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The Greenplum Query Optimizer
Copyright (c) 2015, Pivotal Software, Inc.
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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Welcome to GPORCA, the Greenplum Next Generation Query Optimizer!
Want to [Contribute](#contribute)?
GPORCA supports various build types: debug, release with debug info, release.
On x86 systems, GPORCA can also be built as a 32-bit or 64-bit library. You'll
need CMake 3.1 or higher to build GPORCA. Get it from cmake.org, or your
operating system's package manager.
# First Time Setup
## Clone GPORCA
```
git clone https://github.com/greenplum-db/gporca.git
cd gporca
```
## Pre-Requisites
GPORCA uses the following library:
* GP-Xerces - Greenplum's patched version of Xerces-C 3.1.X
### Installing GP-Xerces
[GP-XERCES is available here](https://github.com/greenplum-db/gp-xerces). The GP-XERCES README
gives instructions for building and installing.
## Build and install GPORCA
ORCA is built with [CMake](https://cmake.org), so any build system supported by
CMake can be used. The team uses [Ninja](https://ninja-build.org) because it's
really really fast and convenient.
Go into `gporca` directory:
```
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -GNinja ../
ninja install
```
## Test GPORCA
To run all GPORCA tests, simply use the `ctest` command from the build directory
after build finishes.
```
ctest
```
Much like `make`, `ctest` has a -j option that allows running multiple tests in
parallel to save time. Using it is recommended for faster testing.
```
ctest -j7
```
By default, `ctest` does not print the output of failed tests. To print the
output of failed tests, use the `--output-on-failure` flag like so (this is
useful for debugging failed tests):
```
ctest -j7 --output-on-failure
```
To run a specific individual test, use the `gporca_test` executable directly.
```
./server/gporca_test -U CAggTest
```
To run a specific minidump, for example for `../data/dxl/minidump/TVFRandom.mdp`:
```
./server/gporca_test -d ../data/dxl/minidump/TVFRandom.mdp
```
Note that some tests use assertions that are only enabled for DEBUG builds, so
DEBUG-mode tests tend to be more rigorous.
## Adding tests
Most of the regression tests come in the form of a "minidump" file.
A minidump is an XML file that contains all the input needed to plan a query,
including information about all tables, datatypes, and functions used, as well
as statistics. It also contains the resulting plan.
A new minidump can be created by running a query on a live GPDB server:
1. Run these in a psql session:
```
set client_min_messages='log';
set optimizer=on;
set optimizer_enumerate_plans=on;
set optimizer_minidump=always;
set optimizer_enable_constant_expression_evaluation=off;
```
2. Run the query in the same psql session. It will create a minidump file
under the "minidumps" directory, in the master's data directory:
```
$ ls -l ~/data-master/minidumps/
total 12
-rw------- 1 heikki heikki 10818 Jun 10 22:02 Minidump_20160610_220222_4_14.mdp
```
3. Run xmllint on the minidump to format it better, and copy it under the
data/dxl/minidump directory:
```
xmllint --format ~/data-master/minidumps/Minidump_20160610_220222_4_14.mdp > data/dxl/minidump/MyTest.xml
```
5. Add it to the test suite, in server/src/unittest/gpopt/minidump/CICGTest.cpp
```
--- a/server/src/unittest/gpopt/minidump/CICGTest.cpp
+++ b/server/src/unittest/gpopt/minidump/CICGTest.cpp
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ const CHAR *rgszFileNames[] =
"../data/dxl/minidump/EffectsOfJoinFilter.mdp",
"../data/dxl/minidump/Join-IDF.mdp",
"../data/dxl/minidump/CoerceToDomain.mdp",
+ "../data/dxl/minidump/Mytest.mdp",
"../data/dxl/minidump/LeftOuter2InnerUnionAllAntiSemiJoin.mdp",
#ifndef GPOS_DEBUG
// TODO: - Jul 14 2015; disabling it for debug build to reduce testing time
```
## [Experimental] Concourse
GPORCA contains a series of pipeline and task files to run various sets of tests
on [concourse](http://concourse.ci/). You can learn more about deploying concourse with
[bosh at bosh.io](http://bosh.io/).
Our concourse currently runs the following sets of tests:
* build and ctest on centos5
* build and ctest on debian8
We are currently working on adding support for the following sets of tests:
* build and ctest on centos6
* build GPDB with GPORCA and run `make installcheck-good` on centos6
All configuration files for our concourse pipelines can be found in the `concourse/`
directory.
Note: concourse jobs and pipelines for GPORCA are currently experimental and should not be considered
ready for use in production-level CI environments.
# Advanced Setup
## How to generate make files with different options
Here are few build flavors:
```
# debug build
cmake -GNinja -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG ../
```
```
# release build with debug info
cmake -GNinja -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ../
```
```
# release build
cmake -GNinja -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE ../
```
## Explicitly Specifying GP-Xerces For Build
### GP-XERCES
It is recommended to use the `--prefix` option to the Xerces-C configure script
to install GP-Xerces in a location other than the default under `/usr/local/`,
because you may have other software that depends on Xerces-C, and the changes
introduced in the GP-Xerces patch make it incompatible with the upstream
version. Installing in a non-default prefix allows you to have GP-Xerces
installed side-by-side with unpatched Xerces without incompatibilities.
