/*------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * costsize.c * Routines to compute (and set) relation sizes and path costs * * Path costs are measured in units of disk accesses: one sequential page * fetch has cost 1. All else is scaled relative to a page fetch, using * the scaling parameters * * random_page_cost Cost of a non-sequential page fetch * cpu_tuple_cost Cost of typical CPU time to process a tuple * cpu_index_tuple_cost Cost of typical CPU time to process an index tuple * cpu_operator_cost Cost of CPU time to process a typical WHERE operator * * We also use a rough estimate "effective_cache_size" of the number of * disk pages in Postgres + OS-level disk cache. (We can't simply use * NBuffers for this purpose because that would ignore the effects of * the kernel's disk cache.) * * Obviously, taking constants for these values is an oversimplification, * but it's tough enough to get any useful estimates even at this level of * detail. Note that all of these parameters are user-settable, in case * the default values are drastically off for a particular platform. * * We compute two separate costs for each path: * total_cost: total estimated cost to fetch all tuples * startup_cost: cost that is expended before first tuple is fetched * In some scenarios, such as when there is a LIMIT or we are implementing * an EXISTS(...) sub-select, it is not necessary to fetch all tuples of the * path's result. A caller can estimate the cost of fetching a partial * result by interpolating between startup_cost and total_cost. In detail: * actual_cost = startup_cost + * (total_cost - startup_cost) * tuples_to_fetch / path->parent->rows; * Note that a base relation's rows count (and, by extension, plan_rows for * plan nodes below the LIMIT node) are set without regard to any LIMIT, so * that this equation works properly. (Also, these routines guarantee not to * set the rows count to zero, so there will be no zero divide.) The LIMIT is * applied as a top-level plan node. * * * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * IDENTIFICATION * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/optimizer/path/costsize.c,v 1.79 2001/10/25 05:49:32 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ #include "postgres.h" #include #include "catalog/pg_statistic.h" #include "executor/nodeHash.h" #include "miscadmin.h" #include "optimizer/clauses.h" #include "optimizer/cost.h" #include "optimizer/pathnode.h" #include "parser/parsetree.h" #include "utils/lsyscache.h" #include "utils/syscache.h" #define LOG2(x) (log(x) / 0.693147180559945) #define LOG6(x) (log(x) / 1.79175946922805) double effective_cache_size = DEFAULT_EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE; double random_page_cost = DEFAULT_RANDOM_PAGE_COST; double cpu_tuple_cost = DEFAULT_CPU_TUPLE_COST; double cpu_index_tuple_cost = DEFAULT_CPU_INDEX_TUPLE_COST; double cpu_operator_cost = DEFAULT_CPU_OPERATOR_COST; Cost disable_cost = 100000000.0; bool enable_seqscan = true; bool enable_indexscan = true; bool enable_tidscan = true; bool enable_sort = true; bool enable_nestloop = true; bool enable_mergejoin = true; bool enable_hashjoin = true; static Selectivity estimate_hash_bucketsize(Query *root, Var *var); static bool cost_qual_eval_walker(Node *node, Cost *total); static Selectivity approx_selectivity(Query *root, List *quals); static void set_rel_width(Query *root, RelOptInfo *rel); static double relation_byte_size(double tuples, int width); static double page_size(double tuples, int width); /* * cost_seqscan * Determines and returns the cost of scanning a relation sequentially. * * Note: for historical reasons, this routine and the others in this module * use the passed result Path only to store their startup_cost and total_cost * results into. All the input data they need is passed as separate * parameters, even though much of it could be extracted from the Path. */ void cost_seqscan(Path *path, Query *root, RelOptInfo *baserel) { Cost startup_cost = 0; Cost run_cost = 0; Cost cpu_per_tuple; /* Should only be applied to base relations */ Assert(length(baserel->relids) == 1); Assert(!baserel->issubquery); if (!enable_seqscan) startup_cost += disable_cost; /* * disk costs * * The cost of reading a page sequentially is 1.0, by definition. Note * that the Unix kernel will typically do some amount of read-ahead * optimization, so that this cost is less than the true cost of * reading a page from disk. We ignore that issue here, but must take * it into account when estimating the cost of non-sequential * accesses! */ run_cost += baserel->pages; /* sequential fetches with cost 1.0 */ /* CPU costs */ cpu_per_tuple = cpu_tuple_cost + baserel->baserestrictcost; run_cost += cpu_per_tuple * baserel->tuples; path->startup_cost = startup_cost; path->total_cost = startup_cost + run_cost; } /* * cost_nonsequential_access * Estimate the cost of accessing one page at random from a relation * (or sort temp file) of the given size in pages. * * The