SQL/JSON: Avoid initializing unnecessary ON ERROR / ON EMPTY steps

When the ON ERROR / ON EMPTY behavior is to return NULL, returning
NULL directly from ExecEvalJsonExprPath() suffices. Therefore, there's
no need to create separate steps to check the error/empty flag or
those to evaluate the the constant NULL expression.  This speeds up
common cases because the default ON ERROR / ON EMPTY behavior for
JSON_QUERY() and JSON_VALUE() is to return NULL.  However, these steps
are necessary if the RETURNING type is a domain, as constraints on the
domain may need to be checked.

Reported-by: Jian He <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Author: Jian He <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Author: Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CACJufxEo4sUjKCYtda0_qt9tazqqKPmF1cqhW9KBOUeJFqQd2g@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 17

diff --git a/src/backend/executor/execExpr.c b/src/backend/executor/execExpr.c
index 63289ee35ee58ac36dc8fcce11b9251365b41f8f..4d247538bea6965dac85c3a1a12399dd988bc65f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/backend/executor/execExpr.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/execExpr.c
@@ -4414,6 +4414,8 @@ ExecInitJsonExpr(JsonExpr *jsexpr, ExprState *state,
        ErrorSaveContext *escontext =
                jsexpr->on_error->btype != JSON_BEHAVIOR_ERROR ?
                &jsestate->escontext : NULL;
+       bool            returning_domain =
+               get_typtype(jsexpr->returning->typid) == TYPTYPE_DOMAIN;
 
        jsestate->jsexpr = jsexpr;
 
@@ -4556,20 +4558,27 @@ ExecInitJsonExpr(JsonExpr *jsexpr, ExprState *state,
                ExprEvalPushStep(state, scratch);
        }
 
-       jsestate->jump_empty = jsestate->jump_error = -1;
-
        /*
         * Step to check jsestate->error and return the ON ERROR expression if
         * there is one.  This handles both the errors that occur during jsonpath
         * evaluation in EEOP_JSONEXPR_PATH and subsequent coercion evaluation.
+        *
+        * Speed up common cases by avoiding extra steps for a NULL-valued ON
+        * ERROR expression unless RETURNING a domain type, where constraints must
+        * be checked. ExecEvalJsonExprPath() already returns NULL on error,
+        * making additional steps unnecessary in typical scenarios. Note that the
+        * default ON ERROR behavior for JSON_VALUE() and JSON_QUERY() is to
+        * return NULL.
         */
+       jsestate->jump_error = state->steps_len;
        if (jsexpr->on_error &&
-               jsexpr->on_error->btype != JSON_BEHAVIOR_ERROR)
+               jsexpr->on_error->btype != JSON_BEHAVIOR_ERROR &&
+               (!(IsA(jsexpr->on_error->expr, Const) &&
+                  ((Const *) jsexpr->on_error->expr)->constisnull) ||
+                returning_domain))
        {
                ErrorSaveContext *saved_escontext;
 
-               jsestate->jump_error = state->steps_len;
-
                /* JUMP to end if false, that is, skip the ON ERROR expression. */
                jumps_to_end = lappend_int(jumps_to_end, state->steps_len);
                scratch->opcode = EEOP_JUMP_IF_NOT_TRUE;
@@ -4619,14 +4628,19 @@ ExecInitJsonExpr(JsonExpr *jsexpr, ExprState *state,
        /*
         * Step to check jsestate->empty and return the ON EMPTY expression if
         * there is one.
+        *
+        * See the comment above for details on the optimization for NULL-valued
+        * expressions.
         */
+       jsestate->jump_empty = state->steps_len;
        if (jsexpr->on_empty != NULL &&
-               jsexpr->on_empty->btype != JSON_BEHAVIOR_ERROR)
+               jsexpr->on_empty->btype != JSON_BEHAVIOR_ERROR &&
+               (!(IsA(jsexpr->on_empty->expr, Const) &&
+                  ((Const *) jsexpr->on_empty->expr)->constisnull) ||
+                returning_domain))
        {
                ErrorSaveContext *saved_escontext;
 
-               jsestate->jump_empty = state->steps_len;
-
                /* JUMP to end if false, that is, skip the ON EMPTY expression. */
                jumps_to_end = lappend_int(jumps_to_end, state->steps_len);
                scratch->opcode = EEOP_JUMP_IF_NOT_TRUE;