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hermes_core/segment/merger/
mod.rs

1//! Segment merger for combining multiple segments
2
3mod dense_vectors;
4mod sparse_vectors;
5
6use std::cmp::Ordering;
7use std::collections::BinaryHeap;
8use std::io::Write;
9use std::sync::Arc;
10
11use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
12
13use super::reader::SegmentReader;
14use super::store::StoreMerger;
15use super::types::{FieldStats, SegmentFiles, SegmentId, SegmentMeta};
16use crate::Result;
17use crate::directories::{Directory, DirectoryWriter, StreamingWriter};
18use crate::dsl::Schema;
19use crate::structures::{
20    BlockPostingList, PositionPostingList, PostingList, SSTableWriter, TERMINATED, TermInfo,
21};
22
23/// Write adapter that tracks bytes written.
24///
25/// Concrete type so it works with generic `serialize<W: Write>` functions
26/// (unlike `dyn StreamingWriter` which isn't `Sized`).
27pub(crate) struct OffsetWriter {
28    inner: Box<dyn StreamingWriter>,
29    offset: u64,
30}
31
32impl OffsetWriter {
33    fn new(inner: Box<dyn StreamingWriter>) -> Self {
34        Self { inner, offset: 0 }
35    }
36
37    /// Current write position (total bytes written so far).
38    fn offset(&self) -> u64 {
39        self.offset
40    }
41
42    /// Finalize the underlying streaming writer.
43    fn finish(self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
44        self.inner.finish()
45    }
46}
47
48impl Write for OffsetWriter {
49    fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
50        let n = self.inner.write(buf)?;
51        self.offset += n as u64;
52        Ok(n)
53    }
54
55    fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
56        self.inner.flush()
57    }
58}
59
60/// Format byte count as human-readable string
61fn format_bytes(bytes: usize) -> String {
62    if bytes >= 1024 * 1024 * 1024 {
63        format!("{:.2} GB", bytes as f64 / (1024.0 * 1024.0 * 1024.0))
64    } else if bytes >= 1024 * 1024 {
65        format!("{:.2} MB", bytes as f64 / (1024.0 * 1024.0))
66    } else if bytes >= 1024 {
67        format!("{:.2} KB", bytes as f64 / 1024.0)
68    } else {
69        format!("{} B", bytes)
70    }
71}
72
73/// Compute per-segment doc ID offsets (each segment's docs start after the previous)
74fn doc_offsets(segments: &[SegmentReader]) -> Vec<u32> {
75    let mut offsets = Vec::with_capacity(segments.len());
76    let mut acc = 0u32;
77    for seg in segments {
78        offsets.push(acc);
79        acc += seg.num_docs();
80    }
81    offsets
82}
83
84/// Statistics for merge operations
85#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)]
86pub struct MergeStats {
87    /// Number of terms processed
88    pub terms_processed: usize,
89    /// Peak memory usage in bytes (estimated)
90    pub peak_memory_bytes: usize,
91    /// Current memory usage in bytes (estimated)
92    pub current_memory_bytes: usize,
93    /// Term dictionary output size
94    pub term_dict_bytes: usize,
95    /// Postings output size
96    pub postings_bytes: usize,
97    /// Store output size
98    pub store_bytes: usize,
99    /// Vector index output size
100    pub vectors_bytes: usize,
101    /// Sparse vector index output size
102    pub sparse_bytes: usize,
103}
104
105/// Entry for k-way merge heap
106struct MergeEntry {
107    key: Vec<u8>,
108    term_info: TermInfo,
109    segment_idx: usize,
110    doc_offset: u32,
111}
112
113impl PartialEq for MergeEntry {
114    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
115        self.key == other.key
116    }
117}
118
119impl Eq for MergeEntry {}
120
121impl PartialOrd for MergeEntry {
122    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
123        Some(self.cmp(other))
124    }
125}
126
127impl Ord for MergeEntry {
128    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
129        // Reverse order for min-heap (BinaryHeap is max-heap by default)
130        other.key.cmp(&self.key)
131    }
132}
133
134/// Trained vector index structures for rebuilding segments with ANN indexes
135pub struct TrainedVectorStructures {
136    /// Trained centroids per field_id
137    pub centroids: rustc_hash::FxHashMap<u32, Arc<crate::structures::CoarseCentroids>>,
138    /// Trained PQ codebooks per field_id (for ScaNN)
139    pub codebooks: rustc_hash::FxHashMap<u32, Arc<crate::structures::PQCodebook>>,
140}
141
142/// Segment merger - merges multiple segments into one
143pub struct SegmentMerger {
144    schema: Arc<Schema>,
145}
146
147impl SegmentMerger {
148    pub fn new(schema: Arc<Schema>) -> Self {
149        Self { schema }
150    }
151
152    /// Merge segments into one, streaming postings/positions/store directly to files.
