of an
+ * outer join.  Also, if both sides have the default partitions, the algorithm
+ * tries to match them with each other.  We give up if the algorithm finds a
+ * partition overlapping multiple partitions on the other side, which is the
+ * scenario the current implementation of partitioned join can't handle.
  */
 static PartitionBoundInfo
 merge_range_bounds(int partnatts, FmgrInfo *partsupfuncs,
@@ -1851,8 +1877,8 @@ merge_matching_partitions(PartitionMap *outer_map, PartitionMap *inner_map,
  *		index of the merged partition if successful, -1 otherwise
  *
  * If the partition is newly created, *next_index is incremented.  Also, if it
- * is the default partition of the join relation, *default_partition is set to
- * the index if not already done.
+ * is the default partition of the join relation, *default_index is set to the
+ * index if not already done.
  */
 static int
 process_outer_partition(PartitionMap *outer_map,
@@ -1901,7 +1927,7 @@ process_outer_partition(PartitionMap *outer_map,
 		 * has to be scanned all the way anyway, so the resulting partition
 		 * will contain all key values from the default partition, which any
 		 * other partition of the join relation will not contain.  Thus the
-		 * resutling partition will act as the default partition of the join
+		 * resulting partition will act as the default partition of the join
 		 * relation; record the index in *default_index if not already done.
 		 */
 		if (jointype == JOIN_FULL)
@@ -1932,8 +1958,8 @@ process_outer_partition(PartitionMap *outer_map,
  *		index of the merged partition if successful, -1 otherwise
  *
  * If the partition is newly created, *next_index is incremented.  Also, if it
- * is the default partition of the join relation, *default_partition is set to
- * the index if not already done.
+ * is the default partition of the join relation, *default_index is set to the
+ * index if not already done.
  */
 static int
 process_inner_partition(PartitionMap *outer_map,
@@ -1982,7 +2008,7 @@ process_inner_partition(PartitionMap *outer_map,
 		 * has to be scanned all the way anyway, so the resulting partition
 		 * will contain all key values from the default partition, which any
 		 * other partition of the join relation will not contain.  Thus the
-		 * resutling partition will act as the default partition of the join
+		 * resulting partition will act as the default partition of the join
 		 * relation; record the index in *default_index if not already done.
 		 */
 		if (IS_OUTER_JOIN(jointype))
@@ -2044,13 +2070,13 @@ merge_null_partitions(PartitionMap *outer_map,
 	{
 		Assert(outer_null >= 0 && outer_null < outer_map->nparts);
 		if (outer_map->merged_indexes[outer_null] == -1)
-		 	consider_outer_null = true;
+			consider_outer_null = true;
 	}
 	if (inner_has_null)
 	{
 		Assert(inner_null >= 0 && inner_null < inner_map->nparts);
 		if (inner_map->merged_indexes[inner_null] == -1)
-		 	consider_inner_null = true;
+			consider_inner_null = true;
 	}
 
 	/* If both flags are set false, we don't need to do anything. */
@@ -2235,7 +2261,7 @@ merge_default_partitions(PartitionMap *outer_map,
  *
  * Note: The caller assumes that the given partition doesn't have a non-dummy
  * matching partition on the other side, but if the given partition finds the
- * matchig partition later, we will adjust the assignment.
+ * matching partition later, we will adjust the assignment.
  */
 static int
 merge_partition_with_dummy(PartitionMap *map, int index, int *next_index)
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h b/src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h
index 7f9c4ab1f1..0b1eb00223 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/pathnodes.h
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ typedef struct PartitionSchemeData *PartitionScheme;
  *		part_scheme - Partitioning scheme of the relation
  *		nparts - Number of partitions
  *		boundinfo - Partition bounds
- *		merged - true if partition bounds are merged ones
+ *		partbounds_merged - true if partition bounds are merged ones
  *		partition_qual - Partition constraint if not the root
  *		part_rels - RelOptInfos for each partition
  *		all_partrels - Relids set of all partition relids
@@ -720,11 +720,12 @@ typedef struct RelOptInfo
 
 	/* used for partitioned relations */
 	PartitionScheme part_scheme;	/* Partitioning scheme. */
-	int			nparts;			/* number of partitions; 0 = not partitioned;
-								 * -1 = not yet set */
+	int			nparts;			/* number of partitions; -1 if not yet set;
+								 * in case of a join relation 0 means it's
+								 * considered unpartitioned */
 	struct PartitionBoundInfoData *boundinfo;	/* Partition bounds */
-	bool		merged;			/* true if partition bounds were created by
-								 * partition_bounds_merge() */
+	bool		partbounds_merged;	/* true if partition bounds were created by
+									 * partition_bounds_merge() */
 	List	   *partition_qual; /* partition constraint */
 	struct RelOptInfo **part_rels;	/* Array of RelOptInfos of partitions,
 									 * stored in the same order of bounds */
-- 
2.14.3 (Apple Git-98)