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/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * gist.h
 *    The public API for GiST indexes. This API is exposed to
 *    individuals implementing GiST indexes, so backward-incompatible
 *    changes should be made with care.
 *
 *
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2025, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * src/include/access/gist.h
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#ifndef GIST_H
#define GIST_H
 
#include "access/itup.h"
#include "access/stratnum.h"
#include "access/transam.h"
#include "access/xlog.h"
#include "access/xlogdefs.h"
#include "nodes/primnodes.h"
#include "storage/block.h"
#include "storage/bufpage.h"
#include "utils/relcache.h"
 
/*
 * amproc indexes for GiST indexes.
 */
#define GIST_CONSISTENT_PROC            1
#define GIST_UNION_PROC                 2
#define GIST_COMPRESS_PROC              3
#define GIST_DECOMPRESS_PROC            4
#define GIST_PENALTY_PROC               5
#define GIST_PICKSPLIT_PROC             6
#define GIST_EQUAL_PROC                 7
#define GIST_DISTANCE_PROC              8
#define GIST_FETCH_PROC                 9
#define GIST_OPTIONS_PROC               10
#define GIST_SORTSUPPORT_PROC           11
#define GIST_STRATNUM_PROC              12
#define GISTNProcs                  12
 
/*
 * Page opaque data in a GiST index page.
 */
#define F_LEAF              (1 << 0)    /* leaf page */
#define F_DELETED           (1 << 1)    /* the page has been deleted */
#define F_TUPLES_DELETED    (1 << 2)    /* some tuples on the page were
                                         * deleted */
#define F_FOLLOW_RIGHT      (1 << 3)    /* page to the right has no downlink */
#define F_HAS_GARBAGE       (1 << 4)    /* some tuples on the page are dead,
                                         * but not deleted yet */
 
/*
 * NSN (node sequence number) is a special-purpose LSN which is stored on each
 * index page in GISTPageOpaqueData and updated only during page splits.  By
 * recording the parent's LSN in GISTSearchItem.parentlsn, it is possible to
 * detect concurrent child page splits by checking if parentlsn < child's NSN,
 * and handle them properly.  The child page's LSN is insufficient for this
 * purpose since it is updated for every page change.
 */
typedef XLogRecPtr GistNSN;
 
/*
 * A fake LSN / NSN value used during index builds. Must be smaller than any
 * real or fake (unlogged) LSN generated after the index build completes so
 * that all splits are considered complete.
 */
#define GistBuildLSN    ((XLogRecPtr) 1)
 
/*
 * For on-disk compatibility with pre-9.3 servers, NSN is stored as two
 * 32-bit fields on disk, same as LSNs.
 */
typedef PageXLogRecPtr PageGistNSN;
 
typedef struct GISTPageOpaqueData
{
    PageGistNSN nsn;            /* this value must change on page split */
    BlockNumber rightlink;      /* next page if any */
    uint16      flags;          /* see bit definitions above */
    uint16      gist_page_id;   /* for identification of GiST indexes */
} GISTPageOpaqueData;
 
typedef GISTPageOpaqueData *GISTPageOpaque;
 
/*
 * Maximum possible sizes for GiST index tuple and index key.  Calculation is
 * based on assumption that GiST page should fit at least 4 tuples.  In theory,
 * GiST index can be functional when page can fit 3 tuples.  But that seems
 * rather inefficient, so we use a bit conservative estimate.
 *
 * The maximum size of index key is true for unicolumn index.  Therefore, this
 * estimation should be used to figure out which maximum size of GiST index key
 * makes sense at all.  For multicolumn indexes, user might be able to tune
 * key size using opclass parameters.
 */
#define GISTMaxIndexTupleSize   \
    MAXALIGN_DOWN((BLCKSZ - SizeOfPageHeaderData - sizeof(GISTPageOpaqueData)) / \
                  4 - sizeof(ItemIdData))
 
#define GISTMaxIndexKeySize \
    (GISTMaxIndexTupleSize - MAXALIGN(sizeof(IndexTupleData)))
 
/*
 * The page ID is for the convenience of pg_filedump and similar utilities,
 * which otherwise would have a hard time telling pages of different index
 * types apart.  It should be the last 2 bytes on the page.  This is more or
 * less "free" due to alignment considerations.
 */
#define GIST_PAGE_ID        0xFF81
 
/*
 * This is the Split Vector to be returned by the PickSplit method.
 * PickSplit should fill the indexes of tuples to go to the left side into
 * spl_left[], and those to go to the right into spl_right[] (note the method
 * is responsible for palloc'ing both of these arrays!).  The tuple counts
 * go into spl_nleft/spl_nright, and spl_ldatum/spl_rdatum must be set to
 * the union keys for each side.
 *
 * If spl_ldatum_exists and spl_rdatum_exists are true, then we are performing
 * a "secondary split" using a non-first index column.  In this case some
 * decisions have already been made about a page split, and the set of tuples
 * being passed to PickSplit is just the tuples about which we are undecided.
 * spl_ldatum/spl_rdatum then contain the union keys for the tuples already
 * chosen to go left or right.  Ideally the PickSplit method should take those
 * keys into account while deciding what to do with the remaining tuples, ie
 * it should try to "build out" from those unions so as to minimally expand
 * them.  If it does so, it should union the given tuples' keys into the
 * existing spl_ldatum/spl_rdatum values rather than just setting those values
 * from scratch, and then set spl_ldatum_exists/spl_rdatum_exists to false to
 * show it has done this.
 *
 * If the PickSplit method fails to clear spl_ldatum_exists/spl_rdatum_exists,
 * the core GiST code will make its own decision about how to merge the
 * secondary-split results with the previously-chosen tuples, and will then
 * recompute the union keys from scratch.  This is a workable though often not
 * optimal approach.
 */
typedef struct GIST_SPLITVEC
{
    OffsetNumber *spl_left;     /* array of entries that go left */
    int         spl_nleft;      /* size of this array */
    Datum       spl_ldatum;     /* Union of keys in spl_left */
    bool        spl_ldatum_exists;  /* true, if spl_ldatum already exists. */
 
