Add functions to 'pageinspect' to inspect GiST indexes.
authorHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:33:33 +0000 (10:33 +0200)
committerHeikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:33:33 +0000 (10:33 +0200)
Author: Andrey Borodin and me
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/3E4F9093-A1B5-4DF8-A292-0B48692E3954%40yandex-team.ru

contrib/pageinspect/Makefile
contrib/pageinspect/expected/gist.out [new file with mode: 0644]
contrib/pageinspect/gistfuncs.c [new file with mode: 0644]
contrib/pageinspect/pageinspect--1.8--1.9.sql [new file with mode: 0644]
contrib/pageinspect/pageinspect.control
contrib/pageinspect/sql/gist.sql [new file with mode: 0644]
doc/src/sgml/pageinspect.sgml

index d9d8177116b034e8381a6fa53cd1819a09ee3316..4539f0aef79adbc7dd6c4690b8aa493c3e2215a4 100644 (file)
@@ -7,19 +7,21 @@ OBJS = \
    btreefuncs.o \
    fsmfuncs.o \
    ginfuncs.o \
+   gistfuncs.o \
    hashfuncs.o \
    heapfuncs.o \
    rawpage.o
 
 EXTENSION = pageinspect
-DATA =  pageinspect--1.7--1.8.sql pageinspect--1.6--1.7.sql \
+DATA =  pageinspect--1.8--1.9.sql \
+   pageinspect--1.7--1.8.sql pageinspect--1.6--1.7.sql \
    pageinspect--1.5.sql pageinspect--1.5--1.6.sql \
    pageinspect--1.4--1.5.sql pageinspect--1.3--1.4.sql \
    pageinspect--1.2--1.3.sql pageinspect--1.1--1.2.sql \
    pageinspect--1.0--1.1.sql
 PGFILEDESC = "pageinspect - functions to inspect contents of database pages"
 
-REGRESS = page btree brin gin hash checksum
+REGRESS = page btree brin gin gist hash checksum
 
 ifdef USE_PGXS
 PG_CONFIG = pg_config
diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/expected/gist.out b/contrib/pageinspect/expected/gist.out
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..89294b5
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+CREATE TABLE test_gist AS SELECT point(i,i) p, i::text t FROM
+    generate_series(1,1000) i;
+CREATE INDEX test_gist_idx ON test_gist USING gist (p);
+-- Page 0 is the root, the rest are leaf pages
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0));
+ lsn | nsn | rightlink  | flags 
+-----+-----+------------+-------
+ 0/1 | 0/0 | 4294967295 | {}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 1));
+ lsn | nsn | rightlink  | flags  
+-----+-----+------------+--------
+ 0/1 | 0/0 | 4294967295 | {leaf}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2));
+ lsn | nsn | rightlink | flags  
+-----+-----+-----------+--------
+ 0/1 | 0/0 |         1 | {leaf}
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0), 'test_gist_idx');
+ itemoffset |   ctid    | itemlen |       keys        
+------------+-----------+---------+-------------------
+          1 | (1,65535) |      40 | (p)=((166,166))
+          2 | (2,65535) |      40 | (p)=((332,332))
+          3 | (3,65535) |      40 | (p)=((498,498))
+          4 | (4,65535) |      40 | (p)=((664,664))
+          5 | (5,65535) |      40 | (p)=((830,830))
+          6 | (6,65535) |      40 | (p)=((996,996))
+          7 | (7,65535) |      40 | (p)=((1000,1000))
+(7 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 1), 'test_gist_idx') LIMIT 5;
+ itemoffset | ctid  | itemlen |    keys     
+------------+-------+---------+-------------
+          1 | (0,1) |      40 | (p)=((1,1))
+          2 | (0,2) |      40 | (p)=((2,2))
+          3 | (0,3) |      40 | (p)=((3,3))
+          4 | (0,4) |      40 | (p)=((4,4))
+          5 | (0,5) |      40 | (p)=((5,5))
+(5 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2), 'test_gist_idx') LIMIT 5;
+ itemoffset |  ctid  | itemlen |      keys       
+------------+--------+---------+-----------------
+          1 | (1,10) |      40 | (p)=((167,167))
+          2 | (1,11) |      40 | (p)=((168,168))
+          3 | (1,12) |      40 | (p)=((169,169))
+          4 | (1,13) |      40 | (p)=((170,170))
+          5 | (1,14) |      40 | (p)=((171,171))
+(5 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0));
