Re: Limiting memory allocation

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Oleksii Kliukin <alexk(at)hintbits(dot)com>, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Jan Wieck <jan(at)wi3ck(dot)info>, Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Limiting memory allocation
Date: 2022-05-25 01:20:43
Message-ID: 1772786.1653441643@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 07:40:45PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> (1) There are not a predetermined number of allocations. For example,
>> if we do a given join as nestloop+inner index scan, that doesn't require
>> any large amount of memory; but if we do it as merge or hash join then
>> it will consume memory.

> Uh, we know from the plan whether we are doing a nestloop+inner or merge
> or hash join, right? I was suggesting we look at the plan before
> execution and set the proper percentage of work_mem for each node.

Then you just rendered all the planner's estimates fantasies.

regards, tom lane

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