Do not use index if no limit or limit + offset > expected tuples unless enable_seqscan = off

src/hnsw.c

@@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ hnswcostestimate(PlannerInfo *root, IndexPath *path, double loop_count,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not use index if no limit or limit + offset > ef_search unless
+	 * enable_seqscan = off
+	 */
+	if (root->limit_tuples < 0 || root->limit_tuples > hnsw_ef_search)
+	{
+		*indexStartupCost = 1.0e10 - 1;
+		*indexTotalCost = 1.0e10 - 1;
+		*indexSelectivity = 0;
+		*indexCorrelation = 0;
+		*indexPages = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	MemSet(&costs, 0, sizeof(costs));
 
 	index = index_open(path->indexinfo->indexoid, NoLock);

src/ivfflat.c

@@ -105,6 +105,20 @@ ivfflatcostestimate(PlannerInfo *root, IndexPath *path, double loop_count,
 	 */
 	costs.numIndexTuples = path->indexinfo->tuples * ratio;
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not use index if no limit or limit + offset > expected tuples unless
+	 * enable_seqscan = off
+	 */
+	if (root->limit_tuples < 0 || root->limit_tuples > costs.numIndexTuples)
+	{
+		*indexStartupCost = 1.0e10 - 1;
+		*indexTotalCost = 1.0e10 - 1;
+		*indexSelectivity = 0;
+		*indexCorrelation = 0;
+		*indexPages = 0;
+		return;
+	}
+
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 120000
 	genericcostestimate(root, path, loop_count, &costs);
 #else

test/t/019_ivfflat_limit.pl

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use PostgresNode;
+use TestLib;
+use Test::More;
+
+# Initialize node
+my $node = get_new_node('node');
+$node->init;
+$node->start;
+
+# Create table and index
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE EXTENSION vector;");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE TABLE tst (v vector(3));");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres",
+	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT ARRAY[random(), random(), random()] FROM generate_series(1, 1000) i;"
+);
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE INDEX ON tst USING ivfflat (v vector_l2_ops) WITH (lists = 10);");
+
+# Test limit
+my $explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 100;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Index Scan/);
+
+# Test limit with probes
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	SET ivfflat.probes = 2;
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 200;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Index Scan/);
+
+# Test limit + offset
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 90 OFFSET 10;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Index Scan/);
+
+# Test limit > expected tuples
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 101;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Seq Scan/);
+
+# Test limit > expected tuples with probes
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	SET ivfflat.probes = 2;
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 201;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Seq Scan/);
+
+# Test limit + offset > expected tuples
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 91 OFFSET 10;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Seq Scan/);
+
+# Test no limit
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]';
+));
+like($explain, qr/Seq Scan/);
+
+done_testing();

test/t/020_hnsw_limit.pl

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use PostgresNode;
+use TestLib;
+use Test::More;
+
+# Initialize node
+my $node = get_new_node('node');
+$node->init;
+$node->start;
+
+# Create table and index
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE EXTENSION vector;");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE TABLE tst (v vector(3));");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres",
+	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT ARRAY[random(), random(), random()] FROM generate_series(1, 1000) i;"
+);
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE INDEX ON tst USING hnsw (v vector_l2_ops);");
+
+# Test limit
+my $explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 40;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Index Scan/);
+
+# Test limit with CTE
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE WITH cte AS (SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 40) SELECT * FROM cte;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Index Scan/);
+
+# Test limit + offset
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 30 OFFSET 10;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Index Scan/);
+
+# Test limit > ef_search
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 41;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Seq Scan/);
+
+# Test limit > ef_search with CTE
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE WITH cte AS (SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 41) SELECT * FROM cte;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Seq Scan/);
+
+# Test limit + offset > ef_search
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]' LIMIT 31 OFFSET 10;
+));
+like($explain, qr/Seq Scan/);
+
+# Test no limit
+$explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,2,3]';
+));
+like($explain, qr/Seq Scan/);
+
+done_testing();