+ itemoffset |   ctid    | itemlen |                                      key_data                                      
+------------+-----------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+          1 | (1,65535) |      40 | \x00000100ffff28000000000000c064400000000000c06440000000000000f03f000000000000f03f
+          2 | (2,65535) |      40 | \x00000200ffff28000000000000c074400000000000c074400000000000e064400000000000e06440
+          3 | (3,65535) |      40 | \x00000300ffff28000000000000207f400000000000207f400000000000d074400000000000d07440
+          4 | (4,65535) |      40 | \x00000400ffff28000000000000c084400000000000c084400000000000307f400000000000307f40
+          5 | (5,65535) |      40 | \x00000500ffff28000000000000f089400000000000f089400000000000c884400000000000c88440
+          6 | (6,65535) |      40 | \x00000600ffff28000000000000208f400000000000208f400000000000f889400000000000f88940
+          7 | (7,65535) |      40 | \x00000700ffff28000000000000408f400000000000408f400000000000288f400000000000288f40
+(7 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 1)) LIMIT 5;
+ itemoffset | ctid  | itemlen |                                      key_data                                      
+------------+-------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+          1 | (0,1) |      40 | \x0000000001002800000000000000f03f000000000000f03f000000000000f03f000000000000f03f
+          2 | (0,2) |      40 | \x00000000020028000000000000000040000000000000004000000000000000400000000000000040
+          3 | (0,3) |      40 | \x00000000030028000000000000000840000000000000084000000000000008400000000000000840
+          4 | (0,4) |      40 | \x00000000040028000000000000001040000000000000104000000000000010400000000000001040
+          5 | (0,5) |      40 | \x00000000050028000000000000001440000000000000144000000000000014400000000000001440
+(5 rows)
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2)) LIMIT 5;
+ itemoffset |  ctid  | itemlen |                                      key_data                                      
+------------+--------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+          1 | (1,10) |      40 | \x000001000a0028000000000000e064400000000000e064400000000000e064400000000000e06440
+          2 | (1,11) |      40 | \x000001000b0028000000000000006540000000000000654000000000000065400000000000006540
+          3 | (1,12) |      40 | \x000001000c0028000000000000206540000000000020654000000000002065400000000000206540
+          4 | (1,13) |      40 | \x000001000d0028000000000000406540000000000040654000000000004065400000000000406540
+          5 | (1,14) |      40 | \x000001000e0028000000000000606540000000000060654000000000006065400000000000606540
+(5 rows)
+
+DROP TABLE test_gist;
diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/gistfuncs.c b/contrib/pageinspect/gistfuncs.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..146b2e9
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,287 @@
+/*
+ * gistfuncs.c
+ *     Functions to investigate the content of GiST indexes
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2020, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ *
+ * IDENTIFICATION
+ *     contrib/pageinspect/gistfuncs.c
+ */
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+#include "access/gist.h"
+#include "access/gist_private.h"
+#include "access/htup.h"
+#include "access/relation.h"
+#include "catalog/namespace.h"
+#include "funcapi.h"
+#include "miscadmin.h"
+#include "pageinspect.h"
+#include "storage/itemptr.h"
+#include "utils/array.h"
+#include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/pg_lsn.h"
+#include "utils/varlena.h"
+
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(gist_page_opaque_info);
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(gist_page_items);
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(gist_page_items_bytea);
+
+#define ItemPointerGetDatum(X)  PointerGetDatum(X)
+
+
+Datum
