Skip dead tuples for search with HNSW

src/hnsw.h

@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ typedef struct HnswScanOpaqueData
 {
 	bool		first;
 	Buffer		buf;
+	ItemPointerData heaptid;
+	OffsetNumber offno;
+	int			removedCount;
 	List	   *w;
 	MemoryContext tmpCtx;
 

src/hnswscan.c

@@ -58,6 +58,72 @@ GetDimensions(Relation index)
 	return dimensions;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Remove deleted heap TID
+ */
+static void
+RemoveHeapTid(IndexScanDesc scan)
+{
+	HnswScanOpaque so = (HnswScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
+	Relation	index = scan->indexRelation;
+	Buffer		buf = so->buf;
+	Page		page;
+	GenericXLogState *state;
+	ItemId		itemid;
+	HnswElementTuple etup;
+	Size		etupSize;
+	int			idx = -1;
+
+	if (!BufferIsValid(buf) || !OffsetNumberIsValid(so->offno) || !ItemPointerIsValid(&so->heaptid))
+		return;
+
+	LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_EXCLUSIVE);
+	state = GenericXLogStart(index);
+	page = GenericXLogRegisterBuffer(state, buf, 0);
+	itemid = PageGetItemId(page, so->offno);
+	etup = (HnswElementTuple) PageGetItem(page, itemid);
+	etupSize = ItemIdGetLength(itemid);
+
+	Assert(HnswIsElementTuple(etup));
+
+	/* Find index */
+	for (int i = 0; i < HNSW_HEAPTIDS; i++)
+	{
+		if (!ItemPointerIsValid(&etup->heaptids[i]))
+			break;
+
+		if (ItemPointerEquals(&etup->heaptids[i], &so->heaptid))
+		{
+			idx = i;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (idx == -1)
+		GenericXLogAbort(state);
+	else
+	{
+		/* Move pointers forward */
+		for (int i = idx; i < HNSW_HEAPTIDS; i++)
+		{
+			if (i + 1 == HNSW_HEAPTIDS || !ItemPointerIsValid(&etup->heaptids[i + 1]))
+				ItemPointerSetInvalid(&etup->heaptids[i]);
+			else
+				ItemPointerCopy(&etup->heaptids[i + 1], &etup->heaptids[i]);
+		}
+
+		/* Overwrite tuple */
+		if (!PageIndexTupleOverwrite(page, so->offno, (Item) etup, etupSize))
+			elog(ERROR, "failed to add index item to \"%s\"", RelationGetRelationName(index));
+
+		/* Commit */
+		MarkBufferDirty(buf);
+		GenericXLogFinish(state);
+	}
+
+	LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_UNLOCK);
+}
+
 /*
  * Prepare for an index scan
  */
@@ -71,6 +137,9 @@ hnswbeginscan(Relation index, int nkeys, int norderbys)
 
 	so = (HnswScanOpaque) palloc(sizeof(HnswScanOpaqueData));
 	so->buf = InvalidBuffer;
+	ItemPointerSetInvalid(&so->heaptid);
+	so->offno = InvalidOffsetNumber;
+	so->removedCount = 0;
 	so->first = true;
 	so->tmpCtx = AllocSetContextCreate(CurrentMemoryContext,
 									   "Hnsw scan temporary context",
@@ -95,6 +164,7 @@ hnswrescan(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanKey keys, int nkeys, ScanKey orderbys, int no
 	HnswScanOpaque so = (HnswScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
 
 	so->first = true;
+	ItemPointerSetInvalid(&so->heaptid);
 	MemoryContextReset(so->tmpCtx);
 
 	if (keys && scan->numberOfKeys > 0)
@@ -158,12 +228,25 @@ hnswgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 
 		so->first = false;
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		/*
+		 * Remove dead tuples. kill_prior_tuple will only be true if not in
+		 * recovery. Limit the number removed per scan for performance.
+		 */
+		if (scan->kill_prior_tuple && so->removedCount < 3)
+		{
+			RemoveHeapTid(scan);
+			so->removedCount++;
+		}
+	}
 
 	while (list_length(so->w) > 0)
 	{
 		HnswCandidate *hc = llast(so->w);
 		ItemPointer tid;
 		BlockNumber indexblkno;
+		OffsetNumber indexoffno;
 
 		/* Move to next element if no valid heap tids */
 		if (list_length(hc->element->heaptids) == 0)
@@ -174,6 +257,7 @@ hnswgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 
 		tid = llast(hc->element->heaptids);
 		indexblkno = hc->element->blkno;
+		indexoffno = hc->element->offno;
 
 		hc->element->heaptids = list_delete_last(hc->element->heaptids);
 
