msokolov commented on code in PR #12413: URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/12413#discussion_r1254834917
########## lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/hnsw/HnswGraphSearcher.java: ########## @@ -256,6 +256,56 @@ public NeighborQueue searchLevel( return results; } + /** + * Function to find the best entry point from which to search the zeroth graph layer. + * + * @param query vector query with which to search + * @param vectors random access vector values + * @param graph the HNSWGraph + * @param visitLimit How many vectors are allowed to be visited + * @return An integer array whose first element is the best entry point, and second is the number + * of candidates visited. Entry point of `-1` indicates visitation limit exceed + * @throws IOException When accessing the vector fails + */ + private int[] findBestEntryPoint( + T query, RandomAccessVectorValues<T> vectors, HnswGraph graph, int visitLimit) + throws IOException { + int size = graph.size(); + int visitedCount = 1; + prepareScratchState(vectors.size()); + int currentEp = graph.entryNode(); + float currentScore = compare(query, vectors, currentEp); + boolean foundBetter; + for (int level = graph.numLevels() - 1; level >= 1; level--) { + foundBetter = true; + visited.set(currentEp); + // Keep searching the given level until we stop finding a better candidate entry point + while (foundBetter) { Review Comment: nit: with do/while you could avoid setting foundBetter = true above -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@lucene.apache.org