+gist_page_opaque_info(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+   bytea      *raw_page = PG_GETARG_BYTEA_P(0);
+   TupleDesc   tupdesc;
+   Page        page;
+   GISTPageOpaque opaq;
+   HeapTuple   resultTuple;
+   Datum       values[4];
+   bool        nulls[4];
+   Datum       flags[16];
+   int         nflags = 0;
+   uint16      flagbits;
+
+   if (!superuser())
+       ereport(ERROR,
+               (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+                errmsg("must be superuser to use raw page functions")));
+
+   page = get_page_from_raw(raw_page);
+
+   opaq = (GISTPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page);
+
+   /* Build a tuple descriptor for our result type */
+   if (get_call_result_type(fcinfo, NULL, &tupdesc) != TYPEFUNC_COMPOSITE)
+       elog(ERROR, "return type must be a row type");
+
+   /* Convert the flags bitmask to an array of human-readable names */
+   flagbits = opaq->flags;
+   if (flagbits & F_LEAF)
+       flags[nflags++] = CStringGetTextDatum("leaf");
+   if (flagbits & F_DELETED)
+       flags[nflags++] = CStringGetTextDatum("deleted");
+   if (flagbits & F_TUPLES_DELETED)
+       flags[nflags++] = CStringGetTextDatum("tuples_deleted");
+   if (flagbits & F_FOLLOW_RIGHT)
+       flags[nflags++] = CStringGetTextDatum("follow_right");
+   if (flagbits & F_HAS_GARBAGE)
+       flags[nflags++] = CStringGetTextDatum("has_garbage");
+   flagbits &= ~(F_LEAF | F_DELETED | F_TUPLES_DELETED | F_FOLLOW_RIGHT | F_HAS_GARBAGE);
+   if (flagbits)
+   {
+       /* any flags we don't recognize are printed in hex */
+       flags[nflags++] = DirectFunctionCall1(to_hex32, Int32GetDatum(flagbits));
+   }
+
+   memset(nulls, 0, sizeof(nulls));
+
+   values[0] = LSNGetDatum(PageGetLSN(page));
+   values[1] = LSNGetDatum(GistPageGetNSN(page));
+   values[2] = Int64GetDatum(opaq->rightlink);
+   values[3] = PointerGetDatum(construct_array(flags, nflags,
+                                               TEXTOID,
+                                               -1, false, TYPALIGN_INT));
+
+   /* Build and return the result tuple. */
+   resultTuple = heap_form_tuple(tupdesc, values, nulls);
+
+   return HeapTupleGetDatum(resultTuple);
+}
+
+typedef struct gist_page_items_state
+{
+   Page        page;
+   TupleDesc   tupd;
+   OffsetNumber offset;
+   Relation    rel;
+} gist_page_items_state;
+
+Datum
+gist_page_items_bytea(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+   bytea      *raw_page = PG_GETARG_BYTEA_P(0);
+   FuncCallContext *fctx;
+   gist_page_items_state *inter_call_data;
+
+   if (!superuser())
+       ereport(ERROR,
+               (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+                errmsg("must be superuser to use raw page functions")));
+
+   if (SRF_IS_FIRSTCALL())
+   {
+       TupleDesc   tupdesc;
+       MemoryContext mctx;
+       Page        page;
+
+       fctx = SRF_FIRSTCALL_INIT();
+       mctx = MemoryContextSwitchTo(fctx->multi_call_memory_ctx);
+
+       page = get_page_from_raw(raw_page);
+
+       inter_call_data = palloc(sizeof(gist_page_items_state));
+
+       /* Build a tuple descriptor for our result type */
+       if (get_call_result_type(fcinfo, NULL, &tupdesc) != TYPEFUNC_COMPOSITE)
+           elog(ERROR, "return type must be a row type");
+
+       if (GistPageIsDeleted(page))
+           elog(NOTICE, "page is deleted");
+
+       inter_call_data->page = page;
+       inter_call_data->tupd = tupdesc;
+       inter_call_data->offset = FirstOffsetNumber;
+
+       fctx->max_calls = PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(page);
+       fctx->user_fctx = inter_call_data;
+
+       MemoryContextSwitchTo(mctx);
+   }
+
+   fctx = SRF_PERCALL_SETUP();
+   inter_call_data = fctx->user_fctx;
+
+   if (fctx->call_cntr < fctx->max_calls)
+   {
+       Page        page = inter_call_data->page;
+       OffsetNumber offset = inter_call_data->offset;
+       HeapTuple   resultTuple;
+       Datum       result;
