Merge branch 'master' into hqann2

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           - postgres: 16
             os: macos-14
           - postgres: 14
-            os: macos-12
+            os: macos-13
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ankane/setup-postgres@v1

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## 0.8.0 (unreleased)
 
 - Added support for inline filtering with HNSW
+- Added support for iterative index scans
 - Added casts for arrays to `sparsevec`
 - Improved cost estimation
 - Improved performance of HNSW inserts and on-disk index builds

src/hnsw.c

@@ -18,7 +18,16 @@
 #define MarkGUCPrefixReserved(x) EmitWarningsOnPlaceholders(x)
 #endif
 
+static const struct config_enum_entry hnsw_iterative_search_options[] = {
+	{"off", HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF, false},
+	{"on", HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_RELAXED, false},
+	{"strict", HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_STRICT, false},
+	{NULL, 0, false}
+};
+
 int			hnsw_ef_search;
+int			hnsw_iterative_search_max_tuples;
+int			hnsw_iterative_search;
 int			hnsw_lock_tranche_id;
 static relopt_kind hnsw_relopt_kind;
 
@@ -69,6 +78,15 @@ HnswInit(void)
 							"Valid range is 1..1000.", &hnsw_ef_search,
 							HNSW_DEFAULT_EF_SEARCH, HNSW_MIN_EF_SEARCH, HNSW_MAX_EF_SEARCH, PGC_USERSET, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
+	DefineCustomEnumVariable("hnsw.iterative_search", "Sets iterative search",
+							 NULL, &hnsw_iterative_search,
+							 HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF, hnsw_iterative_search_options, PGC_USERSET, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+	/* TODO Ensure ivfflat.max_probes uses same value for "all" */
+	DefineCustomIntVariable("hnsw.iterative_search_max_tuples", "Sets the max number of candidates to visit for iterative search",
+							"-1 means all", &hnsw_iterative_search_max_tuples,
+							-1, -1, INT_MAX, PGC_USERSET, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
 	MarkGUCPrefixReserved("hnsw");
 }
 

src/hnsw.h

@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
 /* Ensure fits on page and in uint8 */
 #define HnswGetMaxLevel(m) Min(((BLCKSZ - MAXALIGN(SizeOfPageHeaderData) - MAXALIGN(sizeof(HnswPageOpaqueData)) - offsetof(HnswNeighborTupleData, indextids) - sizeof(ItemIdData)) / (sizeof(ItemPointerData)) / (m)) - 2, 255)
 
+#define HnswGetSearchCandidate(membername, ptr) pairingheap_container(HnswSearchCandidate, membername, ptr)
+#define HnswGetSearchCandidateConst(membername, ptr) pairingheap_const_container(HnswSearchCandidate, membername, ptr)
+
 #define HnswGetValue(base, element) PointerGetDatum(HnswPtrAccess(base, (element)->value))
 
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM < 140005
@@ -109,8 +112,17 @@
 
 /* Variables */
 extern int	hnsw_ef_search;
+extern int	hnsw_iterative_search;
+extern int	hnsw_iterative_search_max_tuples;
 extern int	hnsw_lock_tranche_id;
 
+typedef enum HnswIterativeSearchType
+{
+	HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF,
+	HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_RELAXED,
+	HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_STRICT
+}			HnswIterativeSearchType;
+
 typedef struct HnswElementData HnswElementData;
 typedef struct HnswNeighborArray HnswNeighborArray;
 
@@ -133,6 +145,7 @@ struct HnswElementData
 	uint8		heaptidsLength;
 	uint8		level;
 	uint8		deleted;
+	uint8		version;
 	uint32		hash;
 	HnswNeighborsPtr neighbors;
 	BlockNumber blkno;
@@ -326,10 +339,10 @@ typedef struct HnswElementTupleData
 	uint8		type;
 	uint8		level;
 	uint8		deleted;
-	uint8		unused;
+	uint8		version;
 	ItemPointerData heaptids[HNSW_HEAPTIDS];
 	ItemPointerData neighbortid;
-	uint16		unused2;
+	uint16		unused;
 	Vector		data;
 }			HnswElementTupleData;
 
@@ -338,18 +351,37 @@ typedef HnswElementTupleData * HnswElementTuple;
 typedef struct HnswNeighborTupleData
 {
 	uint8		type;
-	uint8		unused;
+	uint8		version;
 	uint16		count;
 	ItemPointerData indextids[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
 }			HnswNeighborTupleData;
 
 typedef HnswNeighborTupleData * HnswNeighborTuple;
 
+typedef union
+{
+	struct pointerhash_hash *pointers;
+	struct offsethash_hash *offsets;
+	struct tidhash_hash *tids;
+}			visited_hash;
+
+typedef union
+{
+	HnswElement element;
+	ItemPointerData indextid;
+}			HnswUnvisited;
+
 typedef struct HnswScanOpaqueData
 {
 	const		HnswTypeInfo *typeInfo;
 	bool		first;
 	List	   *w;
+	visited_hash v;
+	pairingheap *discarded;
+	HnswQuery	q;
+	int			m;
+	int64		tuples;
+	double		previousDistance;
 	MemoryContext tmpCtx;
 
 	/* Support functions */
@@ -393,7 +425,7 @@ bool		HnswCheckNorm(HnswSupport * support, Datum value);
 Buffer		HnswNewBuffer(Relation index, ForkNumber forkNum);
 void		HnswInitPage(Buffer buf, Page page);
 void		HnswInit(void);
-List	   *HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, bool inMemory);
+List	   *HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, bool inMemory, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples);
 HnswElement HnswGetEntryPoint(Relation index);
 void		HnswGetMetaPageInfo(Relation index, int *m, HnswElement * entryPoint);
 void	   *HnswAlloc(HnswAllocator * allocator, Size size);

src/hnswinsert.c

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ GetInsertPage(Relation index)
  * Check for a free offset
  */
 static bool
-HnswFreeOffset(Relation index, Buffer buf, Page page, HnswElement element, Size etupSize, Size ntupSize, Buffer *nbuf, Page *npage, OffsetNumber *freeOffno, OffsetNumber *freeNeighborOffno, BlockNumber *newInsertPage)
+HnswFreeOffset(Relation index, Buffer buf, Page page, HnswElement element, Size etupSize, Size ntupSize, Buffer *nbuf, Page *npage, OffsetNumber *freeOffno, OffsetNumber *freeNeighborOffno, BlockNumber *newInsertPage, uint8 *tupleVersion)
 {
 	OffsetNumber offno;
 	OffsetNumber maxoffno = PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(page);
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ HnswFreeOffset(Relation index, Buffer buf, Page page, HnswElement element, Size
 			{
 				*freeOffno = offno;
 				*freeNeighborOffno = neighborOffno;
+				*tupleVersion = etup->version;
 				return true;
 			}
 			else if (*nbuf != buf)
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ AddElementOnDisk(Relation index, HnswElement e, int m, BlockNumber insertPage, B
 	OffsetNumber freeOffno = InvalidOffsetNumber;
 	OffsetNumber freeNeighborOffno = InvalidOffsetNumber;
 	BlockNumber newInsertPage = InvalidBlockNumber;
+	uint8		tupleVersion;
 	char	   *base = NULL;
 	bool		useIndexTuple = HnswUseIndexTuple(index);
 
