Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix cardinality estimates for parallel joins.

On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 7:23 AM, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 12:07 AM, Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
>> Fix cardinality estimates for parallel joins.
>>
>
> + /*
> + * In the case of a parallel plan, the row count needs to represent
> + * the number of tuples processed per worker.
> + */
> + path->rows = clamp_row_est(path->rows / parallel_divisor);
> }
>
> path->startup_cost = startup_cost;
> @@ -2014,6 +1996,10 @@ final_cost_nestloop(PlannerInfo *root, NestPath *path,
> else
> path->path.rows = path->path.parent->rows;
>
> + /* For partial paths, scale row estimate. */
> + if (path->path.parallel_workers > 0)
> + path->path.rows /= get_parallel_divisor(&path->path);
>
>
> Isn't it better to call clamp_row_est in join costing functions as we
> are doing in cost_seqscan()? Is there a reason to keep those
> different?

No, those should probably be changed to match.

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