Guard against input_rows == 0 in estimate_num_groups().

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit 4ebbbf3c483a · 2013-05-10T17:15:35.000-04:00
This case doesn't normally happen, because the planner usually clamps
all row estimates to at least one row; but I found that it can arise
when dealing with relations excluded by constraints.  Without a defense,
estimate_num_groups() can return zero, which leads to divisions by zero
inside the planner as well as assertion failures in the executor.

An alternative fix would be to change set_dummy_rel_pathlist() to make
the size estimate for a dummy relation 1 row instead of 0, but that seemed
pretty ugly; and probably someday we'll want to drop the convention that
the minimum rowcount estimate is 1 row.

Back-patch to 8.4, as the problem can be demonstrated that far back.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
@@ -3207,6 +3207,14 @@ estimate_num_groups(PlannerInfo *root, List *groupExprs, double input_rows)
 	double		numdistinct;
 	ListCell   *l;
 
+	/*
+	 * We don't ever want to return an estimate of zero groups, as that tends
+	 * to lead to division-by-zero and other unpleasantness.  The input_rows
+	 * estimate is usually already at least 1, but clamp it just in case it
+	 * isn't.
+	 */
+	input_rows = clamp_row_est(input_rows);
+
 	/*
 	 * If no grouping columns, there's exactly one group.  (This can't happen
 	 * for normal cases with GROUP BY or DISTINCT, but it is possible for
