Don't limit number of tuples in leftist trees!

Use qsort to sort array of tuples for nextrun when current
run is done and put into leftist tree from sorted array!
It's much faster and creates non-bushy tree - this is ve-e-ery good
for perfomance!

src/backend/utils/sort/psort.c

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/sort/Attic/psort.c,v 1.23 1997/09/18 05:37:31 vadim Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/sort/Attic/psort.c,v 1.24 1997/09/18 14:41:56 vadim Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *		Sorts the first relation into the second relation.
@@ -147,8 +147,6 @@ psort_begin(Sort * node, int nkeys, ScanKey key)
 	PS(node)->treeContext.sortMem = SortMem * 1024;
 
 	PS(node)->Tuples = NULL;
-	PS(node)->lasttuple = NULL;
-	PS(node)->lt_tupcount = 0;
 	PS(node)->tupcount = 0;
 
 	PS(node)->using_tape_files = false;
@@ -434,45 +432,14 @@ createfirstrun(Sort *node)
 	if ( LACKMEM (node) )	/* in-memory sort is impossible */
 	{
     	register int t;
-		register int f;
-		FILE *file;
 		
 		Assert (!foundeor);
 		inittapes(node);
-		file = PS(node)->Tape->tp_file;
-		
-		/* put extra tuples into tape file */
-		if ( t_last > SortTuplesInTree )
-		{
-			register HeapTuple lasttuple;
-			
-	    	t = t_last - SortTuplesInTree;
-			for (f = 0, lasttuple = NULL; f < t; f++)
-			{
-				if ( lasttuple )
-				{
-					FREEMEM(node, lasttuple->t_len);
-					FREE(lasttuple);
-					TRACEMEM(createfirstrun);
-				}
-				lasttuple = memtuples[f];
-				PUTTUP(node, lasttuple, file);
-				TRACEOUT(createfirstrun, lasttuple);
-			}
-			PS(node)->lasttuple = lasttuple;
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			PS(node)->lasttuple = NULL;
-			f = 0;
-		}
-		
-		/* put rest of tuples into leftist tree for createrun */
-		for (t = t_last - 1 ; t >= f; t--)
+		/* put tuples into leftist tree for createrun */
+		for (t = t_last - 1 ; t >= 0; t--)
 			puttuple(&PS(node)->Tuples, memtuples[t], 0, &PS(node)->treeContext);
-		PS(node)->lt_tupcount = t_last - f;
 		pfree (memtuples);
-		foundeor = !createrun (node, file);
+		foundeor = !createrun (node, PS(node)->Tape->tp_file);
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -497,50 +464,41 @@ createfirstrun(Sort *node)
 static bool
 createrun(Sort * node, FILE * file)
 {
-	register HeapTuple lasttuple;
-	register HeapTuple tup;
-	struct leftist *nextrun;
-	bool		foundeor;
-	short		junk;
-	int			curr_tupcount = (PS(node)->Tuples != NULL) ? PS(node)->lt_tupcount : 0;
-	int			next_tupcount = 0;
-
-	int			cr_tuples = 0;	/* Count tuples grabbed from plannode */
-	TupleTableSlot *cr_slot;
+	register HeapTuple	lasttuple;
+	register HeapTuple	tup;
+	TupleTableSlot	   *cr_slot;
+	HeapTuple		   *memtuples;
+	int					t_last = -1;
+	int					t_free = 1000;
+	bool				foundeor = false;
+	short				junk;
 
 	Assert(node != (Sort *) NULL);
 	Assert(PS(node) != (Psortstate *) NULL);
+	Assert (PS(node)->using_tape_files);
 