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ AddElementOnDisk(Relation index, HnswElement e, int m, BlockNumber insertPage, B
 		}
 
 		/* Next, try space from a deleted element */
-		if (HnswFreeOffset(index, buf, page, e, etupSize, ntupSize, &nbuf, &npage, &freeOffno, &freeNeighborOffno, &newInsertPage))
+		if (HnswFreeOffset(index, buf, page, e, etupSize, ntupSize, &nbuf, &npage, &freeOffno, &freeNeighborOffno, &newInsertPage, &tupleVersion))
 		{
 			if (nbuf != buf)
 			{
@@ -213,6 +215,10 @@ AddElementOnDisk(Relation index, HnswElement e, int m, BlockNumber insertPage, B
 					npage = GenericXLogRegisterBuffer(state, nbuf, 0);
 			}
 
+			/* Set tuple version */
+			etup->version = tupleVersion;
+			ntup->version = tupleVersion;
+
 			break;
 		}
 

src/hnswscan.c

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
 #include "storage/lmgr.h"
+#include "utils/float.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 
 /*
@@ -22,27 +23,60 @@ GetScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 	HnswElement entryPoint;
 	char	   *base = NULL;
 	bool		inMemory = false;
-	HnswQuery	q;
+	HnswQuery  *q = &so->q;
 
-	q.value = value;
-	q.itup = NULL;
-	q.keyData = scan->keyData;
+	q->value = value;
+	q->itup = NULL;
+	q->keyData = scan->keyData;
 
 	/* Get m and entry point */
 	HnswGetMetaPageInfo(index, &m, &entryPoint);
 
+	so->m = m;
+
 	if (entryPoint == NULL)
 		return NIL;
 
-	ep = list_make1(HnswEntryCandidate(base, entryPoint, &q, index, support, false, inMemory));
+	ep = list_make1(HnswEntryCandidate(base, entryPoint, q, index, support, false, inMemory));
 
 	for (int lc = entryPoint->level; lc >= 1; lc--)
 	{
-		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, false, NULL, inMemory);
+		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, false, NULL, inMemory, NULL, NULL, true, NULL);
 		ep = w;
 	}
 
-	return HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, hnsw_ef_search, 0, index, support, m, false, NULL, inMemory);
+	return HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, hnsw_ef_search, 0, index, support, m, false, NULL, inMemory, &so->v, hnsw_iterative_search != HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF ? &so->discarded : NULL, true, &so->tuples);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Resume scan at ground level with discarded candidates
+ */
+static List *
+ResumeScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan)
+{
+	HnswScanOpaque so = (HnswScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
+	Relation	index = scan->indexRelation;
+	List	   *ep = NIL;
+	char	   *base = NULL;
+	int			batch_size = hnsw_ef_search;
+
+	if (pairingheap_is_empty(so->discarded))
+		return NIL;
+
+	/* Get next batch of candidates */
+	for (int i = 0; i < batch_size; i++)
+	{
+		HnswSearchCandidate *sc;
+
+		if (pairingheap_is_empty(so->discarded))
+			break;
+
+		sc = HnswGetSearchCandidate(w_node, pairingheap_remove_first(so->discarded));
+
+		ep = lappend(ep, sc);
+	}
+
+	return HnswSearchLayer(base, &so->q, ep, batch_size, 0, index, &so->support, so->m, false, NULL, false, &so->v, &so->discarded, false, &so->tuples);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -86,6 +120,8 @@ hnswbeginscan(Relation index, int nkeys, int norderbys)
 	so = (HnswScanOpaque) palloc(sizeof(HnswScanOpaqueData));
 	so->typeInfo = HnswGetTypeInfo(index);
 	so->first = true;
+	so->v.tids = NULL;
+	so->discarded = NULL;
 	so->tmpCtx = AllocSetContextCreate(CurrentMemoryContext,
 									   "Hnsw scan temporary context",
 									   ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_SIZES);
@@ -106,7 +142,15 @@ hnswrescan(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanKey keys, int nkeys, ScanKey orderbys, int no
 {
 	HnswScanOpaque so = (HnswScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
 
+	if (so->v.tids != NULL)
+		tidhash_reset(so->v.tids);
+
+	if (so->discarded != NULL)
+		pairingheap_reset(so->discarded);
+
 	so->first = true;
+	so->tuples = 0;
+	so->previousDistance = -get_float8_infinity();
 	MemoryContextReset(so->tmpCtx);
 
 	if (keys && scan->numberOfKeys > 0)
@@ -168,22 +212,100 @@ hnswgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 #endif
 	}
 
-	while (list_length(so->w) > 0)
+	for (;;)
 	{
 		char	   *base = NULL;
-		HnswSearchCandidate *sc = llast(so->w);
-		HnswElement element = HnswPtrAccess(base, sc->element);
+		HnswSearchCandidate *sc;
+		HnswElement element;
 		ItemPointer heaptid;
 
+		if (list_length(so->w) == 0)
+		{
+			if (hnsw_iterative_search == HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF)
+				break;
+
+			/* Empty index */
+			if (so->discarded == NULL)
+				break;
+
+			/* Reached max number of additional tuples */
+			if (hnsw_iterative_search_max_tuples != -1 && so->tuples >= hnsw_iterative_search_max_tuples)
+			{
+				if (pairingheap_is_empty(so->discarded))
+					break;
+
+				/* Return remaining tuples */
+				so->w = lappend(so->w, HnswGetSearchCandidate(w_node, pairingheap_remove_first(so->discarded)));
+			}
+			/* Prevent scans from consuming too much memory */
+			else if (MemoryContextMemAllocated(so->tmpCtx, false) > (Size) work_mem * 1024L)
+			{
+				if (pairingheap_is_empty(so->discarded))
+				{
+					ereport(DEBUG1,
+							(errmsg("hnsw index scan exceeded work_mem after " INT64_FORMAT " tuples", so->tuples),
+							 errhint("Increase work_mem to scan more tuples.")));
+
+					break;
+				}
+
+				/* Return remaining tuples */
+				so->w = lappend(so->w, HnswGetSearchCandidate(w_node, pairingheap_remove_first(so->discarded)));
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				/*
+				 * Locking ensures when neighbors are read, the elements they
+				 * reference will not be deleted (and replaced) during the
+				 * iteration.
+				 *
+				 * Elements loaded into memory on previous iterations may have
+				 * been deleted (and replaced), so when reading neighbors, the
+				 * element version must be checked.
+				 */
+				LockPage(scan->indexRelation, HNSW_SCAN_LOCK, ShareLock);
+
+				so->w = ResumeScanItems(scan);
+
+				UnlockPage(scan->indexRelation, HNSW_SCAN_LOCK, ShareLock);
+
+#if defined(HNSW_MEMORY)
+				elog(INFO, "memory: %zu KB", MemoryContextMemAllocated(so->tmpCtx, false) / 1024);
+#endif
+			}
+
+			if (list_length(so->w) == 0)
+				break;
+		}
+
+		sc = llast(so->w);
+		element = HnswPtrAccess(base, sc->element);
+
 		/* Move to next element if no valid heap TIDs */
 		if (!sc->matches || element->heaptidsLength == 0)
 		{
 			so->w = list_delete_last(so->w);
+
+			/* Mark memory as free for next iteration */
+			if (hnsw_iterative_search != HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF)
+			{
+				pfree(element);
+				pfree(sc);
+			}
+
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		heaptid = &element->heaptids[--element->heaptidsLength];
 
