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sonic/executor/
search.rs

1// Sonic
2//
3// Fast, lightweight and schema-less search backend
4// Copyright: 2019, Valerian Saliou <valerian@valeriansaliou.name>
5// Copyright: 2026, Rémi Bardon <remi@remibardon.name>
6// License: Mozilla Public License v2.0 (MPL v2.0)
7
8use indexmap::IndexMap;
9use std::collections::BTreeMap;
10
11use crate::lexer::{NormalizedToken, TokenLexer};
12use crate::query::{QueryMatchScore, QuerySearchID, QuerySearchLimit, QuerySearchOffset};
13use crate::store::StoreItem;
14use crate::store::fst::{StoreFSTActionBuilder, typo_factor};
15use crate::store::identifiers::{StoreObjectIID, StoreTermHash, StoreTermHashed};
16use crate::store::kv::{StoreKVAcquireMode, StoreKVAction, StoreKVActionBuilder};
17
18const MISSING_MATCH_SCORE: u16 = 100;
19
20impl super::Executor {
21    pub fn search(
22        &self,
23        item: StoreItem,
24        _event_id: QuerySearchID,
25        lexer: TokenLexer,
26        limit: QuerySearchLimit,
27        offset: QuerySearchOffset,
28    ) -> Result<Vec<String>, ()> {
29        if let StoreItem(collection, Some(bucket), None) = item {
30            // Important: acquire database access read lock, and reference it in context. This \
31            //   prevents the database from being erased while using it in this block.
32            let _kv_read_guard = self.kv_pool.lock_read_access();
33            let _fst_read_guard = self.fst_pool.lock_read_access();
34
35            let (Ok(kv_store), Ok(fst_store)) = (
36                self.kv_pool
37                    .acquire(StoreKVAcquireMode::OpenOnly, collection),
38                self.fst_pool.acquire(collection, bucket),
39            ) else {
40                return Err(());
41            };
42
43            let (higher_limit, mut alternates_try) = (
44                self.app_conf.store.kv.retain_word_objects,
45                self.app_conf.search.query_alternates_try,
46            );
47
48            let (prefix_matching_enabled, fuzzy_matching_enabled) = (
49                self.fst_pool.fst_action_config.prefix_matching_enabled,
50                self.fst_pool.fst_action_config.fuzzy_matching_enabled,
51            );
52
53            // Important: acquire bucket store read lock
54            executor_kv_lock_read!(kv_store);
55
56            let (kv_action, fst_action) = (
57                StoreKVActionBuilder::access(bucket, kv_store),
58                StoreFSTActionBuilder::access(fst_store),
59            );
60
61            // Collect all terms so we know the count right ahead.
62            // PERF: This helps allocating the correct amounts of memory.
63            let tokens: Vec<(NormalizedToken, StoreTermHashed, usize)> = lexer.collect();
64            let term_count = tokens.len();
65
66            // Store scores for each found IID. Results will then be sorted by
67            // score before being returned. Scores are basically the sum of
68            // Levenshtein distances for each term in the query. Lower score
69            // means better result.
70            // NOTE: We use `IndexMap` instead of `HashMap` to preserve
71            //   insertion order, which correlates to reverse data ingestion
72            //   order.
73            // NOTE: `capacity = 24` to reduce initial grows.
74            let mut scoring_matrix: IndexMap<StoreObjectIID, Vec<QueryMatchScore>> =
75                IndexMap::with_capacity(24usize.min(usize::from(limit)));
76
77            // Look for exact matches.
78            'matches: for (idx, (token, term_hash, _)) in tokens.iter().enumerate() {
79                let iids = kv_action
80                    .get_term_to_iids(*term_hash)
81                    .unwrap_or(None)
82                    .unwrap_or_default();
83
84                tracing::debug!("got exact search executor iids: {iids:?} for term: {token:?}");
85
86                for iid in iids.into_iter() {
87                    // Assign a score of `0` as those are exact matches.
88                    let inserted = update_score(&mut scoring_matrix, iid, 0, idx, term_count);
89
90                    if inserted {
91                        // Higher limit now reached?
92                        // Stop acquiring new suggested IIDs now.
93                        if scoring_matrix.len() >= higher_limit {
94                            tracing::trace!(?token, "got enough completed results for term");
95
96                            break 'matches;
97                        }
98                    }
99                }
100            }
101
102            #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
103            tracing::debug!(?scoring_matrix);
104
105            // Look for words containing `term` as prefix.
