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mongreldb_core/
trace.rs

1//! Query path instrumentation (OPTIMIZATIONS.md Priority 0 / 16).
2//!
3//! MongrelDB has many physical paths a query can take: an O(1) metadata count,
4//! a zero-copy Arrow IPC shadow, a single-run lazy page cursor, a multi-run
5//! k-way merge cursor, an index-pushdown columnar gather, or a full row
6//! materialization. Correctness tests verify *results* but never reveal *which*
7//! path ran, so performance regressions are currently invisible until a
8//! benchmark accidentally trips one.
9//!
10//! [`QueryTrace`] makes those path decisions observable. It is a lightweight,
11//! opt-in record filled at decision points via a thread-local scope collector.
12//! The hot path (no capture active) pays only a single TLS load per record site
13//! and then returns immediately — there is no allocation, no lock, and no
14//! signature change to the hundreds of internal functions that serve queries.
15//!
16//! ## Usage
17//!
18//! The public `_traced` methods on [`crate::engine::Table`] (and
19//! `MongrelSession::run_sql_traced` in the query crate) wrap the corresponding
20//! query in [`QueryTrace::capture`] and return the result alongside the trace:
21//!
22//! ```no_run
23//! # use mongreldb_core::*;
24//! # let mut db: Table = unimplemented!();
25//! # let snap = db.snapshot();
26//! # let conditions = &[];
27//! # let proj = &[];
28//! let (cols, trace) = db.query_columns_native_traced(conditions, Some(proj), snap).unwrap();
29//! assert_eq!(trace.scan_mode, trace::ScanMode::NativePushdown);
30//! assert_eq!(trace.index_rebuild, trace::IndexRebuild::AlreadyComplete);
31//! ```
32//!
33//! ## Extensibility
34//!
35//! New fields can be added to [`QueryTrace`] freely — it is `#[derive(Default)]`,
36//! so existing callers and tests continue to compile. New recording sites are a
37//! single [`QueryTrace::record`] call at the decision point; no plumbing is
38//! required because the thread-local stack is the transport.
39
40use std::cell::RefCell;
41use std::fmt;
42
43thread_local! {
44    /// A stack of in-progress traces, supporting nested captures (an inner
45    /// `capture` gets its own fresh trace; the outer trace is unaffected).
46    static STACK: RefCell<Vec<QueryTrace>> = const { RefCell::new(Vec::new()) };
47}
48
49/// Which physical scan path served a query. Recorded by the SQL scan
50/// ([`crate::scan`]) and the native query entry points. Used in benchmarks and
51/// path-sensitive tests to assert that the expected path was taken.
52#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
53pub enum ScanMode {
54    /// The trace was never filled (no recording site ran). Indicates a path
55    /// that has not yet been instrumented.
56    #[default]
57    Unknown,
58    /// `COUNT(*)` / empty projection answered from the maintained `live_count`
59    /// metadata in O(1) — no run read, no index resolve.
60    CountMetadata,
61    /// `COUNT(*)` with a pushed `WHERE` answered from survivor set cardinality
62    /// via [`crate::engine::Table::count_conditions`] — index resolve only, no
63    /// column decode.
64    CountSurvivors,
65    /// Zero-copy Arrow IPC shadow read — no per-column decode at all (clean
66    /// single-run unfiltered table).
67    ArrowShadow,
68    /// Single-run lazy page cursor: fused predicate + page skip + late
69    /// materialization ([`crate::cursor::NativePageCursor`]).
70    NativePageCursor,
71    /// Multi-run k-way merge cursor ([`crate::cursor::MultiRunCursor`]).
72    MultiRunCursor,
73    /// Index pushdown fast path: survivors resolved then gathered column-wise
74    /// from a single reader ([`crate::engine::Table::query_columns_native`]
75    /// fast path — no cursor streaming, but no row materialization either).
76    NativePushdown,
77    /// Full materialization fallback: `visible_columns_native` or
78    /// `rows_for_rids` — rows go through the `Row { HashMap }` shape. This is
79    /// the path optimizations try to avoid.
