Patch for seq scan & scan resistant bufmgr

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CK Tan wrote:

Hi,

I am submitting a patch for review that:

1. for small relation (smaller than 60% of bufferpool), use the
current logic
2. for big relation:
- use a ring buffer in heap scan
- pin first 12 pages when scan starts
- on consumption of every 4-page, read and pin the next 4-page
- invalidate used pages of in the scan so they do not force out
other useful pages

4 files changed:
bufmgr.c, bufmgr.h, heapam.c, relscan.h

If there are interests, I can submit another scan patch that returns
N tuples at a time, instead of current one-at-a-time interface. This
improves code locality and further improve performance by another
10-20%.

For TPCH 1G tables, we are seeing more than 20% improvement in scans
on the same hardware.

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----- PATCHED VERSION
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gptest=# select count(*) from lineitem;
count
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6001215
(1 row)

Time: 2117.025 ms

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----- ORIGINAL CVS HEAD VERSION
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gptest=# select count(*) from lineitem;
count
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6001215
(1 row)

Time: 2722.441 ms

Suggestions for improvement are welcome.

Regards,
-cktan
Greenplum, Inc.

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