106            if scoring_matrix.len() < higher_limit && alternates_try > 0 && prefix_matching_enabled
107            {
108                tracing::debug!(
109                    "not enough iids were found ({}/{higher_limit}), looking for prefixes",
110                    scoring_matrix.len(),
111                );
112
113                'terms: for (idx, (token, _, original_len)) in tokens.iter().enumerate() {
114                    let Some(suggestions) = fst_action.lookup_begins(token, *original_len) else {
115                        tracing::trace!("did not get any completed word for term {token:?}");
116                        continue 'terms;
117                    };
118
119                    merge_suggestions(
120                        suggestions,
121                        &mut scoring_matrix,
122                        token,
123                        idx,
124                        term_count,
125                        &kv_action,
126                        &mut alternates_try,
127                        higher_limit,
128                    );
129                }
130            }
131
132            #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
133            tracing::debug!(?scoring_matrix);
134
135            // Look for words like `term` (fuzzy matching).
136            if scoring_matrix.len() < higher_limit && alternates_try > 0 && fuzzy_matching_enabled {
137                tracing::debug!(
138                    "not enough iids were found ({}/{higher_limit}), looking for fuzzy matches",
139                    scoring_matrix.len(),
140                );
141
142                'terms: for (idx, (token, _, original_word_len)) in tokens.iter().enumerate() {
143                    let term = match token {
144                        NormalizedToken::Word(term) => term,
145                        // Skip term if it’s special (we want exact matches only).
146                        NormalizedToken::Special(term) => {
147                            tracing::debug!("skipping fuzzy search for {term:?}: term is special");
148                            continue 'terms;
149                        }
150                    };
151
152                    let max_typo_factor = typo_factor(*original_word_len);
153                    let mut typo_factor = 1u32;
154
155                    // TODO: Rework the Levenshtein query feature to avoid repeating
156                    //   the same query over and over again. Maybe try to see if
157                    //   `fst_levenshtein` can return distances in its response.
158                    while alternates_try > 0 && typo_factor <= max_typo_factor {
159                        let Some(suggestions) = fst_action.lookup_typos(term, typo_factor) else {
160                            tracing::trace!("did not get any completed word for term {term:?}");
161                            continue 'terms;
162                        };
163
164                        merge_suggestions(
165                            suggestions,
166                            &mut scoring_matrix,
167                            term,
168                            idx,
169                            term_count,
170                            &kv_action,
171                            &mut alternates_try,
172                            higher_limit,
173                        );
174
175                        typo_factor += 1;
176                    }
177                }
178            }
179
180            #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
181            tracing::debug!(?scoring_matrix);
182
183            // Switch to implicit `AND` if query contains a special token.
184            // NOTE: When a user queries for a special token (e.g. UUID),
185            //   they expect only exact matches to be returned. If one term is
186            //   considered special, we drop all results missing at least one
187            //   term. It’s not the most efficient (compared to not storing the
188            //   result in the first place) but it’s an edge case and the cost
189            //   is negligible.
190            let one_term_is_special = tokens.iter().any(|(token, _, _)| token.is_special());
191            if one_term_is_special {
192                let mut to_remove = Vec::<StoreObjectIID>::new();
193
194                for (&iid, scores) in scoring_matrix.iter() {
195                    if scores.contains(&MISSING_MATCH_SCORE) {
196                        to_remove.push(iid);
197                    }
198                }
199
200                for iid in to_remove {
201                    scoring_matrix.swap_remove(&iid);
202                }
203            }
204
205            // Flatten scores, taking into account missing matches (thanks to
206            // `MISSING_MATCH_SCORE`).
207            let found_iids = scoring_matrix
208                .into_iter()
209                .map(|(iid, scores)| (iid, scores.into_iter().sum()));
210
211            // Sort found IIDs, then flatten.
212            let all_iids = sorted_groups(found_iids).flat_map(|(_, v)| v);
213
214            // Resolve OIDs from IIDs
215            // Notice: we also proceed paging from there
216            let (limit_usize, offset_usize) = (limit as usize, offset as usize);
217            let mut result_oids = Vec::with_capacity(limit_usize);
218
219            'paging: for (index, found_iid) in all_iids.skip(offset_usize).enumerate() {
220                // Stop there?