153    pub async fn merge<D: Directory + DirectoryWriter>(
154        &self,
155        dir: &D,
156        segments: &[SegmentReader],
157        new_segment_id: SegmentId,
158    ) -> Result<(SegmentMeta, MergeStats)> {
159        self.merge_core(dir, segments, new_segment_id, None).await
160    }
161
162    /// Merge segments with trained ANN structures available.
163    ///
164    /// Dense vectors use O(1) cluster merge when possible (homogeneous IVF/ScaNN),
165    /// otherwise extracts raw vectors from all index types and rebuilds with
166    /// the provided trained structures.
167    pub async fn merge_with_ann<D: Directory + DirectoryWriter>(
168        &self,
169        dir: &D,
170        segments: &[SegmentReader],
171        new_segment_id: SegmentId,
172        trained: &TrainedVectorStructures,
173    ) -> Result<(SegmentMeta, MergeStats)> {
174        self.merge_core(dir, segments, new_segment_id, Some(trained))
175            .await
176    }
177
178    /// Core merge: handles all mandatory parts (postings, positions, store, sparse, field stats, meta)
179    /// and delegates dense vector handling based on available trained structures.
180    ///
181    /// Uses streaming writers so postings, positions, and store data flow directly
182    /// to files instead of buffering everything in memory. Only the term dictionary
183    /// (compact key+TermInfo entries) is buffered.
184    async fn merge_core<D: Directory + DirectoryWriter>(
185        &self,
186        dir: &D,
187        segments: &[SegmentReader],
188        new_segment_id: SegmentId,
189        trained: Option<&TrainedVectorStructures>,
190    ) -> Result<(SegmentMeta, MergeStats)> {
191        let mut stats = MergeStats::default();
192        let files = SegmentFiles::new(new_segment_id.0);
193
194        // === Phase 1: merge postings + positions (streaming) ===
195        let mut postings_writer = OffsetWriter::new(dir.streaming_writer(&files.postings).await?);
196        let mut positions_writer = OffsetWriter::new(dir.streaming_writer(&files.positions).await?);
197        let mut term_dict_writer = OffsetWriter::new(dir.streaming_writer(&files.term_dict).await?);
198
199        let terms_processed = self
200            .merge_postings(
201                segments,
202                &mut term_dict_writer,
203                &mut postings_writer,
204                &mut positions_writer,
205                &mut stats,
206            )
207            .await?;
208        stats.terms_processed = terms_processed;
209        stats.postings_bytes = postings_writer.offset() as usize;
210        stats.term_dict_bytes = term_dict_writer.offset() as usize;
211        let positions_bytes = positions_writer.offset();
212
213        postings_writer.finish()?;
214        term_dict_writer.finish()?;
215        if positions_bytes > 0 {
216            positions_writer.finish()?;
217        } else {
218            drop(positions_writer);
219            let _ = dir.delete(&files.positions).await;
220        }
221
222        // === Phase 2: merge store files (streaming) ===
223        {
224            let mut store_writer = OffsetWriter::new(dir.streaming_writer(&files.store).await?);
225            {
226                let mut store_merger = StoreMerger::new(&mut store_writer);
227                for segment in segments {
228                    if segment.store_has_dict() {
229                        store_merger
230                            .append_store_recompressing(segment.store())
231                            .await
232                            .map_err(crate::Error::Io)?;
233                    } else {
234                        let raw_blocks = segment.store_raw_blocks();
235                        let data_slice = segment.store_data_slice();
236                        store_merger.append_store(data_slice, &raw_blocks).await?;
237                    }
238                }
239                store_merger.finish()?;
240            }
241            stats.store_bytes = store_writer.offset() as usize;
242            store_writer.finish()?;
243        }
244
245        // === Dense vectors ===
246        let vectors_bytes = self
247            .merge_dense_vectors(dir, segments, &files, trained)
248            .await?;
249        stats.vectors_bytes = vectors_bytes;
250
251        // === Mandatory: merge sparse vectors ===
252        let sparse_bytes = self.merge_sparse_vectors(dir, segments, &files).await?;
