Improve coding of gistchoose and gistRelocateBuildBuffersOnSplit.

This is mostly cosmetic, but it does eliminate a speculative portability
issue.  The previous coding ignored the fact that sum_grow could easily
overflow (in fact, it could be summing multiple IEEE float infinities).
On a platform where that didn't guarantee to produce a positive result,
the code would misbehave.  In any case, it was less than readable.

src/backend/access/gist/gistbuildbuffers.c

@@ -625,18 +625,17 @@ gistRelocateBuildBuffersOnSplit(GISTBuildBuffers *gfbb, GISTSTATE *giststate,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Loop through all index tuples on the buffer on the page being split,
+	 * Loop through all index tuples in the buffer of the page being split,
-	 * moving them to buffers on the new pages.  We try to move each tuple
+	 * moving them to buffers for the new pages.  We try to move each tuple to
 	 * the page that will result in the lowest penalty for the leading column
 	 * or, in the case of a tie, the lowest penalty for the earliest column
 	 * that is not tied.
 	 *
-	 * The guts of this loop are very similar to gistchoose().
+	 * The page searching logic is very similar to gistchoose().
 	 */
 	while (gistPopItupFromNodeBuffer(gfbb, &oldBuf, &itup))
 	{
-		float		sum_grow,
+		float		best_penalty[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
-					which_grow[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
 		int			i,
 					which;
 		IndexTuple	newtup;
@@ -645,71 +644,88 @@ gistRelocateBuildBuffersOnSplit(GISTBuildBuffers *gfbb, GISTSTATE *giststate,
 		gistDeCompressAtt(giststate, r,
 						  itup, NULL, (OffsetNumber) 0, entry, isnull);
 
-		which = -1;
+		/* default to using first page (shouldn't matter) */
-		*which_grow = -1.0f;
+		which = 0;
 
 		/*
-		 * Loop over possible target pages.  We'll exit early if we find an index key that
+		 * best_penalty[j] is the best penalty we have seen so far for column
-		 * can accommodate the new key with no penalty on any column.  sum_grow is used to
+		 * j, or -1 when we haven't yet examined column j.  Array entries to
-		 * track this condition.  It doesn't need to be exactly accurate, just >0 whenever
+		 * the right of the first -1 are undefined.
-		 * we want the loop to continue and equal to 0 when we want it to terminate.
 		 */
-		sum_grow = 1.0f;
+		best_penalty[0] = -1;
 
-		for (i = 0; i < splitPagesCount && sum_grow; i++)
+		/*
+		 * Loop over possible target pages, looking for one to move this tuple
+		 * to.
+		 */
+		for (i = 0; i < splitPagesCount; i++)
 		{
-			int			j;
 			RelocationBufferInfo *splitPageInfo = &relocationBuffersInfos[i];
+			bool		zero_penalty;
+			int			j;
 
-			sum_grow = 0.0f;
+			zero_penalty = true;
 
 			/* Loop over index attributes. */
 			for (j = 0; j < r->rd_att->natts; j++)
 			{
 				float		usize;
 
+				/* Compute penalty for this column. */
 				usize = gistpenalty(giststate, j,
 									&splitPageInfo->entry[j],
 									splitPageInfo->isnull[j],
 									&entry[j], isnull[j]);
+				if (usize > 0)
+					zero_penalty = false;
 