80    Materialized,
81    /// §5.3 direct SQL dispatch: a simple single-table `SELECT` recognized from
82    /// the raw SQL (sqlparser AST) and served straight from the native column
83    /// cursor, bypassing DataFusion parse+plan+optimize entirely.
84    DirectDispatch,
85    /// DataFusion scan served by an external table module / virtual table
86    /// provider rather than a native MongrelDB storage table.
87    ExternalModule,
88}
89
90impl fmt::Display for ScanMode {
91    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
92        let s = match self {
93            ScanMode::Unknown => "unknown",
94            ScanMode::CountMetadata => "count-metadata",
95            ScanMode::CountSurvivors => "count-survivors",
96            ScanMode::ArrowShadow => "arrow-shadow",
97            ScanMode::NativePageCursor => "native-page-cursor",
98            ScanMode::MultiRunCursor => "multi-run-cursor",
99            ScanMode::NativePushdown => "native-pushdown",
100            ScanMode::Materialized => "materialized",
101            ScanMode::DirectDispatch => "direct-dispatch",
102            ScanMode::ExternalModule => "external-module",
103        };
104        f.write_str(s)
105    }
106}
107
108/// Which join execution path served a query (Priority 13: join diagnostics).
109/// `None` for non-join queries.
110#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
111pub enum JoinMode {
112    /// No join in the query (or the join path was never reached).
113    #[default]
114    None,
115    /// Native FK↔PK roaring-bitmap intersection — no hash-join materialization
116    /// ([`crate::engine::Table`] index resolve only).
117    FkBitmap,
118    /// Fell back to DataFusion's hash join (shape the native path can't serve).
119    DataFusionHash,
120}
121
122impl fmt::Display for JoinMode {
123    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
124        f.write_str(match self {
125            JoinMode::None => "none",
126            JoinMode::FkBitmap => "fk-bitmap",
127            JoinMode::DataFusionHash => "datafusion-hash",
128        })
129    }
130}
131
132/// Whether `ensure_indexes_complete` rebuilt indexes during this query. A
133/// rebuild is the user-facing stall case (Priority 10); this field exposes it.
134#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
135pub enum IndexRebuild {
136    /// No index rebuild happened (no query ran, or the table had no indexes).
137    #[default]
138    None,
139    /// Indexes were already complete; `ensure_indexes_complete` was a no-op.
140    AlreadyComplete,
141    /// Indexes were rebuilt from runs during this query (the stall case).
142    Rebuilt,
143}
144
145/// Records which engine path a query took. Filled at decision points via
146/// [`QueryTrace::record`]; collected via [`QueryTrace::capture`].
147///
148/// All fields are `#[derive(Default)]`, so adding a new field is non-breaking.
149/// Fields default to zero / `false` / `None` so a trace from an uninstrumented
150/// path still reads cleanly.
151#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
152pub struct QueryTrace {
153    /// The physical scan path that served this query.
154    pub scan_mode: ScanMode,
155    /// Number of sorted runs in the table at query time. `1` = single-run fast
156    /// path eligible; `>1` = k-way merge; `0` = empty/memtable-only table.
157    pub run_count: usize,
158    /// Rows in the memtable overlay (unflushed puts/updates/deletes).
159    pub memtable_rows: usize,
160    /// Rows in the mutable-run tier overlay.
161    pub mutable_run_rows: usize,
162    /// Rows in the materialized overlay batch yielded by a cursor (memtable +
163    /// mutable-run combined, post-filter). Non-zero means the query paid
164    /// overlay materialization cost.
165    pub overlay_rows: usize,
166    /// How many conditions were translated to native pushdown (index-served).
167    pub conditions_pushed: usize,
168    /// How many conditions could not be pushed down (residual / fallback).
169    pub conditions_residual: usize,
170    /// Survivor row count after predicate resolution, if known without decoding
171    /// data columns (set for index-served and count paths).
172    pub survivor_count: Option<usize>,
173    /// Whether `ensure_indexes_complete` rebuilt indexes during this query.
174    pub index_rebuild: IndexRebuild,
175    /// Whether the fast clean-run row-id→position arithmetic was used (avoids
176    /// decoding + binary-searching the system row-id column).