simplistic model that the cost is random_page_cost is what we want * to use for large relations; but for small ones that is a serious * overestimate because of the effects of caching. This routine tries to * account for that. * * Unfortunately we don't have any good way of estimating the effective cache * size we are working with --- we know that Postgres itself has NBuffers * internal buffers, but the size of the kernel's disk cache is uncertain, * and how much of it we get to use is even less certain. We punt the problem * for now by assuming we are given an effective_cache_size parameter. * * Given a guesstimated cache size, we estimate the actual I/O cost per page * with the entirely ad-hoc equations: * for rel_size <= effective_cache_size: * 1 + (random_page_cost/2-1) * (rel_size/effective_cache_size) ** 2 * for rel_size >= effective_cache_size: * random_page_cost * (1 - (effective_cache_size/rel_size)/2) * These give the right asymptotic behavior (=> 1.0 as rel_size becomes * small, => random_page_cost as it becomes large) and meet in the middle * with the estimate that the cache is about 50% effective for a relation * of the same size as effective_cache_size. (XXX this is probably all * wrong, but I haven't been able to find any theory about how effective * a disk cache should be presumed to be.) */ static Cost cost_nonsequential_access(double relpages) { double relsize; /* don't crash on bad input data */ if (relpages <= 0.0 || effective_cache_size <= 0.0) return random_page_cost; relsize = relpages / effective_cache_size; if (relsize >= 1.0) return random_page_cost * (1.0 - 0.5 / relsize); else return 1.0 + (random_page_cost * 0.5 - 1.0) * relsize * relsize; } /* * cost_index * Determines and returns the cost of scanning a relation using an index. * * NOTE: an indexscan plan node can actually represent several passes, * but here we consider the cost of just one pass. * * 'root' is the query root * 'baserel' is the base relation the index is for * 'index' is the index to be used * 'indexQuals' is the list of applicable qual clauses (implicit AND semantics) * 'is_injoin' is T if we are considering using the index scan as the inside * of a nestloop join (hence, some of the indexQuals are join clauses) * * NOTE: 'indexQuals' must contain only clauses usable as index restrictions. * Any additional quals evaluated as qpquals may reduce the number of returned * tuples, but they won't reduce the number of tuples we have to fetch from * the table, so they don't reduce the scan cost. */ void cost_index(Path *path, Query *root, RelOptInfo *baserel, IndexOptInfo *index, List *indexQuals, bool is_injoin) { Cost startup_cost = 0; Cost run_cost = 0; Cost indexStartupCost; Cost indexTotalCost; Selectivity indexSelectivity; double indexCorrelation, csquared; Cost min_IO_cost, max_IO_cost; Cost cpu_per_tuple; double tuples_fetched; double pages_fetched; double T, b; /* Should only be applied to base relations */ Assert(IsA(baserel, RelOptInfo) &&IsA(index, IndexOptInfo)); Assert(length(baserel->relids) == 1); Assert(!baserel->issubquery); if (!enable_indexscan && !is_injoin) startup_cost += disable_cost; /* * Call index-access-method-specific code to estimate the processing * cost for scanning the index, as well as the selectivity of the * index (ie, the fraction of main-table tuples we will have to * retrieve) and its correlation to the main-table tuple order. */ OidFunctionCall8(index->amcostestimate, PointerGetDatum(root), PointerGetDatum(baserel), PointerGetDatum(index), PointerGetDatum(indexQuals), PointerGetDatum(&indexStartupCost), PointerGetDatum(&indexTotalCost), PointerGetDatum(&indexSelectivity), PointerGetDatum(&indexCorrelation)); /* all costs for touching index itself included here */ startup_cost += indexStartupCost; run_cost += indexTotalCost - indexStartupCost; /*---------- * Estimate number of main-table tuples and pages fetched. * * When the index ordering is uncorrelated with the table ordering, * we use an approximation proposed by Mackert and Lohman, "Index Scans * Using a Finite LRU Buffer: A Validated I/O Model", ACM Transactions * on Database Systems, Vol. 14, No. 3, September 1989, Pages 401-424. * The Mackert and Lohman approximation is that the number of pages * fetched is * PF = * min(2TNs/(2T+Ns), T) when T <= b * 2TNs/(2T+Ns) when T > b and Ns <= 2Tb/(2T-b) * b + (Ns - 2Tb/(2T-b))*(T-b)/T when T > b and Ns > 2Tb/(2T-b) * where * T = # pages in table * N = # tuples in table * s = selectivity = fraction of table to be scanned * b = # buffer pages available (we include kernel space here) * * When the index ordering is exactly correlated with the table ordering * (just after a CLUSTER, for example), the number of pages fetched should * be just sT. What's more, these will be sequential fetches, not the * random fetches that occur in the uncorrelated case. So, depending on * the extent of correlation, we should estimate the actual I/O cost * somewhere between s * T * 1.0 and PF * random_cost. We