Parallel executor support.

This code provides infrastructure for a parallel leader to start up
parallel workers to execute subtrees of the plan tree being executed
in the master.  User-supplied parameters from ParamListInfo are passed
down, but PARAM_EXEC parameters are not.  Various other constructs,
such as initplans, subplans, and CTEs, are also not currently shared.
Nevertheless, there's enough here to support a basic implementation of
parallel query, and we can lift some of the current restrictions as
needed.

Amit Kapila and Robert Haas

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+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * execParallel.h
+ *		POSTGRES parallel execution interface
+ *
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2015, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * IDENTIFICATION
+ *		src/include/executor/execParallel.h
+ *--------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef EXECPARALLEL_H
+#define EXECPARALLEL_H
+
+#include "access/parallel.h"
+#include "nodes/execnodes.h"
+#include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
+#include "nodes/plannodes.h"
+
+typedef struct SharedExecutorInstrumentation SharedExecutorInstrumentation;
+
+typedef struct ParallelExecutorInfo
+{
+	PlanState *planstate;
+	ParallelContext *pcxt;
+	BufferUsage *buffer_usage;
+	SharedExecutorInstrumentation *instrumentation;
+	shm_mq_handle **tqueue;
+}	ParallelExecutorInfo;
+
+extern ParallelExecutorInfo *ExecInitParallelPlan(PlanState *planstate,
+					 EState *estate, int nworkers);
+extern void ExecParallelFinish(ParallelExecutorInfo *pei);
+
+#endif   /* EXECPARALLEL_H */