+       Datum       values[4];
+       bool        nulls[4];
+       ItemId      id;
+       IndexTuple  itup;
+       bytea      *tuple_bytea;
+       int         tuple_len;
+
+       id = PageGetItemId(page, offset);
+
+       if (!ItemIdIsValid(id))
+           elog(ERROR, "invalid ItemId");
+
+       itup = (IndexTuple) PageGetItem(page, id);
+       tuple_len = IndexTupleSize(itup);
+
+       memset(nulls, 0, sizeof(nulls));
+
+       values[0] = DatumGetInt16(offset);
+       values[1] = ItemPointerGetDatum(&itup->t_tid);
+       values[2] = Int32GetDatum((int) IndexTupleSize(itup));
+
+       tuple_bytea = (bytea *) palloc(tuple_len + VARHDRSZ);
+       SET_VARSIZE(tuple_bytea, tuple_len + VARHDRSZ);
+       memcpy(VARDATA(tuple_bytea), itup, tuple_len);
+       values[3] = PointerGetDatum(tuple_bytea);
+
+       /* Build and return the result tuple. */
+       resultTuple = heap_form_tuple(inter_call_data->tupd, values, nulls);
+       result = HeapTupleGetDatum(resultTuple);
+
+       inter_call_data->offset++;
+       SRF_RETURN_NEXT(fctx, result);
+   }
+
+   SRF_RETURN_DONE(fctx);
+}
+
+Datum
+gist_page_items(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+   bytea      *raw_page = PG_GETARG_BYTEA_P(0);
+   Oid         indexRelid = PG_GETARG_OID(1);
+   FuncCallContext *fctx;
+   gist_page_items_state *inter_call_data;
+
+   if (!superuser())
+       ereport(ERROR,
+               (errcode(ERRCODE_INSUFFICIENT_PRIVILEGE),
+                errmsg("must be superuser to use raw page functions")));
+
+   if (SRF_IS_FIRSTCALL())
+   {
+       Relation    indexRel;
+       TupleDesc   tupdesc;
+       MemoryContext mctx;
+       Page        page;
+
+       fctx = SRF_FIRSTCALL_INIT();
+       mctx = MemoryContextSwitchTo(fctx->multi_call_memory_ctx);
+
+       page = get_page_from_raw(raw_page);
+
+       inter_call_data = palloc(sizeof(gist_page_items_state));
+
+       /* Open the relation */
+       indexRel = index_open(indexRelid, AccessShareLock);
+
+       /* Build a tuple descriptor for our result type */
+       if (get_call_result_type(fcinfo, NULL, &tupdesc) != TYPEFUNC_COMPOSITE)
+           elog(ERROR, "return type must be a row type");
+
+       if (GistPageIsDeleted(page))
+           elog(NOTICE, "page is deleted");
+
+       inter_call_data->page = page;
+       inter_call_data->tupd = tupdesc;
+       inter_call_data->offset = FirstOffsetNumber;
+       inter_call_data->rel = indexRel;
+
+       fctx->max_calls = PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(page);
+       fctx->user_fctx = inter_call_data;
+
+       MemoryContextSwitchTo(mctx);
+   }
+
+   fctx = SRF_PERCALL_SETUP();
+   inter_call_data = fctx->user_fctx;
+
+   if (fctx->call_cntr < fctx->max_calls)
+   {
+       Page        page = inter_call_data->page;
+       OffsetNumber offset = inter_call_data->offset;
+       HeapTuple   resultTuple;
+       Datum       result;
+       Datum       values[4];
+       bool        nulls[4];
+       ItemId      id;
+       IndexTuple  itup;
+       Datum       itup_values[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
+       bool        itup_isnull[INDEX_MAX_KEYS];
+       char       *key_desc;
+
+       id = PageGetItemId(page, offset);
+
+       if (!ItemIdIsValid(id))
+           elog(ERROR, "invalid ItemId");
+
+       itup = (IndexTuple) PageGetItem(page, id);
+
+       index_deform_tuple(itup, RelationGetDescr(inter_call_data->rel),
+                          itup_values, itup_isnull);
+
+       key_desc = BuildIndexValueDescription(inter_call_data->rel, itup_values,
+                                             itup_isnull);
+
+       memset(nulls, 0, sizeof(nulls));
+
+       values[0] = DatumGetInt16(offset);
+       values[1] = ItemPointerGetDatum(&itup->t_tid);
+       values[2] = Int32GetDatum((int) IndexTupleSize(itup));
+       values[3] = CStringGetTextDatum(key_desc);
+
+       /* Build and return the result tuple. */