You can point cmake at your patched GP-Xerces installation using the
`XERCES_INCLUDE_DIR` and `XERCES_LIBRARY` options like so:
However, to use the current build scripts in GPDB, Xerces with the gp_xerces
patch will need to be placed on the /usr path.
```
cmake -GNinja -D XERCES_INCLUDE_DIR=/opt/gp_xerces/include -D XERCES_LIBRARY=/opt/gp_xerces/lib/libxerces-c.so ..
```
Again, on Mac OS X, the library name will end with `.dylib` instead of `.so`.
## Cross-Compiling 32-bit or 64-bit libraries
### GP-XERCES
Unless you intend to cross-compile a 32 or 64-bit version of GP-Orca, you can ignore these
instructions. If you need to explicitly compile for the 32 or 64-bit version of
your architecture, you need to set the `CFLAGS` and `CXXFLAGS` environment
variables for the configure script like so (use `-m32` for 32-bit, `-m64` for
64-bit):
```
CFLAGS="-m32" CXXFLAGS="-m32" ../configure --prefix=/opt/gp_xerces_32
```
### GPORCA
For the most part you should not need to explicitly compile a 32-bit or 64-bit
version of the optimizer libraries. By default, a "native" version for your host
platform will be compiled. However, if you are on x86 and want to, for example,
build a 32-bit version of Optimizer libraries on a 64-bit machine, you can do
so as described below. Note that you will need a "multilib" C++ compiler that
supports the -m32/-m64 switches, and you may also need to install 32-bit ("i386")
versions of the C and C++ standard libraries for your OS. Finally, you will need
to build 32-bit or 64-bit versions of GP-Xerces as appropriate.
Toolchain files for building 32 or 64-bit x86 libraries are located in the cmake
directory. Here is an example of building for 32-bit x86:
```
cmake -GNinja -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/i386.toolchain.cmake ../
```
And for 64-bit x86:
```
cmake -GNinja -D CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../cmake/x86_64.toolchain.cmake ../
```
## How to speed-up the build (or debug it)
For faster build use the -j option of make. For instance, the following command runs make on 7 job slots
```
make -j7
```
Show all commands being run as part of make (for debugging purpose)
```
make VERBOSE=1
```
### Extended Tests
Debug builds of GPORCA include a couple of "extended" tests for features like
fault-simulation and time-slicing that work by running the entire test suite
in combination with the feature being tested. These tests can take a long time
to run and are not enabled by default. To turn extended tests on, add the cmake
arguments `-D ENABLE_EXTENDED_TESTS=1`.
## Installation Details
GPORCA has four libraries:
1. libnaucrates --- has all DXL related classes, and statistics related classes
2. libgpopt --- has all the code related to the optimization engine, meta-data accessor, logical / physical operators,
transformation rules, and translators (DXL to expression and vice versa).
3. libgpdbcost --- cost model for GPDB.
4. libgpos --- abstraction of memory allocation, scheduling, error handling, and testing framework.
By default, GPORCA will be installed under /usr/local. You can change this by
setting CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX when running cmake, for example:
```
cmake -GNinja -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/user/gporca ../
```
By default, the header files are located in:
```
/usr/local/include/naucrates
/usr/local/include/gpdbcost
/usr/local/include/gpopt
/usr/local/include/gpos
```
the library is located at:
```
/usr/local/lib/libnaucrates.so*
/usr/local/lib/libgpdbcost.so*
/usr/local/lib/libgpopt.so*
/usr/local/lib/libgpos.so*
```
Build and install:
```
make install
```
Build and install with verbose output
```
make VERBOSE=1 install
```
## Cleanup
Remove the `cmake` files generated under `build` folder of `gporca` repo:
```
rm -fr build/*
```
Remove gporca header files and library, (assuming the default install prefix /usr/local)
```
rm -rf /usr/local/include/naucrates
rm -rf /usr/local/include/gpdbcost
rm -rf /usr/local/include/gpopt
rm -rf /usr/local/include/gpos
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/libnaucrates.so*
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/libgpdbcost.so*
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/libgpopt.so*
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/libgpos.so*
```
# How to Contribute
We accept contributions via [Github Pull requests](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests) only.
Follow the steps below to open a PR:
1. Fork the project’s repository
1. Create your own feature branch (e.g. `git checkout -b better_orca`) and make changes on this branch.
* Follow the previous sections on this page to setup and build in your environment.
1. Run through all the [tests](#test) in your feature branch and ensure they are successful.
* Follow the [Add tests](#addtest) section to add new tests.
1. Push your local branch to your fork (e.g. `git push origin better_orca`) and [submit a pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request)
Your contribution will be analyzed for product fit and engineering quality prior to merging.
Note: All contributions must be sent using GitHub Pull Requests.
**Your pull request is much more likely to be accepted if it is small and focused with a clear message that conveys the intent of your change.**
Overall we follow GPDB's comprehensive contribution policy. Please refer to it [here](https://github.com/greenplum-db/gpdb#contributing) for details.