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