pg_prewarm, a contrib module for prewarming relationd data.

Patch by me.  Review by Álvaro Herrera, Amit Kapila, Jeff Janes,
Gurjeet Singh, and others.
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Robert Haas 2013-12-20 08:08:01 -05:00
parent 6eda3e9c27
commit c32afe53c2
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@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ SUBDIRS = \
pg_archivecleanup \
pg_buffercache \
pg_freespacemap \
pg_prewarm \
pg_standby \
pg_stat_statements \
pg_test_fsync \

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# contrib/pg_prewarm/Makefile
MODULE_big = pg_prewarm
OBJS = pg_prewarm.o
EXTENSION = pg_prewarm
DATA = pg_prewarm--1.0.sql
ifdef USE_PGXS
PG_CONFIG = pg_config
PGXS := $(shell $(PG_CONFIG) --pgxs)
include $(PGXS)
else
subdir = contrib/pg_prewarm
top_builddir = ../..
include $(top_builddir)/src/Makefile.global
include $(top_srcdir)/contrib/contrib-global.mk
endif

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/* contrib/pg_prewarm/pg_prewarm--1.0.sql */
-- complain if script is sourced in psql, rather than via CREATE EXTENSION
\echo Use "CREATE EXTENSION pg_prewarm" to load this file. \quit
-- Register the function.
CREATE FUNCTION pg_prewarm(regclass,
mode text default 'buffer',
fork text default 'main',
first_block int8 default null,
last_block int8 default null)
RETURNS int8
AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pg_prewarm'
LANGUAGE C;

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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* pg_prewarm.c
* prewarming utilities
*
* Copyright (c) 2010-2013, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
* IDENTIFICATION
* contrib/pg_prewarm/pg_prewarm.c
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
#include "postgres.h"
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "access/heapam.h"
#include "catalog/catalog.h"
#include "fmgr.h"
#include "miscadmin.h"
#include "storage/bufmgr.h"
#include "storage/smgr.h"
#include "utils/acl.h"
#include "utils/builtins.h"
#include "utils/lsyscache.h"
#include "utils/rel.h"
PG_MODULE_MAGIC;
extern Datum pg_prewarm(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(pg_prewarm);
typedef enum
{
PREWARM_PREFETCH,
PREWARM_READ,
PREWARM_BUFFER
} PrewarmType;
static char blockbuffer[BLCKSZ];
/*
* pg_prewarm(regclass, mode text, fork text,
* first_block int8, last_block int8)
*
* The first argument is the relation to be prewarmed; the second controls
* how prewarming is done; legal options are 'prefetch', 'read', and 'buffer'.
* The third is the name of the relation fork to be prewarmed. The fourth
* and fifth arguments specify the first and last block to be prewarmed.
* If the fourth argument is NULL, it will be taken as 0; if the fifth argument
* is NULL, it will be taken as the number of blocks in the relation. The
* return value is the number of blocks successfully prewarmed.
*/
Datum
pg_prewarm(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
{
Oid relOid;
text *forkName;
text *type;
int64 first_block;
int64 last_block;
int64 nblocks;
int64 blocks_done = 0;
int64 block;
Relation rel;
ForkNumber forkNumber;
char *forkString;
char *ttype;
PrewarmType ptype;
AclResult aclresult;
/* Basic sanity checking. */
if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
errmsg("relation cannot be null")));
relOid = PG_GETARG_OID(0);
if (PG_ARGISNULL(1))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
(errmsg("prewarm type cannot be null"))));
type = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(1);
ttype = text_to_cstring(type);
if (strcmp(ttype, "prefetch") == 0)
ptype = PREWARM_PREFETCH;
else if (strcmp(ttype, "read") == 0)
ptype = PREWARM_READ;
else if (strcmp(ttype, "buffer") == 0)
ptype = PREWARM_BUFFER;
else
{
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
errmsg("invalid prewarm type"),
errhint("Valid prewarm types are \"prefetch\", \"read\", and \"buffer\".")));
PG_RETURN_INT64(0); /* Placate compiler. */
}
if (PG_ARGISNULL(2))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
(errmsg("relation fork cannot be null"))));
forkName = PG_GETARG_TEXT_P(2);
forkString = text_to_cstring(forkName);
forkNumber = forkname_to_number(forkString);
/* Open relation and check privileges. */
rel = relation_open(relOid, AccessShareLock);
aclresult = pg_class_aclcheck(relOid, GetUserId(), ACL_SELECT);
if (aclresult != ACLCHECK_OK)
aclcheck_error(aclresult, ACL_KIND_CLASS, get_rel_name(relOid));
/* Check that the fork exists. */
RelationOpenSmgr(rel);
if (!smgrexists(rel->rd_smgr, forkNumber))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
errmsg("fork \"%s\" does not exist for this relation",
forkString)));
/* Validate block numbers, or handle nulls. */
nblocks = RelationGetNumberOfBlocksInFork(rel, forkNumber);
if (PG_ARGISNULL(3))
first_block = 0;
else
{
first_block = PG_GETARG_INT64(3);
if (first_block < 0 || first_block >= nblocks)
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
errmsg("starting block number must be between 0 and " INT64_FORMAT,
nblocks - 1)));
}
if (PG_ARGISNULL(4))
last_block = nblocks - 1;
else
{
last_block = PG_GETARG_INT64(4);
if (last_block < 0 || last_block >= nblocks)
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
errmsg("ending block number must be between 0 and " INT64_FORMAT,
nblocks - 1)));
}
/* Now we're ready to do the real work. */
if (ptype == PREWARM_PREFETCH)
{
#ifdef USE_PREFETCH
/*
* In prefetch mode, we just hint the OS to read the blocks, but we
* don't know whether it really does it, and we don't wait for it to
* finish.
*
* It would probably be better to pass our prefetch requests in chunks
* of a megabyte or maybe even a whole segment at a time, but there's
* no practical way to do that at present without a gross modularity
* violation, so we just do this.
*/
for (block = first_block; block <= last_block; ++block)
{
PrefetchBuffer(rel, forkNumber, block);
++blocks_done;
}
#else
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
errmsg("prefetch is not supported by this build")));
#endif
}
else if (ptype == PREWARM_READ)
{
/*
* In read mode, we actually read the blocks, but not into shared
* buffers. This is more portable than prefetch mode (it works
* everywhere) and is synchronous.
*/
for (block = first_block; block <= last_block; ++block)
{
smgrread(rel->rd_smgr, forkNumber, block, blockbuffer);
++blocks_done;
}
}
else if (ptype == PREWARM_BUFFER)
{
/*
* In buffer mode, we actually pull the data into shared_buffers.
*/
for (block = first_block; block <= last_block; ++block)
{
Buffer buf;
buf = ReadBufferExtended(rel, forkNumber, block, RBM_NORMAL, NULL);
ReleaseBuffer(buf);
++blocks_done;
}
}
/* Close relation, release lock. */
relation_close(rel, AccessShareLock);
PG_RETURN_INT64(blocks_done);
}

