/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * planagg.c * Special planning for aggregate queries. * * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * * IDENTIFICATION * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/plan/planagg.c,v 1.12 2005/11/25 19:47:49 tgl Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #include "postgres.h" #include "access/skey.h" #include "catalog/pg_aggregate.h" #include "catalog/pg_type.h" #include "nodes/makefuncs.h" #include "optimizer/clauses.h" #include "optimizer/cost.h" #include "optimizer/pathnode.h" #include "optimizer/paths.h" #include "optimizer/planmain.h" #include "optimizer/subselect.h" #include "parser/parsetree.h" #include "parser/parse_clause.h" #include "parser/parse_expr.h" #include "utils/lsyscache.h" #include "utils/syscache.h" typedef struct { Oid aggfnoid; /* pg_proc Oid of the aggregate */ Oid aggsortop; /* Oid of its sort operator */ Expr *target; /* expression we are aggregating on */ IndexPath *path; /* access path for index scan */ Cost pathcost; /* estimated cost to fetch first row */ Param *param; /* param for subplan's output */ } MinMaxAggInfo; static bool find_minmax_aggs_walker(Node *node, List **context); static bool build_minmax_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel, MinMaxAggInfo *info); static ScanDirection match_agg_to_index_col(MinMaxAggInfo *info, IndexOptInfo *index, int indexcol); static void make_agg_subplan(PlannerInfo *root, MinMaxAggInfo *info, List *constant_quals); static Node *replace_aggs_with_params_mutator(Node *node, List **context); static Oid fetch_agg_sort_op(Oid aggfnoid); /* * optimize_minmax_aggregates - check for optimizing MIN/MAX via indexes * * This checks to see if we can replace MIN/MAX aggregate functions by * subqueries of the form * (SELECT col FROM tab WHERE ... ORDER BY col ASC/DESC LIMIT 1) * Given a suitable index on tab.col, this can be much faster than the * generic scan-all-the-rows plan. * * We are passed the preprocessed tlist, and the best path * devised for computing the input of a standard Agg node. If we are able * to optimize all the aggregates, and the result is estimated to be cheaper * than the generic aggregate method, then generate and return a Plan that * does it that way. Otherwise, return NULL. */ Plan * optimize_minmax_aggregates(PlannerInfo *root, List *tlist, Path *best_path) { Query *parse = root->parse; RangeTblRef *rtr; RangeTblEntry *rte; RelOptInfo *rel; List *aggs_list; ListCell *l; Cost total_cost; Path agg_p; Plan *plan; Node *hqual; QualCost tlist_cost; List *constant_quals; /* Nothing to do if query has no aggregates */ if (!parse->hasAggs) return NULL; Assert(!parse->setOperations); /* shouldn't get here if a setop */ Assert(parse->rowMarks == NIL); /* nor if FOR UPDATE */ /* * Reject unoptimizable cases. * * We don't handle GROUP BY, because our current implementations of * grouping require looking at all the rows anyway, and so there's not * much point in optimizing MIN/MAX. */ if (parse->groupClause) return NULL; /* * We also restrict the query to reference exactly one table, since join * conditions can't be handled reasonably. (We could perhaps handle a * query containing cartesian-product joins, but it hardly seems worth the * trouble.) */ Assert(parse->jointree != NULL && IsA(parse->jointree, FromExpr)); if (list_length(parse->jointree->fromlist) != 1) return NULL; rtr = (RangeTblRef *) linitial(parse->jointree->fromlist); if (!IsA(rtr, RangeTblRef)) return NULL; rte = rt_fetch(rtr->rtindex, parse->rtable); if (rte->rtekind != RTE_RELATION || rte->inh) return NULL; rel = find_base_rel(root, rtr->rtindex); /* * Also reject cases with subplans or volatile functions in WHERE. This * may be overly paranoid, but it's not entirely clear if the * transformation is safe then. */ if (contain_subplans(parse->jointree->quals) || contain_volatile_functions(parse->jointree->quals)) return NULL; /* * Since this optimization is not applicable all that often, we want to * fall out before doing very much work if possible. Therefore we do the * work in several passes. The first pass scans the tlist and