253        stats.sparse_bytes = sparse_bytes;
254
255        // === Mandatory: merge field stats + write meta ===
256        let mut merged_field_stats: FxHashMap<u32, FieldStats> = FxHashMap::default();
257        for segment in segments {
258            for (&field_id, field_stats) in &segment.meta().field_stats {
259                let entry = merged_field_stats.entry(field_id).or_default();
260                entry.total_tokens += field_stats.total_tokens;
261                entry.doc_count += field_stats.doc_count;
262            }
263        }
264
265        let total_docs: u32 = segments.iter().map(|s| s.num_docs()).sum();
266        let meta = SegmentMeta {
267            id: new_segment_id.0,
268            num_docs: total_docs,
269            field_stats: merged_field_stats,
270        };
271
272        dir.write(&files.meta, &meta.serialize()?).await?;
273
274        let label = if trained.is_some() {
275            "ANN merge"
276        } else {
277            "Merge"
278        };
279        log::info!(
280            "{} complete: {} docs, {} terms, term_dict={}, postings={}, store={}, vectors={}, sparse={}",
281            label,
282            total_docs,
283            stats.terms_processed,
284            format_bytes(stats.term_dict_bytes),
285            format_bytes(stats.postings_bytes),
286            format_bytes(stats.store_bytes),
287            format_bytes(stats.vectors_bytes),
288            format_bytes(stats.sparse_bytes),
289        );
290
291        Ok((meta, stats))
292    }
293
294    /// Merge postings from multiple segments using streaming k-way merge
295    ///
296    /// This implementation uses a min-heap to merge terms from all segments
297    /// in sorted order without loading all terms into memory at once.
298    /// Memory usage is O(num_segments) instead of O(total_terms).
299    ///
300    /// Optimization: For terms that exist in only one segment, we copy the
301    /// posting data directly without decode/encode. Only terms that exist
302    /// in multiple segments need full merge.
303    ///
304    /// Returns the number of terms processed.
305    async fn merge_postings(
306        &self,
307        segments: &[SegmentReader],
308        term_dict: &mut OffsetWriter,
309        postings_out: &mut OffsetWriter,
310        positions_out: &mut OffsetWriter,
311        stats: &mut MergeStats,
312    ) -> Result<usize> {
313        let doc_offs = doc_offsets(segments);
314
315        // Bulk-prefetch all term dict blocks (1 I/O per segment instead of ~160)
316        for (i, segment) in segments.iter().enumerate() {
317            log::debug!("Prefetching term dict for segment {} ...", i);
318            segment.prefetch_term_dict().await?;
319        }
320
321        // Create iterators for each segment's term dictionary
322        let mut iterators: Vec<_> = segments.iter().map(|s| s.term_dict_iter()).collect();
323
324        // Initialize min-heap with first entry from each segment
325        let mut heap: BinaryHeap<MergeEntry> = BinaryHeap::new();
326        for (seg_idx, iter) in iterators.iter_mut().enumerate() {
327            if let Some((key, term_info)) = iter.next().await.map_err(crate::Error::from)? {
328                heap.push(MergeEntry {
329                    key,
330                    term_info,
331                    segment_idx: seg_idx,
332                    doc_offset: doc_offs[seg_idx],
333                });
334            }
335        }
336
337        // Buffer term results - needed because SSTableWriter can't be held across await points
338        // Memory is bounded by unique terms (typically much smaller than postings)
339        let mut term_results: Vec<(Vec<u8>, TermInfo)> = Vec::new();
340        let mut terms_processed = 0usize;
341
342        while !heap.is_empty() {
343            // Get the smallest key
344            let first = heap.pop().unwrap();
345            let current_key = first.key.clone();
346
347            // Collect all entries with the same key
348            let mut sources: Vec<(usize, TermInfo, u32)> =
349                vec![(first.segment_idx, first.term_info, first.doc_offset)];
350
351            // Advance the iterator that provided this entry
352            if let Some((key, term_info)) = iterators[first.segment_idx]
353                .next()
354                .await
355                .map_err(crate::Error::from)?