-	lasttuple = PS(node)->lasttuple;	/* !NULL if called from createfirstrun */
-	nextrun = NULL;
-	foundeor = false;
+	lasttuple = NULL;
+	memtuples = palloc(t_free * sizeof(HeapTuple));
+	
 	for (;;)
 	{
-		if ((LACKMEM(node) && PS(node)->Tuples != NULL) || curr_tupcount > SortTuplesInTree)
+		while (LACKMEM(node) && PS(node)->Tuples != NULL)
 		{
-			do
+			if (lasttuple != NULL)
 			{
-				if (lasttuple != NULL)
-				{
-					FREEMEM(node, lasttuple->t_len);
-					FREE(lasttuple);
-					TRACEMEM(createrun);
-				}
-				lasttuple = tup = gettuple(&PS(node)->Tuples, &junk,
+				FREEMEM(node, lasttuple->t_len);
+				FREE(lasttuple);
+				TRACEMEM(createrun);
+			}
+			lasttuple = gettuple(&PS(node)->Tuples, &junk,
 										   &PS(node)->treeContext);
-				Assert (PS(node)->using_tape_files);
-				PUTTUP(node, tup, file);
-				TRACEOUT(createrun, tup);
-				curr_tupcount--;
-			} while (LACKMEM(node) && PS(node)->Tuples != NULL);
+			PUTTUP(node, lasttuple, file);
+			TRACEOUT(createrun, lasttuple);
 		}
 		
 		if (LACKMEM(node))
 			break;
 		
-		if ( next_tupcount >= SortTuplesInTree )
-			break;
-		
 		/*
 		 * About to call ExecProcNode, it can mess up the state if it
 		 * eventually calls another Sort node. So must stow it away here
@@ -560,7 +518,6 @@ createrun(Sort * node, FILE * file)
 			tup = tuplecopy(cr_slot->val);
 			ExecClearTuple(cr_slot);
 			PS(node)->tupcount++;
-			cr_tuples++;
 		}
 
 		IncrProcessed();
@@ -569,14 +526,18 @@ createrun(Sort * node, FILE * file)
 		if (lasttuple != NULL && tuplecmp(tup, lasttuple,
 										  &PS(node)->treeContext))
 		{
-			puttuple(&nextrun, tup, 0, &PS(node)->treeContext);
-			next_tupcount++;
+			if ( t_free <= 0 )
+			{
+			    t_free = 1000;
+				memtuples = repalloc (memtuples, 
+		    				(t_last + t_free + 1) * sizeof (HeapTuple));
+			}
+			t_last++;
+			t_free--;
+			memtuples[t_last] = tup;
 		}
 		else
-		{
 			puttuple(&PS(node)->Tuples, tup, 0, &PS(node)->treeContext);
-			curr_tupcount++;
-		}
 	}
 	if (lasttuple != NULL)
 	{
@@ -585,13 +546,26 @@ createrun(Sort * node, FILE * file)
 		TRACEMEM(createrun);
 	}
 	dumptuples(file, node);
-	ENDRUN(file);
-	/* delimit the end of the run */
-	PS(node)->Tuples = nextrun;
-	PS(node)->lt_tupcount = next_tupcount;
-	PS(node)->lasttuple = NULL;
+	ENDRUN(file);				/* delimit the end of the run */
+	
+	t_last++;
+	/* put tuples for the next run into leftist tree */
+	if ( t_last >= 1 )
+	{
+		register int t;
+		
+		PsortTupDesc = PS(node)->treeContext.tupDesc;
+		PsortKeys = PS(node)->treeContext.scanKeys;
+		PsortNkeys = PS(node)->treeContext.nKeys;
+    	qsort (memtuples, t_last, sizeof (HeapTuple), 
+    		(int (*)(const void *,const void *))_psort_cmp);
+		for (t = t_last - 1 ; t >= 0; t--)
+			puttuple(&PS(node)->Tuples, memtuples[t], 0, &PS(node)->treeContext);
+	}
+	
+	pfree (memtuples);
 
-	return ((bool) ! foundeor); /* XXX - works iff bool is {0,1} */
+	return (!foundeor);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -774,8 +748,7 @@ dumptuples(FILE * file, Sort * node)
 			newp = tp->lt_left;
 		else
 			newp = lmerge(tp->lt_left, tp->lt_right, context);
-		FREEMEM(node, sizeof(struct leftist));
-		FREE(tp);
+		pfree(tp);
 		PUTTUP(node, tup, file);
 		FREEMEM(node, tup->t_len);
 		FREE(tup);