Major bugfix in intersection

A bug was added with the `seek_into_the_danger_zone()` optimization

(Spotted and fixed by Stu)

The contract says seek_into_the_danger_zone returns true if do is part of the docset.

The blanket implementation goes like this.

```
let current_doc = self.doc();
if current_doc < target {
     self.seek(target);
}
self.doc() == target
```

So it will return true if target is TERMINATED, where really TERMINATED does not belong to the docset.


The fix tries to clarify the contracts and fixes the intersection algorithm.
We observe a small but all over the board improvement in intersection performance.

---------

Co-authored-by: Stu Hood <stuhood@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Paul Masurel <paul.masurel@datadoghq.com>
This commit is contained in:
Paul Masurel
2026-01-23 18:44:10 +01:00
committed by GitHub
parent abf1e64f4d
commit b86caeefe2
10 changed files with 273 additions and 104 deletions

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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
use super::size_hint::estimate_intersection;
use crate::docset::{DocSet, TERMINATED};
use crate::docset::{DocSet, SeekDangerResult, TERMINATED};
use crate::query::term_query::TermScorer;
use crate::query::{EmptyScorer, Scorer};
use crate::{DocId, Score};
@@ -108,46 +108,63 @@ impl<TDocSet: DocSet, TOtherDocSet: DocSet> DocSet for Intersection<TDocSet, TOt
#[inline]
fn advance(&mut self) -> DocId {
let (left, right) = (&mut self.left, &mut self.right);
let mut candidate = left.advance();
if candidate == TERMINATED {
return TERMINATED;
}
loop {
// In the first part we look for a document in the intersection
// of the two rarest `DocSet` in the intersection.
// Invariant:
// - candidate is always <= to the next document in the intersection.
// - candidate strictly increases at every occurence of the loop.
let mut candidate = 0;
loop {
if right.seek_into_the_danger_zone(candidate) {
break;
}
let right_doc = right.doc();
// TODO: Think about which value would make sense here
// It depends on the DocSet implementation, when a seek would outweigh an advance.
if right_doc > candidate.wrapping_add(100) {
candidate = left.seek(right_doc);
} else {
candidate = left.advance();
}
if candidate == TERMINATED {
return TERMINATED;
}
}
// Termination: candidate strictly increases.
'outer: while candidate < TERMINATED {
// As we enter the loop, we should always have candidate < next_doc.
debug_assert_eq!(left.doc(), right.doc());
// test the remaining scorers
if self
.others
.iter_mut()
.all(|docset| docset.seek_into_the_danger_zone(candidate))
// This step always increases candidate.
//
// TODO: Think about which value would make sense here
// It depends on the DocSet implementation, when a seek would outweigh an advance.
candidate = if candidate > left.doc().wrapping_add(100) {
left.seek(candidate)
} else {
left.advance()
};
// Left is positionned on `candidate`.
debug_assert_eq!(left.doc(), candidate);
if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(seek_lower_bound) = right.seek_danger(candidate)
{
debug_assert_eq!(candidate, self.left.doc());
debug_assert_eq!(candidate, self.right.doc());
debug_assert!(self.others.iter().all(|docset| docset.doc() == candidate));
return candidate;
// The max is technically useless but it makes the invariant
// easier to proofread.
debug_assert!(seek_lower_bound >= candidate);
candidate = seek_lower_bound;
continue;
}
candidate = left.advance();
// Left and right are positionned on `candidate`.
debug_assert_eq!(right.doc(), candidate);
for other in &mut self.others {
if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(seek_lower_bound) =
other.seek_danger(candidate)
{
// One of the scorer does not match, let's restart at the top of the loop.
debug_assert!(seek_lower_bound >= candidate);
candidate = seek_lower_bound;
continue 'outer;
}
}
// At this point all scorers are in a valid state, aligned on the next document in the
// intersection.
debug_assert!(self.others.iter().all(|docset| docset.doc() == candidate));
return candidate;
}
// We make sure our docset is in a valid state.
// In particular, we want .doc() to return TERMINATED.
left.seek(TERMINATED);
TERMINATED
}
fn seek(&mut self, target: DocId) -> DocId {
@@ -166,13 +183,19 @@ impl<TDocSet: DocSet, TOtherDocSet: DocSet> DocSet for Intersection<TDocSet, TOt
///
/// Some implementations may choose to advance past the target if beneficial for performance.
/// The return value is `true` if the target is in the docset, and `false` otherwise.
fn seek_into_the_danger_zone(&mut self, target: DocId) -> bool {
self.left.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target)
&& self.right.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target)
&& self
.others
.iter_mut()
.all(|docset| docset.seek_into_the_danger_zone(target))
fn seek_danger(&mut self, target: DocId) -> SeekDangerResult {
if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target) = self.left.seek_danger(target) {
return SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target);
}
if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target) = self.right.seek_danger(target) {
return SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target);
}
for docset in &mut self.others {
if let SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target) = docset.seek_danger(target) {
return SeekDangerResult::SeekLowerBound(new_target);
}
}
SeekDangerResult::Found
}
#[inline]
@@ -304,6 +327,58 @@ mod tests {
assert_eq!(intersection.doc(), TERMINATED);
}
#[test]
fn test_intersection_abc() {
let a = VecDocSet::from(vec![2, 3, 6]);
let b = VecDocSet::from(vec![1, 3, 5]);
let c = VecDocSet::from(vec![1, 3, 5]);
let mut intersection = Intersection::new(vec![c, b, a], 10);
let mut docs = Vec::new();
use crate::DocSet;
while intersection.doc() != TERMINATED {
docs.push(intersection.doc());
intersection.advance();
}
assert_eq!(&docs, &[3]);
}
#[test]
fn test_intersection_termination() {
use crate::query::score_combiner::DoNothingCombiner;
use crate::query::{BufferedUnionScorer, ConstScorer, VecDocSet};
let a1 = ConstScorer::new(VecDocSet::from(vec![0u32, 10000]), 1.0);
let a2 = ConstScorer::new(VecDocSet::from(vec![0u32, 10000]), 1.0);
let mut b_scorers = vec![];
for _ in 0..2 {
// Union matches 0 and 10000.
b_scorers.push(ConstScorer::new(VecDocSet::from(vec![0, 10000]), 1.0));
}
// That's the union of two scores matching 0, and 10_000.
let union = BufferedUnionScorer::build(b_scorers, DoNothingCombiner::default, 30000);
// Mismatching scorer: matches 0 and 20000. We then append more docs at the end to ensure it
// is last.
let mut m_docs = vec![0, 20000];
for i in 30000..30100 {
m_docs.push(i);
}
let m = ConstScorer::new(VecDocSet::from(m_docs), 1.0);
// Costs: A1=2, A2=2, Union=4, M=102.
// Sorted: A1, A2, Union, M.
// Left=A1, Right=A2, Others=[Union, M].
let mut intersection = crate::query::intersect_scorers(
vec![Box::new(a1), Box::new(a2), Box::new(union), Box::new(m)],
40000,
);
while intersection.doc() != TERMINATED {
intersection.advance();
}
}
// Strategy to generate sorted and deduplicated vectors of u32 document IDs
fn sorted_deduped_vec(max_val: u32, max_size: usize) -> impl Strategy<Value = Vec<u32>> {
prop::collection::vec(0..max_val, 0..max_size).prop_map(|mut vec| {
@@ -335,6 +410,5 @@ mod tests {
}
assert_eq!(intersection.doc(), TERMINATED);
}
}
}