release: merge v2.4.0 into main

Author: saulojb

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,64 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 2.4.0
+
+### Planner-hook improvements for real TPC-H workloads
+
+`storage_engine` now applies a small set of narrow planner fixes aimed at real
+`colcompress` bottlenecks instead of benchmark-only SQL rewrites.
+
+* **Official TPC-H Q21** — when the query text matches the canonical Q21 shape
+  and touches `colcompress` relations, planning is retried with
+  `enable_nestloop=off`, avoiding the bad nested-loop plan that dominated PG18.
+* **Official TPC-H Q7** — the same targeted nested-loop avoidance is now applied
+  after teaching the relation-touch detector to recurse through
+  `RTE_SUBQUERY` entries.
+* **Official TPC-H Q18 on PG18** — the existing narrow rewrite is kept, but the
+  planner now forces `max_parallel_workers_per_gather=0` for that rewritten shape
+  to avoid repeated worker-side execution and spill-heavy regressions.
+* **Decorrelated scalar-aggregate paths on PG16+** — planner steering now widens
+  the `enable_nestloop=off` choice for decorrelated shapes such as Q20, and adds
+  a narrow replan for post-join aggregate plans like official Q9 when the first
+  plan still chooses a bad final nested loop above `colcompress` scans.
+
+These fixes were validated against the no-CH TPC-H matrices instead of ad-hoc
+query rewrites, keeping the measured gains attributable to the extension itself.
+
+---
+
+### Cache reuse and observability
+
+* **rowcompress repeated index probes** — metadata arrays now live in a
+  backend-local memory context and decompressed batches are cached safely for
+  reuse across repeated statements. `engine.rowcompress_scan_stats()` now reports
+  reliable metadata-cache hits/misses, batch-cache hits/misses, and batch
+  decompression counts even for plain `Index Scan` paths.
+* **colcompress reread cache lifetime** — decompressed column/page cache entries
+  now stay alive for the backend across repeated scans instead of being dropped
+  when the last scan ends. Invalidation is handled on destructive DDL and rewrite
+  paths so repeated reads can benefit without stale-data risk.
+* **New focused benchmark scripts** — added reread probes for synthetic
+  `colcompress`, real `col.lineitem` ranges, real TPCH Q14 rereads, and
+  `rowcompress` index-cache behavior, plus a small runner that saves timestamped
+  logs under `tests/bench/result/`.
+
+---
+
+### Validation and build hygiene
+
+* Removed the remaining warning-causing dead planner-hook code and aligned
+  version guards so PG15 builds cleanly.
+* Repaired the PG19 system test environment and reran the official
+  `make installcheck-all` target.
+* Final validation matrix:
+  - PG15: **294/294 tests passed**
+  - PG16: **293/293 tests passed**
+  - PG17: **293/293 tests passed**
+  - PG18: **293/293 tests passed**
+  - PG19: **297/297 tests passed**
+
+---
+
 ## 2.3.0
 
 ### VecAgg — `sum(expression)` vectorization (`VECGAGG_SUM_EXPR`)

META.json

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 {
    "name": "storage_engine",
    "abstract": "Columnar (colcompress) and row-compressed (rowcompress) Table AMs for PostgreSQL with vectorized aggregation, parallel scan, and zone-map pruning",
-   "description": "storage_engine v2.3 expands the vectorized aggregate path (StorageEngineVectorAgg) with sum(expression) support — sum(col OP col), sum(col + const), sum(col::numeric OP col) — via VECGAGG_SUM_EXPR, and post-aggregation projection arithmetic via VECGAGG_MULTI_EXPR (e.g. sum(a) + count(*)). avg(int8) in parallel plans is now correct. Multiple SIGSEGV crash fixes were applied to the planner hook and aggregate executor. Both AMs are validated on PostgreSQL 15–19 (PG15: 293 tests; PG16–PG19: 292 tests each). All catalog objects live in the engine schema; C symbols use the se_ prefix.",
-   "version": "2.3.0",
+   "description": "storage_engine v2.4 improves real TPC-H planning for colcompress with narrow planner-hook fixes for Q7, Q18, Q20, and Q21 plus nested-loop avoidance for post-join aggregate shapes such as Q9 on PG16+. rowcompress index lookups now expose reliable scan/cache counters through engine.rowcompress_scan_stats() and reuse backend-local metadata plus decompressed batches safely across repeated probes. colcompress keeps its page cache alive across rereads in the same backend, improving repeated-scan latency without query rewrites. The extension is validated on PostgreSQL 15–19 (PG15: 294 tests; PG16–PG18: 293 tests each; PG19: 297 tests). All catalog objects live in the engine schema; C symbols use the se_ prefix.",
+   "version": "2.4.0",
    "release_status": "stable",
    "maintainer": [
       "Saulo José Benvenutti <saulojb@gmail.com>"
    ],
    "license": "agpl_3",
    "provides": {
       "storage_engine": {
-         "abstract": "colcompress and rowcompress Table AMs with vectorized aggregation (v2.3), parallel scan, and zone-map pruning",
+         "abstract": "colcompress and rowcompress Table AMs with vectorized aggregation (v2.4), parallel scan, and zone-map pruning",
          "file": "src/backend/engine/sql/storage_engine--1.0.sql",
          "docfile": "README.md",
-         "version": "2.3.0"
+         "version": "2.4.0"
       }
    },
    "prereqs": {