356            {
357                heap.push(MergeEntry {
358                    key,
359                    term_info,
360                    segment_idx: first.segment_idx,
361                    doc_offset: doc_offs[first.segment_idx],
362                });
363            }
364
365            // Check if other segments have the same key
366            while let Some(entry) = heap.peek() {
367                if entry.key != current_key {
368                    break;
369                }
370                let entry = heap.pop().unwrap();
371                sources.push((entry.segment_idx, entry.term_info, entry.doc_offset));
372
373                // Advance this iterator too
374                if let Some((key, term_info)) = iterators[entry.segment_idx]
375                    .next()
376                    .await
377                    .map_err(crate::Error::from)?
378                {
379                    heap.push(MergeEntry {
380                        key,
381                        term_info,
382                        segment_idx: entry.segment_idx,
383                        doc_offset: doc_offs[entry.segment_idx],
384                    });
385                }
386            }
387
388            // Process this term (handles both single-source and multi-source)
389            let term_info = self
390                .merge_term(segments, &sources, postings_out, positions_out)
391                .await?;
392
393            term_results.push((current_key, term_info));
394            terms_processed += 1;
395
396            // Log progress every 100k terms
397            if terms_processed.is_multiple_of(100_000) {
398                log::debug!("Merge progress: {} terms processed", terms_processed);
399            }
400        }
401
402        // Track memory (only term_results is buffered; postings/positions stream to disk)
403        let results_mem = term_results.capacity() * std::mem::size_of::<(Vec<u8>, TermInfo)>();
404        stats.current_memory_bytes = results_mem;
405        stats.peak_memory_bytes = stats.peak_memory_bytes.max(stats.current_memory_bytes);
406
407        log::info!(
408            "[merge] complete: terms={}, segments={}, term_buffer={:.2} MB, postings={}, positions={}",
409            terms_processed,
410            segments.len(),
411            results_mem as f64 / (1024.0 * 1024.0),
412            format_bytes(postings_out.offset() as usize),
413            format_bytes(positions_out.offset() as usize),
414        );
415
416        // Write to SSTable (sync, no await points)
417        let mut writer = SSTableWriter::<TermInfo>::new(term_dict);
418        for (key, term_info) in term_results {
419            writer.insert(&key, &term_info)?;
420        }
421        writer.finish()?;
422
423        Ok(terms_processed)
424    }
425
426    /// Merge a single term's postings + positions from one or more source segments.
427    ///
428    /// Fast path: when all sources are external and there are multiple,
429    /// uses block-level concatenation (O(blocks) instead of O(postings)).
430    /// Otherwise: full decode → remap doc IDs → re-encode.