177    pub fast_row_id_map: bool,
178    /// Whether a learned (PGM) range index served a `Range`/`RangeF64`
179    /// condition (in-memory, no column read).
180    pub learned_range_used: bool,
181    /// Whether the result cache returned a hit (no re-decode / re-resolve).
182    pub result_cache_hit: bool,
183    /// Whether rows were materialized as `Row { HashMap }` (the slow path).
184    pub row_materialized: bool,
185    /// Number of pages decoded (lazily filled by cursors when capturing).
186    pub pages_decoded: usize,
187    /// Number of pages skipped by page-stat pruning or empty page plans.
188    pub pages_skipped: usize,
189    /// Which join path served the query (Priority 13). `None` for non-joins.
190    pub join_mode: JoinMode,
191    /// Logical-planning time in nanoseconds (Priority 8: parse + plan, separate
192    /// from execution). `0` on a result-cache hit (planning was skipped) or when
193    /// the plan came from the logical-plan cache.
194    pub planning_nanos: u64,
195    /// Authorization/RLS candidate-cache work for the query.
196    pub authorization_nanos: u64,
197    pub rls_cache_hit: bool,
198    pub rls_rows_evaluated: usize,
199    pub authorization_retries: usize,
200    /// AI retrieval stage timings and bounded cardinalities.
201    pub hard_filter_nanos: u64,
202    pub ann_candidate_nanos: u64,
203    pub sparse_candidate_nanos: u64,
204    pub minhash_candidate_nanos: u64,
205    pub candidate_count: usize,
206    pub union_size: usize,
207    pub fusion_nanos: u64,
208    pub exact_vector_gather_nanos: u64,
209    pub exact_vector_score_nanos: u64,
210    pub exact_set_gather_nanos: u64,
211    pub exact_set_parse_nanos: u64,
212    pub exact_set_score_nanos: u64,
213    pub projection_nanos: u64,
214    pub total_nanos: u64,
215}
216
217impl QueryTrace {
218    /// Execute `f` with path tracing active on the current thread, returning
219    /// the result and the captured trace. Recording calls inside `f` (and
220    /// anything `f` calls on this thread) fill the returned trace.
221    ///
222    /// Nesting is supported: an inner `capture` pushes a fresh trace onto the
223    /// stack and gets its own result; the outer trace is unaffected by inner
224    /// recordings.
225    ///
226    /// When no capture is active (the normal hot path), [`QueryTrace::record`]
227    /// is a single TLS load + empty-check + return — zero allocation, zero
228    /// locking, no measurable cost.
229    pub fn capture<F, T>(f: F) -> (T, QueryTrace)
230    where
231        F: FnOnce() -> T,
232    {
233        Self::push_scope();
234        let result = f();
235        let trace = Self::pop_scope();
236        (result, trace)
237    }
238
239    /// Push a fresh trace onto the thread-local stack, starting a capture scope.
240    /// Pair with [`Self::pop_scope`] to retrieve the trace. This is the async-
241    /// compatible alternative to [`Self::capture`]: push before `await`, pop
242    /// after.
243    ///
244    /// **Thread affinity:** the trace is thread-local, so recordings must happen
245    /// on the same OS thread as the push/pop pair. This holds for synchronous
246    /// query paths (the common case) and for single-partition DataFusion scans
247    /// (physical planning + leaf execution run inline on the polling thread).
248    pub fn push_scope() {
249        STACK.with(|s| s.borrow_mut().push(QueryTrace::default()));
250    }
251
252    /// Pop the innermost trace from the thread-local stack, ending a capture
253    /// scope. Returns the captured trace. Panics if the stack is empty (unpaired
254    /// pop); see [`Self::push_scope`].
255    pub fn pop_scope() -> QueryTrace {
256        STACK.with(|s| s.borrow_mut().pop()).unwrap_or_default()
257    }
258
259    /// Whether path tracing is active on this thread (at least one
260    /// [`QueryTrace::capture`] scope is open).