HAVING qual * to find all the aggregates and verify that each of them is a MIN/MAX * aggregate. If that succeeds, the second pass looks at each aggregate * to see if it is optimizable; if so we make an IndexPath describing how * we would scan it. (We do not try to optimize if only some aggs are * optimizable, since that means we'll have to scan all the rows anyway.) * If that succeeds, we have enough info to compare costs against the * generic implementation. Only if that test passes do we build a Plan. */ /* Pass 1: find all the aggregates */ aggs_list = NIL; if (find_minmax_aggs_walker((Node *) tlist, &aggs_list)) return NULL; if (find_minmax_aggs_walker(parse->havingQual, &aggs_list)) return NULL; /* Pass 2: see if each one is optimizable */ total_cost = 0; foreach(l, aggs_list) { MinMaxAggInfo *info = (MinMaxAggInfo *) lfirst(l); if (!build_minmax_path(root, rel, info)) return NULL; total_cost += info->pathcost; } /* * Make the cost comparison. * * Note that we don't include evaluation cost of the tlist here; this is * OK since it isn't included in best_path's cost either, and should be * the same in either case. */ cost_agg(&agg_p, root, AGG_PLAIN, list_length(aggs_list), 0, 0, best_path->startup_cost, best_path->total_cost, best_path->parent->rows); if (total_cost > agg_p.total_cost) return NULL; /* too expensive */ /* * OK, we are going to generate an optimized plan. The first thing we * need to do is look for any non-variable WHERE clauses that * query_planner might have removed from the basic plan. (Normal WHERE * clauses will be properly incorporated into the sub-plans by * create_plan.) If there are any, they will be in a gating Result node * atop the best_path. They have to be incorporated into a gating Result * in each sub-plan in order to produce the semantically correct result. */ if (IsA(best_path, ResultPath)) { constant_quals = ((ResultPath *) best_path)->constantqual; /* no need to do this more than once: */ constant_quals = order_qual_clauses(root, constant_quals); } else constant_quals = NIL; /* Pass 3: generate subplans and output Param nodes */ foreach(l, aggs_list) { make_agg_subplan(root, (MinMaxAggInfo *) lfirst(l), constant_quals); } /* * Modify the targetlist and HAVING qual to reference subquery outputs */ tlist = (List *) replace_aggs_with_params_mutator((Node *) tlist, &aggs_list); hqual = replace_aggs_with_params_mutator(parse->havingQual, &aggs_list); /* * Generate the output plan --- basically just a Result */ plan = (Plan *) make_result(tlist, hqual, NULL); /* Account for evaluation cost of the tlist (make_result did the rest) */ cost_qual_eval(&tlist_cost, tlist); plan->startup_cost += tlist_cost.startup; plan->total_cost += tlist_cost.startup + tlist_cost.per_tuple; return plan; } /* * find_minmax_aggs_walker * Recursively scan the Aggref nodes in an expression tree, and check * that each one is a MIN/MAX aggregate. If so, build a list of the * distinct aggregate calls in the tree. * * Returns TRUE if a non-MIN/MAX aggregate is found, FALSE otherwise. * (This seemingly-backward definition is used because expression_tree_walker * aborts the scan on TRUE return, which is what we want.) * * Found aggregates are added to the list at *context; it's up to the caller * to initialize the list to NIL. * * This does not descend into subqueries, and so should be used only after * reduction of sublinks to subplans. There mustn't be outer-aggregate * references either. */ static bool find_minmax_aggs_walker(Node *node, List **context) { if (node == NULL) return false; if (IsA(node, Aggref)) { Aggref *aggref = (Aggref *) node; Oid aggsortop; MinMaxAggInfo *info; ListCell *l; Assert(aggref->agglevelsup == 0); if (aggref->aggstar) return true; /* foo(*) is surely not optimizable */ /* note: we do not care if DISTINCT is mentioned ... */ aggsortop = fetch_agg_sort_op(aggref->aggfnoid); if (!OidIsValid(aggsortop)) return true; /* not a MIN/MAX aggregate */ /* * Check whether it's already in the list, and add it if not. */ foreach(l, *context) { info = (MinMaxAggInfo *) lfirst(l); if (info->aggfnoid == aggref->aggfnoid && equal(info->target, aggref->target)) return