Apply the "nodeAgg" optimization to more of the builtin transition

functions. This patch optimizes int2_sum(), int4_sum(), float4_accum()
and float8_accum() to avoid needing to copy the transition function's
state for each input tuple of the aggregate. In an extreme case
(e.g. SELECT sum(int2_col) FROM table where table has a single column),
it improves performance by about 20%. For more complex queries or tables
with wider rows, the relative performance improvement will not be as
significant.

src/backend/utils/adt/float.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c,v 1.113 2005/02/11 04:08:58 neilc Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/float.c,v 1.114 2005/04/06 23:56:07 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1902,8 +1902,6 @@ float8_accum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	float8		N,
 				sumX,
 				sumX2;
-	Datum		transdatums[3];
-	ArrayType  *result;
 
 	transvalues = check_float8_array(transarray, "float8_accum");
 	N = transvalues[0];
@@ -1914,6 +1912,25 @@ float8_accum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	sumX += newval;
 	sumX2 += newval * newval;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we're invoked by nodeAgg, we can cheat and modify our first
+	 * parameter in-place to reduce palloc overhead. Otherwise we
+	 * construct a new array with the updated transition data and
+	 * return it.
+	 */
+	if (fcinfo->context && IsA(fcinfo->context, AggState))
+	{
+		transvalues[0] = N;
+		transvalues[1] = sumX;
+		transvalues[2] = sumX2;
+
+		PG_RETURN_ARRAYTYPE_P(transarray);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		Datum		transdatums[3];
+		ArrayType  *result;
+
 		transdatums[0] = Float8GetDatumFast(N);
 		transdatums[1] = Float8GetDatumFast(sumX);
 		transdatums[2] = Float8GetDatumFast(sumX2);
@@ -1923,6 +1940,7 @@ float8_accum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 								 sizeof(float8), false /* float8 byval */ , 'd');
 
 		PG_RETURN_ARRAYTYPE_P(result);
+	}
 }
 
 Datum
@@ -1935,8 +1953,6 @@ float4_accum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 				sumX,
 				sumX2,
 				newval;
-	Datum		transdatums[3];
-	ArrayType  *result;
 
 	transvalues = check_float8_array(transarray, "float4_accum");
 	N = transvalues[0];
@@ -1950,6 +1966,25 @@ float4_accum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	sumX += newval;
 	sumX2 += newval * newval;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we're invoked by nodeAgg, we can cheat and modify our first
+	 * parameter in-place to reduce palloc overhead. Otherwise we
+	 * construct a new array with the updated transition data and
+	 * return it.
+	 */
+	if (fcinfo->context && IsA(fcinfo->context, AggState))
+	{
+		transvalues[0] = N;
+		transvalues[1] = sumX;
+		transvalues[2] = sumX2;
+
+		PG_RETURN_ARRAYTYPE_P(transarray);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		Datum		transdatums[3];
+		ArrayType  *result;
+
 		transdatums[0] = Float8GetDatumFast(N);
 		transdatums[1] = Float8GetDatumFast(sumX);
 		transdatums[2] = Float8GetDatumFast(sumX2);
@@ -1959,6 +1994,7 @@ float4_accum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 								 sizeof(float8), false /* float8 byval */ , 'd');
 
 		PG_RETURN_ARRAYTYPE_P(result);
+	}
 }
 
 Datum

src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  * Copyright (c) 1998-2005, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c,v 1.82 2005/04/04 23:50:27 neilc Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/numeric.c,v 1.83 2005/04/06 23:56:07 neilc Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2357,7 +2357,6 @@ numeric_stddev(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 Datum
 int2_sum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-	int64		oldsum;
 	int64		newval;
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
@@ -2370,7 +2369,24 @@ int2_sum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		PG_RETURN_INT64(newval);
 	}
 
-	oldsum = PG_GETARG_INT64(0);
+	/*
+	 * If we're invoked by nodeAgg, we can cheat and modify out first
+	 * parameter in-place to avoid palloc overhead. If not, we need to
+	 * return the new value of the transition variable.
+	 */
+	if (fcinfo->context && IsA(fcinfo->context, AggState))
+	{
+		int64 *oldsum = (int64 *) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
+
+		/* Leave the running sum unchanged in the new input is null */
+		if (!PG_ARGISNULL(1))
+			*oldsum = *oldsum + (int64) PG_GETARG_INT16(1);
+
+		PG_RETURN_POINTER(oldsum);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		int64		oldsum = PG_GETARG_INT64(0);
 
 		/* Leave sum unchanged if new input is null. */
 		if (PG_ARGISNULL(1))
@@ -2380,12 +2396,12 @@ int2_sum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		newval = oldsum + (int64) PG_GETARG_INT16(1);
 
 		PG_RETURN_INT64(newval);
+	}
 }
 
 Datum
 int4_sum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
-	int64		oldsum;
 	int64		newval;
 
 	if (PG_ARGISNULL(0))
@@ -2398,7 +2414,24 @@ int4_sum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		PG_RETURN_INT64(newval);
 	}
 
-	oldsum = PG_GETARG_INT64(0);
+	/*
+	 * If we're invoked by nodeAgg, we can cheat and modify out first
+	 * parameter in-place to avoid palloc overhead. If not, we need to
+	 * return the new value of the transition variable.
+	 */
+	if (fcinfo->context && IsA(fcinfo->context, AggState))
+	{
+		int64 *oldsum = (int64 *) PG_GETARG_POINTER(0);
+
+		/* Leave the running sum unchanged in the new input is null */
+		if (!PG_ARGISNULL(1))
+			*oldsum = *oldsum + (int64) PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
+
+		PG_RETURN_POINTER(oldsum);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		int64		oldsum = PG_GETARG_INT64(0);
 
 		/* Leave sum unchanged if new input is null. */
 		if (PG_ARGISNULL(1))
@@ -2408,6 +2441,7 @@ int4_sum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		newval = oldsum + (int64) PG_GETARG_INT32(1);
 
 		PG_RETURN_INT64(newval);
+	}
 }
 
 Datum
@@ -2426,6 +2460,12 @@ int8_sum(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 		PG_RETURN_DATUM(newval);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Note that we cannot special-case the nodeAgg case here, as we
+	 * do for int2_sum and int4_sum: numeric is of variable size, so
+	 * we cannot modify our first parameter in-place.
+	 */
+
 	oldsum = PG_GETARG_NUMERIC(0);
 
 	/* Leave sum unchanged if new input is null. */