261    #[inline]
262    pub fn capturing() -> bool {
263        STACK.with(|s| !s.borrow().is_empty())
264    }
265
266    /// Record into the innermost active trace via `f`. **No-op when not
267    /// capturing** — the hot path pays only the TLS load to check the stack.
268    ///
269    /// This is the primary recording primitive: call it at every decision point
270    /// (path selection, index rebuild, fast-path hit/miss). It is cheap enough
271    /// to call once per query entry point without measurable overhead.
272    #[inline]
273    pub fn record<F>(f: F)
274    where
275        F: FnOnce(&mut QueryTrace),
276    {
277        STACK.with(|s| {
278            if let Some(trace) = s.borrow_mut().last_mut() {
279                f(trace);
280            }
281        });
282    }
283
284    /// Returns `true` when this trace took a "good" (non-materializing) path:
285    /// a cursor, a pushdown, a shadow, or a count shortcut — and did **not**
286    /// rebuild indexes or materialize rows. Useful as a quick sanity check in
287    /// path-sensitive tests.
288    pub fn is_fast(&self) -> bool {
289        !matches!(self.scan_mode, ScanMode::Materialized | ScanMode::Unknown)
290            && self.index_rebuild != IndexRebuild::Rebuilt
291            && !self.row_materialized
292    }
293}
294
295impl fmt::Display for QueryTrace {
296    /// Compact one-line summary for benchmark output and ad-hoc inspection:
297    /// `native-pushdown pushed=2 survivors=12500 runs=1 idx=complete fast-rid`.
298    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
299        write!(f, "{}", self.scan_mode)?;
300        if self.run_count > 0 {
301            write!(f, " runs={}", self.run_count)?;
302        }
303        if self.conditions_pushed > 0 {
304            write!(f, " pushed={}", self.conditions_pushed)?;
305        }
306        if self.conditions_residual > 0 {
307            write!(f, " residual={}", self.conditions_residual)?;
308        }
309        if let Some(n) = self.survivor_count {
310            write!(f, " survivors={}", n)?;
311        }
312        let idx = match self.index_rebuild {
313            IndexRebuild::None => "",
314            IndexRebuild::AlreadyComplete => " idx=complete",
315            IndexRebuild::Rebuilt => " idx=REBUILT",
316        };
317        f.write_str(idx)?;
318        if self.result_cache_hit {
319            f.write_str(" cache=hit")?;
320        }
321        if self.learned_range_used {
322            f.write_str(" learned-range")?;
323        }
324        if self.fast_row_id_map {
325            f.write_str(" fast-rid")?;
326        }
327        if self.row_materialized {
328            f.write_str(" row-mat")?;
329        }
330        if self.overlay_rows > 0 {
331            write!(f, " overlay={}", self.overlay_rows)?;
332        }
333        if self.pages_decoded > 0 {
334            write!(f, " pages={}", self.pages_decoded)?;
335        }
336        if self.pages_skipped > 0 {
337            write!(f, " skipped={}", self.pages_skipped)?;
338        }
339        Ok(())
340    }
341}
342
343// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
344// Test assertion helpers — fluent methods for path-sensitive performance tests.
345// Available in integration tests and downstream test suites (not gated behind
346// #[cfg(test)] so they work from external test crates).
347// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
348
349impl QueryTrace {
350    /// Assert the scan mode equals `expected`. Returns `&self` for chaining.
351    pub fn assert_mode(&self, expected: ScanMode) -> &Self {
352        assert_eq!(
353            self.scan_mode, expected,
354            "expected scan mode {expected:?} but got {:?} ({self})",
355            self.scan_mode
356        );
357        self
358    }
359
360    /// Assert no index rebuild happened during this query (Priority 10 guard).
361    pub fn assert_no_index_rebuild(&self) -> &Self {
362        assert_ne!(
363            self.index_rebuild,
364            IndexRebuild::Rebuilt,
365            "expected no index rebuild but indexes were rebuilt ({self})"
366        );
367        self
368    }
369
370    /// Assert the query did not materialize `Row { HashMap }` objects.
