pgsql: Fix nbtree pgstats accounting with parallel scans.

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
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Subject: pgsql: Fix nbtree pgstats accounting with parallel scans.
Date: 2024-09-20 18:06:40
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Fix nbtree pgstats accounting with parallel scans.

Commit 5bf748b8, which enhanced nbtree ScalarArrayOp execution, made
parallel index scans work with the new design for arrays via explicit
scheduling of primitive index scans. Under this scheme a parallel index
scan with array keys will perform the same number of index descents as
an equivalent serial index scan (barring corner cases where an
individual parallel worker discovers that it can advance the scan's
array keys without anybody needing to perform another descent of the
index to get to the relevant page on the leaf level).

Despite all this, the pgstats accounting wasn't updated; it continued to
increment the total number of index scans for the rel once per _bt_first
call, no matter the details. As a result, the number of (primitive)
index scans could be over-counted during parallel scans.

To fix, delay incrementing the count of index scans until after we've
established that another descent of the index (using either _bt_search
or _bt_endpoint) is required. That way pg_stat_user_tables.idx_scan
always advances in the same way, regardless of whether or not the scan
makes use of parallelism.

Oversight in commit 5bf748b8, which enhanced nbtree ScalarArrayOp
execution.

Author: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
Reviewed-By: Tomas Vondra <tomas(at)vondra(dot)me>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH2-Wz=E7XrkvscBN0U6V81NK3Q-dQOmivvbEsjG-zwEfDdFpg@mail.gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAH2-WzkRqvaqR2CTNqTZP0z6FuL4-3ED6eQB0yx38XBNj1v-4Q@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch: 17-, where nbtree SAOP execution was enhanced.

Branch
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REL_17_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/fb4f5e58af971aa8e9620d207be96f8056b571b6

Modified Files
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src/backend/access/nbtree/nbtsearch.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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