221                if index >= limit_usize {
222                    break 'paging;
223                }
224
225                // Read IID-to-OID for this found IID
226                if let Ok(Some(oid)) = kv_action.get_iid_to_oid(found_iid) {
227                    result_oids.push(oid);
228                } else {
229                    tracing::error!("failed getting search executor iid-to-oid");
230                }
231            }
232
233            tracing::info!("got search executor final oids: {:?}", result_oids);
234
235            return Ok(result_oids);
236        }
237
238        Err(())
239    }
240}
241
242#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)] // We’ll refactor this someday, and it’ not public anyway.
243fn merge_suggestions(
244    suggestions: impl Iterator<Item = (String, QueryMatchScore)>,
245    scoring_matrix: &mut IndexMap<StoreObjectIID, Vec<QueryMatchScore>>,
246    term: &String,
247    term_idx: usize,
248    term_count: usize,
249    kv_action: &StoreKVAction<'_>,
250    alternates_try: &mut usize,
251    higher_limit: usize,
252) {
253    'suggestions: for (suggested_word, suggestion_score) in suggestions {
254        // Do not load base results twice for same term as base term
255        if suggested_word.eq(term) {
256            continue;
257        }
258
259        tracing::trace!(?term, ?suggested_word, "got completed word for term");
260
261        let suggested_term_hash = StoreTermHash::from(&suggested_word);
262        let suggested_iids = match kv_action.get_term_to_iids(suggested_term_hash) {
263            Ok(Some(suggested_iids)) => suggested_iids,
264            Ok(None) => continue,
265            Err(_) => continue,
266        };
267
268        for suggested_iid in suggested_iids.into_iter().take(*alternates_try) {
269            // SAFETY: We can reach at most `alternates_try`.
270            *alternates_try = unsafe { alternates_try.unchecked_sub(1) };
271
272            let inserted = update_score(
273                scoring_matrix,
274                suggested_iid,
275                suggestion_score,
276                term_idx,
277                term_count,
278            );
279
280            if inserted {
281                // Higher limit now reached?
282                // Stop acquiring new suggested IIDs now.
283                if scoring_matrix.len() >= higher_limit {
284                    tracing::trace!(?term, "got enough completed results for term");
285
286                    break 'suggestions;
287                }
288            }
289        }
290    }
291
292    tracing::trace!(
293        ?term,
294        "done completing results for term, now {} total results",
295        scoring_matrix.len()
296    );
297}
298
299fn update_score(
300    scoring_matrix: &mut IndexMap<StoreObjectIID, Vec<QueryMatchScore>>,
301    iid: StoreObjectIID,
302    score: QueryMatchScore,
303    term_idx: usize,
304    term_count: usize,
305) -> bool {
306    match scoring_matrix.entry(iid) {
307        // If entry already exists, use lowest score.
308        indexmap::map::Entry::Occupied(mut occupied_entry) => {
309            // SAFETY: We always initialize vecs with `term_count` entries.
310            let entry_score = unsafe { occupied_entry.get_mut().get_unchecked_mut(term_idx) };
311
312            let new_score = score.min(*entry_score);
313
314            tracing::trace!(entry_score, new_score, "Updating to min score");
315            *entry_score = new_score;
316
317            false
318        }
319        // If entry does not exist, insert score.
320        indexmap::map::Entry::Vacant(vacant_entry) => {
321            let mut scores = vec![MISSING_MATCH_SCORE; term_count];
322
323            tracing::trace!(new_score = score, "Inserting new score");
324            // SAFETY: `scores` has `term_count` elements.
325            unsafe { *scores.get_unchecked_mut(term_idx) = score };
326
327            vacant_entry.insert(scores);
328
329            true
330        }
331    }
332}
333
334fn sorted_groups(
335    map: impl ExactSizeIterator<Item = (StoreObjectIID, QueryMatchScore)>,
336) -> impl ExactSizeIterator<Item = (QueryMatchScore, Vec<StoreObjectIID>)> {
337    let mut btree: BTreeMap<QueryMatchScore, Vec<StoreObjectIID>> = BTreeMap::new();
338
339    for (k, v) in map.into_iter() {
340        btree.entry(v).or_default().push(k);
341    }
342
343    btree.into_iter()
344}