+		if (hnsw_iterative_search == HNSW_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_STRICT)
+		{
+			if (sc->distance < so->previousDistance)
+				continue;
+
+			so->previousDistance = sc->distance;
+		}
+
 		MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldCtx);
 
 		scan->xs_heaptid = *heaptid;

src/hnswutils.c

@@ -100,19 +100,6 @@ hash_offset(Size offset)
 #define SH_DEFINE
 #include "lib/simplehash.h"
 
-typedef union
-{
-	pointerhash_hash *pointers;
-	offsethash_hash *offsets;
-	tidhash_hash *tids;
-}			visited_hash;
-
-typedef union
-{
-	HnswElement element;
-	ItemPointerData indextid;
-}			HnswUnvisited;
-
 /*
  * Get the max number of connections in an upper layer for each element in the index
  */
@@ -323,6 +310,8 @@ HnswInitElement(char *base, ItemPointer heaptid, int m, double ml, int maxLevel,
 
 	element->level = level;
 	element->deleted = 0;
+	/* Start at one to make it easier to find issues */
+	element->version = 1;
 
 	HnswInitNeighbors(base, element, m, allocator);
 
@@ -508,6 +497,7 @@ HnswSetElementTuple(char *base, HnswElementTuple etup, HnswElement element, bool
 	etup->type = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_TYPE;
 	etup->level = element->level;
 	etup->deleted = 0;
+	etup->version = element->version;
 	for (int i = 0; i < HNSW_HEAPTIDS; i++)
 	{
 		if (i < element->heaptidsLength)
@@ -562,6 +552,7 @@ HnswSetNeighborTuple(char *base, HnswNeighborTuple ntup, HnswElement e, int m)
 	}
 
 	ntup->count = idx;
+	ntup->version = e->version;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -572,6 +563,7 @@ HnswLoadElementFromTuple(HnswElement element, HnswElementTuple etup, bool loadHe
 {
 	element->level = etup->level;
 	element->deleted = etup->deleted;
+	element->version = etup->version;
 	element->neighborPage = ItemPointerGetBlockNumber(&etup->neighbortid);
 	element->neighborOffno = ItemPointerGetOffsetNumber(&etup->neighbortid);
 	element->heaptidsLength = 0;
@@ -798,9 +790,6 @@ HnswEntryCandidate(char *base, HnswElement entryPoint, HnswQuery * q, Relation i
 	return sc;
 }
 
-#define HnswGetSearchCandidate(membername, ptr) pairingheap_container(HnswSearchCandidate, membername, ptr)
-#define HnswGetSearchCandidateConst(membername, ptr) pairingheap_const_container(HnswSearchCandidate, membername, ptr)
-
 /*
  * Compare candidate distances
  */
@@ -816,6 +805,21 @@ CompareNearestCandidates(const pairingheap_node *a, const pairingheap_node *b, v
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Compare discarded candidate distances
+ */
+static int
+CompareNearestDiscardedCandidates(const pairingheap_node *a, const pairingheap_node *b, void *arg)
+{
+	if (HnswGetSearchCandidateConst(w_node, a)->distance < HnswGetSearchCandidateConst(w_node, b)->distance)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (HnswGetSearchCandidateConst(w_node, a)->distance > HnswGetSearchCandidateConst(w_node, b)->distance)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Compare candidate distances
  */
@@ -936,8 +940,11 @@ HnswLoadNeighborTids(HnswElement element, ItemPointerData *indextids, Relation i
 
 	ntup = (HnswNeighborTuple) PageGetItem(page, PageGetItemId(page, element->neighborOffno));
 
-	/* Ensure expected neighbors */
-	if (ntup->count != (element->level + 2) * m)
+	/*
+	 * Ensure the neighbor tuple has not been deleted or replaced between
+	 * index scan iterations
+	 */
+	if (ntup->version != element->version || ntup->count != (element->level + 2) * m)
 	{
 		UnlockReleaseBuffer(buf);
 		return false;
@@ -983,13 +990,13 @@ HnswLoadUnvisitedFromDisk(HnswElement element, HnswUnvisited * unvisited, int *u
  * Algorithm 2 from paper
  */
 List *
-HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, bool inMemory)
+HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, bool inMemory, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples)
 {
 	List	   *w = NIL;
 	pairingheap *C = pairingheap_allocate(CompareNearestCandidates, NULL);
 	pairingheap *W = pairingheap_allocate(CompareFurthestCandidates, NULL);
 	int			wlen = 0;
-	visited_hash v;
+	visited_hash vh;
 	ListCell   *lc2;
 	HnswNeighborArray *localNeighborhood = NULL;
 	Size		neighborhoodSize = 0;
@@ -999,7 +1006,19 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 	uint64		additional = 0;
 	uint64		maxAdditional = q->keyData && lc == 0 ? 10000 : 0;
 
-	InitVisited(base, &v, inMemory, ef, m);
+	if (v == NULL)
+	{
+		v = &vh;
+		initVisited = true;
+	}
+
+	if (initVisited)
+	{
+		InitVisited(base, v, inMemory, ef, m);
+
+		if (discarded != NULL)
+			*discarded = pairingheap_allocate(CompareNearestDiscardedCandidates, NULL);
+	}
 
 	/* Create local memory for neighborhood if needed */
 	if (inMemory)
@@ -1014,7 +1033,13 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 		HnswSearchCandidate *sc = (HnswSearchCandidate *) lfirst(lc2);
 		bool		found;
 
-		AddToVisited(base, &v, sc->element, inMemory, &found);
+		if (initVisited)
+		{
+			AddToVisited(base, v, sc->element, inMemory, &found);
+
+			if (tuples != NULL)
+				(*tuples)++;
+		}
 
 		pairingheap_add(C, &sc->c_node);
 		pairingheap_add(W, &sc->w_node);
@@ -1044,9 +1069,12 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 		cElement = HnswPtrAccess(base, c->element);
 
 		if (inMemory)
-			HnswLoadUnvisitedFromMemory(base, cElement, unvisited, &unvisitedLength, &v, lc, localNeighborhood, neighborhoodSize);
+			HnswLoadUnvisitedFromMemory(base, cElement, unvisited, &unvisitedLength, v, lc, localNeighborhood, neighborhoodSize);
 		else
-			HnswLoadUnvisitedFromDisk(cElement, unvisited, &unvisitedLength, &v, index, m, lm, lc);
+			HnswLoadUnvisitedFromDisk(cElement, unvisited, &unvisitedLength, v, index, m, lm, lc);
+
+		if (tuples != NULL)
+			(*tuples) += unvisitedLength;
 
 		for (int i = 0; i < unvisitedLength; i++)
 		{
@@ -1071,16 +1099,25 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 
 				/* Avoid any allocations if not adding */
 				eElement = NULL;
-				HnswLoadElementImpl(blkno, offno, &eDistance, &eMatches, q, index, support, inserting, alwaysAdd ? NULL : &f->distance, &eElement);
+				HnswLoadElementImpl(blkno, offno, &eDistance, &eMatches, q, index, support, inserting, alwaysAdd || discarded != NULL ? NULL : &f->distance, &eElement);
 
 				if (eElement == NULL)
 					continue;
 			}
 
-			if (!(eDistance < f->distance || alwaysAdd))
-				continue;
+			if (eElement == NULL || !(eDistance < f->distance || alwaysAdd))
+			{
+				if (discarded != NULL)
+				{
+					/* Create a new candidate */
+					e = palloc(sizeof(HnswSearchCandidate));
+					HnswPtrStore(base, e->element, eElement);
+					e->distance = eDistance;
+					pairingheap_add(*discarded, &e->w_node);
+				}
 
