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ripvec_core/encoder/ripvec/
hybrid.rs

1//! Hybrid search: RRF fusion of semantic + BM25, then boosts and rerank.
2//!
3//! Port of `~/src/semble/src/semble/search.py`. Three entry points:
4//!
5//! - [`search_semantic`] — cosine similarity over the dense index.
6//! - [`search_bm25`](crate::encoder::ripvec::bm25::search_bm25) — BM25
7//!   scoring (re-exported from the bm25 module).
8//! - [`search_hybrid`] — fuses both ranked lists via Reciprocal Rank
9//!   Fusion (k=60), over-fetching `top_k * 5` candidates, then applies
10//!   ripvec's `boost_multi_chunk_files` + `apply_query_boost` + the
11//!   penalty-aware `rerank_topk`.
12
13use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
14
15use ndarray::{Array1, Array2, ArrayView1, s};
16use rayon::prelude::*;
17
18use crate::chunk::CodeChunk;
19use crate::encoder::ripvec::bm25::{Bm25Index, search_bm25};
20use crate::encoder::ripvec::penalties::rerank_topk;
21use crate::encoder::ripvec::ranking::{apply_query_boost, boost_multi_chunk_files, resolve_alpha};
22
23/// Reciprocal Rank Fusion smoothing constant. Matches Python
24/// `_RRF_K = 60` from `search.py:11`.
25pub const RRF_K: f32 = 60.0;
26
27/// Over-fetch factor when assembling the hybrid candidate pool.
28const CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER: usize = 5;
29
30/// Parallel matrix-vector multiply: `scores = matrix @ vector`.
31///
32/// Splits the matrix into one row-chunk per rayon worker. Each worker
33/// computes its slice's sgemv via ndarray's BLAS dispatch and writes
34/// into a disjoint output range. The chunk size is rounded up so the
35/// number of shards equals the rayon worker count (no work-stealing
36/// imbalance for symmetric input).
37///
38/// For a 1M-row × 256-col matrix on a 12-core M2 Max this approaches
39/// the aggregate memory-bandwidth ceiling (~250 GB/s) instead of the
40/// single-core ceiling (~50-80 GB/s) Accelerate's serial sgemv
41/// otherwise caps us at.
42/// Row count below which a single serial BLAS sgemv is faster than
43/// rayon-sharded parallel sgemv (the per-thread dispatch overhead
44/// dominates the inner work for small matrices).
45const SGEMV_SERIAL_THRESHOLD: usize = 4096;
46
47/// Parallel matrix-vector multiply via row-sharded BLAS sgemv.
48///
49/// See call site in `search_semantic` for the rationale; in short,
50/// Accelerate's level-2 BLAS is single-threaded on macOS, so we shard
51/// the matrix into row-chunks and call sgemv per worker to saturate
52/// aggregate memory bandwidth.
53///
54/// # Panics
55///
56/// Panics if ndarray returns a non-contiguous slice from
57/// `Array2::slice(s![start..end, ..])`. Row slices of a row-major
58/// matrix are always contiguous, so this is structurally unreachable;
59/// the panic guards against future layout changes that would silently
60/// break correctness.
61#[must_use]
62pub fn parallel_sgemv(matrix: &Array2<f32>, vector: &ArrayView1<f32>) -> Array1<f32> {
63    let n = matrix.nrows();
64    if n == 0 {
65        return Array1::zeros(0);
66    }
67    let n_threads = rayon::current_num_threads().max(1);
68    if n <= SGEMV_SERIAL_THRESHOLD || n_threads == 1 {
69        return matrix.dot(vector);
70    }
71    let chunk_size = n.div_ceil(n_threads);
72    let mut scores = vec![0.0_f32; n];
73    scores
74        .par_chunks_mut(chunk_size)
75        .enumerate()
76        .for_each(|(thread_idx, out)| {
77            let start = thread_idx * chunk_size;
78            let end = (start + out.len()).min(n);
79            let slice = matrix.slice(s![start..end, ..]);
80            let local: Array1<f32> = slice.dot(vector);
81            // SAFETY in spirit: `local` length == `out` length by
82            // construction (`out.len() == end - start` from
83            // par_chunks_mut, and `slice.nrows() == end - start`).
84            out.copy_from_slice(local.as_slice().expect("sgemv output contiguous"));
85        });
86    // `Array1::from_vec` is O(1).
87    Array1::from_vec(scores)
88}
89
90/// Pure semantic search: rank every chunk by dot product against the
91/// query embedding, then take the top-k after optional selector mask.
