Re: Consider low startup cost in add_partial_path

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tomas Vondra <tomas(at)vondra(dot)me>, James Coleman <jtc331(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Consider low startup cost in add_partial_path
Date: 2026-02-19 19:29:52
Message-ID: CA+Tgmob57CDgacucdcDhW+=jNQnB6J4wx9b+WujKboDJM18wBw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 2:44 AM Richard Guo <guofenglinux(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Yeah, I agree that we should consider startup cost for partial paths,
> given that cost_gather (and cost_gather_merge) accounts for the
> subpath's startup_cost when calculating the cost of the Gather path.
>
> The changes LGTM. I noticed one comment that may need to be updated
> accordingly:
>
> * As in add_path, the partial_pathlist is kept sorted with the cheapest
> * total path in front. ...
>
> This is not true anymore. The partial_pathlist is now sorted by
> disabled_nodes and then by cheapest total cost.

Thanks. I have committed 0001 after adjusting that comment.

Here's the remaining patch once again. No comments on this one?

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Robert Haas
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