-			Assert(!eElement->deleted);
+				continue;
+			}
 
 			/* Make robust to issues */
 			if (eElement->level < lc)
@@ -1109,7 +1146,12 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 
 				/* No need to decrement wlen */
 				if (wlen > ef)
-					pairingheap_remove_first(W);
+				{
+					HnswSearchCandidate *d = HnswGetSearchCandidate(w_node, pairingheap_remove_first(W));
+
+					if (discarded != NULL)
+						pairingheap_add(*discarded, &d->w_node);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1451,7 +1493,7 @@ HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint
 	/* 1st phase: greedy search to insert level */
 	for (int lc = entryLevel; lc >= level + 1; lc--)
 	{
-		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, inMemory);
+		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, inMemory, NULL, NULL, true, NULL);
 		ep = w;
 	}
 
@@ -1470,7 +1512,7 @@ HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint
 		List	   *lw = NIL;
 		ListCell   *lc2;
 
-		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, efConstruction, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, inMemory);
+		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, efConstruction, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, inMemory, NULL, NULL, true, NULL);
 
 		/* Convert search candidates to candidates */
 		foreach(lc2, w)

src/hnswvacuum.c

@@ -535,6 +535,14 @@ MarkDeleted(HnswVacuumState * vacuumstate)
 			for (int i = 0; i < ntup->count; i++)
 				ItemPointerSetInvalid(&ntup->indextids[i]);
 
+			/* Increment version */
+			/* This is used to avoid incorrect reads for iterative scans */
+			/* Reserve some bits for future use */
+			etup->version++;
+			if (etup->version > 15)
+				etup->version = 1;
+			ntup->version = etup->version;
+
 			/*
 			 * We modified the tuples in place, no need to call
 			 * PageIndexTupleOverwrite

src/ivfbuild.c

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ SampleRows(IvfflatBuildState * buildstate)
  * Add tuple to sort
  */
 static void
-AddTupleToSort(Relation index, ItemPointer tid, Datum *values, IvfflatBuildState * buildstate)
+AddTupleToSort(Relation index, ItemPointer tid, Datum *values, bool *isnull, IvfflatBuildState * buildstate)
 {
 	double		distance;
 	double		minDistance = DBL_MAX;
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ AddTupleToSort(Relation index, ItemPointer tid, Datum *values, IvfflatBuildState
 	slot->tts_isnull[1] = false;
 	slot->tts_values[2] = value;
 	slot->tts_isnull[2] = false;
+	for (int i = 1; i < buildstate->tupdesc->natts; i++)
+	{
+		slot->tts_values[2 + i] = values[i];
+		slot->tts_isnull[2 + i] = isnull[i];
+	}
 	ExecStoreVirtualTuple(slot);
 
 	/*
@@ -215,7 +220,7 @@ BuildCallback(Relation index, ItemPointer tid, Datum *values,
 	oldCtx = MemoryContextSwitchTo(buildstate->tmpCtx);
 
 	/* Add tuple to sort */
-	AddTupleToSort(index, tid, values, buildstate);
+	AddTupleToSort(index, tid, values, isnull, buildstate);
 
 	/* Reset memory context */
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldCtx);
@@ -226,19 +231,20 @@ BuildCallback(Relation index, ItemPointer tid, Datum *values,
  * Get index tuple from sort state
  */
 static inline void
-GetNextTuple(Tuplesortstate *sortstate, TupleDesc tupdesc, TupleTableSlot *slot, IndexTuple *itup, int *list)
+GetNextTuple(Tuplesortstate *sortstate, TupleDesc tupdesc, TupleTableSlot *slot, Datum *values, bool *isnull, IndexTuple *itup, int *list)
 {
-	Datum		value;
-	bool		isnull;
-
 	if (tuplesort_gettupleslot(sortstate, true, false, slot, NULL))
 	{
-		*list = DatumGetInt32(slot_getattr(slot, 1, &isnull));
-		value = slot_getattr(slot, 3, &isnull);
+		bool		unused;
+
+		*list = DatumGetInt32(slot_getattr(slot, 1, &unused));
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < tupdesc->natts; i++)
+			values[i] = slot_getattr(slot, 3 + i, &isnull[i]);
 
 		/* Form the index tuple */
-		*itup = index_form_tuple(tupdesc, &value, &isnull);
-		(*itup)->t_tid = *((ItemPointer) DatumGetPointer(slot_getattr(slot, 2, &isnull)));
+		*itup = index_form_tuple(tupdesc, values, isnull);
+		(*itup)->t_tid = *((ItemPointer) DatumGetPointer(slot_getattr(slot, 2, &unused)));
 	}
 	else
 		*list = -1;
@@ -254,14 +260,16 @@ InsertTuples(Relation index, IvfflatBuildState * buildstate, ForkNumber forkNum)
 	IndexTuple	itup = NULL;	/* silence compiler warning */
 	int64		inserted = 0;
 
-	TupleTableSlot *slot = MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(buildstate->tupdesc, &TTSOpsMinimalTuple);
-	TupleDesc	tupdesc = RelationGetDescr(index);
+	TupleTableSlot *slot = MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(buildstate->sortdesc, &TTSOpsMinimalTuple);
+	TupleDesc	tupdesc = buildstate->tupdesc;
+	Datum	   *values = palloc(tupdesc->natts * sizeof(Datum));
+	bool	   *isnull = palloc(tupdesc->natts * sizeof(bool));
 
 	pgstat_progress_update_param(PROGRESS_CREATEIDX_SUBPHASE, PROGRESS_IVFFLAT_PHASE_LOAD);
 
 	pgstat_progress_update_param(PROGRESS_CREATEIDX_TUPLES_TOTAL, buildstate->indtuples);
 
-	GetNextTuple(buildstate->sortstate, tupdesc, slot, &itup, &list);
+	GetNextTuple(buildstate->sortstate, tupdesc, slot, values, isnull, &itup, &list);
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < buildstate->centers->length; i++)
 	{
@@ -297,7 +305,7 @@ InsertTuples(Relation index, IvfflatBuildState * buildstate, ForkNumber forkNum)
 
 			pgstat_progress_update_param(PROGRESS_CREATEIDX_TUPLES_DONE, ++inserted);
 