-				if (which_grow[j] < 0 || usize < which_grow[j])
+				if (best_penalty[j] < 0 || usize < best_penalty[j])
 				{
 					/*
-					 * We get here in two cases.  First, we may have just discovered that the
+					 * New best penalty for column.  Tentatively select this
-					 * current tuple is the best one we've seen so far; that is, for the first
+					 * page as the target, and record the best penalty.  Then
-					 * column for which the penalty is not equal to the best tuple seen so far,
+					 * reset the next column's penalty to "unknown" (and
-					 * this one has a lower penalty than the previously-seen one.  But, when
+					 * indirectly, the same for all the ones to its right).
-					 * a new best tuple is found, we must record the best penalty value for
+					 * This will force us to adopt this page's penalty values
-					 * all the remaining columns.  We'll end up here for each remaining index
+					 * as the best for all the remaining columns during
-					 * column in that case, too.
+					 * subsequent loop iterations.
 					 */
 					which = i;
-					which_grow[j] = usize;
+					best_penalty[j] = usize;
+
 					if (j < r->rd_att->natts - 1)
-						which_grow[j + 1] = -1;
+						best_penalty[j + 1] = -1;
-					sum_grow += which_grow[j];
 				}
-				else if (which_grow[j] == usize)
+				else if (best_penalty[j] == usize)
 				{
 					/*
-					 * The current tuple is exactly as good for this column as the best tuple
+					 * The current page is exactly as good for this column as
-					 * seen so far.  The next iteration of this loop will compare the next
+					 * the best page seen so far.  The next iteration of this
-					 * column.
+					 * loop will compare the next column.
 					 */
-					sum_grow += usize;
 				}
 				else
 				{
 					/*
-					 * The current tuple is worse for this column than the best tuple seen so
+					 * The current page is worse for this column than the best
-					 * far.  Skip the remaining columns and move on to the next tuple, if any.
+					 * page seen so far.  Skip the remaining columns and move
+					 * on to the next page, if any.
 					 */
-					sum_grow = 1;
+					zero_penalty = false;		/* so outer loop won't exit */
 					break;
 				}
 			}
+
+			/*
+			 * If we find a page with zero penalty for all columns, there's no
+			 * need to examine remaining pages; just break out of the loop and
+			 * return it.
+			 */
+			if (zero_penalty)
+				break;
 		}
+
+		/* OK, "which" is the page index to push the tuple to */
 		targetBufferInfo = &relocationBuffersInfos[which];
 
 		/* Push item to selected node buffer */

src/backend/access/gist/gistutil.c

@@ -363,113 +363,120 @@ gistgetadjusted(Relation r, IndexTuple oldtup, IndexTuple addtup, GISTSTATE *gis
 }
 
 /*
- * Search a page for the entry with lowest penalty.
+ * Search an upper index page for the entry with lowest penalty for insertion
+ * of the new index key contained in "it".
  *
- * The index may have multiple columns, and there's a penalty value for each column.
+ * Returns the index of the page entry to insert into.
- * The penalty associated with a column which appears earlier in the index definition is
- * strictly more important than the penalty of column which appears later in the index
- * definition.
  */
 OffsetNumber
 gistchoose(Relation r, Page p, IndexTuple it,	/* it has compressed entry */
 		   GISTSTATE *giststate)
 {
+	OffsetNumber result;
 	OffsetNumber maxoff;
 	OffsetNumber i;
-	OffsetNumber which;
+	float		best_penalty[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
-	float		sum_grow,
-				which_grow[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
 	GISTENTRY	entry,
 				identry[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
 	bool		isnull[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
 
-	maxoff = PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(p);
+	Assert(!GistPageIsLeaf(p));
-	*which_grow = -1.0;
+
-	which = InvalidOffsetNumber;
-	sum_grow = 1;
 	gistDeCompressAtt(giststate, r,
 					  it, NULL, (OffsetNumber) 0,
 					  identry, isnull);
 
-	Assert(maxoff >= FirstOffsetNumber);
+	/* we'll return FirstOffsetNumber if page is empty (shouldn't happen) */
-	Assert(!GistPageIsLeaf(p));
+	result = FirstOffsetNumber;
+
+	/*
+	 * The index may have multiple columns, and there's a penalty value for
+	 * each column.  The penalty associated with a column that appears earlier
+	 * in the index definition is strictly more important than the penalty of
+	 * a column that appears later in the index definition.
+	 *
+	 * best_penalty[j] is the best penalty we have seen so far for column j,
+	 * or -1 when we haven't yet examined column j.  Array entries to the
+	 * right of the first -1 are undefined.
+	 */
+	best_penalty[0] = -1;
 