currently * interpolate linearly between these two endpoints based on the * correlation squared (XXX is that appropriate?). * * In any case the number of tuples fetched is Ns. *---------- */ tuples_fetched = indexSelectivity * baserel->tuples; /* Don't believe estimates less than 1... */ if (tuples_fetched < 1.0) tuples_fetched = 1.0; /* This part is the Mackert and Lohman formula */ T = (baserel->pages > 1) ? (double) baserel->pages : 1.0; b = (effective_cache_size > 1) ? effective_cache_size : 1.0; if (T <= b) { pages_fetched = (2.0 * T * tuples_fetched) / (2.0 * T + tuples_fetched); if (pages_fetched > T) pages_fetched = T; } else { double lim; lim = (2.0 * T * b) / (2.0 * T - b); if (tuples_fetched <= lim) { pages_fetched = (2.0 * T * tuples_fetched) / (2.0 * T + tuples_fetched); } else { pages_fetched = b + (tuples_fetched - lim) * (T - b) / T; } } /* * min_IO_cost corresponds to the perfectly correlated case * (csquared=1), max_IO_cost to the perfectly uncorrelated case * (csquared=0). Note that we just charge random_page_cost per page * in the uncorrelated case, rather than using * cost_nonsequential_access, since we've already accounted for * caching effects by using the Mackert model. */ min_IO_cost = ceil(indexSelectivity * T); max_IO_cost = pages_fetched * random_page_cost; /* * Now interpolate based on estimated index order correlation to get * total disk I/O cost for main table accesses. */ csquared = indexCorrelation * indexCorrelation; run_cost += max_IO_cost + csquared * (min_IO_cost - max_IO_cost); /* * Estimate CPU costs per tuple. * * Normally the indexquals will be removed from the list of restriction * clauses that we have to evaluate as qpquals, so we should subtract * their costs from baserestrictcost. XXX For a lossy index, not all * the quals will be removed and so we really shouldn't subtract their * costs; but detecting that seems more expensive than it's worth. * Also, if we are doing a join then some of the indexquals are join * clauses and shouldn't be subtracted. Rather than work out exactly * how much to subtract, we don't subtract anything. */ cpu_per_tuple = cpu_tuple_cost + baserel->baserestrictcost; if (!is_injoin) cpu_per_tuple -= cost_qual_eval(indexQuals); run_cost += cpu_per_tuple * tuples_fetched; path->startup_cost = startup_cost; path->total_cost = startup_cost + run_cost; } /* * cost_tidscan * Determines and returns the cost of scanning a relation using TIDs. */ void cost_tidscan(Path *path, Query *root, RelOptInfo *baserel, List *tideval) { Cost startup_cost = 0; Cost run_cost = 0; Cost cpu_per_tuple; int ntuples = length(tideval); if (!enable_tidscan) startup_cost += disable_cost; /* disk costs --- assume each tuple on a different page */ run_cost += random_page_cost * ntuples; /* CPU costs */ cpu_per_tuple = cpu_tuple_cost + baserel->baserestrictcost; run_cost += cpu_per_tuple * ntuples; path->startup_cost = startup_cost; path->total_cost = startup_cost + run_cost; } /* * cost_sort * Determines and returns the cost of sorting a relation. * * The cost of supplying the input data is NOT included; the caller should * add that cost to both startup and total costs returned from this routine! * * If the total volume of data to sort is less than SortMem, we will do * an in-memory sort, which requires no I/O and about t*log2(t) tuple * comparisons for t tuples. * * If the total volume exceeds SortMem, we switch to a tape-style merge * algorithm. There will still be about t*log2(t) tuple comparisons in * total, but we will also need to write and read each tuple once per * merge pass. We expect about ceil(log6(r)) merge passes where r is the * number of initial runs formed (log6 because tuplesort.c uses six-tape * merging). Since the average initial run should be about twice SortMem, * we have * disk traffic = 2 * relsize * ceil(log6(p / (2*SortMem))) * cpu = comparison_cost * t * log2(t) * * The disk traffic is assumed to be half sequential and half random * accesses (XXX can't we refine that guess?) * * We charge two operator evals per tuple comparison, which should be in * the right ballpark in most cases. * * 'pathkeys' is a list of sort keys * 'tuples' is the number of tuples in the relation * 'width' is the average tuple width in bytes * * NOTE: some callers currently pass NIL for pathkeys because they * can't conveniently supply the sort keys. Since this routine doesn't * currently do anything with pathkeys anyway, that doesn't matter... * but if it ever does, it should react gracefully to lack of key data. */ void cost_sort(Path *path, Query *root, List *pathkeys, double tuples, int width) { Cost startup_cost = 0; Cost run_cost = 0; double nbytes = relation_byte_size(tuples, width); long sortmembytes = SortMem * 1024L; if (!enable_sort) startup_cost += disable_cost; /* * We want to be sure the cost of a sort is never estimated as zero, * even if passed-in tuple count is zero. Besides, mustn't do * log(0)... */ if (tuples < 2.0) tuples = 2.0; /* * CPU costs * * Assume about two operator evals per tuple comparison and N log2 N * comparisons */ startup_cost += 2.0 * cpu_operator_cost * tuples * LOG2(tuples); /* disk costs */ if (nbytes > sortmembytes) { double npages = ceil(nbytes / BLCKSZ); double nruns = nbytes / (sortmembytes * 2); double log_runs = ceil(LOG6(nruns)); double npageaccesses; if (log_runs < 1.0) log_runs = 1.0; npageaccesses = 2.0 * npages * log_runs; /* Assume half are sequential (cost 1), half are not */ startup_cost += npageaccesses * (1.0 + cost_nonsequential_access(npages)) * 0.5; } /* * Note: should we bother to assign a nonzero run_cost to reflect the * overhead of extracting tuples from the sort result? Probably not * worth worrying about. */ path->startup_cost = startup_cost; path->total_cost = startup_cost + run_cost; } /* * cost_nestloop * Determines and returns the cost of joining two relations using the * nested loop algorithm. * * 'outer_path' is the path for the outer relation * 'inner_path' is the path for the inner relation * 'restrictlist' are the RestrictInfo nodes to be applied at the join */ void cost_nestloop(Path *path, Query *root, Path *outer_path, Path *inner_path, List *restrictlist) { Cost startup_cost = 0; Cost run_cost = 0; Cost cpu_per_tuple; double ntuples; if (!enable_nestloop) startup_cost += disable_cost; /* cost of source data */ /* * NOTE: clearly, we must pay both outer and inner paths' startup_cost * before we can start returning tuples, so the join's startup cost is * their sum. What's not so clear is whether the inner path's * startup_cost must be paid again on each rescan of the inner path. * This is not true if the inner path is materialized, but probably is * true otherwise. Since we don't yet have clean handling of the * decision whether to materialize a path, we can't tell here which * will happen. As a compromise, charge 50% of the inner startup cost * for each restart. */ startup_cost += outer_path->startup_cost + inner_path->startup_cost; run_cost += outer_path->total_cost - outer_path->startup_cost; run_cost += outer_path->parent->rows * (inner_path->total_cost - inner_path->startup_cost); if (outer_path->parent->rows > 1) run_cost += (outer_path->parent->rows - 1) * inner_path->startup_cost * 0.5; /* * Number of tuples processed (not number emitted!). If inner path is * an indexscan, be sure to use its estimated output row count, which * may be lower than the restriction-clause-only row count of its * parent. */ if (IsA(inner_path, IndexPath)) ntuples = ((IndexPath *) inner_path)->rows; else ntuples = inner_path->parent->rows; ntuples *= outer_path->parent->rows; /* CPU costs */ cpu_per_tuple = cpu_tuple_cost + cost_qual_eval(restrictlist); run_cost += cpu_per_tuple * ntuples; path->startup_cost = startup_cost; path->total_cost = startup_cost + run_cost; } /* * cost_mergejoin * Determines and returns the cost of joining two relations using the * merge join algorithm. * * 'outer_path' is the path for the outer relation * 'inner_path' is the path for the inner relation * 'restrictlist' are the RestrictInfo nodes to be applied at the join * 'mergeclauses' are the RestrictInfo nodes to use as merge clauses * (this should be a subset of the restrictlist) * 'outersortkeys' and 'innersortkeys' are lists of the keys to be used * to sort the outer and inner relations, or NIL if no explicit * sort is needed because the source path is already ordered */ void cost_mergejoin(Path *path, Query *root, Path *outer_path, Path *inner_path, List *restrictlist, List *mergeclauses, List *outersortkeys, List *innersortkeys) { Cost startup_cost = 0; Cost run_cost = 0; Cost cpu_per_tuple; double ntuples; Path sort_path; /* dummy for result of cost_sort */ if (!enable_mergejoin) startup_cost += disable_cost; /* cost of source data */ /* * Note we are assuming that each source tuple is fetched just once, * which is not right in the presence of equal keys. If we had a way * of estimating the proportion of equal keys, we could apply a * correction factor... */ if (outersortkeys) /* do we need to sort outer? */ { startup_cost += outer_path->total_cost; cost_sort(&sort_path, root, outersortkeys, outer_path->parent->rows, outer_path->parent->width); startup_cost += sort_path.startup_cost; run_cost += sort_path.total_cost - sort_path.startup_cost; } else { startup_cost += outer_path->startup_cost; run_cost += outer_path->total_cost - outer_path->startup_cost; } if (innersortkeys) /* do we need to sort inner? */ { startup_cost += inner_path->total_cost; cost_sort(&sort_path, root, innersortkeys, inner_path->parent->rows, inner_path->parent->width); startup_cost += sort_path.startup_cost; run_cost += sort_path.total_cost - sort_path.startup_cost; } else { startup_cost += inner_path->startup_cost; run_cost += inner_path->total_cost - inner_path->startup_cost; } /* * The number of tuple comparisons needed depends drastically on the * number of equal keys in the two source relations, which we have no * good way of estimating. Somewhat