431    async fn merge_term(
432        &self,
433        segments: &[SegmentReader],
434        sources: &[(usize, TermInfo, u32)],
435        postings_out: &mut OffsetWriter,
436        positions_out: &mut OffsetWriter,
437    ) -> Result<TermInfo> {
438        let mut sorted: Vec<_> = sources.to_vec();
439        sorted.sort_by_key(|(_, _, off)| *off);
440
441        let any_positions = sorted.iter().any(|(_, ti, _)| ti.position_info().is_some());
442        let all_external = sorted.iter().all(|(_, ti, _)| ti.external_info().is_some());
443
444        // === Merge postings ===
445        let (posting_offset, posting_len, doc_count) = if all_external && sorted.len() > 1 {
446            // Fast path: block-level concatenation
447            let mut block_sources = Vec::with_capacity(sorted.len());
448            for (seg_idx, ti, doc_off) in &sorted {
449                let (off, len) = ti.external_info().unwrap();
450                let bytes = segments[*seg_idx].read_postings(off, len).await?;
451                let bpl = BlockPostingList::deserialize(&mut bytes.as_slice())?;
452                block_sources.push((bpl, *doc_off));
453            }
454            let merged = BlockPostingList::concatenate_blocks(&block_sources)?;
455            let offset = postings_out.offset();
456            let mut buf = Vec::new();
457            merged.serialize(&mut buf)?;
458            postings_out.write_all(&buf)?;
459            (offset, buf.len() as u32, merged.doc_count())
460        } else {
461            // Decode all sources into a flat PostingList, remap doc IDs
462            let mut merged = PostingList::new();
463            for (seg_idx, ti, doc_off) in &sorted {
464                if let Some((ids, tfs)) = ti.decode_inline() {
465                    for (id, tf) in ids.into_iter().zip(tfs) {
466                        merged.add(id + doc_off, tf);
467                    }
468                } else {
469                    let (off, len) = ti.external_info().unwrap();
470                    let bytes = segments[*seg_idx].read_postings(off, len).await?;
471                    let bpl = BlockPostingList::deserialize(&mut bytes.as_slice())?;
472                    let mut it = bpl.iterator();
473                    while it.doc() != TERMINATED {
474                        merged.add(it.doc() + doc_off, it.term_freq());
475                        it.advance();
476                    }
477                }
478            }
479            // Try to inline (only when no positions)
480            if !any_positions {
481                let ids: Vec<u32> = merged.iter().map(|p| p.doc_id).collect();
482                let tfs: Vec<u32> = merged.iter().map(|p| p.term_freq).collect();
483                if let Some(inline) = TermInfo::try_inline(&ids, &tfs) {
484                    return Ok(inline);
485                }
486            }
487            let offset = postings_out.offset();
488            let block = BlockPostingList::from_posting_list(&merged)?;
489            let mut buf = Vec::new();
490            block.serialize(&mut buf)?;
491            postings_out.write_all(&buf)?;
492            (offset, buf.len() as u32, merged.doc_count())
493        };
494
495        // === Merge positions (if any source has them) ===
496        if any_positions {
497            let mut pos_sources = Vec::new();
498            for (seg_idx, ti, doc_off) in &sorted {
499                if let Some((pos_off, pos_len)) = ti.position_info()
500                    && let Some(bytes) = segments[*seg_idx]
501                        .read_position_bytes(pos_off, pos_len)
502                        .await?
503                {
504                    let pl = PositionPostingList::deserialize(&mut bytes.as_slice())
505                        .map_err(crate::Error::Io)?;
506                    pos_sources.push((pl, *doc_off));
507                }
508            }
509            if !pos_sources.is_empty() {
510                let merged = PositionPostingList::concatenate_blocks(&pos_sources)
511                    .map_err(crate::Error::Io)?;
512                let offset = positions_out.offset();
513                let mut buf = Vec::new();
514                merged.serialize(&mut buf).map_err(crate::Error::Io)?;
515                positions_out.write_all(&buf)?;
516                return Ok(TermInfo::external_with_positions(
517                    posting_offset,
518                    posting_len,
519                    doc_count,
520                    offset,
521                    buf.len() as u32,
522                ));
523            }
524        }
525
526        Ok(TermInfo::external(posting_offset, posting_len, doc_count))
527    }
528}
529
530/// Delete segment files from directory
531pub async fn delete_segment<D: Directory + DirectoryWriter>(
532    dir: &D,
533    segment_id: SegmentId,
534) -> Result<()> {
535    let files = SegmentFiles::new(segment_id.0);
536    let _ = dir.delete(&files.term_dict).await;
537    let _ = dir.delete(&files.postings).await;
538    let _ = dir.delete(&files.store).await;
539    let _ = dir.delete(&files.meta).await;
540    let _ = dir.delete(&files.vectors).await;
541    let _ = dir.delete(&files.sparse).await;
542    let _ = dir.delete(&files.positions).await;
543    Ok(())
544}