92///
93/// Math:
94///   scores = chunk_embeddings @ query_embedding
95///   top-k by select_nth_unstable_by, then sort the survivors.
96///
97/// `chunk_embeddings` is row-major `[n_chunks, hidden_dim]`; with the
98/// `cpu-accelerate` feature ndarray's `.dot()` dispatches to Accelerate's
99/// `cblas_sgemv`, which is vendor-tuned and near memory-bandwidth-bound
100/// (1 GB read per query at ~250 GB/s = ~4 ms theoretical floor on 1M
101/// chunks at 256 dim). Earlier scalar pointer-chasing path took 583
102/// ms per query (profile: samply v1, 2026-05-21).
103///
104/// Top-k uses `select_nth_unstable_by` (O(N) average) instead of a
105/// full sort (O(N log N)) — at 1M chunks selecting top-100 that's
106/// ~1M ops vs ~20M.
107#[must_use]
108pub fn search_semantic(
109    query_embedding: &[f32],
110    chunk_embeddings: &Array2<f32>,
111    top_k: usize,
112    selector: Option<&[usize]>,
113) -> Vec<(usize, f32)> {
114    let n_chunks = chunk_embeddings.nrows();
115    if top_k == 0 || n_chunks == 0 {
116        return Vec::new();
117    }
118    debug_assert_eq!(
119        query_embedding.len(),
120        chunk_embeddings.ncols(),
121        "query embedding dim ({}) != chunk embedding dim ({})",
122        query_embedding.len(),
123        chunk_embeddings.ncols(),
124    );
125
126    // GEMV: scores[i] = sum_d chunk_embeddings[i, d] * query[d].
127    //
128    // Accelerate's level-2 BLAS (`cblas_sgemv`) is single-threaded on
129    // macOS — only level-3 (GEMM) gets the multi-thread treatment.
130    // Single-core memory bandwidth on M2 Max is ~50-80 GB/s; the
131    // 1M-chunk × 256-dim matrix is 1 GB, so a single sgemv pays
132    // ~12-20 ms just on memory bandwidth and we measured ~76 ms in
133    // the profile.
134    //
135    // Fix: shard the matrix into row-chunks and dispatch one sgemv
136    // per rayon worker. Each thread reads its slice independently;
137    // aggregate bandwidth on M2 Max scales to ~250 GB/s with all
138    // cores active. Theoretical floor drops to ~4 ms. Each shard's
139    // sgemv is itself BLAS-optimal; we just stop forcing serial.
140    let query: ArrayView1<f32> = ArrayView1::from(query_embedding);
141    let scores: Array1<f32> = parallel_sgemv(chunk_embeddings, &query);
142
143    // Filter by selector if set. Build a HashSet for O(1) membership;
144    // at 1M chunks the HashSet is ~50 ms to build but per-chunk lookup
145    // amortises against the avoided dense scoring elsewhere.
146    let selector_set: Option<HashSet<usize>> =
147        selector.map(|s| s.iter().copied().collect());
148
149    let mut scored: Vec<(usize, f32)> = if let Some(set) = selector_set {
150        scores
151            .iter()
152            .enumerate()
153            .filter(|(i, _)| set.contains(i))
154            .map(|(i, &s)| (i, s))
155            .collect()
156    } else {
157        // No selector: keep everything (we'll partial-sort below).
158        scores
159            .iter()
160            .enumerate()
161            .map(|(i, &s)| (i, s))
162            .collect()
163    };
164
165    // Top-k via O(N) selection. `select_nth_unstable_by` partitions
166    // around the k-th element; everything before it is in (unsorted)
167    // top-k. We then sort that small slice to recover the ordering.
168    if scored.len() > top_k {
169        scored.select_nth_unstable_by(top_k - 1, |a, b| {
170            b.1.total_cmp(&a.1).then_with(|| a.0.cmp(&b.0))
171        });
172        scored.truncate(top_k);
173    }
174    scored.sort_unstable_by(|a, b| b.1.total_cmp(&a.1).then_with(|| a.0.cmp(&b.0)));
175    scored
176}
177
178/// Convert a list of `(index, raw_score)` to RRF scores.
179/// `rrf_score = 1 / (RRF_K + rank)` where rank is 1-based and the
180/// list is sorted descending by raw_score.
181fn rrf_scores(ranked: &[(usize, f32)]) -> HashMap<usize, f32> {
182    ranked
183        .iter()
184        .enumerate()
185        .map(|(rank0, (idx, _))| {
186            let rank = rank0 as f32 + 1.0;
187            (*idx, 1.0 / (RRF_K + rank))
188        })
189        .collect()
190}
191
192/// Hybrid search: alpha-weighted RRF fusion of semantic + BM25,
193/// followed by file-coherence + query boosts and the penalty-aware
194/// reranker. Mirrors `search.py:search_hybrid`.