arbitrarily, we charge one tuple * comparison (one cpu_operator_cost) for each tuple in the two source * relations. This is probably a lower bound. */ run_cost += cpu_operator_cost * (outer_path->parent->rows + inner_path->parent->rows); /* * For each tuple that gets through the mergejoin proper, we charge * cpu_tuple_cost plus the cost of evaluating additional restriction * clauses that are to be applied at the join. It's OK to use an * approximate selectivity here, since in most cases this is a minor * component of the cost. */ ntuples = approx_selectivity(root, mergeclauses) * outer_path->parent->rows * inner_path->parent->rows; /* CPU costs */ cpu_per_tuple = cpu_tuple_cost + cost_qual_eval(restrictlist); run_cost += cpu_per_tuple * ntuples; path->startup_cost = startup_cost; path->total_cost = startup_cost + run_cost; } /* * cost_hashjoin * Determines and returns the cost of joining two relations using the * hash join algorithm. * * 'outer_path' is the path for the outer relation * 'inner_path' is the path for the inner relation * 'restrictlist' are the RestrictInfo nodes to be applied at the join * 'hashclauses' is a list of the hash join clause (always a 1-element list) * (this should be a subset of the restrictlist) */ void cost_hashjoin(Path *path, Query *root, Path *outer_path, Path *inner_path, List *restrictlist, List *hashclauses) { Cost startup_cost = 0; Cost run_cost = 0; Cost cpu_per_tuple; double ntuples; double outerbytes = relation_byte_size(outer_path->parent->rows, outer_path->parent->width); double innerbytes = relation_byte_size(inner_path->parent->rows, inner_path->parent->width); long hashtablebytes = SortMem * 1024L; RestrictInfo *restrictinfo; Var *left, *right; Selectivity innerbucketsize; if (!enable_hashjoin) startup_cost += disable_cost; /* cost of source data */ startup_cost += outer_path->startup_cost; run_cost += outer_path->total_cost - outer_path->startup_cost; startup_cost += inner_path->total_cost; /* cost of computing hash function: must do it once per input tuple */ startup_cost += cpu_operator_cost * inner_path->parent->rows; run_cost += cpu_operator_cost * outer_path->parent->rows; /* * Determine bucketsize fraction for inner relation. First we have to * figure out which side of the hashjoin clause is the inner side. */ Assert(length(hashclauses) == 1); Assert(IsA(lfirst(hashclauses), RestrictInfo)); restrictinfo = (RestrictInfo *) lfirst(hashclauses); /* these must be OK, since check_hashjoinable accepted the clause */ left = get_leftop(restrictinfo->clause); right = get_rightop(restrictinfo->clause); /* * Since we tend to visit the same clauses over and over when planning * a large query, we cache the bucketsize estimate in the RestrictInfo * node to avoid repeated lookups of statistics. */ if (intMember(right->varno, inner_path->parent->relids)) { /* righthand side is inner */ innerbucketsize = restrictinfo->right_bucketsize; if (innerbucketsize < 0) { /* not cached yet */ innerbucketsize = estimate_hash_bucketsize(root, right); restrictinfo->right_bucketsize = innerbucketsize; } } else { Assert(intMember(left->varno, inner_path->parent->relids)); /* lefthand side is inner */ innerbucketsize = restrictinfo->left_bucketsize; if (innerbucketsize < 0) { /* not cached yet */ innerbucketsize = estimate_hash_bucketsize(root, left); restrictinfo->left_bucketsize = innerbucketsize; } } /* * The number of tuple comparisons needed is the number of outer * tuples times the typical number of tuples in a hash bucket, which * is the inner relation size times its bucketsize fraction. We charge * one cpu_operator_cost per tuple comparison. */ run_cost += cpu_operator_cost * outer_path->parent->rows * ceil(inner_path->parent->rows * innerbucketsize); /* * For each tuple that gets through the hashjoin proper, we charge * cpu_tuple_cost plus the cost of evaluating additional restriction * clauses that are to be applied at the join. It's OK to use an * approximate selectivity here, since in most cases this is a minor * component of the cost. */ ntuples = approx_selectivity(root, hashclauses) * outer_path->parent->rows * inner_path->parent->rows; /* CPU costs */ cpu_per_tuple = cpu_tuple_cost + cost_qual_eval(restrictlist); run_cost += cpu_per_tuple * ntuples; /* * if inner relation is too big then we will need to "batch" the join, * which implies writing and reading most of the tuples to disk an * extra time. Charge one cost unit per page of I/O (correct since it * should be nice and sequential...). Writing the inner rel counts as * startup cost, all the rest as run cost. */ if (innerbytes > hashtablebytes) { double outerpages = page_size(outer_path->parent->rows, outer_path->parent->width); double innerpages = page_size(inner_path->parent->rows, inner_path->parent->width); startup_cost += innerpages; run_cost += innerpages + 2 * outerpages; } /* * Bias against putting larger relation on inside. We don't want an * absolute prohibition, though, since larger relation might have * better