xiangfu0 commented on code in PR #17994: URL: https://github.com/apache/pinot/pull/17994#discussion_r3004685625
########## pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/segment/index/readers/vector/IvfFlatVectorIndexReader.java: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,354 @@ +/** + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + * software distributed under the License is distributed on an + * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + * specific language governing permissions and limitations + * under the License. + */ +package org.apache.pinot.segment.local.segment.index.readers.vector; + +import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting; +import com.google.common.base.Preconditions; +import java.io.DataInputStream; +import java.io.File; +import java.io.FileInputStream; +import java.io.IOException; +import java.util.Arrays; +import java.util.PriorityQueue; +import org.apache.pinot.common.function.scalar.VectorFunctions; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.local.segment.index.vector.IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.V1Constants; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.creator.VectorIndexConfig; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.NprobeAware; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.VectorIndexReader; +import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.MutableRoaringBitmap; +import org.slf4j.Logger; +import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; + + +/** + * Reader for IVF_FLAT (Inverted File with flat vectors) index. + * + * <p>Loads the entire index into memory at construction time for fast search. + * The search algorithm: + * <ol> + * <li>Computes distance from the query to all centroids.</li> + * <li>Selects the {@code nprobe} closest centroids.</li> + * <li>Scans all vectors in those centroids' inverted lists.</li> + * <li>Returns the top-K doc IDs as a bitmap.</li> + * </ol> + * + * <h3>Thread safety</h3> + * <p>This class is thread-safe for concurrent reads. The loaded index data is immutable + * after construction. The only mutable state is {@code _nprobe}, which is volatile to + * allow query-time tuning from another thread. However, the typical pattern is + * single-threaded: set nprobe, then call getDocIds.</p> + */ +public class IvfFlatVectorIndexReader implements VectorIndexReader, NprobeAware { + private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IvfFlatVectorIndexReader.class); + + /** Default nprobe value when not explicitly set. */ + static final int DEFAULT_NPROBE = 4; + + // Index data loaded from file + private final int _dimension; + private final int _numVectors; + private final int _nlist; + private final VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction _distanceFunction; + private final float[][] _centroids; + private final int[][] _listDocIds; + private final float[][][] _listVectors; + private final String _column; + + /** Number of centroids to probe during search. */ + private volatile int _nprobe; + + /** + * Opens and loads an IVF_FLAT index from disk. + * + * @param column the column name + * @param indexDir the segment index directory + * @param config the vector index configuration + * @throws RuntimeException if the index file cannot be read or is corrupt + */ + public IvfFlatVectorIndexReader(String column, File indexDir, VectorIndexConfig config) { + _column = column; + + // Initialize nprobe to the default; query-time tuning should use NprobeAware#setNprobe. + int configuredNprobe = DEFAULT_NPROBE; + + File indexFile = findIvfFlatIndexFile(indexDir, column); + if (indexFile == null) { + throw new IllegalStateException( + "Failed to find IVF_FLAT index file for column: " + column + " in dir: " + indexDir); + } + + try (DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(indexFile))) { + // --- Header --- + int magic = in.readInt(); + Preconditions.checkState(magic == IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.MAGIC, + "Invalid IVF_FLAT magic: 0x%s, expected 0x%s", + Integer.toHexString(magic), Integer.toHexString(IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.MAGIC)); + + int version = in.readInt(); + Preconditions.checkState(version == IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.FORMAT_VERSION, + "Unsupported IVF_FLAT format version: %s, expected: %s", + version, IvfFlatVectorIndexCreator.FORMAT_VERSION); + + _dimension = in.readInt(); + _numVectors = in.readInt(); + _nlist = in.readInt(); + int distanceFunctionOrdinal = in.readInt(); + _distanceFunction = VectorIndexConfig.VectorDistanceFunction.values()[distanceFunctionOrdinal]; + + // Clamp nprobe to valid range + _nprobe = Math.min(configuredNprobe, _nlist); + if (_nprobe <= 0) { + _nprobe = Math.min(DEFAULT_NPROBE, _nlist); + } + + // --- Centroids --- + _centroids = new float[_nlist][_dimension]; + for (int c = 0; c < _nlist; c++) { + for (int d = 0; d < _dimension; d++) { + _centroids[c][d] = in.readFloat(); + } + } + + // --- Inverted Lists --- + _listDocIds = new int[_nlist][]; + _listVectors = new float[_nlist][][]; + + for (int c = 0; c < _nlist; c++) { + int listSize = in.readInt(); + _listDocIds[c] = new int[listSize]; + for (int i = 0; i < listSize; i++) { + _listDocIds[c][i] = in.readInt(); + } + _listVectors[c] = new float[listSize][_dimension]; + for (int i = 0; i < listSize; i++) { + for (int d = 0; d < _dimension; d++) { + _listVectors[c][i][d] = in.readFloat(); + } + } + } + + // We skip reading the offset table and footer since we read sequentially + + LOGGER.info("Loaded IVF_FLAT index for column: {}: {} vectors, {} centroids, dim={}, nprobe={}, distance={}", + column, _numVectors, _nlist, _dimension, _nprobe, _distanceFunction); + } catch (IOException e) { + throw new RuntimeException( + "Failed to load IVF_FLAT index for column: " + column + " from file: " + indexFile, e); + } + } + + @Override + public MutableRoaringBitmap getDocIds(float[] searchQuery, int topK) { + Preconditions.checkArgument(searchQuery.length == _dimension, + "Query dimension mismatch: expected %s, got %s", _dimension, searchQuery.length); + Preconditions.checkArgument(topK > 0, "topK must be positive, got: %s", topK); + + if (_numVectors == 0 || _nlist == 0) { + return new MutableRoaringBitmap(); + } + + int effectiveNprobe = Math.min(_nprobe, _nlist); + + // Step 1: Find the nprobe closest centroids + int[] probeCentroids = findClosestCentroids(searchQuery, effectiveNprobe); + + // Step 2: Scan all vectors in the selected inverted lists, maintaining a max-heap of size topK + // Max-heap: the largest distance is at the top, so we can efficiently evict the worst candidate. + int effectiveTopK = Math.min(topK, _numVectors); + PriorityQueue<ScoredDoc> maxHeap = new PriorityQueue<>(effectiveTopK, + (a, b) -> Float.compare(b._distance, a._distance)); + + for (int probeIdx : probeCentroids) { + int[] docIds = _listDocIds[probeIdx]; + float[][] vectors = _listVectors[probeIdx]; + + for (int i = 0; i < docIds.length; i++) { + float dist = computeDistance(searchQuery, vectors[i]); + if (maxHeap.size() < effectiveTopK) { + maxHeap.offer(new ScoredDoc(docIds[i], dist)); + } else if (dist < maxHeap.peek()._distance) { + maxHeap.poll(); + maxHeap.offer(new ScoredDoc(docIds[i], dist)); + } + } + } + + // Step 3: Collect results into a bitmap + MutableRoaringBitmap result = new MutableRoaringBitmap(); + for (ScoredDoc doc : maxHeap) { + result.add(doc._docId); + } + return result; + } + + /** + * Sets the number of centroids to probe during search. + * This allows query-time tuning of the recall/speed tradeoff. + * + * @param nprobe number of centroids to probe (clamped to [1, nlist]) + */ + public void setNprobe(int nprobe) { + _nprobe = Math.max(1, Math.min(nprobe, _nlist)); + } Review Comment: Documented in Javadoc (commit 854c748). In Pinot's execution model, each query runs single-threaded per segment. The volatile field ensures visibility. A future improvement could pass nprobe as a getDocIds() parameter. ########## pinot-segment-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/spi/store/SegmentDirectoryPaths.java: ########## @@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ public static File findVectorIndexIndexFile(File segmentIndexDir, String column) vectorIndexDirectory = column + V1Constants.Indexes.VECTOR_HNSW_INDEX_FILE_EXTENSION; formatFile = findFormatFile(segmentIndexDir, vectorIndexDirectory); } + + // check for IVF_FLAT index, if null + if (formatFile == null) { + String ivfFlatFile = column + V1Constants.Indexes.VECTOR_IVF_FLAT_INDEX_FILE_EXTENSION; + formatFile = findFormatFile(segmentIndexDir, ivfFlatFile); + } return formatFile; } Review Comment: Safe in practice: the ReaderFactory dispatches by VectorBackendType before creating either HNSW or IVF_FLAT reader. HNSW reader is never instantiated for IVF_FLAT columns. The findVectorIndexIndexFile tries HNSW extensions first, so HNSW reader always finds its own files first. ########## pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/segment/index/vector/VectorIndexType.java: ########## @@ -161,10 +198,15 @@ public MutableIndex createMutableIndex(MutableIndexContext context, VectorIndexC return null; } - return