195///
196/// `query_embedding` is the embedding of `query` produced by the same
197/// encoder that populated `chunk_embeddings`.
198///
199/// Over-fetches `top_k * 5` candidates from both sub-searches before
200/// fusing, so the merged pool is large enough that the boosts and
201/// reranker can do meaningful work.
202#[must_use]
203pub fn search_hybrid(
204    query: &str,
205    query_embedding: &[f32],
206    chunk_embeddings: &Array2<f32>,
207    chunks: &[CodeChunk],
208    bm25: &Bm25Index,
209    top_k: usize,
210    alpha: Option<f32>,
211    selector: Option<&[usize]>,
212) -> Vec<(usize, f32)> {
213    if top_k == 0 || chunks.is_empty() {
214        return Vec::new();
215    }
216    let alpha_weight = resolve_alpha(query, alpha);
217    let candidate_count = top_k.saturating_mul(CANDIDATE_MULTIPLIER);
218
219    let semantic = search_semantic(query_embedding, chunk_embeddings, candidate_count, selector);
220    let bm25_hits = search_bm25(query, bm25, candidate_count, selector);
221
222    let normalized_semantic = rrf_scores(&semantic);
223    let normalized_bm25 = rrf_scores(&bm25_hits);
224
225    // Union of all chunks present in either ranked list.
226    let mut combined: HashMap<usize, f32> = HashMap::new();
227    let union: HashSet<usize> = normalized_semantic
228        .keys()
229        .chain(normalized_bm25.keys())
230        .copied()
231        .collect();
232    for idx in union {
233        let s = normalized_semantic.get(&idx).copied().unwrap_or(0.0);
234        let b = normalized_bm25.get(&idx).copied().unwrap_or(0.0);
235        combined.insert(idx, alpha_weight * s + (1.0 - alpha_weight) * b);
236    }
237
238    // Multi-chunk-file boost (in-place).
239    boost_multi_chunk_files(&mut combined, chunks);
240    // Query-type boost (returns a new map; matches Python's behaviour).
241    let boosted = apply_query_boost(&combined, query, chunks);
242
243    // Path penalties + saturation rerank.
244    // Semble disables path penalties for pure-semantic queries (α=1.0);
245    // alpha_weight comes from resolve_alpha so the < 1.0 condition matches
246    // Python's `penalise_paths=alpha_weight < 1.0` at search.py:121.
247    let penalise_paths = alpha_weight < 1.0;
248    let scores_vec: Vec<(usize, f32)> = boosted.into_iter().collect();
249    rerank_topk(&scores_vec, chunks, top_k, penalise_paths)
250}
251
252#[cfg(test)]
253mod tests {
254    use super::*;
255    use crate::encoder::ripvec::bm25::Bm25Index;
256
257    fn chunk(path: &str, content: &str) -> CodeChunk {
258        CodeChunk {
259            file_path: path.to_string(),
260            name: String::new(),
261            kind: String::new(),
262            start_line: 1,
263            end_line: 1,
264            content: content.to_string(),
265            enriched_content: content.to_string(),
266        }
267    }
268
269    fn unit_vec(values: &[f32]) -> Vec<f32> {
270        let norm: f32 = values.iter().map(|x| x * x).sum::<f32>().sqrt().max(1e-12);
271        values.iter().map(|x| x / norm).collect()
272    }
273
274    /// `test:rrf-k-60` — RRF scores use k=60 with 1-based ranks.
275    /// Rank 1 → 1/61; rank 2 → 1/62; rank 3 → 1/63.
276    #[test]
277    fn rrf_k_60() {
278        let ranked = vec![(7, 0.9), (3, 0.8), (5, 0.5)];
279        let rrf = rrf_scores(&ranked);
280        assert!((rrf[&7] - 1.0 / 61.0).abs() < 1e-7);
281        assert!((rrf[&3] - 1.0 / 62.0).abs() < 1e-7);
282        assert!((rrf[&5] - 1.0 / 63.0).abs() < 1e-7);
283    }
284
285    /// `test:hybrid-candidate-count-5x-top-k` — when both sub-searches
286    /// produce enough hits, hybrid over-fetches 5x top_k.
287    #[test]
288    fn hybrid_candidate_count_5x_top_k() {
289        // 10 chunks; embedding = a unit vector that aligns with chunk
290        // idx. Query embedding aligns most strongly with chunk 0.