+       resultTuple = heap_form_tuple(inter_call_data->tupd, values, nulls);
+       result = HeapTupleGetDatum(resultTuple);
+
+       inter_call_data->offset++;
+       SRF_RETURN_NEXT(fctx, result);
+   }
+
+   relation_close(inter_call_data->rel, AccessShareLock);
+
+   SRF_RETURN_DONE(fctx);
+}
diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/pageinspect--1.8--1.9.sql b/contrib/pageinspect/pageinspect--1.8--1.9.sql
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..9dc342f
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* contrib/pageinspect/pageinspect--1.8--1.9.sql */
+
+-- complain if script is sourced in psql, rather than via ALTER EXTENSION
+\echo Use "ALTER EXTENSION pageinspect UPDATE TO '1.9'" to load this file. \quit
+
+--
+-- gist_page_opaque_info()
+--
+CREATE FUNCTION gist_page_opaque_info(IN page bytea,
+    OUT lsn pg_lsn,
+    OUT nsn pg_lsn,
+    OUT rightlink bigint,
+    OUT flags text[])
+AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'gist_page_opaque_info'
+LANGUAGE C STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+
+
+--
+-- gist_page_items_bytea()
+--
+CREATE FUNCTION gist_page_items_bytea(IN page bytea,
+    OUT itemoffset smallint,
+    OUT ctid tid,
+    OUT itemlen smallint,
+    OUT key_data bytea)
+RETURNS SETOF record
+AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'gist_page_items_bytea'
+LANGUAGE C STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
+
+--
+-- gist_page_items()
+--
+CREATE FUNCTION gist_page_items(IN page bytea,
+    IN index_oid regclass,
+    OUT itemoffset smallint,
+    OUT ctid tid,
+    OUT itemlen smallint,
+    OUT keys text)
+RETURNS SETOF record
+AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'gist_page_items'
+LANGUAGE C STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
index f8cdf526c6515e3fa31fbeb1cb553cb5c3354682..bd716769a174c71dfc59aee2cc05208e5a3f3901 100644 (file)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # pageinspect extension
 comment = 'inspect the contents of database pages at a low level'
-default_version = '1.8'
+default_version = '1.9'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/pageinspect'
 relocatable = true
diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/sql/gist.sql b/contrib/pageinspect/sql/gist.sql
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..b38da4c
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+CREATE TABLE test_gist AS SELECT point(i,i) p, i::text t FROM
+    generate_series(1,1000) i;
+CREATE INDEX test_gist_idx ON test_gist USING gist (p);
+
+-- Page 0 is the root, the rest are leaf pages
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0));
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 1));
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2));
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0), 'test_gist_idx');
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 1), 'test_gist_idx') LIMIT 5;
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2), 'test_gist_idx') LIMIT 5;
+
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0));
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 1)) LIMIT 5;
+SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2)) LIMIT 5;
+
+DROP TABLE test_gist;
index 687c3606baf55cf30ea238cd94dc556adf0c1b0e..35858e155760445618ae2c769316be71c4d573f6 100644 (file)
@@ -671,6 +671,95 @@ test=# SELECT first_tid, nbytes, tids[0:5] AS some_tids
   </variablelist>
  </sect2>
 
+ <sect2>
+  <title>GiST Functions</title>
+
+  <variablelist>
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>
+     <function>gist_page_opaque_info(page bytea) returns record</function>
+     <indexterm>
+      <primary>gist_page_opaque_info</primary>
+     </indexterm>
+    </term>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <function>gist_page_opaque_info</function> returns information about
+      a <acronym>GiST</acronym> index opaque area, like the NSN, rightlink and
+      page type.