new MutableVectorIndex(context.getSegmentName(), context.getFieldSpec().getName(), config); - } - - public enum IndexType { - HNSW + VectorBackendType backendType = config.resolveBackendType(); + switch (backendType) { + case HNSW: + return new MutableVectorIndex(context.getSegmentName(), context.getFieldSpec().getName(), config); + case IVF_FLAT: + // IVF_FLAT does not support mutable indexes in phase 1; return null to skip index creation. + return null; Review Comment: Fixed in commit 854c748 — now logs a WARN when IVF_FLAT is configured on a mutable segment, explaining no vector index will be built and queries will fall back to exact scan. ########## pinot-segment-spi/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/spi/index/creator/VectorIndexConfigValidator.java: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,213 @@ +/** + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + * software distributed under the License is distributed on an + * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + * specific language governing permissions and limitations + * under the License. + */ +package org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.creator; + +import java.util.Arrays; +import java.util.Collections; +import java.util.HashSet; +import java.util.Map; +import java.util.Set; + + +/** + * Validates {@link VectorIndexConfig} for backend-specific correctness. + * + * <p>This validator ensures that: + * <ul> + * <li>Required common fields (vectorDimension, vectorDistanceFunction) are present and valid.</li> + * <li>The vectorIndexType resolves to a known {@link VectorBackendType}.</li> + * <li>Backend-specific properties are valid for the resolved backend type.</li> + * <li>Properties belonging to a different backend are rejected with a clear error message.</li> + * </ul> + * + * <p>Thread-safe: this class is stateless and all methods are static.</p> + */ +public final class VectorIndexConfigValidator { + + // HNSW-specific property keys + static final Set<String> HNSW_PROPERTIES = Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>( + Arrays.asList("maxCon", "beamWidth", "maxDimensions", "maxBufferSizeMB", + "useCompoundFile", "mode", "commit", "commitIntervalMs", "commitDocs"))); + + // IVF_FLAT-specific property keys + static final Set<String> IVF_FLAT_PROPERTIES = Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>( + Arrays.asList("nlist", "trainSampleSize", "trainingSeed", "minRowsForIndex"))); + + // Common property keys that appear in the properties map (legacy format stores common fields there too) + private static final Set<String> COMMON_PROPERTIES = Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>( + Arrays.asList("vectorIndexType", "vectorDimension", "vectorDistanceFunction", "version"))); + + private VectorIndexConfigValidator() { + } + + /** + * Validates the given {@link VectorIndexConfig} for backend-specific correctness. + * + * @param config the config to validate + * @throws IllegalArgumentException if validation fails + */ + public static void validate(VectorIndexConfig config) { + if (config.isDisabled()) { + return; + } + + VectorBackendType backendType = resolveBackendType(config); + validateCommonFields(config); + validateBackendSpecificProperties(config, backendType); + } + + /** + * Resolves the {@link VectorBackendType} from the config. Defaults to HNSW if the + * vectorIndexType field is null or empty, preserving backward compatibility. + * + * @param config the config to resolve from + * @return the resolved backend type + * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the vectorIndexType is not recognized + */ + public static VectorBackendType resolveBackendType(VectorIndexConfig config) { + String typeString = config.getVectorIndexType(); + if (typeString == null || typeString.isEmpty()) { + return VectorBackendType.HNSW; + } + return VectorBackendType.fromString(typeString); + } + + /** + * Validates common fields shared across all backend types. + */ + private static void validateCommonFields(VectorIndexConfig config) { + if (config.getVectorDimension() <= 0) { + throw new IllegalArgumentException( + "vectorDimension must be a positive integer, got: " + config.getVectorDimension()); + } + + if (config.getVectorDistanceFunction() == null) { + throw new IllegalArgumentException("vectorDistanceFunction is required"); + } + } + + /** + * Validates that the properties map only contains keys valid for the resolved backend type, + * and that backend-specific property values are within acceptable ranges. + */ + private static void validateBackendSpecificProperties(VectorIndexConfig