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# pg_prewarm extension
comment = 'prewarm relation data'
default_version = '1.0'
module_pathname = '$libdir/pg_prewarm'
relocatable = true

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@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ CREATE EXTENSION <replaceable>module_name</> FROM unpackaged;
&pgbuffercache;
&pgcrypto;
&pgfreespacemap;
&pgprewarm;
&pgrowlocks;
&pgstatstatements;
&pgstattuple;

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@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
<!ENTITY pgbuffercache SYSTEM "pgbuffercache.sgml">
<!ENTITY pgcrypto SYSTEM "pgcrypto.sgml">
<!ENTITY pgfreespacemap SYSTEM "pgfreespacemap.sgml">
<!ENTITY pgprewarm SYSTEM "pgprewarm.sgml">
<!ENTITY pgrowlocks SYSTEM "pgrowlocks.sgml">
<!ENTITY pgstandby SYSTEM "pgstandby.sgml">
<!ENTITY pgstatstatements SYSTEM "pgstatstatements.sgml">

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<!-- doc/src/sgml/pgprewarm.sgml -->
<sect1 id="pgprewarm" xreflabel="pg_prewarm">
<title>pg_prewarm</title>
<indexterm zone="pgprewarm">
<primary>pg_prewarm</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>
The <filename>pg_prewarm</filename> module provides a convenient way
to load relation data into either the operating system buffer cache
or the <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> buffer cache.
</para>
<sect2>
<title>Functions</title>
<synopsis>
pg_prewarm(regclass, mode text default 'buffer', fork text default 'main',
first_block int8 default null,
last_block int8 default null) RETURNS int8
</synopsis>
<para>
The first argument is the relation to be prewarmed. The second argument
is the prewarming method to be used, as further discussed below; the third
is the relation fork to be prewarmed, usually <literal>main</literal>.
The fourth argument is the first block number to prewarm
(<literal>NULL</literal> is accepted as a synonym for zero). The fifth
argument is the last block number to prewarm (<literal>NULL</literal>
means prewarm through the last block in the relation). The return value
is the number of blocks prewarmed.
</para>
<para>
There are three available prewarming methods. <literal>prefetch</literal>
issues asynchronous prefetch requests to the operating system, if this is
supported, or throws an error otherwise. <literal>read</literal> reads
the requested range of blocks; unlike <literal>prefetch</literal>, this is
synchronous and supported on all platforms and builds, but may be slower.
<literal>buffer</literal> reads the requested range of blocks into the
database buffer cache.
</para>
<para>
Note that with any of these methods, attempting to prewarm more blocks than
can be cached &mdash; by the OS when using <literal>prefetch</literal> or
<literal>read</literal>, or by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> when
using <literal>buffer</literal> &mdash; will likely result in lower-numbered
blocks being evicted as higher numbered blocks are read in. Prewarmed data
also enjoys no special protection from cache evictions, so it is possible
for other system activity may evict the newly prewarmed blocks shortly after
they are read; conversely, prewarming may also evict other data from cache.
For these reasons, prewarming is typically most useful at startup, when
caches are largely empty.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Author</title>
<para>
Robert Haas <email>rhaas@postgresql.org</email>
</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>

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PostgresPollingStatusType
PostingItem
PreParseColumnRefHook
PrewarmType
PredClass
PredIterInfo
PredIterInfoData