Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Incremental sort

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
To: Teodor Sigaev <teodor@sigaev.ru>
Cc: Alexander Korotkov <a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru>, Darafei Komяpa Praliaskouski <me@komzpa.net>, Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>, Antonin Houska <ah@cybertec.at>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-03-28T15:38:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Teodor Sigaev wrote:
> > BTW, patch had conflicts with master.  Please, find rebased version attached.
> 
> Despite by patch conflist patch looks commitable, has anybody objections to
> commit it?
> 
> Patch recieved several rounds of review during 2 years, and seems to me,
> keeping it out from sources may cause a lost it. Although it suggests
> performance improvement in rather wide usecases.

Can we have a recap on what the patch *does*?  I see there's a
description in Alexander's first email
https://postgr.es/m/CAPpHfdscOX5an71nHd8WSUH6GNOCf=V7wgDaTXdDd9=goN-gfA@mail.gmail.com
but that was a long time ago, and the patch has likely changed in the
meantime ...

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Commits

  1. Further adjustments to Hashagg EXPLAIN ANALYZE output

  2. Rework EXPLAIN format for incremental sort

  3. Fix typos and improve incremental sort comments

  4. Stabilize incremental_sort tests

  5. Minor improvements in Incremental Sort explain

  6. Consider Incremental Sort paths at additional places

  7. Fix representation of SORT_TYPE_STILL_IN_PROGRESS.

  8. Fix failures in incremental_sort due to number of workers

  9. Fix show_incremental_sort_info with force_parallel_mode

  10. Implement Incremental Sort

  11. Fix handling of "Subplans Removed" field in EXPLAIN output.

  12. Fix EXPLAIN (SETTINGS) to follow policy about when to print empty fields.

  13. Ensure plpgsql result tuples have the right composite type marking.

  14. Propagate sort instrumentation from workers back to leader.

  15. Make new regression test case parallel-safe, and improve its output.

  16. Push limit through subqueries to underlying sort, where possible.

  17. Fix inappropriate printing of never-measured times in EXPLAIN.

  18. Fix some infelicities in EXPLAIN output for parallel query plans.