-			GetNextTuple(buildstate->sortstate, tupdesc, slot, &itup, &list);
+			GetNextTuple(buildstate->sortstate, tupdesc, slot, values, isnull, &itup, &list);
 		}
 
 		insertPage = BufferGetBlockNumber(buf);
@@ -307,6 +315,9 @@ InsertTuples(Relation index, IvfflatBuildState * buildstate, ForkNumber forkNum)
 		/* Set the start and insert pages */
 		IvfflatUpdateList(index, buildstate->listInfo[i], insertPage, InvalidBlockNumber, startPage, forkNum);
 	}
+
+	pfree(values);
+	pfree(isnull);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -319,6 +330,7 @@ InitBuildState(IvfflatBuildState * buildstate, Relation heap, Relation index, In
 	buildstate->index = index;
 	buildstate->indexInfo = indexInfo;
 	buildstate->typeInfo = IvfflatGetTypeInfo(index);
+	buildstate->tupdesc = RelationGetDescr(index);
 
 	buildstate->lists = IvfflatGetLists(index);
 	buildstate->dimensions = TupleDescAttr(index->rd_att, 0)->atttypmod;
@@ -356,12 +368,13 @@ InitBuildState(IvfflatBuildState * buildstate, Relation heap, Relation index, In
 				 errmsg("dimensions must be greater than one for this opclass")));
 
 	/* Create tuple description for sorting */
-	buildstate->tupdesc = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(3);
-	TupleDescInitEntry(buildstate->tupdesc, (AttrNumber) 1, "list", INT4OID, -1, 0);
-	TupleDescInitEntry(buildstate->tupdesc, (AttrNumber) 2, "tid", TIDOID, -1, 0);
-	TupleDescInitEntry(buildstate->tupdesc, (AttrNumber) 3, "vector", RelationGetDescr(index)->attrs[0].atttypid, -1, 0);
+	buildstate->sortdesc = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(2 + buildstate->tupdesc->natts);
+	TupleDescInitEntry(buildstate->sortdesc, (AttrNumber) 1, "list", INT4OID, -1, 0);
+	TupleDescInitEntry(buildstate->sortdesc, (AttrNumber) 2, "tid", TIDOID, -1, 0);
+	for (int i = 0; i < buildstate->tupdesc->natts; i++)
+		TupleDescInitEntry(buildstate->sortdesc, (AttrNumber) (3 + i), NULL, buildstate->tupdesc->attrs[i].atttypid, -1, 0);
 
-	buildstate->slot = MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(buildstate->tupdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual);
+	buildstate->slot = MakeSingleTupleTableSlot(buildstate->sortdesc, &TTSOpsVirtual);
 
 	buildstate->centers = VectorArrayInit(buildstate->lists, buildstate->dimensions, buildstate->typeInfo->itemSize(buildstate->dimensions));
 	buildstate->listInfo = palloc(sizeof(ListInfo) * buildstate->lists);
@@ -633,7 +646,7 @@ IvfflatParallelScanAndSort(IvfflatSpool * ivfspool, IvfflatShared * ivfshared, S
 	InitBuildState(&buildstate, ivfspool->heap, ivfspool->index, indexInfo);
 	memcpy(buildstate.centers->items, ivfcenters, buildstate.centers->itemsize * buildstate.centers->maxlen);
 	buildstate.centers->length = buildstate.centers->maxlen;
-	ivfspool->sortstate = InitBuildSortState(buildstate.tupdesc, sortmem, coordinate);
+	ivfspool->sortstate = InitBuildSortState(buildstate.sortdesc, sortmem, coordinate);
 	buildstate.sortstate = ivfspool->sortstate;
 	scan = table_beginscan_parallel(ivfspool->heap,
 									ParallelTableScanFromIvfflatShared(ivfshared));
@@ -950,7 +963,7 @@ AssignTuples(IvfflatBuildState * buildstate)
 	}
 
 	/* Begin serial/leader tuplesort */
-	buildstate->sortstate = InitBuildSortState(buildstate->tupdesc, maintenance_work_mem, coordinate);
+	buildstate->sortstate = InitBuildSortState(buildstate->sortdesc, maintenance_work_mem, coordinate);
 
 	/* Add tuples to sort */
 	if (buildstate->heap != NULL)

src/ivfflat.c

@@ -17,8 +17,16 @@
 #endif
 
 int			ivfflat_probes;
+int			ivfflat_iterative_search;
+int			ivfflat_iterative_search_max_probes;
 static relopt_kind ivfflat_relopt_kind;
 
+static const struct config_enum_entry ivfflat_iterative_search_options[] = {
+	{"off", IVFFLAT_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF, false},
+	{"on", IVFFLAT_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_RELAXED, false},
+	{NULL, 0, false}
+};
+
 /*
  * Initialize index options and variables
  */
@@ -33,6 +41,14 @@ IvfflatInit(void)
 							"Valid range is 1..lists.", &ivfflat_probes,
 							IVFFLAT_DEFAULT_PROBES, IVFFLAT_MIN_LISTS, IVFFLAT_MAX_LISTS, PGC_USERSET, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
+	DefineCustomEnumVariable("ivfflat.iterative_search", "Sets whether to use iterative search",
+							 NULL, &ivfflat_iterative_search,
+							 IVFFLAT_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF, ivfflat_iterative_search_options, PGC_USERSET, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+	DefineCustomIntVariable("ivfflat.iterative_search_max_probes", "Sets the max number of probes for iterative search",
+							"Zero sets to the number of lists", &ivfflat_iterative_search_max_probes,
+							0, 0, IVFFLAT_MAX_LISTS, PGC_USERSET, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
 	MarkGUCPrefixReserved("ivfflat");
 }
 

src/ivfflat.h

@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@
 
 /* Variables */
 extern int	ivfflat_probes;
+extern int	ivfflat_iterative_search;
+extern int	ivfflat_iterative_search_max_probes;
+
+typedef enum IvfflatIterativeSearchType
+{
+	IVFFLAT_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF,
+	IVFFLAT_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_RELAXED
+}			IvfflatIterativeSearchType;
 
 typedef struct VectorArrayData
 {
@@ -165,6 +173,7 @@ typedef struct IvfflatBuildState
 	Relation	index;
 	IndexInfo  *indexInfo;
 	const		IvfflatTypeInfo *typeInfo;
+	TupleDesc	tupdesc;
 
 	/* Settings */
 	int			dimensions;
@@ -198,7 +207,7 @@ typedef struct IvfflatBuildState
 
 	/* Sorting */
 	Tuplesortstate *sortstate;
-	TupleDesc	tupdesc;
+	TupleDesc	sortdesc;
 	TupleTableSlot *slot;
 
 	/* Memory */
@@ -247,8 +256,10 @@ typedef struct IvfflatScanOpaqueData
 {
 	const		IvfflatTypeInfo *typeInfo;
 	int			probes;
+	int			maxProbes;
 	int			dimensions;
 	bool		first;
+	Datum		value;
 
 	/* Sorting */
 	Tuplesortstate *sortstate;
@@ -265,6 +276,8 @@ typedef struct IvfflatScanOpaqueData
 
 	/* Lists */
 	pairingheap *listQueue;
+	BlockNumber *listPages;
+	int			listIndex;
 	IvfflatScanList lists[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];	/* must come last */
 }			IvfflatScanOpaqueData;
 

src/ivfinsert.c

@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ InsertTuple(Relation index, Datum *values, bool *isnull, ItemPointer heap_tid, R
 	BlockNumber insertPage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 	ListInfo	listInfo;
 	BlockNumber originalInsertPage;
+	TupleDesc	tupdesc = RelationGetDescr(index);
+	Datum	   *newValues = palloc(tupdesc->natts * sizeof(Datum));
 