+      For example:
+<screen>
+test=# SELECT * FROM gist_page_opaque_info(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 2));
+ lsn | nsn | rightlink | flags  
+-----+-----+-----------+--------
+ 0/1 | 0/0 |         1 | {leaf}
+(1 row)
+</screen>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>
+     <function>gist_page_items(page bytea, index oid) returns setof record</function>
+     <indexterm>
+      <primary>gist_page_items</primary>
+     </indexterm>
+    </term>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      <function>gist_page_items</function> returns information about
+      the data stored in a page of <acronym>GiST</acronym> index.  For example:
+<screen>
+test=# SELECT * FROM gist_page_items(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0), 'test_gist_idx');
+ itemoffset |   ctid    | itemlen |       keys        
+------------+-----------+---------+-------------------
+          1 | (1,65535) |      40 | (p)=((166,166))
+          2 | (2,65535) |      40 | (p)=((332,332))
+          3 | (3,65535) |      40 | (p)=((498,498))
+          4 | (4,65535) |      40 | (p)=((664,664))
+          5 | (5,65535) |      40 | (p)=((830,830))
+          6 | (6,65535) |      40 | (p)=((996,996))
+          7 | (7,65535) |      40 | (p)=((1000,1000))
+(7 rows)
+</screen>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term>
+     <function>gist_page_items_bytea(page bytea) returns setof record</function>
+     <indexterm>
+      <primary>gist_page_items_bytea</primary>
+     </indexterm>
+    </term>
+
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Same as <function>gist_page_items</function>, but returns the key data as a raw
+      bytea blob. For example:
+<screen>
+test=# SELECT * FROM gist_page_items_bytea(get_raw_page('test_gist_idx', 0));
+ itemoffset |   ctid    | itemlen |                                      key_data                                      
+------------+-----------+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+          1 | (1,65535) |      40 | \x00000100ffff28000000000000c064400000000000c06440000000000000f03f000000000000f03f
+          2 | (2,65535) |      40 | \x00000200ffff28000000000000c074400000000000c074400000000000e064400000000000e06440
+          3 | (3,65535) |      40 | \x00000300ffff28000000000000207f400000000000207f400000000000d074400000000000d07440
+          4 | (4,65535) |      40 | \x00000400ffff28000000000000c084400000000000c084400000000000307f400000000000307f40
+          5 | (5,65535) |      40 | \x00000500ffff28000000000000f089400000000000f089400000000000c884400000000000c88440
+          6 | (6,65535) |      40 | \x00000600ffff28000000000000208f400000000000208f400000000000f889400000000000f88940
+          7 | (7,65535) |      40 | \x00000700ffff28000000000000408f400000000000408f400000000000288f400000000000288f40
+(7 rows)
+</screen>
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+  </variablelist>
+ </sect2>
+
  <sect2>
   <title>Hash Functions</title>