config, VectorBackendType backendType) { + Map<String, String> properties = config.getProperties(); + if (properties == null || properties.isEmpty()) { + return; + } + + switch (backendType) { + case HNSW: + validateNoForeignProperties(properties, HNSW_PROPERTIES, IVF_FLAT_PROPERTIES, "HNSW", "IVF_FLAT"); + validateHnswProperties(properties); + break; + case IVF_FLAT: + validateNoForeignProperties(properties, IVF_FLAT_PROPERTIES, HNSW_PROPERTIES, "IVF_FLAT", "HNSW"); + validateIvfFlatProperties(properties); + break; + default: + throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported vector backend type: " + backendType); + } + } + + /** + * Ensures that properties belonging to a foreign backend are not present. + * Note: this only rejects known foreign-backend keys; arbitrary unknown keys are allowed + * to support forward-compatible extensibility. + */ + private static void validateNoForeignProperties(Map<String, String> properties, + Set<String> ownProperties, Set<String> foreignProperties, + String ownType, String foreignType) { + for (String key : properties.keySet()) { + if (COMMON_PROPERTIES.contains(key)) { + continue; + } + if (foreignProperties.contains(key)) { + throw new IllegalArgumentException( + "Property '" + key + "' is specific to " + foreignType + + " and cannot be used with vectorIndexType " + ownType); + } + } + } + + /** + * Validates HNSW-specific property values. + */ + private static void validateHnswProperties(Map<String, String> properties) { + validatePositiveIntProperty(properties, "maxCon", "HNSW maxCon"); + validatePositiveIntProperty(properties, "beamWidth", "HNSW beamWidth"); + validatePositiveIntProperty(properties, "maxDimensions", "HNSW maxDimensions"); + validatePositiveDoubleProperty(properties, "maxBufferSizeMB", "HNSW maxBufferSizeMB"); + } + + /** + * Validates IVF_FLAT-specific property values. + */ + private static void validateIvfFlatProperties(Map<String, String> properties) { + validatePositiveIntProperty(properties, "nlist", "IVF_FLAT nlist"); + validatePositiveIntProperty(properties, "trainSampleSize", "IVF_FLAT trainSampleSize"); + validatePositiveIntProperty(properties, "minRowsForIndex", "IVF_FLAT minRowsForIndex"); Review Comment: Valid observation. minRowsForIndex is validated but not yet enforced at build time. Will be wired into the creator in a follow-up — keeping validation now so configs are forward-compatible. ########## pinot-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/core/operator/filter/VectorSimilarityFilterOperator.java: ########## @@ -22,58 +22,95 @@ import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.List; +import java.util.PriorityQueue; +import javax.annotation.Nullable; import org.apache.pinot.common.request.context.predicate.VectorSimilarityPredicate; import org.apache.pinot.core.common.BlockDocIdSet; import org.apache.pinot.core.common.Operator; import org.apache.pinot.core.operator.ExplainAttributeBuilder; import org.apache.pinot.core.operator.docidsets.BitmapDocIdSet; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.ForwardIndexReader; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.ForwardIndexReaderContext; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.NprobeAware; import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.VectorIndexReader; import org.apache.pinot.spi.data.FieldSpec; import org.apache.pinot.spi.trace.FilterType; import org.apache.pinot.spi.trace.InvocationRecording; import org.apache.pinot.spi.trace.Tracing; import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.ImmutableRoaringBitmap; +import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.MutableRoaringBitmap; +import org.slf4j.Logger; +import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; /** - * Operator for Vector Search query. - * <p>Currently, we only support vector similarity search on float array column. - * Example: - * { - * "type": "vectorSimilarity", - * "leftValue": "embedding", - * "rightValue": [1.0, 2.0, 3.0], - * "topK": 10 - * } + * Operator for vector similarity search using an ANN index (HNSW or IVF_FLAT). * + * <p>This operator supports backend-neutral vector search with the following capabilities:</p> + * <ul> + * <li><b>nprobe dispatch:</b> If the underlying reader implements {@link NprobeAware}, the + * {@code vector.nprobe} query option is applied before search.</li> + * <li><b>Exact rerank:</b> When {@code vector.exactRerank=true}, ANN candidates are re-scored + * using exact distance from the forward index and re-sorted before final top-K selection.