 	/*
 	 * Loop over tuples on page.
-	 *
-	 * We'll exit early if we find an index key that can accommodate the new key with no
-	 * penalty on any column.  sum_grow is used to track this condition.  Normally, it is the
-	 * sum of the penalties we've seen for this column so far, which is not a very useful
-	 * quantity in general because the penalties for each column are only considered
-	 * independently, but all we really care about is whether or not it's greater than zero.
-	 * Since penalties can't be negative, the sum of the penalties will be greater than
-	 * zero if and only if at least one penalty was greater than zero.  To make things just
-	 * a bit more complicated, we arbitrarily set sum_grow to 1.0 whenever we want to force
-	 * the at least one more iteration of this outer loop.  Any non-zero value would serve
-	 * just as well.
 	 */
-	for (i = FirstOffsetNumber; i <= maxoff && sum_grow; i = OffsetNumberNext(i))
+	maxoff = PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(p);
+	Assert(maxoff >= FirstOffsetNumber);
+
+	for (i = FirstOffsetNumber; i <= maxoff; i = OffsetNumberNext(i))
 	{
-		int			j;
 		IndexTuple	itup = (IndexTuple) PageGetItem(p, PageGetItemId(p, i));
+		bool		zero_penalty;
+		int			j;
 
-		sum_grow = 0;
+		zero_penalty = true;
 
-		/* Loop over indexed attribtues. */
+		/* Loop over index attributes. */
 		for (j = 0; j < r->rd_att->natts; j++)
 		{
 			Datum		datum;
 			float		usize;
 			bool		IsNull;
 
+			/* Compute penalty for this column. */
 			datum = index_getattr(itup, j + 1, giststate->tupdesc, &IsNull);
 			gistdentryinit(giststate, j, &entry, datum, r, p, i,
 						   FALSE, IsNull);
 			usize = gistpenalty(giststate, j, &entry, IsNull,
 								&identry[j], isnull[j]);
+			if (usize > 0)
+				zero_penalty = false;
 
-			if (which_grow[j] < 0 || usize < which_grow[j])
+			if (best_penalty[j] < 0 || usize < best_penalty[j])
 			{
 				/*
-				 * We get here in two cases.  First, we may have just discovered that the
+				 * New best penalty for column.  Tentatively select this tuple
-				 * current tuple is the best one we've seen so far; that is, for the first
+				 * as the target, and record the best penalty.	Then reset the
-				 * column for which the penalty is not equal to the best tuple seen so far,
+				 * next column's penalty to "unknown" (and indirectly, the
-				 * this one has a lower penalty than the previously-seen one.  But, when
+				 * same for all the ones to its right).  This will force us to
-				 * a new best tuple is found, we must record the best penalty value for
+				 * adopt this tuple's penalty values as the best for all the
-				 * all the remaining columns.  We'll end up here for each remaining index
+				 * remaining columns during subsequent loop iterations.
-				 * column in that case, too.
 				 */
-				which = i;
+				result = i;
-				which_grow[j] = usize;
+				best_penalty[j] = usize;
+
 				if (j < r->rd_att->natts - 1)
-					which_grow[j + 1] = -1;
+					best_penalty[j + 1] = -1;
-				sum_grow += which_grow[j];
 			}
-			else if (which_grow[j] == usize)
+			else if (best_penalty[j] == usize)
 			{
 				/*
-				 * The current tuple is exactly as good for this column as the best tuple
+				 * The current tuple is exactly as good for this column as the
-				 * seen so far.  The next iteration of this loop will compare the next
+				 * best tuple seen so far.	The next iteration of this loop
-				 * column.
+				 * will compare the next column.
 				 */
-				sum_grow += usize;
 			}
 			else
 			{
 				/*
-				 * The current tuple is worse for this column than the best tuple seen so
+				 * The current tuple is worse for this column than the best
-				 * far.  Skip the remaining columns and move on to the next tuple, if any.
+				 * tuple seen so far.  Skip the remaining columns and move on
+				 * to the next tuple, if any.
 				 */
-				sum_grow = 1;
+				zero_penalty = false;	/* so outer loop won't exit */
 				break;
 			}
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If we find a tuple with zero penalty for all columns, there's no
+		 * need to examine remaining tuples; just break out of the loop and
+		 * return it.
+		 */
+		if (zero_penalty)
+			break;
 	}
 
-	if (which == InvalidOffsetNumber)
+	return result;
-		which = FirstOffsetNumber;
-
-	return which;
 }
 
 /*