Re: index prefetching

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>
Cc: Tomas Vondra <tomas@vondra.me>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>, Georgios <gkokolatos@protonmail.com>, Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>, Konstantin Knizhnik <knizhnik@garret.ru>, Dilip Kumar <dilipbalaut@gmail.com>
Date: 2025-07-16T18:27:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

Same data as JSON: GET /api/v1/messages/:b64id/commits the thread's linked commits as JSON, with link sources. API reference →
  1. aio: io_uring: Trigger async processing for large IOs

  2. read stream: Split decision about look ahead for AIO and combining

  3. read_stream: Only increase read-ahead distance when waiting for IO

  4. read_stream: Prevent distance from decaying too quickly

  5. Reduce ExecSeqScan* code size using pg_assume()

  6. Fix rare bug in read_stream.c's split IO handling.

  7. Fix multiranges to behave more like dependent types.

  8. Add EXPLAIN (MEMORY) to report planner memory consumption

  9. Optimize nbtree backward scan boundary cases.

  10. Increment xactCompletionCount during subtransaction abort.

  11. Add nbtree Valgrind buffer lock checks.

  12. Add nbtree high key "continuescan" optimization.

  13. Reduce pinning and buffer content locking for btree scans.

  14. Teach btree to handle ScalarArrayOpExpr quals natively.

Hi,

On 2025-07-16 14:18:54 -0400, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> I don't fully understand why this appears to be less of a problem with
> the complex patch. Can you help me to confirm my understanding?

Could you share the current version of the complex patch (happy with a git
tree)? Afaict it hasn't been posted, which makes this pretty hard follow along
/ provide feedback on, for others.

Greetings,

Andres Freund