bucketsize --- and we can't trust the size estimates * unreservedly, anyway. Instead, inflate the startup cost by the * square root of the size ratio. (Why square root? No real good * reason, but it seems reasonable...) */ if (innerbytes > outerbytes && outerbytes > 0) startup_cost *= sqrt(innerbytes / outerbytes); path->startup_cost = startup_cost; path->total_cost = startup_cost + run_cost; } /* * Estimate hash bucketsize fraction (ie, number of entries in a bucket * divided by total tuples in relation) if the specified Var is used * as a hash key. * * XXX This is really pretty bogus since we're effectively assuming that the * distribution of hash keys will be the same after applying restriction * clauses as it was in the underlying relation. However, we are not nearly * smart enough to figure out how the restrict clauses might change the * distribution, so this will have to do for now. * * We can get the number of buckets the executor will use for the given * input relation. If the data were perfectly distributed, with the same * number of tuples going into each available bucket, then the bucketsize * fraction would be 1/nbuckets. But this happy state of affairs will occur * only if (a) there are at least nbuckets distinct data values, and (b) * we have a not-too-skewed data distribution. Otherwise the buckets will * be nonuniformly occupied. If the other relation in the join has a key * distribution similar to this one's, then the most-loaded buckets are * exactly those that will be probed most often. Therefore, the "average" * bucket size for costing purposes should really be taken as something close * to the "worst case" bucket size. We try to estimate this by adjusting the * fraction if there are too few distinct data values, and then scaling up * by the ratio of the most common value's frequency to the average frequency. * * If no statistics are available, use a default estimate of 0.1. This will * discourage use of a hash rather strongly if the inner relation is large, * which is what we want. We do not want to hash unless we know that the * inner rel is well-dispersed (or the alternatives seem much worse). */ static Selectivity estimate_hash_bucketsize(Query *root, Var *var) { Oid relid; RelOptInfo *rel; int virtualbuckets; int physicalbuckets; int numbatches; HeapTuple tuple; Form_pg_statistic stats; double estfract, ndistinct, mcvfreq, avgfreq; float4 *numbers; int nnumbers; /* * Lookup info about var's relation and attribute; if none available, * return default estimate. */ if (!IsA(var, Var)) return 0.1; relid = getrelid(var->varno, root->rtable); if (relid == InvalidOid) return 0.1; rel = find_base_rel(root, var->varno); if (rel->tuples <= 0.0 || rel->rows <= 0.0) return 0.1; /* ensure we can divide below */ /* Get hash table size that executor would use for this relation */ ExecChooseHashTableSize(rel->rows, rel->width, &virtualbuckets, &physicalbuckets, &numbatches); tuple = SearchSysCache(STATRELATT, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid), Int16GetDatum(var->varattno), 0, 0); if (!HeapTupleIsValid(tuple)) { /* * Perhaps the Var is a system attribute; if so, it will have no * entry in pg_statistic, but we may be able to guess something * about its distribution anyway. */ switch (var->varattno) { case ObjectIdAttributeNumber: case SelfItemPointerAttributeNumber: /* these are unique, so buckets should be well-distributed */ return 1.0 / (double) virtualbuckets; case TableOidAttributeNumber: /* hashing this is a terrible idea... */ return 1.0; } return 0.1; } stats = (Form_pg_statistic) GETSTRUCT(tuple); /* * Obtain number of distinct data values in raw relation. */ ndistinct = stats->stadistinct; if (ndistinct < 0.0) ndistinct = -ndistinct * rel->tuples; if (ndistinct <= 0.0) /* ensure we can divide */ { ReleaseSysCache(tuple); return 0.1; } /* Also compute avg freq of all distinct data values in raw relation */ avgfreq = (1.0 - stats->stanullfrac) / ndistinct; /* * Adjust ndistinct to account for restriction clauses. Observe we * are assuming that the data distribution is affected uniformly by * the restriction clauses! * * XXX Possibly better way, but much more expensive: multiply by * selectivity of rel's restriction clauses that mention the target * Var. */ ndistinct *= rel->rows / rel->tuples; /* * Initial estimate of bucketsize fraction is 1/nbuckets as long as * the number of buckets is less than the expected number of distinct * values; otherwise it is 1/ndistinct. */ if (ndistinct > (double) virtualbuckets) estfract = 1.0 / (double) virtualbuckets; else estfract = 1.0 / ndistinct; /* * Look up the frequency of the most common value, if available. */ mcvfreq = 0.0; if (get_attstatsslot(tuple, var->vartype, var->vartypmod, STATISTIC_KIND_MCV, InvalidOid, NULL, NULL, &numbers, &nnumbers)) { /* * The first MCV stat is for the most common value. */ if (nnumbers > 0) mcvfreq = numbers[0]; free_attstatsslot(var->vartype, NULL, 0, numbers, nnumbers); } /* * Adjust estimated