false; } info = (MinMaxAggInfo *) palloc0(sizeof(MinMaxAggInfo)); info->aggfnoid = aggref->aggfnoid; info->aggsortop = aggsortop; info->target = aggref->target; *context = lappend(*context, info); /* * We need not recurse into the argument, since it can't contain any * aggregates. */ return false; } Assert(!IsA(node, SubLink)); return expression_tree_walker(node, find_minmax_aggs_walker, (void *) context); } /* * build_minmax_path * Given a MIN/MAX aggregate, try to find an index it can be optimized * with. Build a Path describing the best such index path. * * Returns TRUE if successful, FALSE if not. In the TRUE case, info->path * is filled in. * * XXX look at sharing more code with indxpath.c. * * Note: check_partial_indexes() must have been run previously. */ static bool build_minmax_path(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel, MinMaxAggInfo *info) { IndexPath *best_path = NULL; Cost best_cost = 0; ListCell *l; foreach(l, rel->indexlist) { IndexOptInfo *index = (IndexOptInfo *) lfirst(l); ScanDirection indexscandir = NoMovementScanDirection; int indexcol; int prevcol; List *restrictclauses; IndexPath *new_path; Cost new_cost; bool found_clause; /* Ignore non-btree indexes */ if (index->relam != BTREE_AM_OID) continue; /* Ignore partial indexes that do not match the query */ if (index->indpred != NIL && !index->predOK) continue; /* * Look for a match to one of the index columns. (In a stupidly * designed index, there could be multiple matches, but we only care * about the first one.) */ for (indexcol = 0; indexcol < index->ncolumns; indexcol++) { indexscandir = match_agg_to_index_col(info, index, indexcol); if (!ScanDirectionIsNoMovement(indexscandir)) break; } if (ScanDirectionIsNoMovement(indexscandir)) continue; /* * If the match is not at the first index column, we have to verify * that there are "x = something" restrictions on all the earlier * index columns. Since we'll need the restrictclauses list anyway to * build the path, it's convenient to extract that first and then look * through it for the equality restrictions. */ restrictclauses = group_clauses_by_indexkey(index, index->rel->baserestrictinfo, NIL, NULL, SAOP_FORBID, &found_clause); if (list_length(restrictclauses) < indexcol) continue; /* definitely haven't got enough */ for (prevcol = 0; prevcol < indexcol; prevcol++) { List *rinfos = (List *) list_nth(restrictclauses, prevcol); ListCell *ll; foreach(ll, rinfos) { RestrictInfo *rinfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(ll); int strategy; Assert(is_opclause(rinfo->clause)); strategy = get_op_opclass_strategy(((OpExpr *) rinfo->clause)->opno, index->classlist[prevcol]); if (strategy == BTEqualStrategyNumber) break; } if (ll == NULL) break; /* none are Equal for this index col */ } if (prevcol < indexcol) continue; /* didn't find all Equal clauses */ /* * Build the access path. We don't bother marking it with pathkeys. */ new_path = create_index_path(root, index, restrictclauses, NIL, indexscandir, false); /* * Estimate actual cost of fetching just one row. */ if (new_path->rows > 1.0) new_cost = new_path->path.startup_cost + (new_path->path.total_cost - new_path->path.startup_cost) * 1.0 / new_path->rows; else new_cost = new_path->path.total_cost; /* * Keep if first or if cheaper than previous best. */ if (best_path == NULL || new_cost < best_cost) { best_path = new_path; best_cost = new_cost; } } info->path = best_path; info->pathcost = best_cost; return (best_path != NULL); } /* * match_agg_to_index_col * Does an aggregate match an index column? * * It matches if its argument is equal to the index column's data and its * sortop is either the LessThan or GreaterThan member of the column's opclass. * * We return ForwardScanDirection if match the LessThan member, * BackwardScanDirection if match the GreaterThan member, * and NoMovementScanDirection if there's no match. */ static ScanDirection match_agg_to_index_col(MinMaxAggInfo *info, IndexOptInfo *index, int indexcol) { int strategy; /* Check for data match */ if (!match_index_to_operand((Node *) info->target, indexcol, index)) return