pgsql: Disable WindowAgg inverse transitions when subplans are present

From: David Rowley <drowley(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Disable WindowAgg inverse transitions when subplans are present
Date: 2023-02-13 04:09:13
Message-ID: E1pRQ9Q-000ryu-9f@gemulon.postgresql.org
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-committers

Disable WindowAgg inverse transitions when subplans are present

When an aggregate function is used as a WindowFunc and a tuple transitions
out of the window frame, we ordinarily try to make use of the aggregate
function's inverse transition function to "unaggregate" the exiting tuple.

This optimization is disabled for various cases, including when the
aggregate contains a volatile function. In such a case we'd be unable to
ensure that the transition value was calculated to the same value during
transitions and inverse transitions. Unfortunately, we did this check by
calling contain_volatile_functions() which does not recursively search
SubPlans for volatile functions. If the aggregate function's arguments or
its FILTER clause contained a subplan with volatile functions then we'd
fail to notice this.

Here we fix this by just disabling the optimization when the WindowFunc
contains any subplans. Volatile functions are not the only reason that a
subplan may have nonrepeatable results.

Bug: #17777
Reported-by: Anban Company
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/17777-860b739b6efde977%40postgresql.org
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane
Backpatch-through: 11

Branch
------
REL_12_STABLE

Details
-------
https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/ac55abd33537f5ac38563826bd9423f961ac66f0

Modified Files
--------------
src/backend/executor/nodeWindowAgg.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Browse pgsql-committers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message David Rowley 2023-02-13 04:09:46 pgsql: Disable WindowAgg inverse transitions when subplans are present
Previous Message David Rowley 2023-02-13 04:08:34 pgsql: Disable WindowAgg inverse transitions when subplans are present