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authorRichard Guo <rguo@postgresql.org>2025-10-30 11:58:45 +0900
committerRichard Guo <rguo@postgresql.org>2025-10-30 11:58:45 +0900
commit257ee78341f2657d5c19cdaf0888f843e9bb0c33 (patch)
tree8d55877063d2c9b5cf164e135e59e5d55e4da85c /src/backend
parent50eb4e11815664bfcee883e92f4bf238ac23ec12 (diff)
Disable parallel plans for RIGHT_SEMI joins
RIGHT_SEMI joins rely on the HEAP_TUPLE_HAS_MATCH flag to guarantee that only the first match for each inner tuple is considered. However, in a parallel hash join, the inner relation is stored in a shared global hash table that can be probed by multiple workers concurrently. This allows different workers to inspect and set the match flags of the same inner tuples at the same time. If two workers probe the same inner tuple concurrently, both may see the match flag as unset and emit the same tuple, leading to duplicate output rows and violating RIGHT_SEMI join semantics. For now, we disable parallel plans for RIGHT_SEMI joins. In the long term, it may be possible to support parallel execution by performing atomic operations on the match flag, for example using a CAS or similar mechanism. Backpatch to v18, where RIGHT_SEMI join was introduced. Bug: #19094 Reported-by: Lori Corbani <Lori.Corbani@jax.org> Diagnosed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Author: Richard Guo <guofenglinux@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/19094-6ed410eb5b256abd@postgresql.org Backpatch-through: 18
Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend')
-rw-r--r--src/backend/optimizer/path/joinpath.c21
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinpath.c b/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinpath.c
index 3b9407eb2eb..ea5b6415186 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinpath.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/path/joinpath.c
@@ -2260,10 +2260,20 @@ hash_inner_and_outer(PlannerInfo *root,
/*
* If the joinrel is parallel-safe, we may be able to consider a
- * partial hash join. However, the resulting path must not be
- * parameterized.
+ * partial hash join.
+ *
+ * However, we can't handle JOIN_RIGHT_SEMI, because the hash table is
+ * either a shared hash table or a private hash table per backend. In
+ * the shared case, there is no concurrency protection for the match
+ * flags, so multiple workers could inspect and set the flags
+ * concurrently, potentially producing incorrect results. In the
+ * private case, each worker has its own copy of the hash table, so no
+ * single process has all the match flags.
+ *
+ * Also, the resulting path must not be parameterized.
*/
if (joinrel->consider_parallel &&
+ jointype != JOIN_RIGHT_SEMI &&
outerrel->partial_pathlist != NIL &&
bms_is_empty(joinrel->lateral_relids))
{
@@ -2294,13 +2304,12 @@ hash_inner_and_outer(PlannerInfo *root,
* Normally, given that the joinrel is parallel-safe, the cheapest
* total inner path will also be parallel-safe, but if not, we'll
* have to search for the cheapest safe, unparameterized inner
- * path. If full, right, right-semi or right-anti join, we can't
- * use parallelism (building the hash table in each backend)
- * because no one process has all the match bits.
+ * path. If full, right, or right-anti join, we can't use
+ * parallelism (building the hash table in each backend) because
+ * no one process has all the match bits.
*/
if (jointype == JOIN_FULL ||
jointype == JOIN_RIGHT ||
- jointype == JOIN_RIGHT_SEMI ||
jointype == JOIN_RIGHT_ANTI)
cheapest_safe_inner = NULL;
else if (cheapest_total_inner->parallel_safe)