371    pub fn assert_not_materialized(&self) -> &Self {
372        assert!(
373            !self.row_materialized,
374            "expected columnar/cursor path but rows were materialized ({self})"
375        );
376        self
377    }
378
379    /// Assert the result cache returned a hit.
380    pub fn assert_cache_hit(&self) -> &Self {
381        assert!(
382            self.result_cache_hit,
383            "expected result cache hit but got miss ({self})"
384        );
385        self
386    }
387
388    /// Assert the fast clean-run row-id→position arithmetic was used.
389    pub fn assert_fast_row_id_map(&self) -> &Self {
390        assert!(
391            self.fast_row_id_map,
392            "expected fast row-id map but got fallback ({self})"
393        );
394        self
395    }
396}
397
398#[cfg(test)]
399mod tests {
400    use super::*;
401
402    #[test]
403    fn capture_collects_records() {
404        // Recording outside a capture is a no-op (no panic).
405        QueryTrace::record(|t| {
406            t.run_count = 999;
407        });
408        assert!(!QueryTrace::capturing());
409
410        let (result, trace) = QueryTrace::capture(|| {
411            assert!(QueryTrace::capturing());
412            QueryTrace::record(|t| {
413                t.run_count = 3;
414                t.scan_mode = ScanMode::NativePushdown;
415            });
416            42
417        });
418        assert_eq!(result, 42);
419        assert_eq!(trace.run_count, 3);
420        assert_eq!(trace.scan_mode, ScanMode::NativePushdown);
421        assert!(!QueryTrace::capturing());
422    }
423
424    #[test]
425    fn nested_captures_are_independent() {
426        let (outer, outer_trace) = QueryTrace::capture(|| {
427            QueryTrace::record(|t| t.run_count = 1);
428            let (inner, inner_trace) = QueryTrace::capture(|| {
429                QueryTrace::record(|t| t.run_count = 99);
430                "inner"
431            });
432            assert_eq!(inner, "inner");
433            // The inner capture's records must NOT bleed into the outer trace.
434            assert_eq!(inner_trace.run_count, 99);
435            // But subsequent outer records still hit the outer trace.
436            QueryTrace::record(|t| t.conditions_pushed = 2);
437            "outer"
438        });
439        assert_eq!(outer, "outer");
440        assert_eq!(outer_trace.run_count, 1);
441        assert_eq!(outer_trace.conditions_pushed, 2);
442    }
443
444    #[test]
445    fn display_summary_is_compact() {
446        let t = QueryTrace {
447            scan_mode: ScanMode::NativePushdown,
448            run_count: 1,
449            conditions_pushed: 2,
450            survivor_count: Some(12500),
451            index_rebuild: IndexRebuild::AlreadyComplete,
452            fast_row_id_map: true,
453            ..Default::default()
454        };
455        let s = format!("{t}");
456        assert!(s.contains("native-pushdown"));
457        assert!(s.contains("runs=1"));
458        assert!(s.contains("pushed=2"));
459        assert!(s.contains("survivors=12500"));
460        assert!(s.contains("idx=complete"));
461        assert!(s.contains("fast-rid"));
462    }
463
464    #[test]
465    fn is_fast_distinguishes_paths() {
466        let good = QueryTrace {
467            scan_mode: ScanMode::NativePageCursor,
468            index_rebuild: IndexRebuild::AlreadyComplete,
469            ..Default::default()
470        };
471        assert!(good.is_fast());
472
473        let mut bad = good.clone();
474        bad.index_rebuild = IndexRebuild::Rebuilt;
475        assert!(!bad.is_fast());
476
477        let mut mat = good.clone();
478        mat.scan_mode = ScanMode::Materialized;
479        assert!(!mat.is_fast());
480    }
481
482    #[test]
483    fn assertion_helpers_chain() {
484        let t = QueryTrace {
485            scan_mode: ScanMode::ArrowShadow,
486            index_rebuild: IndexRebuild::AlreadyComplete,
487            ..Default::default()
488        };
489        t.assert_mode(ScanMode::ArrowShadow)
490            .assert_no_index_rebuild()
491            .assert_not_materialized();
492    }
493}