 	/* Detoast once for all calls */
 	value = PointerGetDatum(PG_DETOAST_DATUM(values[0]));
@@ -98,12 +100,16 @@ InsertTuple(Relation index, Datum *values, bool *isnull, ItemPointer heap_tid, R
 	IvfflatGetMetaPageInfo(index, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* Find the insert page - sets the page and list info */
-	FindInsertPage(index, values, &insertPage, &listInfo);
+	FindInsertPage(index, &value, &insertPage, &listInfo);
 	Assert(BlockNumberIsValid(insertPage));
 	originalInsertPage = insertPage;
 
+	newValues[0] = value;
+	for (int i = 1; i < tupdesc->natts; i++)
+		newValues[i] = values[i];
+
 	/* Form tuple */
-	itup = index_form_tuple(RelationGetDescr(index), &value, isnull);
+	itup = index_form_tuple(tupdesc, newValues, isnull);
 	itup->t_tid = *heap_tid;
 
 	/* Get tuple size */

src/ivfscan.c

@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ GetScanLists(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 			/* Use procinfo from the index instead of scan key for performance */
 			distance = DatumGetFloat8(so->distfunc(so->procinfo, so->collation, PointerGetDatum(&list->center), value));
 
-			if (listCount < so->probes)
+			if (listCount < so->maxProbes)
 			{
 				IvfflatScanList *scanlist;
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ GetScanLists(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 				pairingheap_add(so->listQueue, &scanlist->ph_node);
 
 				/* Calculate max distance */
-				if (listCount == so->probes)
+				if (listCount == so->maxProbes)
 					maxDistance = GetScanList(pairingheap_first(so->listQueue))->distance;
 			}
 			else if (distance < maxDistance)
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ GetScanLists(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 
 		UnlockReleaseBuffer(cbuf);
 	}
+
+	for (int i = listCount - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+		so->listPages[i] = GetScanList(pairingheap_remove_first(so->listQueue))->startPage;
+
+	Assert(pairingheap_is_empty(so->listQueue));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -114,11 +119,14 @@ GetScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 	TupleDesc	tupdesc = RelationGetDescr(scan->indexRelation);
 	double		tuples = 0;
 	TupleTableSlot *slot = so->vslot;
+	int			batchProbes = 0;
+
+	tuplesort_reset(so->sortstate);
 
 	/* Search closest probes lists */
-	while (!pairingheap_is_empty(so->listQueue))
+	while (so->listIndex < so->maxProbes && (++batchProbes) <= so->probes)
 	{
-		BlockNumber searchPage = GetScanList(pairingheap_remove_first(so->listQueue))->startPage;
+		BlockNumber searchPage = so->listPages[so->listIndex++];
 
 		/* Search all entry pages for list */
 		while (BlockNumberIsValid(searchPage))
@@ -166,13 +174,17 @@ GetScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (tuples < 100)
+	if (tuples < 100 && ivfflat_iterative_search == IVFFLAT_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF)
 		ereport(DEBUG1,
 				(errmsg("index scan found few tuples"),
 				 errdetail("Index may have been created with little data."),
 				 errhint("Recreate the index and possibly decrease lists.")));
 
 	tuplesort_performsort(so->sortstate);
+
+#if defined(IVFFLAT_MEMORY)
+	elog(INFO, "memory: %zu MB", MemoryContextMemAllocated(CurrentMemoryContext, true) / (1024 * 1024));
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -240,6 +252,7 @@ ivfflatbeginscan(Relation index, int nkeys, int norderbys)
 	int			lists;
 	int			dimensions;
 	int			probes = ivfflat_probes;
+	int			maxProbes;
 
 	scan = RelationGetIndexScan(index, nkeys, norderbys);
 
@@ -249,10 +262,21 @@ ivfflatbeginscan(Relation index, int nkeys, int norderbys)
 	if (probes > lists)
 		probes = lists;
 
-	so = (IvfflatScanOpaque) palloc(offsetof(IvfflatScanOpaqueData, lists) + probes * sizeof(IvfflatScanList));
+	if (ivfflat_iterative_search != IVFFLAT_ITERATIVE_SEARCH_OFF)
+	{
+		if (ivfflat_iterative_search_max_probes == 0)
+			maxProbes = lists;
+		else
+			maxProbes = Min(ivfflat_iterative_search_max_probes, lists);
+	}
+	else
+		maxProbes = probes;
+
+	so = (IvfflatScanOpaque) palloc(offsetof(IvfflatScanOpaqueData, lists) + maxProbes * sizeof(IvfflatScanList));
 	so->typeInfo = IvfflatGetTypeInfo(index);
 	so->first = true;
 	so->probes = probes;
+	so->maxProbes = maxProbes;
 	so->dimensions = dimensions;
 
 	/* Set support functions */
@@ -280,6 +304,8 @@ ivfflatbeginscan(Relation index, int nkeys, int norderbys)
 	so->bas = GetAccessStrategy(BAS_BULKREAD);
 
 	so->listQueue = pairingheap_allocate(CompareLists, scan);
+	so->listPages = palloc(maxProbes * sizeof(BlockNumber));
+	so->listIndex = 0;
 
 	scan->opaque = so;
 
@@ -294,11 +320,9 @@ ivfflatrescan(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanKey keys, int nkeys, ScanKey orderbys, int
 {
 	IvfflatScanOpaque so = (IvfflatScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
 
-	if (!so->first)
-		tuplesort_reset(so->sortstate);
-
 	so->first = true;
 	pairingheap_reset(so->listQueue);
+	so->listIndex = 0;
 
 	if (keys && scan->numberOfKeys > 0)
 		memmove(scan->keyData, keys, scan->numberOfKeys * sizeof(ScanKeyData));
@@ -314,6 +338,8 @@ bool
 ivfflatgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 {
 	IvfflatScanOpaque so = (IvfflatScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
+	ItemPointer heaptid;
+	bool		isnull;
 
 	/*
 	 * Index can be used to scan backward, but Postgres doesn't support
@@ -341,20 +367,20 @@ ivfflatgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 		IvfflatBench("GetScanLists", GetScanLists(scan, value));
 		IvfflatBench("GetScanItems", GetScanItems(scan, value));
 		so->first = false;
+		so->value = value;
 
-#if defined(IVFFLAT_MEMORY)
-		elog(INFO, "memory: %zu MB", MemoryContextMemAllocated(CurrentMemoryContext, true) / (1024 * 1024));
-#endif
-
-		/* Clean up if we allocated a new value */
-		if (value != scan->orderByData->sk_argument)
-			pfree(DatumGetPointer(value));
+		/* TODO clean up if we allocated a new value */
 	}
 
-	if (tuplesort_gettupleslot(so->sortstate, true, false, so->mslot, NULL))
+	while (!tuplesort_gettupleslot(so->sortstate, true, false, so->mslot, NULL))
 	{
-		bool		isnull;
-		ItemPointer heaptid = (ItemPointer) DatumGetPointer(slot_getattr(so->mslot, 2, &isnull));
+		if (so->listIndex == so->maxProbes)
+			return false;
+
+		IvfflatBench("GetScanItems", GetScanItems(scan, so->value));
+	}
+
+	heaptid = (ItemPointer) DatumGetPointer(slot_getattr(so->mslot, 2, &isnull));
 
 	scan->xs_heaptid = *heaptid;
 	scan->xs_recheck = false;
@@ -362,9 +388,6 @@ ivfflatgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 	return true;
 }
 