@@ -185,6 +269,10 @@ hnswgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 		scan->xs_ctup.t_self = *tid;
 #endif
 
+		/* Keep track of info needed to remove dead tuples */
+		so->heaptid = *tid;
+		so->offno = indexoffno;
+
 		/* Unpin buffer */
 		if (BufferIsValid(so->buf))
 			ReleaseBuffer(so->buf);

src/hnswutils.c

@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ HnswSearchLayer(Datum q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, FmgrInfo *pro
 	pairingheap *C = pairingheap_allocate(CompareNearestCandidates, NULL);
 	pairingheap *W = pairingheap_allocate(CompareFurthestCandidates, NULL);
 	int			wlen = 0;
+	uint64		dead = 0;
+	uint64		maxAdditional = skipElement == NULL ? ef : PG_UINT64_MAX;
 	HASHCTL		hash_ctl;
 	HTAB	   *v;
 
@@ -579,13 +581,14 @@ HnswSearchLayer(Datum q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, FmgrInfo *pro
 		pairingheap_add(C, &(CreatePairingHeapNode(hc)->ph_node));
 		pairingheap_add(W, &(CreatePairingHeapNode(hc)->ph_node));
 
-		/*
-		 * Do not count elements being deleted towards ef when vacuuming. It
-		 * would be ideal to do this for inserts as well, but this could
-		 * affect insert performance.
-		 */
-		if (skipElement == NULL || list_length(hc->element->heaptids) != 0)
-			wlen++;
+		/* Do not count certain number of dead elements towards ef */
+		if (list_length(hc->element->heaptids) == 0)
+		{
+			if ((++dead) <= maxAdditional)
+				continue;
+		}
+
+		wlen++;
 	}
 
 	while (!pairingheap_is_empty(C))
@@ -638,19 +641,18 @@ HnswSearchLayer(Datum q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, FmgrInfo *pro
 					pairingheap_add(C, &(CreatePairingHeapNode(ec)->ph_node));
 					pairingheap_add(W, &(CreatePairingHeapNode(ec)->ph_node));
 
-					/*
-					 * Do not count elements being deleted towards ef when
-					 * vacuuming. It would be ideal to do this for inserts as
-					 * well, but this could affect insert performance.
-					 */
-					if (skipElement == NULL || list_length(e->element->heaptids) != 0)
+					/* Do not count certain number of dead elements towards ef */
+					if (list_length(e->element->heaptids) == 0)
 					{
-						wlen++;
-
-						/* No need to decrement wlen */
-						if (wlen > ef)
-							pairingheap_remove_first(W);
+						if ((++dead) <= maxAdditional)
+							continue;
 					}
+
+					wlen++;
+
+					/* No need to decrement wlen */
+					if (wlen > ef)
+						pairingheap_remove_first(W);
 				}
 			}
 		}

test/t/010_hnsw_wal.pl

@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ sub test_index_replay
 	);
 
 	# Run test queries and compare their result
-	my $primary_result = $node_primary->safe_psql("postgres", $queries);
+	# Query replica first since index scan on primary can generate WAL removing tuples
 	my $replica_result = $node_replica->safe_psql("postgres", $queries);
+	my $primary_result = $node_primary->safe_psql("postgres", $queries);
 
 	is($primary_result, $replica_result, "$test_name: query result matches");
 	return;

test/t/015_hnsw_duplicates.pl

@@ -23,25 +23,27 @@ sub insert_vectors
 
 sub test_duplicates
 {
+	my ($exp) = @_;
+
 	my $res = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
 		SET enable_seqscan = off;
 		SET hnsw.ef_search = 1;
 		SELECT COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT * FROM tst ORDER BY v <-> '[1,1,1]') t;
 	));
-	is($res, 10);
+	is($res, $exp);
 }
 
 # Test duplicates with build
 insert_vectors();
 $node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE INDEX idx ON tst USING hnsw (v vector_l2_ops);");
-test_duplicates();
+test_duplicates(10);
 
 # Reset
 $node->safe_psql("postgres", "TRUNCATE tst;");
 
 # Test duplicates with inserts
 insert_vectors();
-test_duplicates();
+test_duplicates(10);
 
 # Test fallback path for inserts
 $node->pgbench(
@@ -55,4 +57,15 @@ $node->pgbench(
 	}
 );
 
+# Reset
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "TRUNCATE tst;");
+
+# Test deletes with index scan
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "INSERT INTO tst SELECT '[1,1,1]' FROM generate_series(1, 10) i;");
+$node->safe_psql("postgres", "DELETE FROM tst WHERE ctid IN (SELECT ctid FROM tst ORDER BY random() LIMIT 5);");
+for (1 .. 3)
+{
+	test_duplicates(5);
+}
+
 done_testing();