Backport of 'Add postgres_index_bloat_estimate SQL function'
What does this MR do and why?
Backport of !238055 (merged) to the 18.11 stable branch.
The view postgres_index_bloat_estimates was producing underperforming
plans on instances where catalog statistics have drifted, causing
single-index bloat lookups to timeout.
The new postgres_index_bloat_estimate(schema, idxname) function anchors
on pg_class with the index name as a parameter, uses CROSS JOIN LATERAL
for the bloat math, and splits the pg_stats join into two pushdown-friendly
lookups — eliminating the timeout.
Fixes: #599210 (closed)
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Edited by Prabakaran Murugesan