Re: Eliminating SPI / SQL from some RI triggers - take 3

amit <amitlangote09@gmail.com>

From: Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Cc: Junwang Zhao <zhjwpku@gmail.com>, Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>, Haibo Yan <tristan.yim@gmail.com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Tomas Vondra <tomas@vondra.me>
Date: 2026-04-22T04:04:17Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 9:52 AM Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2026 at 5:50 AM Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
> > On 02.04.26 09:41, Amit Langote wrote:
> > > There's another case in which it is not ok to use FlushArray and that
> > > is if the index AM's amsearcharray is false (should be true in all
> > > cases because the unique index used for PK is always btree).  Added an
> > > Assert to that effect next to where SK_SEARCHARRAY is set in
> > > ri_FastPathFlushArray rather than a runtime check in the dispatch
> > > condition.
> > >
> > > Patch updated.  Also added a comment about invalidation requirement or
> > > lack thereof for RI_FastPathEntry, rename AfterTriggerBatchIsActive()
> > > to simply AfterTriggerIsActive(), fixed the comments in trigger.h
> > > describing the callback mechanism.
> > >
> > > Will push tomorrow morning (Friday) barring objections.
> >
> > This commit contains a couple of calls
> >
> > ri_populate_fastpath_metadata((RI_ConstraintInfo *) riinfo,
> >                                fk_rel, idx_rel);
> >
> > where the cast casts away the const-ness of riinfo.
> >
> > But this is kind of a lie, since the purpose of
> > ri_populate_fastpath_metadata() is to modify riinfo.
> >
> > I think the right thing to do here is to unwind the const qualifiers up
> > the stack.  See attached patch.
>
> Thanks for the patch.  LGTM.
>
> Are you planning to push it or do you want me to?

Pushed.

-- 
Thanks, Amit Langote



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  1. Fix some const qualifier use in ri_triggers.c

  2. doc: Improve consistency of parallel vacuum description.

  3. Move afterTriggerFiringDepth into AfterTriggersData

  4. Fix typo left by 34a30786293

  5. Fix RI fast-path crash under nested C-level SPI

  6. Add nkeys parameter to recheck_matched_pk_tuple()

  7. Fix deferred FK check batching introduced by commit b7b27eb41a5

  8. Optimize fast-path FK checks with batched index probes

  9. Make FastPathMeta self-contained by copying FmgrInfo structs

  10. Add fast path for foreign key constraint checks