On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 12:34 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > >> Hmm, that is strange. I would have expected that to stuff a Gather on > >> top of the Aggregate. I wonder why it's not doing that. > > > > The reason is that create_plain_partial_paths() contains a hard-wired > > decision not to generate any partial paths for relations smaller than > > 1000 blocks, which means that no partial path will ever be generated > > for *any* relation in the standard regression tests, force_parallel_mode > > or no. > > Well that's an interesting theory, except that you've completely > missed the point of force_parallel_mode. force_parallel_mode pushes a > special Gather node on top of any plan that is not already parallel in > some way but which is parallel-safe. That special Gather node runs > only in the worker, not the leader, and always uses just one worker. > What happens when there are no workers available due to max_worker_processes already being assigned? Related question, if max_parallel_degree is >1 and "the requested number of workers may not actually be available at runtime" is true, does the degree of parallelism minimize at 1 worker + leader or will the leader simply run the query by itself? David J.