NoMovementScanDirection; /* Look up the operator in the opclass */ strategy = get_op_opclass_strategy(info->aggsortop, index->classlist[indexcol]); if (strategy == BTLessStrategyNumber) return ForwardScanDirection; if (strategy == BTGreaterStrategyNumber) return BackwardScanDirection; return NoMovementScanDirection; } /* * Construct a suitable plan for a converted aggregate query */ static void make_agg_subplan(PlannerInfo *root, MinMaxAggInfo *info, List *constant_quals) { PlannerInfo subroot; Query *subparse; Plan *plan; TargetEntry *tle; SortClause *sortcl; NullTest *ntest; /* * Generate a suitably modified query. Much of the work here is probably * unnecessary in the normal case, but we want to make it look good if * someone tries to EXPLAIN the result. */ memcpy(&subroot, root, sizeof(PlannerInfo)); subroot.parse = subparse = (Query *) copyObject(root->parse); subparse->commandType = CMD_SELECT; subparse->resultRelation = 0; subparse->resultRelations = NIL; subparse->into = NULL; subparse->hasAggs = false; subparse->groupClause = NIL; subparse->havingQual = NULL; subparse->distinctClause = NIL; subroot.hasHavingQual = false; /* single tlist entry that is the aggregate target */ tle = makeTargetEntry(copyObject(info->target), 1, pstrdup("agg_target"), false); subparse->targetList = list_make1(tle); /* set up the appropriate ORDER BY entry */ sortcl = makeNode(SortClause); sortcl->tleSortGroupRef = assignSortGroupRef(tle, subparse->targetList); sortcl->sortop = info->aggsortop; subparse->sortClause = list_make1(sortcl); /* set up LIMIT 1 */ subparse->limitOffset = NULL; subparse->limitCount = (Node *) makeConst(INT4OID, sizeof(int4), Int32GetDatum(1), false, true); /* * Generate the plan for the subquery. We already have a Path for the * basic indexscan, but we have to convert it to a Plan and attach a LIMIT * node above it. We might need a gating Result, too, to handle any * non-variable qual clauses. * * Also we must add a "WHERE foo IS NOT NULL" restriction to the * indexscan, to be sure we don't return a NULL, which'd be contrary to * the standard behavior of MIN/MAX. XXX ideally this should be done * earlier, so that the selectivity of the restriction could be included * in our cost estimates. But that looks painful, and in most cases the * fraction of NULLs isn't high enough to change the decision. */ plan = create_plan(&subroot, (Path *) info->path); plan->targetlist = copyObject(subparse->targetList); ntest = makeNode(NullTest); ntest->nulltesttype = IS_NOT_NULL; ntest->arg = copyObject(info->target); plan->qual = lappend(plan->qual, ntest); if (constant_quals) plan = (Plan *) make_result(copyObject(plan->targetlist), copyObject(constant_quals), plan); plan = (Plan *) make_limit(plan, subparse->limitOffset, subparse->limitCount, 0, 1); /* * Convert the plan into an InitPlan, and make a Param for its result. */ info->param = SS_make_initplan_from_plan(&subroot, plan, exprType((Node *) tle->expr), -1); } /* * Replace original aggregate calls with subplan output Params */ static Node * replace_aggs_with_params_mutator(Node *node, List **context) { if (node == NULL) return NULL; if (IsA(node, Aggref)) { Aggref *aggref = (Aggref *) node; ListCell *l; foreach(l, *context) { MinMaxAggInfo *info = (MinMaxAggInfo *) lfirst(l); if (info->aggfnoid == aggref->aggfnoid && equal(info->target, aggref->target)) return (Node *) info->param; } elog(ERROR, "failed to re-find aggregate info record"); } Assert(!IsA(node, SubLink)); return expression_tree_mutator(node, replace_aggs_with_params_mutator, (void *) context); } /* * Get the OID of the sort operator, if any, associated with an aggregate. * Returns InvalidOid if there is no such operator. */ static Oid fetch_agg_sort_op(Oid aggfnoid) { HeapTuple aggTuple; Form_pg_aggregate aggform; Oid aggsortop; /* fetch aggregate entry from pg_aggregate */ aggTuple = SearchSysCache(AGGFNOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(aggfnoid), 0, 0, 0); if (!HeapTupleIsValid(aggTuple)) return InvalidOid; aggform = (Form_pg_aggregate) GETSTRUCT(aggTuple); aggsortop = aggform->aggsortop; ReleaseSysCache(aggTuple); return aggsortop; }