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Re: pg_plan_advice

Tender Wang <tndrwang@gmail.com>

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From: Tender Wang <tndrwang@gmail.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, "heikki.linnakangas" <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Date: 2026-04-16T01:45:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> 于2026年4月16日周四 03:47写道：
>
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2026 at 6:30 AM Tender Wang <tndrwang@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In the plan_showdown phase, in pgpa_qf_add_plan_rtis(), we can add 7,
> > 5, and 3 to qf->relids.
> > It seems difficult to add "6" to qf->relids when walking through the
> > plan tree.(Maybe have an easy way, I don't know too much
> > pg_plan_advice related code).
>
> Thanks for looking through this.  sj_unique_rtis is actually not set
> from the plan tree walk, but based on the calls to
> pgpa_join_path_setup that occur during planning, so it makes sense
> that the join RTI crept in there. I'm guessing that this is another
> place that needs a call to pgpa_filter_out_join_relids -- I've had a
> few of those bugs already.
I try a quick fix as follow:
diff --git a/contrib/pg_plan_advice/pgpa_planner.c
b/contrib/pg_plan_advice/pgpa_planner.c
index 72ef3230abc..971f301e950 100644
--- a/contrib/pg_plan_advice/pgpa_planner.c
+++ b/contrib/pg_plan_advice/pgpa_planner.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ pgpa_join_path_setup(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *joinrel,
        {
                pgpa_planner_state *pps;
                RelOptInfo *uniquerel;
+               Bitmapset *relids;

                uniquerel = jointype == JOIN_UNIQUE_OUTER ? outerrel : innerrel;
                pps = GetPlannerGlobalExtensionState(root->glob,
planner_extension_id);
@@ -562,8 +563,11 @@ pgpa_join_path_setup(PlannerInfo *root,
RelOptInfo *joinrel,
                        oldcontext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(pps->mcxt);
                        proot = pgpa_planner_get_proot(pps, root);
                        if (!list_member(proot->sj_unique_rels,
uniquerel->relids))
+                       {
+                               relids =
pgpa_filter_out_join_relids(uniquerel->relids, root->parse->rtable);
                                proot->sj_unique_rels =
lappend(proot->sj_unique_rels,
-
                         bms_copy(uniquerel->relids));
+
                         bms_copy(relids));
+                       }
                        MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldcontext);
                }
        }

postgres=# LOAD 'pg_plan_advice';
LOAD
postgres=# EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF, PLAN_ADVICE)SELECT 1 FROM t1 WHERE EXISTS
   (SELECT 1 FROM
     (SELECT 1 FROM
       (SELECT 1) LEFT JOIN t2 ON true),
     t2 WHERE a = b);
                    QUERY PLAN
---------------------------------------------------
 Hash Join
   Hash Cond: (t1.a = t2.b)
   ->  Seq Scan on t1
   ->  Hash
         ->  HashAggregate
               Group Key: t2.b
               ->  Nested Loop
                     ->  Nested Loop Left Join
                           ->  Result
                           ->  Seq Scan on t2 t2_1
                     ->  Materialize
                           ->  Seq Scan on t2
 Generated Plan Advice:
   JOIN_ORDER(t1 ("*RESULT*" t2#2 t2))
   NESTED_LOOP_PLAIN(t2#2)
   NESTED_LOOP_MATERIALIZE(t2)
   HASH_JOIN((t2 t2#2 "*RESULT*"))
   SEQ_SCAN(t1 t2#2 t2)
   SEMIJOIN_UNIQUE((t2 t2#2 "*RESULT*"))
   NO_GATHER(t1 t2 t2#2 "*RESULT*")
(20 rows)




-- 
Thanks,
Tender Wang

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  1. pg_plan_advice: Fix another unique-semijoin bug.

  2. pg_plan_advice: Export feedback-related definitions.

  3. pg_plan_advice: Fix a bug when a subquery is pruned away entirely.

  4. pg_plan_advice: Add alternatives test to Makefile.

  5. pg_plan_advice: Handle non-repeatable TABLESAMPLE scans.

  6. pg_stash_advice: Allow stashed advice to be persisted to disk.

  7. Add pg_stash_advice contrib module.

  8. pg_plan_advice: Avoid assertion failure with partitionwise aggregate.

  9. pg_plan_advice: Invent DO_NOT_SCAN(relation_identifier).

  10. Add an alternative_plan_name field to PlannerInfo.

  11. pg_plan_advice: Refactor to invent pgpa_planner_info

  12. Respect disabled_nodes in fix_alternative_subplan.

  13. get_memoize_path: Don't exit quickly when PGS_NESTLOOP_PLAIN is unset.

  14. test_plan_advice: Set TAP test priority 50 in meson.build.

  15. pg_plan_advice: Avoid a crash under GEQO.

  16. Test pg_plan_advice using a new test_plan_advice module.

  17. pg_plan_advice: Always install pg_plan_advice.h, and in the right place

  18. pg_plan_advice: Fix failures to accept identifier keywords.

  19. Add pg_plan_advice contrib module.

  20. Allow extensions to mark an individual index as disabled.

  21. Replace get_relation_info_hook with build_simple_rel_hook.

  22. Store information about Append node consolidation in the final plan.

  23. Store information about elided nodes in the final plan.

  24. Store information about range-table flattening in the final plan.

  25. Pass cursorOptions to planner_setup_hook.

  26. Fix PGS_CONSIDER_NONPARTIAL interaction with Materialize nodes.

  27. Fix mistakes in commit 4020b370f214315b8c10430301898ac21658143f

  28. Allow for plugin control over path generation strategies.

  29. Update some comments for fasthash

  30. Allow passing a pointer to GetNamedDSMSegment()'s init callback.

  31. Don't reset the pathlist of partitioned joinrels.

  32. Treat number of disabled nodes in a path as a separate cost metric.