bucketsize upward to account for skewed * distribution. */ if (avgfreq > 0.0 && mcvfreq > avgfreq) estfract *= mcvfreq / avgfreq; ReleaseSysCache(tuple); return (Selectivity) estfract; } /* * cost_qual_eval * Estimate the CPU cost of evaluating a WHERE clause (once). * The input can be either an implicitly-ANDed list of boolean * expressions, or a list of RestrictInfo nodes. */ Cost cost_qual_eval(List *quals) { Cost total = 0; List *l; /* We don't charge any cost for the implicit ANDing at top level ... */ foreach(l, quals) { Node *qual = (Node *) lfirst(l); /* * RestrictInfo nodes contain an eval_cost field reserved for this * routine's use, so that it's not necessary to evaluate the qual * clause's cost more than once. If the clause's cost hasn't been * computed yet, the field will contain -1. */ if (qual && IsA(qual, RestrictInfo)) { RestrictInfo *restrictinfo = (RestrictInfo *) qual; if (restrictinfo->eval_cost < 0) { restrictinfo->eval_cost = 0; cost_qual_eval_walker((Node *) restrictinfo->clause, &restrictinfo->eval_cost); } total += restrictinfo->eval_cost; } else { /* If it's a bare expression, must always do it the hard way */ cost_qual_eval_walker(qual, &total); } } return total; } static bool cost_qual_eval_walker(Node *node, Cost *total) { if (node == NULL) return false; /* * Our basic strategy is to charge one cpu_operator_cost for each * operator or function node in the given tree. Vars and Consts are * charged zero, and so are boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT). * Simplistic, but a lot better than no model at all. * * Should we try to account for the possibility of short-circuit * evaluation of AND/OR? */ if (IsA(node, Expr)) { Expr *expr = (Expr *) node; switch (expr->opType) { case OP_EXPR: case FUNC_EXPR: *total += cpu_operator_cost; break; case OR_EXPR: case AND_EXPR: case NOT_EXPR: break; case SUBPLAN_EXPR: /* * A subplan node in an expression indicates that the * subplan will be executed on each evaluation, so charge * accordingly. (We assume that sub-selects that can be * executed as InitPlans have already been removed from * the expression.) * * NOTE: this logic should agree with the estimates used by * make_subplan() in plan/subselect.c. */ { SubPlan *subplan = (SubPlan *) expr->oper; Plan *plan = subplan->plan; Cost subcost; if (subplan->sublink->subLinkType == EXISTS_SUBLINK) { /* we only need to fetch 1 tuple */ subcost = plan->startup_cost + (plan->total_cost - plan->startup_cost) / plan->plan_rows; } else if (subplan->sublink->subLinkType == ALL_SUBLINK || subplan->sublink->subLinkType == ANY_SUBLINK) { /* assume we need 50% of the tuples */ subcost = plan->startup_cost + 0.50 * (plan->total_cost - plan->startup_cost); /* XXX what if subplan has been materialized? */ } else { /* assume we need all tuples */ subcost = plan->total_cost; } *total += subcost; } break; } /* fall through to examine args of Expr node */ } return expression_tree_walker(node, cost_qual_eval_walker, (void *) total); } /* * approx_selectivity * Quick-and-dirty estimation of clause selectivities. * The input can be either an implicitly-ANDed list of boolean * expressions, or a list of RestrictInfo nodes (typically the latter). * * The "quick" part comes from caching the selectivity estimates so we can * avoid recomputing them later. (Since the same clauses are typically * examined over and over in different possible join trees, this makes a * big difference.) * * The "dirty" part comes from the fact that the selectivities of multiple * clauses are estimated independently and multiplied together. Currently, * clauselist_selectivity can seldom do any better than that anyhow, but * someday it might be smarter. * * Since we are only using the results to estimate how many potential * output tuples are generated and passed through qpqual checking, it * seems OK to live with the approximation. */ static Selectivity approx_selectivity(Query *root, List *quals) { Selectivity total = 1.0; List *l; foreach(l, quals) { Node *qual = (Node *) lfirst(l); Selectivity selec; /* * RestrictInfo nodes contain a this_selec field reserved for this * routine's use, so that it's not necessary to evaluate the qual * clause's selectivity more than once. If the clause's * selectivity hasn't been computed yet, the field will contain * -1. */ if (qual && IsA(qual, RestrictInfo)) { RestrictInfo *restrictinfo = (RestrictInfo *) qual; if (restrictinfo->this_selec < 0) restrictinfo->this_selec = clause_selectivity(root, (Node *) restrictinfo->clause, 0); selec = restrictinfo->this_selec; } else { /* If it's a bare expression, must always do it the hard way */ selec = clause_selectivity(root, qual, 0); } total *= selec; } return total; } /* * set_baserel_size_estimates * Set the size estimates for the given base relation. * * The rel's targetlist and restrictinfo list must have been constructed * already. * * We set the following fields of the rel node: * rows: the estimated number of output tuples (after applying * restriction clauses). * width: the estimated average output tuple width in bytes. * baserestrictcost: estimated cost of evaluating baserestrictinfo clauses. */ void set_baserel_size_estimates(Query *root, RelOptInfo *rel) { /* Should only be applied to base relations */ Assert(length(rel->relids) == 1); rel->rows = rel->tuples * restrictlist_selectivity(root, rel->baserestrictinfo, lfirsti(rel->relids)); /* * Force estimate to be at least one row, to make explain output look * better and to avoid possible divide-by-zero when interpolating * cost. */ if (rel->rows < 1.0) rel->rows = 1.0; rel->baserestrictcost = cost_qual_eval(rel->baserestrictinfo); set_rel_width(root, rel); } /* * set_joinrel_size_estimates * Set the size estimates for the given join relation. * * The rel's targetlist must have been constructed already, and a * restriction clause list that matches the given component rels must * be provided. * * Since there is more than one way to make a joinrel for more than two * base relations, the results we get here could depend on which component * rel pair is provided. In theory we should get the same answers no matter * which pair is provided; in practice, since the selectivity estimation * routines don't handle all cases equally well, we might not. But there's * not much to be done about it. (Would it make sense to repeat the * calculations for each pair of input rels that's encountered, and somehow * average the results? Probably way more trouble than it's worth.) * * We set the same relnode fields as set_baserel_size_estimates() does. */ void set_joinrel_size_estimates(Query *root, RelOptInfo *rel, RelOptInfo *outer_rel, RelOptInfo *inner_rel, JoinType jointype, List *restrictlist) { double temp; /* Start with the Cartesian product */ temp = outer_rel->rows * inner_rel->rows; /* * Apply join restrictivity. Note that we are only considering * clauses that become restriction clauses at this join level; we are * not double-counting them because they were not considered in * estimating the sizes of the component rels. */ temp *= restrictlist_selectivity(root, restrictlist, 0); /* * If we are doing an outer join, take that into account: the output * must be at least as large as the non-nullable input. (Is there any * chance of being even smarter?) */ switch (jointype) { case JOIN_INNER: break; case JOIN_LEFT: if (temp < outer_rel->rows) temp = outer_rel->rows; break; case JOIN_RIGHT: if (temp < inner_rel->rows) temp = inner_rel->rows; break; case JOIN_FULL: if (temp < outer_rel->rows) temp = outer_rel->rows; if (temp < inner_rel->rows) temp = inner_rel->rows; break; default: elog(ERROR, "set_joinrel_size_estimates: unsupported join type %d", (int) jointype); break; } /* * Force estimate to be at least one row, to make explain output look * better and to avoid possible divide-by-zero when interpolating * cost. */ if (temp < 1.0) temp = 1.0; rel->rows = temp; /* * We could apply set_rel_width() to compute the output tuple width * from scratch, but at present it's always just the sum of the input * widths, so why work harder than necessary? If relnode.c is ever * taught to remove unneeded columns from join targetlists, go back to * using set_rel_width here. */ rel->width = outer_rel->width + inner_rel->width; } /* * set_rel_width * Set the estimated output width of the relation. * * NB: this works best on base relations because it prefers to look at * real Vars. It will fail to make use of pg_statistic info when applied * to a subquery relation, even if the subquery outputs are simple vars * that we could have gotten info for. Is it worth trying to be smarter * about subqueries? */ static void set_rel_width(Query *root, RelOptInfo *rel) { int32 tuple_width = 0; List *tllist; foreach(tllist, rel->targetlist) { TargetEntry *tle = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(tllist); int32 item_width; /* * If it's a Var, try to get statistical info from pg_statistic. */ if (tle->expr && IsA(tle->expr, Var)) { Var *var = (Var *) tle->expr; Oid relid; relid = getrelid(var->varno, root->rtable); if (relid != InvalidOid) { item_width = get_attavgwidth(relid, var->varattno); if (item_width > 0) { tuple_width += item_width; continue; } } } /* * Not a Var, or can't find statistics for it. Estimate using * just the type info. */ item_width = get_typavgwidth(tle->resdom->restype, tle->resdom->restypmod); Assert(item_width > 0); tuple_width += item_width; } Assert(tuple_width >= 0); rel->width = tuple_width; } /* * relation_byte_size * Estimate the storage space in bytes for a given number of tuples * of a given width (size in bytes). */ static double relation_byte_size(double tuples, int width) { return tuples * ((double) MAXALIGN(width + sizeof(HeapTupleData))); } /* * page_size * Returns an estimate of the number of pages covered by a given * number of tuples of a given width (size in bytes). */ static double page_size(double tuples, int width) { return ceil(relation_byte_size(tuples, width) / BLCKSZ); }