    OffsetNumber *spl_right;    /* array of entries that go right */
    int         spl_nright;     /* size of the array */
    Datum       spl_rdatum;     /* Union of keys in spl_right */
    bool        spl_rdatum_exists;  /* true, if spl_rdatum already exists. */
} GIST_SPLITVEC;
 
/*
 * An entry on a GiST node.  Contains the key, as well as its own
 * location (rel,page,offset) which can supply the matching pointer.
 * leafkey is a flag to tell us if the entry is in a leaf node.
 */
typedef struct GISTENTRY
{
    Datum       key;
    Relation    rel;
    Page        page;
    OffsetNumber offset;
    bool        leafkey;
} GISTENTRY;
 
#define GistPageGetOpaque(page) ( (GISTPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page) )
 
#define GistPageIsLeaf(page)    ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags & F_LEAF)
#define GIST_LEAF(entry) (GistPageIsLeaf((entry)->page))
 
#define GistPageIsDeleted(page) ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags & F_DELETED)
 
#define GistTuplesDeleted(page) ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags & F_TUPLES_DELETED)
#define GistMarkTuplesDeleted(page) ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags |= F_TUPLES_DELETED)
#define GistClearTuplesDeleted(page)    ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags &= ~F_TUPLES_DELETED)
 
#define GistPageHasGarbage(page) ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags & F_HAS_GARBAGE)
#define GistMarkPageHasGarbage(page) ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags |= F_HAS_GARBAGE)
#define GistClearPageHasGarbage(page)   ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags &= ~F_HAS_GARBAGE)
 
#define GistFollowRight(page) ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags & F_FOLLOW_RIGHT)
#define GistMarkFollowRight(page) ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags |= F_FOLLOW_RIGHT)
#define GistClearFollowRight(page)  ( GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags &= ~F_FOLLOW_RIGHT)
 
#define GistPageGetNSN(page) ( PageXLogRecPtrGet(GistPageGetOpaque(page)->nsn))
#define GistPageSetNSN(page, val) ( PageXLogRecPtrSet(GistPageGetOpaque(page)->nsn, val))
 
 
/*
 * On a deleted page, we store this struct. A deleted page doesn't contain any
 * tuples, so we don't use the normal page layout with line pointers. Instead,
 * this struct is stored right after the standard page header. pd_lower points
 * to the end of this struct. If we add fields to this struct in the future, we
 * can distinguish the old and new formats by pd_lower.
 */
typedef struct GISTDeletedPageContents
{
    /* last xid which could see the page in a scan */
    FullTransactionId deleteXid;
} GISTDeletedPageContents;
 
static inline void
GistPageSetDeleted(Page page, FullTransactionId deletexid)
{
    Assert(PageIsEmpty(page));
 
    GistPageGetOpaque(page)->flags |= F_DELETED;
    ((PageHeader) page)->pd_lower = MAXALIGN(SizeOfPageHeaderData) + sizeof(GISTDeletedPageContents);
 
    ((GISTDeletedPageContents *) PageGetContents(page))->deleteXid = deletexid;
}
 
static inline FullTransactionId
GistPageGetDeleteXid(Page page)
{
    Assert(GistPageIsDeleted(page));
 
    /* Is the deleteXid field present? */
    if (((PageHeader) page)->pd_lower >= MAXALIGN(SizeOfPageHeaderData) +
        offsetof(GISTDeletedPageContents, deleteXid) + sizeof(FullTransactionId))
    {
        return ((GISTDeletedPageContents *) PageGetContents(page))->deleteXid;
    }
    else
        return FullTransactionIdFromEpochAndXid(0, FirstNormalTransactionId);
}
 
/*
 * Vector of GISTENTRY structs; user-defined methods union and picksplit
 * take it as one of their arguments
 */
typedef struct
{
    int32       n;              /* number of elements */
    GISTENTRY   vector[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
} GistEntryVector;
 
#define GEVHDRSZ    (offsetof(GistEntryVector, vector))
 
/*
 * macro to initialize a GISTENTRY
 */
#define gistentryinit(e, k, r, pg, o, l) \
    do { (e).key = (k); (e).rel = (r); (e).page = (pg); \
         (e).offset = (o); (e).leafkey = (l); } while (0)
 
extern StrategyNumber gisttranslatecmptype(CompareType cmptype, Oid opfamily);
 
#endif                          /* GIST_H */