</li> + * <li><b>maxCandidates:</b> Controls how many ANN candidates are retrieved before rerank. Only + * meaningful when rerank is enabled.</li> Review Comment: Fixed in commit 854c748 — Javadoc now uses vectorNprobe, vectorExactRerank, vectorMaxCandidates matching the actual QueryOptionKey constants. ########## pinot-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/core/operator/filter/VectorSimilarityFilterOperator.java: ########## @@ -120,6 +157,106 @@ protected void explainAttributes(ExplainAttributeBuilder attributeBuilder) { attributeBuilder.putString("vectorIdentifier", _predicate.getLhs().getIdentifier()); attributeBuilder.putString("vectorLiteral", Arrays.toString(_predicate.getValue())); attributeBuilder.putLongIdempotent("topKtoSearch", _predicate.getTopK()); + if (_searchParams.isExactRerank()) { + attributeBuilder.putString("exactRerank", "true"); + } + } + + /** + * Executes the vector search with backend-specific parameter dispatch and optional rerank. + */ + private ImmutableRoaringBitmap executeSearch() { + String column = _predicate.getLhs().getIdentifier(); + float[] queryVector = _predicate.getValue(); + int topK = _predicate.getTopK(); + + // 1. Configure backend-specific parameters via interfaces + configureBackendParams(column); + + // 2. Determine effective search count (higher if rerank is enabled) + int searchCount = topK; + if (_searchParams.isExactRerank()) { + searchCount = _searchParams.getEffectiveMaxCandidates(topK); + } + + // 3. Execute ANN search + ImmutableRoaringBitmap annResults = _vectorIndexReader.getDocIds(queryVector, searchCount); + int annCandidateCount = annResults.getCardinality(); + + LOGGER.debug("Vector search on column: {}, backend: {}, topK: {}, searchCount: {}, annCandidates: {}", + column, getBackendName(), topK, searchCount, annCandidateCount); + + // 4. Apply exact rerank if requested + if (_searchParams.isExactRerank() && _forwardIndexReader != null && annCandidateCount > 0) { + ImmutableRoaringBitmap reranked = applyExactRerank(annResults, queryVector, topK, column); + LOGGER.debug("Exact rerank on column: {}, candidates: {} -> final: {}", + column, annCandidateCount, reranked.getCardinality()); + return reranked; + } + + return annResults; + } + + /** + * Configures backend-specific search parameters on the reader if it supports them. + */ + private void configureBackendParams(String column) { + // Set nprobe on IVF_FLAT readers + if (_vectorIndexReader instanceof NprobeAware) { + int nprobe = _searchParams.getNprobe(); + ((NprobeAware) _vectorIndexReader).setNprobe(nprobe); + LOGGER.debug("Set nprobe={} on IVF_FLAT reader for column: {}", nprobe, column); Review Comment: Same as the setNprobe thread-safety comment — documented in Javadoc. Pinot's single-threaded-per-segment model makes this safe in practice. Will consider per-call nprobe in phase 2. ########## pinot-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/core/operator/filter/VectorSimilarityFilterOperator.java: ########## @@ -120,6 +157,106 @@ protected void explainAttributes(ExplainAttributeBuilder attributeBuilder) { attributeBuilder.putString("vectorIdentifier", _predicate.getLhs().getIdentifier()); attributeBuilder.putString("vectorLiteral", Arrays.toString(_predicate.getValue())); attributeBuilder.putLongIdempotent("topKtoSearch", _predicate.getTopK()); + if (_searchParams.isExactRerank()) { + attributeBuilder.putString("exactRerank", "true"); + } + } + + /** + * Executes the vector search with backend-specific parameter dispatch and optional rerank. + */ + private ImmutableRoaringBitmap executeSearch() { + String column = _predicate.getLhs().getIdentifier(); + float[] queryVector = _predicate.getValue(); + int topK = _predicate.getTopK(); + + // 1. Configure backend-specific parameters via interfaces + configureBackendParams(column); + + // 2. Determine effective search count (higher if rerank is enabled) + int searchCount = topK; + if (_searchParams.isExactRerank()) { + searchCount = _searchParams.getEffectiveMaxCandidates(topK); + } + + // 3. Execute ANN search + ImmutableRoaringBitmap annResults = _vectorIndexReader.getDocIds(queryVector, searchCount); + int annCandidateCount = annResults.getCardinality(); + + LOGGER.debug("Vector search on column: {}, backend: {}, topK: {}, searchCount: {}, annCandidates: {}", + column, getBackendName(), topK, searchCount, annCandidateCount); + + // 4. Apply exact rerank if requested + if (_searchParams.isExactRerank() && _forwardIndexReader != null && annCandidateCount > 0) { + ImmutableRoaringBitmap reranked = applyExactRerank(annResults, queryVector, topK, column); + LOGGER.debug("Exact rerank on column: {}, candidates: {} -> final: {}", + column, annCandidateCount, reranked.getCardinality()); + return reranked; + } + + return annResults; + } + + /** + * Configures backend-specific search parameters on the reader if it supports them. + */ + private void configureBackendParams(String column) { + // Set nprobe on IVF_FLAT readers + if (_vectorIndexReader instanceof NprobeAware) { + int nprobe = _searchParams.getNprobe(); + ((NprobeAware) _vectorIndexReader).setNprobe(nprobe); + LOGGER.debug("Set nprobe={} on IVF_FLAT reader for column: {}", nprobe, column); + } + } + + /** + * Re-scores ANN candidates using exact distance from the forward index and returns top-K. + */ + @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") + private ImmutableRoaringBitmap applyExactRerank(ImmutableRoaringBitmap annResults, float[] queryVector, + int topK, String column) { + // Max-heap: largest distance on top for efficient eviction + PriorityQueue<DocDistance> maxHeap = new PriorityQueue<>(topK + 1, + (a, b) -> Float.compare(b._distance, a._distance)); + + ForwardIndexReader rawReader = _forwardIndexReader; + try (ForwardIndexReaderContext context = rawReader.createContext()) { + org.roaringbitmap.IntIterator it = annResults.getIntIterator(); + while (it.hasNext()) { + int docId = it.next(); + float[] docVector = rawReader.getFloatMV(docId, context); + if (docVector == null || docVector.length == 0) { + continue; + } + // TODO: derive distance function from segment's vector index config instead of hardcoding L2. + // Currently correct for EUCLIDEAN/L2; may produce suboptimal rerank ordering for COSINE/DOT_PRODUCT. + float distance = ExactVectorScanFilterOperator.computeL2SquaredDistance(queryVector, docVector); + if (maxHeap.size() < topK) { + maxHeap.add(new DocDistance(docId, distance)); + } else if (distance < maxHeap.peek()._distance) { + maxHeap.poll(); + maxHeap.add(new DocDistance(docId, distance)); + } Review Comment: TODO added in commit cf217b9. Multi-distance rerank tracked for phase 2. ########## pinot-core/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/core/operator/filter/ExactVectorScanFilterOperator.java: ########## @@ -0,0 +1,223 @@ +/** + * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one + * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file + * distributed with this work for additional information + * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file + * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the + * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance + * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at + * + * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + * + * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, + * software distributed under the License is distributed on an + * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY + * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the + * specific language governing permissions and limitations + * under the License. + */ +package org.apache.pinot.core.operator.filter; + +import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat; +import java.util.Arrays; +import java.util.Collections; +import java.util.List; +import java.util.PriorityQueue; +import org.apache.pinot.common.function.scalar.VectorFunctions; +import org.apache.pinot.common.request.context.predicate.VectorSimilarityPredicate; +import org.apache.pinot.core.common.BlockDocIdSet; +import org.apache.pinot.core.common.Operator; +import org.apache.pinot.core.operator.ExplainAttributeBuilder; +import org.apache.pinot.core.operator.docidsets.BitmapDocIdSet; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.ForwardIndexReader; +import org.apache.pinot.segment.spi.index.reader.ForwardIndexReaderContext; +import org.apache.pinot.spi.data.FieldSpec; +import org.apache.pinot.spi.trace.FilterType; +import org.apache.pinot.spi.trace.InvocationRecording; +import org.apache.pinot.spi.trace.Tracing; +import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.ImmutableRoaringBitmap; +import org.roaringbitmap.buffer.MutableRoaringBitmap; +import org.slf4j.Logger; +import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; + + +/** + * Fallback operator that performs exact brute-force vector similarity search by scanning the forward index. + * + * <p>This operator is used when no ANN vector index exists on a segment for the target column + * (e.g., the segment was built before the vector index was added, or the index type is not + * supported). It reads all vectors from the forward index, computes exact distances to the + * query vector, and returns the top-K closest document IDs.