-	return false;
-}
-
 /*
  * End a scan and release resources
  */
@@ -374,6 +397,7 @@ ivfflatendscan(IndexScanDesc scan)
 	IvfflatScanOpaque so = (IvfflatScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
 
 	pairingheap_free(so->listQueue);
+	pfree(so->listPages);
 	tuplesort_end(so->sortstate);
 	FreeAccessStrategy(so->bas);
 	FreeTupleDesc(so->tupdesc);

src/ivfvacuum.c

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ ivfflatbulkdelete(IndexVacuumInfo *info, IndexBulkDeleteResult *stats,
 		Page		cpage;
 		OffsetNumber coffno;
 		OffsetNumber cmaxoffno;
-		BlockNumber startPages[MaxOffsetNumber];
+		BlockNumber listPages[MaxOffsetNumber];
 		ListInfo	listInfo;
 
 		cbuf = ReadBuffer(index, blkno);
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ ivfflatbulkdelete(IndexVacuumInfo *info, IndexBulkDeleteResult *stats,
 		{
 			IvfflatList list = (IvfflatList) PageGetItem(cpage, PageGetItemId(cpage, coffno));
 
-			startPages[coffno - FirstOffsetNumber] = list->startPage;
+			listPages[coffno - FirstOffsetNumber] = list->startPage;
 		}
 
 		listInfo.blkno = blkno;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ivfflatbulkdelete(IndexVacuumInfo *info, IndexBulkDeleteResult *stats,
 
 		for (coffno = FirstOffsetNumber; coffno <= cmaxoffno; coffno = OffsetNumberNext(coffno))
 		{
-			BlockNumber searchPage = startPages[coffno - FirstOffsetNumber];
+			BlockNumber searchPage = listPages[coffno - FirstOffsetNumber];
 			BlockNumber insertPage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 
 			/* Iterate over entry pages */

test/t/002_ivfflat_vacuum.pl

@@ -6,13 +6,7 @@ use Test::More;
 
 my $dim = 3;
 
-my @r = ();
-for (1 .. $dim)
-{
-	my $v = int(rand(1000)) + 1;
-	push(@r, "i % $v");
-}
-my $array_sql = join(", ", @r);
+my $array_sql = join(",", ('random()') x $dim);
 
 # Initialize node
 my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('node');
@@ -23,19 +17,20 @@ $node->start;
 $node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE EXTENSION vector;");
 $node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE TABLE tst (i int4, v vector($dim));");
 $node->safe_psql("postgres",
-	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT i % 10, ARRAY[$array_sql] FROM generate_series(1, 100000) i;"
+	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT i, ARRAY[$array_sql] FROM generate_series(1, 100000) i;"
 );
 $node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE INDEX ON tst USING ivfflat (v vector_l2_ops);");
 
 # Get size
 my $size = $node->safe_psql("postgres", "SELECT pg_total_relation_size('tst_v_idx');");
 
+# Store values
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE TABLE tmp AS SELECT * FROM tst;");
+
 # Delete all, vacuum, and insert same data
 $node->safe_psql("postgres", "DELETE FROM tst;");
 $node->safe_psql("postgres", "VACUUM tst;");
-$node->safe_psql("postgres",
-	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT i % 10, ARRAY[$array_sql] FROM generate_series(1, 100000) i;"
-);
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "INSERT INTO tst SELECT * FROM tmp;");
 
 # Check size
 my $new_size = $node->safe_psql("postgres", "SELECT pg_total_relation_size('tst_v_idx');");

test/t/041_ivfflat_iterative_search.pl

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use Test::More;
+
+my $dim = 3;
+my $array_sql = join(",", ('random()') x $dim);
+
+# Initialize node
+my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('node');
+$node->init;
+$node->start;
+
+# Create table
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE EXTENSION vector;");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE TABLE tst (i int4 PRIMARY KEY, v vector($dim));");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres",
+	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT i, ARRAY[$array_sql] FROM generate_series(1, 100000) i;"
+);
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE INDEX ON tst USING ivfflat (v vector_l2_ops);");
+
+my $count = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	SET enable_seqscan = off;
+	SET ivfflat.probes = 10;
+	SET ivfflat.iterative_search = on;
+	SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT v FROM tst WHERE i % 10000 = 0 ORDER BY v <-> (SELECT v FROM tst LIMIT 1) LIMIT 11) t;
+));
+is($count, 10);
+
+foreach ((30, 50, 70))
+{
+	my $max_probes = $_;
+	my $expected = $max_probes / 10;
+	my $sum = 0;
+
+	for my $i (1 .. 20)
+	{
+		$count = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+			SET enable_seqscan = off;
+			SET ivfflat.probes = 10;
+			SET ivfflat.iterative_search = on;
+			SET ivfflat.iterative_search_max_probes = $max_probes;
+			SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT v FROM tst WHERE i % 10000 = 0 ORDER BY v <-> (SELECT v FROM tst WHERE i = $i) LIMIT 11) t;
+		));
+		$sum += $count;
+	}
+
+	my $avg = $sum / 20;
+	cmp_ok($avg, '>', $expected - 2);
+	cmp_ok($avg, '<', $expected + 2);
+}
+
+done_testing();

test/t/042_ivfflat_iterative_search_recall.pl

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+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use Test::More;
+
+my $node;
+my @queries = ();
+my @expected;
+my $limit = 20;
+my @cs = (100, 1000);
+
+sub test_recall
+{
+	my ($c, $probes, $min, $operator) = @_;
+	my $correct = 0;
+	my $total = 0;
+
+	my $explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+		SET enable_seqscan = off;
+		SET ivfflat.probes = $probes;
+		SET ivfflat.iterative_search = on;
+		EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT i FROM tst WHERE i % $c = 0 ORDER BY v $operator '$queries[0]' LIMIT $limit;
+	));
+	like($explain, qr/Index Scan using idx on tst/);
+
+	for my $i (0 .. $#queries)
+	{
+		my $actual = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+			SET enable_seqscan = off;
+			SET ivfflat.probes = $probes;
+			SET ivfflat.iterative_search = on;
+			SELECT i FROM tst WHERE i % $c = 0 ORDER BY v $operator '$queries[$i]' LIMIT $limit;
+		));
+		my @actual_ids = split("\n", $actual);
+
+		my @expected_ids = split("\n", $expected[$i]);
+		my %expected_set = map { $_ => 1 } @expected_ids;
+
+		foreach (@actual_ids)
+		{
+			if (exists($expected_set{$_}))
+			{
+				$correct++;
+			}
+		}
+
+		$total += $limit;
+	}
+
+	cmp_ok($correct / $total, ">=", $min, $operator);
+}
+
+# Initialize node
+$node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('node');
+$node->init;
+$node->start;
+
+# Create table
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE EXTENSION vector;");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE TABLE tst (i int4, v vector(3));");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres",
+	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT i, ARRAY[random(), random(), random()] FROM generate_series(1, 100000) i;"
+);
+
+# Generate queries
+for (1 .. 20)
+{
+	my $r1 = rand();
+	my $r2 = rand();
+	my $r3 = rand();
+	push(@queries, "[$r1,$r2,$r3]");
+}
+
+# Check each index type
+my @operators = ("<->", "<=>");
+my @opclasses = ("vector_l2_ops", "vector_cosine_ops");
+
+for my $i (0 .. $#operators)
+{
+	my $operator = $operators[$i];
+	my $opclass = $opclasses[$i];
+
+	$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE INDEX idx ON tst USING ivfflat (v $opclass);");
+
+	foreach (@cs)
+	{
+		my $c = $_;
+
+		# Get exact results
+		@expected = ();
+		foreach (@queries)
+		{
+			my $res = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+				SET enable_indexscan = off;
+				WITH top AS (
+					SELECT v $operator '$_' AS distance FROM tst WHERE i % $c = 0 ORDER BY distance LIMIT $limit
+				)
+				SELECT i FROM tst WHERE (v $operator '$_') <= (SELECT MAX(distance) FROM top)
+			));
+			push(@expected, $res);
+		}
+
+		if ($c == 100)
+		{
+			test_recall($c, 1, 0.58, $operator);
+			test_recall($c, 10, 0.98, $operator);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if ($operator eq "<->")
+			{
+				test_recall($c, 1, 0.80, $operator);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				test_recall($c, 1, 0.88, $operator);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	$node->safe_psql("postgres", "DROP INDEX idx;");
+}
+
+done_testing();

