tidb_vars.go

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package variable

/*
	Steps to add a new TiDB specific system variable:

	1. Add a new variable name with comment in this file.
	2. Add the default value of the new variable in this file.
	3. Add SysVar instance in 'defaultSysVars' slice with the default value.
	4. Add a field in `SessionVars`.
	5. Update the `NewSessionVars` function to set the field to its default value.
	6. Update the `varsutil.SetSessionSystemVar` function to use the new value when SET statement is executed.
	7. If it is a global variable, add it in `tidb.loadCommonGlobalVarsSQL`.
	8. Use this variable to control the behavior in code.
*/

// TiDB system variable names.
const (
	/* Session only */

	// tidb_snapshot is used for reading history data, the default value is empty string.
	// When the value is set to a datetime string like '2017-11-11 20:20:20', the session reads history data of that time.
	TiDBSnapshot = "tidb_snapshot"

	// tidb_skip_constraint_check is used for loading data from a dump file, to speed up the loading process.
	// When the value is set to true, unique index constraint is not checked.
	TiDBSkipConstraintCheck = "tidb_skip_constraint_check"

	// tidb_opt_agg_push_down is used to endable/disable the optimizer rule of aggregation push down.
	TiDBOptAggPushDown = "tidb_opt_agg_push_down"

	// tidb_opt_insubquery_unfold is used to enable/disable the optimizer rule of in subquery unfold.
	TiDBOptInSubqUnFolding = "tidb_opt_insubquery_unfold"

	// tidb_build_stats_concurrency is used to speed up the ANALYZE statement, when a table has multiple indices,
	// those indices can be scanned concurrently, with the cost of higher system performance impact.
	TiDBBuildStatsConcurrency = "tidb_build_stats_concurrency"

	// TiDBCurrentTS is used to get the current transaction timestamp.
	// It is read-only.
	TiDBCurrentTS = "tidb_current_ts"

	/* Session and global */

	// tidb_distsql_scan_concurrency is used to set the concurrency of a distsql scan task.
	// A distsql scan task can be a table scan or a index scan, which may be distributed to many TiKV nodes.
	// Higher concurrency may reduce latency, but with the cost of higher memory usage and system performance impact.
	// If the query has a LIMIT clause, high concurrency makes the system do much more work than needed.
	TiDBDistSQLScanConcurrency = "tidb_distsql_scan_concurrency"

	// tidb_index_join_batch_size is used to set the batch size of a index lookup join.
	// The index lookup join fetches batches of data from outer executor and constructs ranges for inner executor.
	// This value controls how much of data in a batch to do the index join.
	// Large value may reduce the latency but consumes more system resource.
	TiDBIndexJoinBatchSize = "tidb_index_join_batch_size"

	// tidb_index_lookup_size is used for index lookup executor.
	// The index lookup executor first scan a batch of handles from a index, then use those handles to lookup the table
	// rows, this value controls how much of handles in a batch to do a lookup task.
	// Small value sends more RPCs to TiKV, consume more system resource.
	// Large value may do more work than needed if the query has a limit.
	TiDBIndexLookupSize = "tidb_index_lookup_size"

	// tidb_index_lookup_concurrency is used for index lookup executor.
	// A lookup task may have 'tidb_index_lookup_size' of handles at maximun, the handles may be distributed
	// in many TiKV nodes, we executes multiple concurrent index lookup tasks concurrently to reduce the time
	// waiting for a task to finish.
	// Set this value higher may reduce the latency but consumes more system resource.
	TiDBIndexLookupConcurrency = "tidb_index_lookup_concurrency"

	// tidb_index_serial_scan_concurrency is used for controlling the concurrency of index scan operation
	// when we need to keep the data output order the same as the order of index data.
	TiDBIndexSerialScanConcurrency = "tidb_index_serial_scan_concurrency"

	// tidb_skip_utf8_check skips the UTF8 validate process, validate UTF8 has performance cost, if we can make sure
	// the input string values are valid, we can skip the check.
	TiDBSkipUTF8Check = "tidb_skip_utf8_check"

	// tidb_batch_insert is used to enable/disable auto-split insert data. If set this option on, insert executor will automatically
	// insert data into multiple batches and use a single txn for each batch. This will be helpful when inserting large data.
	TiDBBatchInsert = "tidb_batch_insert"

	// tidb_batch_delete is used to enable/disable auto-split delete data. If set this option on, delete executor will automatically
	// split data into multiple batches and use a single txn for each batch. This will be helpful when deleting large data.
	TiDBBatchDelete = "tidb_batch_delete"

	// tidb_dml_batch_size is used to split the insert/delete data into small batches.
	// It only takes effort when tidb_batch_insert/tidb_batch_delete is on.
	// Its default value is 20000. When the row size is large, 20k rows could be larger than 100MB.
	// User could change it to a smaller one to avoid breaking the transaction size limitation.
	TiDBDMLBatchSize = "tidb_dml_batch_size"

	// tidb_max_row_count_for_inlj is used when do index nested loop join.
	// It controls the max row count of outer table when do index nested loop join without hint.
	// After the row count of the inner table is accurate, this variable will be removed.
	TiDBMaxRowCountForINLJ = "tidb_max_row_count_for_inlj"
)

// Default TiDB system variable values.
const (
	DefIndexLookupConcurrency     = 4
	DefIndexSerialScanConcurrency = 1
	DefIndexJoinBatchSize         = 25000
	DefIndexLookupSize            = 20000
	DefDistSQLScanConcurrency     = 10
	DefBuildStatsConcurrency      = 4
	DefMaxRowCountForINLJ         = 128
	DefSkipUTF8Check              = false
	DefOptAggPushDown             = false
	DefOptInSubqUnfolding         = false
	DefBatchInsert                = false
	DefBatchDelete                = false
	DefCurretTS                   = 0
	DefDMLBatchSize               = 20000
)