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diff --git a/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c b/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c
index 9728ac8333b..5dc4b835fa3 100644
--- a/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c
+++ b/src/backend/optimizer/util/tlist.c
@@ -159,6 +159,43 @@ get_tlist_exprs(List *tlist, bool includeJunk)
/*
+ * tlist_same_exprs
+ * Check whether two target lists contain the same expressions
+ *
+ * Note: this function is used to decide whether it's safe to jam a new tlist
+ * into a non-projection-capable plan node. Obviously we can't do that unless
+ * the node's tlist shows it already returns the column values we want.
+ * However, we can ignore the TargetEntry attributes resname, ressortgroupref,
+ * resorigtbl, resorigcol, and resjunk, because those are only labelings that
+ * don't affect the row values computed by the node. (Moreover, if we didn't
+ * ignore them, we'd frequently fail to make the desired optimization, since
+ * the planner tends to not bother to make resname etc. valid in intermediate
+ * plan nodes.) Note that on success, the caller must still jam the desired
+ * tlist into the plan node, else it won't have the desired labeling fields.
+ */
+bool
+tlist_same_exprs(List *tlist1, List *tlist2)
+{
+ ListCell *lc1,
+ *lc2;
+
+ if (list_length(tlist1) != list_length(tlist2))
+ return false; /* not same length, so can't match */
+
+ forboth(lc1, tlist1, lc2, tlist2)
+ {
+ TargetEntry *tle1 = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(lc1);
+ TargetEntry *tle2 = (TargetEntry *) lfirst(lc2);
+
+ if (!equal(tle1->expr, tle2->expr))
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
+
+/*
* Does tlist have same output datatypes as listed in colTypes?
*
* Resjunk columns are ignored if junkOK is true; otherwise presence of