test/t/043_hnsw_iterative_search.pl

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+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use Test::More;
+
+my $dim = 3;
+my $array_sql = join(",", ('random()') x $dim);
+
+# Initialize node
+my $node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('node');
+$node->init;
+$node->start;
+
+# Create table
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE EXTENSION vector;");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE TABLE tst (i int4 PRIMARY KEY, v vector($dim));");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres",
+	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT i, ARRAY[$array_sql] FROM generate_series(1, 100000) i;"
+);
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	SET maintenance_work_mem = '128MB';
+	SET max_parallel_maintenance_workers = 2;
+	CREATE INDEX ON tst USING hnsw (v vector_l2_ops)
+));
+
+my $count = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+	SET enable_seqscan = off;
+	SET hnsw.iterative_search = on;
+	SET work_mem = '8MB';
+	SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT v FROM tst WHERE i % 10000 = 0 ORDER BY v <-> (SELECT v FROM tst LIMIT 1) LIMIT 11) t;
+));
+is($count, 10);
+
+foreach ((30000, 50000, 70000))
+{
+	my $max_tuples = $_;
+	my $expected = $max_tuples / 10000;
+	my $sum = 0;
+
+	for my $i (1 .. 20)
+	{
+		$count = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+			SET enable_seqscan = off;
+			SET hnsw.iterative_search = on;
+			SET hnsw.iterative_search_max_tuples = $max_tuples;
+			SET work_mem = '8MB';
+			SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT v FROM tst WHERE i % 10000 = 0 ORDER BY v <-> (SELECT v FROM tst WHERE i = $i) LIMIT 11) t;
+		));
+		$sum += $count;
+	}
+
+	my $avg = $sum / 20;
+	cmp_ok($avg, '>', $expected - 2);
+	cmp_ok($avg, '<', $expected + 2);
+}
+
+my ($ret, $stdout, $stderr) = $node->psql("postgres", qq(
+	SET enable_seqscan = off;
+	SET hnsw.iterative_search = on;
+	SET client_min_messages = debug1;
+	SET work_mem = '2MB';
+	SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT v FROM tst WHERE i % 10000 = 0 ORDER BY v <-> (SELECT v FROM tst LIMIT 1) LIMIT 11) t;
+));
+like($stderr, qr/hnsw index scan exceeded work_mem after \d+ tuples/);
+
+done_testing();

test/t/044_hnsw_iterative_search_recall.pl

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+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use Test::More;
+
+my $node;
+my @queries = ();
+my @expected;
+my $limit = 20;
+my $dim = 3;
+my $array_sql = join(",", ('random()') x $dim);
+my @cs = (100, 1000);
+
+sub test_recall
+{
+	my ($c, $ef_search, $min, $operator) = @_;
+	my $correct = 0;
+	my $total = 0;
+
+	my $explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+		SET enable_seqscan = off;
+		SET hnsw.ef_search = $ef_search;
+		SET hnsw.iterative_search = on;
+		EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT i FROM tst WHERE i % $c = 0 ORDER BY v $operator '$queries[0]' LIMIT $limit;
+	));
+	like($explain, qr/Index Scan using idx on tst/);
+
+	for my $i (0 .. $#queries)
+	{
+		my $actual = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+			SET enable_seqscan = off;
+			SET hnsw.ef_search = $ef_search;
+			SET hnsw.iterative_search = on;
+			SELECT i FROM tst WHERE i % $c = 0 ORDER BY v $operator '$queries[$i]' LIMIT $limit;
+		));
+		my @actual_ids = split("\n", $actual);
+
+		my @expected_ids = split("\n", $expected[$i]);
+		my %expected_set = map { $_ => 1 } @expected_ids;
+
+		foreach (@actual_ids)
+		{
+			if (exists($expected_set{$_}))
+			{
+				$correct++;
+			}
+		}
+
+		$total += $limit;
+	}
+
+	cmp_ok($correct / $total, ">=", $min, $operator);
+}
+
+# Initialize node
+$node = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('node');
+$node->init;
+$node->start;
+
+# Create table
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE EXTENSION vector;");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE TABLE tst (i int4, v vector($dim));");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres",
+	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT i, ARRAY[$array_sql] FROM generate_series(1, 100000) i;"
+);
+
+# Generate queries
+for (1 .. 20)
+{
+	my @r = ();
+	for (1 .. $dim)
+	{
+		push(@r, rand());
+	}
+	push(@queries, "[" . join(",", @r) . "]");
+}
+
+# Check each index type
+my @operators = ("<->", "<=>");
+my @opclasses = ("vector_l2_ops", "vector_cosine_ops");
+
+for my $i (0 .. $#operators)
+{
+	my $operator = $operators[$i];
+	my $opclass = $opclasses[$i];
+
+	$node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+		SET maintenance_work_mem = '128MB';
+		CREATE INDEX idx ON tst USING hnsw (v $opclass);
+	));
+
+	foreach (@cs)
+	{
+		my $c = $_;
+
+		# Get exact results
+		@expected = ();
+		foreach (@queries)
+		{
+			my $res = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
+				SET enable_indexscan = off;
+				WITH top AS (
+					SELECT v $operator '$_' AS distance FROM tst WHERE i % $c = 0 ORDER BY distance LIMIT $limit
+				)
+				SELECT i FROM tst WHERE (v $operator '$_') <= (SELECT MAX(distance) FROM top)
+			));
+			push(@expected, $res);
+		}
+
+		if ($c == 100)
+		{
+			test_recall($c, 40, 0.99, $operator);
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if ($operator eq "<->")
+			{
+				test_recall($c, 40, 0.99, $operator);
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				test_recall($c, 40, 0.99, $operator);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	$node->safe_psql("postgres", "DROP INDEX idx;");
+}
+
+done_testing();