291        let chunks: Vec<CodeChunk> = (0..10)
292            .map(|i| chunk(&format!("src/f{i}.rs"), &format!("content {i}")))
293            .collect();
294        let flat: Vec<f32> = (0..10)
295            .flat_map(|i| {
296                let mut v = vec![0.0_f32; 10];
297                v[i] = 1.0;
298                v
299            })
300            .collect();
301        let embeddings = Array2::from_shape_vec((10, 10), flat).unwrap();
302        let query_emb = unit_vec(&{
303            let mut q = vec![0.0_f32; 10];
304            q[0] = 1.0;
305            q
306        });
307        let bm25 = Bm25Index::build(&chunks);
308        let results = search_hybrid(
309            "content",
310            &query_emb,
311            &embeddings,
312            &chunks,
313            &bm25,
314            2,
315            Some(0.5),
316            None,
317        );
318        // top_k=2; the semantic best hit (chunk 0) should be present.
319        assert!(!results.is_empty());
320        assert!(results.iter().any(|(i, _)| *i == 0));
321        assert!(results.len() <= 2);
322    }
323
324    /// `test:hybrid-zero-bm25-excluded-from-fusion` — BM25 zero scores
325    /// don't enter the RRF pool because `search_bm25` drops them.
326    #[test]
327    fn hybrid_zero_bm25_excluded_from_fusion() {
328        let chunks = vec![chunk("src/a.rs", "alpha"), chunk("src/b.rs", "bravo")];
329        let bm25 = Bm25Index::build(&chunks);
330        // Query "alpha" only matches doc 0 in BM25.
331        let bm = search_bm25("alpha", &bm25, 10, None);
332        assert_eq!(bm.len(), 1);
333        let rrf = rrf_scores(&bm);
334        assert!(
335            !rrf.contains_key(&1),
336            "BM25 zero-score doc should be excluded"
337        );
338    }
339
340    /// `test:hybrid-applies-rerank-topk` — file-saturation decay applies
341    /// when hybrid returns multiple chunks from the same file.
342    #[test]
343    fn hybrid_applies_rerank_topk() {
344        // Two chunks in the same file with identical embeddings will
345        // tie in both sub-rankings; rerank_topk applies the 0.5 decay
346        // so the second chunk's effective score is half of the first.
347        let chunks = vec![
348            chunk("src/a.rs", "alpha bravo"),
349            chunk("src/a.rs", "alpha bravo"),
350        ];
351        let embeddings = Array2::from_shape_vec((2, 2), vec![1.0_f32, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0]).unwrap();
352        let bm25 = Bm25Index::build(&chunks);
353        let query_emb = vec![1.0_f32, 0.0];
354        let results = search_hybrid(
355            "alpha",
356            &query_emb,
357            &embeddings,
358            &chunks,
359            &bm25,
360            2,
361            Some(0.5),
362            None,
363        );
364        assert_eq!(results.len(), 2);
365        // The first hit's score should be strictly greater than the
366        // second's (saturation decay).
367        assert!(
368            results[0].1 > results[1].1,
369            "expected saturation decay; got scores={results:?}"
370        );
371    }
372
373    /// `test:hybrid-applies-query-boost` and
374    /// `test:hybrid-applies-multi-chunk-boost` are exercised transitively
375    /// by the rerank_topk and boost_multi_chunk_files unit tests in their
376    /// respective modules — the wiring in this module is a single call
377    /// through each. A non-trivial regression here would require a
378    /// behavioural shift in those modules, which their own tests cover.
379    #[test]
380    fn hybrid_pipeline_wires_through_boosts_and_rerank() {
381        // Smoke test: a query that touches a chunk whose file stem matches
382        // it should bubble up via the apply_query_boost stem-match path.
383        let chunks = vec![
384            chunk("src/auth.rs", "fn login() {}"),
385            chunk("src/utils.rs", "fn unrelated() {}"),
386        ];
387        let embeddings = Array2::from_shape_vec((2, 2), vec![1.0_f32, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]).unwrap();
388        let bm25 = Bm25Index::build(&chunks);
389        let query_emb = vec![0.0_f32, 0.0]; // unhelpful semantic vector
390        let results = search_hybrid(
391            "auth",
392            &query_emb,
393            &embeddings,
394            &chunks,
395            &bm25,
396            2,
397            Some(0.5),
398            None,
399        );
400        // The auth.rs chunk should rank first because the stem matches.
401        assert!(!results.is_empty());
402        let top = results[0].0;
403        assert_eq!(top, 0, "expected auth.rs first; got {results:?}");
404    }
405}