Re: [PATCH] Incremental sort (was: PoC: Partial sort)

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: James Coleman <jtc331@gmail.com>, Rafia Sabih <rafia.pghackers@gmail.com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Shaun Thomas <shaun.thomas@2ndquadrant.com>, Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6@gmail.com>, Alexander Korotkov <a.korotkov@postgrespro.ru>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: 2019-11-29T06:01:46Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 01:00:49AM +0200, Tomas Vondra wrote:
> OK. I'll try extending the set of synthetic queries in [1] to also do
> soemthing like this and generate similar plans.

Any progress on that?

Please note that the latest patch does not apply anymore, so a rebase
is needed.  I am switching the patch as waiting on author for now.
--
Michael

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.