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}