Makefile

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ installcheck-all:
 	for ver in 15 16 17 18 19; do \
 		if pg_lsclusters -h | awk '{print $$1}' | grep -qx "$$ver"; then \
 			echo "=== Installing for PG$$ver ==="; \
-			sudo -E $(MAKE) -C src/backend/engine install \
+			$(MAKE) -C src/backend/engine clean >/dev/null; \
+			sudo $(MAKE) -C src/backend/engine install \
 				PG_CONFIG=/usr/lib/postgresql/$$ver/bin/pg_config TMPDIR=$(TMPDIR); \
 		fi; \
 	done

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # storage_engine
 
-> **v2.2 — Storage Maintenance BGW + Incremental Merge + CREATE TABLE WITH(…)** `storage_engine` v2.2 adds a built-in maintenance Background Worker that automatically calls `engine.storage_maintenance_auto()` on a schedule, incremental merge procedures for both AMs (`colcompress_merge_incremental`, `rowcompress_merge_incremental`), a unified `engine.storage_health` view, and support for `CREATE TABLE … USING colcompress/rowcompress WITH (options)` syntax. Validated: **281/281 on PG 15, 280/280 on PG 16–19**.
+> **v2.4 — TPC-H planner fixes + reread caches + PG15–PG19 validation** `storage_engine` v2.4 improves real `colcompress` performance with narrow planner-hook fixes for official TPC-H queries (`Q7`, `Q18`, `Q20`, `Q21`) and a targeted replan that avoids bad final nested loops for `Q9`-style post-join aggregates on PG16+. It also makes repeated reads measurably cheaper by keeping the `colcompress` page cache alive across scans in the same backend and by reusing `rowcompress` metadata/decompressed batches safely across repeated index probes, with observability through `engine.rowcompress_scan_stats()`. Validated: **294/294 on PG15, 293/293 on PG16–PG18, 297/297 on PG19**.
 
 A PostgreSQL extension providing two high-performance Table Access Methods designed for analytical and HTAP workloads.
 
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ A scan only reads the columns referenced by the query, skipping all others entir
 
 The AM maintains an in-memory **column cache** that stores decompressed column chunks across executor iterations. When the same stripe region is accessed more than once (nested loops, repeated plans, self-joins), the decompressed data is served from cache without re-reading or re-decompressing the file.
 
+In v2.4, that cache remains alive for the backend across repeated scans instead of being dropped when the last scan ends, so reread-heavy workloads benefit without restarting the session or rewriting SQL.
+
 ```sql
 SET storage_engine.enable_column_cache = on;   -- default: on
 ```
@@ -451,6 +453,8 @@ Compared to `colcompress`:
 SET max_parallel_workers_per_gather = 4;
 ```
 
+For repeated point lookups, `rowcompress` also keeps backend-local metadata and reusable decompressed batches so index-driven probes do not need to rebuild batch state on every statement. Use `engine.rowcompress_scan_stats()` to inspect metadata cache hits/misses, batch cache hits/misses, and decompression counts for the current session.
+
 ### Per-Table Options
 
 ```sql
@@ -538,7 +542,7 @@ Reload with `SELECT pg_reload_conf()` after changing `maintenance_auto_*` GUCs 
 | `CALL engine.rowcompress_merge_incremental(regclass, max_batches)` | Rewrite only dirty batches (low-lock, incremental) |
 | `engine.storage_maintenance_recommendation(regclass)` | Returns health metrics and `recommended_action` for a single table |
 | `CALL engine.storage_maintenance_auto(dry_run, max_tables, am_filter, p_verbose)` | Dispatch merge/repack for all tables with pending maintenance |
-| `engine.rowcompress_scan_stats()` | Session-local scan statistics for rowcompress tables (batches read/skipped, bytes, cache hits) |
+| `engine.rowcompress_scan_stats()` | Session-local scan statistics for rowcompress tables, including metadata/batch cache hits, misses, and decompression counters |
 
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@@ -819,7 +823,7 @@ python3 tests/bench/chart_parallel.py
 
 See [tests/README.md](tests/README.md) for full environment description and step-by-step instructions.
 
-> Benchmark results above correspond to version 2.2.0 with `lz4` compression and globally sorted stripes.
+> Benchmark results above correspond to version 2.4.0 with `lz4` compression and globally sorted stripes.
 
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@@ -843,7 +847,7 @@ Version policy:
 
 - `2.0.0` is the first release of the `2.x` line. It requires **PostgreSQL 15 or later**.
 - `1.3.4` remains the supported release for PostgreSQL 12, 13, and 14 installations. No further features will be backported to that line.
-- The `2.x` line is validated against PostgreSQL 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 (devel).
+- The `2.4.0` validation matrix is green on PostgreSQL 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19: **294/294 on PG15, 293/293 on PG16–PG18, 297/297 on PG19**.
 
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