From: Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@postgresql.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 21:34:53 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Fix ndistinct estimates with system attributes
X-Git-Tag: REL_12_7~53
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Fix ndistinct estimates with system attributes

When estimating the number of groups using extended statistics, the code
was discarding information about system attributes. This led to strange
situation that

    SELECT 1 FROM t GROUP BY ctid;

could have produced higher estimate (equal to pg_class.reltuples) than

    SELECT 1 FROM t GROUP BY a, b, ctid;

with extended statistics on (a,b). Fixed by retaining information about
the system attribute.

Backpatch all the way to 10, where extended statistics were introduced.

Author: Tomas Vondra
Backpatch-through: 10
---

diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
index 2fefa916216..69a8b41f2a0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/selfuncs.c
@@ -3743,11 +3743,11 @@ estimate_multivariate_ndistinct(PlannerInfo *root, RelOptInfo *rel,
 
 			attnum = ((Var *) varinfo->var)->varattno;
 
-			if (!AttrNumberIsForUserDefinedAttr(attnum))
+			if (AttrNumberIsForUserDefinedAttr(attnum) &&
+				bms_is_member(attnum, matched))
 				continue;
 
-			if (!bms_is_member(attnum, matched))
-				newlist = lappend(newlist, varinfo);
+			newlist = lappend(newlist, varinfo);
 		}
 
 		*varinfos = newlist;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out b/src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out
index f2a1863c7b1..f7b351ec8e2 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ SELECT s.stxkind, d.stxdndistinct
 SELECT * FROM check_estimated_rows('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ndistinct GROUP BY ctid, a, b');
  estimated | actual 
 -----------+--------
-        11 |   1000
+      1000 |   1000
 (1 row)
 
 -- Hash Aggregate, thanks to estimates improved by the statistic