</p> + * + * <p>The distance computation uses L2 (Euclidean) squared distance. For COSINE similarity, + * vectors should be pre-normalized. This matches the behavior of Lucene's HNSW implementation.</p> + * + * <p>This operator is intentionally simple and correct rather than fast -- it is a safety net. + * A warning is logged when this operator is used because it scans all documents in the segment.</p> + * + * <p>This class is thread-safe for single-threaded execution per query (same as other filter operators).</p> + */ +public class ExactVectorScanFilterOperator extends BaseFilterOperator { + private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ExactVectorScanFilterOperator.class); + private static final String EXPLAIN_NAME = "VECTOR_SIMILARITY_EXACT_SCAN"; + + private final ForwardIndexReader<?> _forwardIndexReader; + private final VectorSimilarityPredicate _predicate; + private final String _column; + private ImmutableRoaringBitmap _matches; + + /** + * Creates an exact scan operator. + * + * @param forwardIndexReader the forward index reader for the vector column + * @param predicate the vector similarity predicate containing query vector and top-K + * @param column the column name (for logging and explain) + * @param numDocs the total number of documents in the segment + */ + public ExactVectorScanFilterOperator(ForwardIndexReader<?> forwardIndexReader, + VectorSimilarityPredicate predicate, String column, int numDocs) { + super(numDocs, false); + _forwardIndexReader = forwardIndexReader; + _predicate = predicate; + _column = column; + } + + @Override + protected BlockDocIdSet getTrues() { + if (_matches == null) { + _matches = computeExactTopK(); + } + return new BitmapDocIdSet(_matches, _numDocs); + } + + @Override + public int getNumMatchingDocs() { + if (_matches == null) { + _matches = computeExactTopK(); + } + return _matches.getCardinality(); + } + + @Override + public boolean canProduceBitmaps() { + return true; + } + + @Override + public BitmapCollection getBitmaps() { + if (_matches == null) { + _matches = computeExactTopK(); + } + record(_matches); + return new BitmapCollection(_numDocs, false, _matches); + } + + @Override + public List<Operator> getChildOperators() { + return Collections.emptyList(); + } + + @Override + public String toExplainString() { + return EXPLAIN_NAME + "(indexLookUp:exact_scan" + + ", operator:" + _predicate.getType() + + ", vector identifier:" + _column + + ", vector literal:" + Arrays.toString(_predicate.getValue()) + + ", topK to search:" + _predicate.getTopK() + + ')'; + } + + @Override + protected String getExplainName() { + return CaseFormat.UPPER_UNDERSCORE.to(CaseFormat.UPPER_CAMEL, EXPLAIN_NAME); + } + + @Override + protected void explainAttributes(ExplainAttributeBuilder attributeBuilder) { + super.explainAttributes(attributeBuilder); + attributeBuilder.putString("indexLookUp", "exact_scan"); + attributeBuilder.putString("operator", _predicate.getType().name()); + attributeBuilder.putString("vectorIdentifier", _column); + attributeBuilder.putString("vectorLiteral", Arrays.toString(_predicate.getValue())); + attributeBuilder.putLongIdempotent("topKtoSearch", _predicate.getTopK()); + } + + /** + * Performs brute-force exact search over all documents in the segment. + * Uses a max-heap to maintain the top-K closest vectors. + */ + @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") + private ImmutableRoaringBitmap computeExactTopK() { + LOGGER.warn("Performing exact vector scan fallback on column: {} for segment with {} docs. " + + "This is expensive -- consider adding a vector index.", _column, _numDocs); + + float[] queryVector = _predicate.getValue(); + int topK = _predicate.getTopK(); + + // Max-heap: entry with largest distance is at the top so we can efficiently evict it + PriorityQueue<DocDistance> maxHeap = new PriorityQueue<>(topK + 1, + (a, b) -> Float.compare(b._distance, a._distance)); + + ForwardIndexReader rawReader = _forwardIndexReader; + try (ForwardIndexReaderContext context = rawReader.createContext()) { + for (int docId = 0; docId < _numDocs; docId++) { + float[] docVector = rawReader.getFloatMV(docId, context); + if (docVector == null || docVector.length == 0) { + continue; + } + float distance = computeL2SquaredDistance(queryVector, docVector); + if (maxHeap.size() < topK) { + maxHeap.add(new DocDistance(docId, distance)); + } else if (distance < maxHeap.peek()._distance) { + maxHeap.poll(); + maxHeap.add(new DocDistance(docId, distance)); + } + } Review Comment: Same as above — L2 only in phase 1 fallback. 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