Hi.

Sorry for not responding quickly.
I have been without communication until now.

Em qua., 18 de dez. de 2024 às 17:13, Melanie Plageman <
melanieplage...@gmail.com> escreveu:

> On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 1:23 PM Ranier Vilela <ranier...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> >
> > Em qua., 18 de dez. de 2024 às 14:01, Melanie Plageman <
> melanieplage...@gmail.com> escreveu:
> >>
> >> For now, I've committed the version of the patch I proposed above (v3).
> >
> > What happens if *rs_tuples* equal to zero in function
> *SampleHeapTupleVisible*?
> > end = hscan->rs_ntuples - 1;
>
> Ah yes, it seems like just changing the top if statement to
>     if (scan->rs_flags & SO_ALLOW_PAGEMODE &&
>             hscan->rs_ntuples > 0)
>
> Thanks for identifying this.
>
> > Would be good to fix the binary search too, now that unsigned types are
> used.
>
> You just mean the one in SampleHeapTupleVisible(), right?
>
> > Patch attached.
>
> I'm not sure the attached patch is quite right because if rs_ntuples
> is 0, it should still enter the first if statement and then return
> false. In fact, with your patch, I think we would incorrectly not
> return a value when rs_ntuples is 0 from SampleHeapTupleVisible().
>
I'm wondering if *rs_tuples* is zero, would be run the second search
*HeapTupleSatisfiesVisibility*.


> How about one of these options:
>
> option 1:
> most straightforward fix
>
> diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
> b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
> index d0e5922eed7..fa03bedd4b8 100644
> --- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
> +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
> @@ -2577,6 +2577,11 @@ SampleHeapTupleVisible(TableScanDesc scan, Buffer
> buffer,
>
>     if (scan->rs_flags & SO_ALLOW_PAGEMODE)
>     {
> +       int         start, end;
> +
> +       if (hscan->rs_ntuples == 0)
> +           return false;
> +
>         /*
>          * In pageatatime mode, heap_prepare_pagescan() already did
> visibility
>          * checks, so just look at the info it left in rs_vistuples[].
> @@ -2586,8 +2591,8 @@ SampleHeapTupleVisible(TableScanDesc scan, Buffer
> buffer,
>          * in increasing order, but it's not clear that there would be
> enough
>          * gain to justify the restriction.
>          */
> -       int         start = 0,
> -                   end = hscan->rs_ntuples - 1;
> +       start = 0;
> +       end = hscan->rs_ntuples - 1;
>
>         while (start <= end)
>         {
>
> option 2:
> change the binary search code a bit more but avoid the extra branch
> introduced by option 1.
>
> diff --git a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
> b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
> index d0e5922eed7..c8e25bdd197 100644
> --- a/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
> +++ b/src/backend/access/heap/heapam_handler.c
> @@ -2586,18 +2586,17 @@ SampleHeapTupleVisible(TableScanDesc scan,
> Buffer buffer,
>          * in increasing order, but it's not clear that there would be
> enough
>          * gain to justify the restriction.
>          */
> -       int         start = 0,
> -                   end = hscan->rs_ntuples - 1;
> +       uint32 start = 0, end = hscan->rs_ntuples;
>
> -       while (start <= end)
> +       while (start < end)
>         {
> -           int         mid = (start + end) / 2;
> +           int mid = (start + end) / 2;
>             OffsetNumber curoffset = hscan->rs_vistuples[mid];
>
>             if (tupoffset == curoffset)
>                 return true;
>             else if (tupoffset < curoffset)
> -               end = mid - 1;
> +               end = mid;
>             else
>                 start = mid + 1;
>         }
>

I'm looking at the commit and the replies in the thread.

best regards,
Ranier Vilela

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