Added support for async I/O [skip ci]

README.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ make install # may need sudo
 
 See the [installation notes](#installation-notes---linux-and-mac) if you run into issues
 
-You can also install it with [Docker](#docker), [Homebrew](#homebrew), [PGXN](#pgxn), [APT](#apt), [Yum](#yum), [pkg](#pkg), [APK](#apk), or [conda-forge](#conda-forge), and it comes preinstalled with [Postgres.app](#postgresapp) and many [hosted providers](#hosted-postgres). There are also instructions for [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/pgvector/setup-pgvector).
+You can also install it with [Docker](#docker), [Homebrew](#homebrew), [PGXN](#pgxn), [APT](#apt), [Yum](#yum), [pkg](#pkg), or [conda-forge](#conda-forge), and it comes preinstalled with [Postgres.app](#postgresapp) and many [hosted providers](#hosted-postgres). There are also instructions for [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/pgvector/setup-pgvector).
 
 ### Windows
 
@@ -772,7 +772,6 @@ Use pgvector from any language with a Postgres client. You can even generate and
 Language | Libraries / Examples
 --- | ---
 Ada | [pgvector-ada](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-ada)
-Algol | [pgvector-algol](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-algol)
 C | [pgvector-c](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-c)
 C++ | [pgvector-cpp](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-cpp)
 C#, F#, Visual Basic | [pgvector-dotnet](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-dotnet)
@@ -795,10 +794,8 @@ OCaml | [pgvector-ocaml](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-ocaml)
 Pascal | [pgvector-pascal](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-pascal)
 Perl | [pgvector-perl](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-perl)
 PHP | [pgvector-php](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-php)
-Prolog | [pgvector-prolog](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-prolog)
 Python | [pgvector-python](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-python)
 R | [pgvector-r](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-r)
-Racket | [pgvector-racket](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-racket)
 Raku | [pgvector-raku](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-raku)
 Ruby | [pgvector-ruby](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-ruby), [Neighbor](https://github.com/ankane/neighbor)
 Rust | [pgvector-rust](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector-rust)
@@ -1232,14 +1229,6 @@ cd /usr/ports/databases/pgvector
 make install
 ```
 
-### APK
-
-Install the Alpine package with:
-
-```sh
-apk add postgresql-pgvector
-```
-
 ### conda-forge
 
 With Conda Postgres, install from [conda-forge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pgvector) with:
@@ -1282,7 +1271,6 @@ Thanks to:
 - [k-means++: The Advantage of Careful Seeding](https://theory.stanford.edu/~sergei/papers/kMeansPP-soda.pdf)
 - [Concept Decompositions for Large Sparse Text Data using Clustering](https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/inderjit/public_papers/concept_mlj.pdf)
 - [Efficient and Robust Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search using Hierarchical Navigable Small World Graphs](https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1603/1603.09320.pdf)
-- [Distance Adaptive Beam Search for Provably Accurate Graph-Based Nearest Neighbor Search](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.15636)
 
 ## History
 

src/hnsw.h

@@ -362,6 +362,13 @@ typedef union
 	ItemPointerData indextid;
 }			HnswUnvisited;
 
+typedef struct HnswReadStreamData
+{
+	HnswUnvisited *unvisited;
+	int			unvisitedLength;
+	int			visited;
+}			HnswReadStreamData;
+
 typedef struct HnswScanOpaqueData
 {
 	const		HnswTypeInfo *typeInfo;
@@ -417,13 +424,13 @@ 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, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples);
+List	   *HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples, bool maintenance);
 HnswElement HnswGetEntryPoint(Relation index);
 void		HnswGetMetaPageInfo(Relation index, int *m, HnswElement * entryPoint);
 void	   *HnswAlloc(HnswAllocator * allocator, Size size);
 HnswElement HnswInitElement(char *base, ItemPointer tid, int m, double ml, int maxLevel, HnswAllocator * alloc);
 HnswElement HnswInitElementFromBlock(BlockNumber blkno, OffsetNumber offno);
-void		HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing);
+void		HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing, bool maintenance);
 HnswSearchCandidate *HnswEntryCandidate(char *base, HnswElement em, HnswQuery * q, Relation rel, HnswSupport * support, bool loadVec);
 void		HnswUpdateMetaPage(Relation index, int updateEntry, HnswElement entryPoint, BlockNumber insertPage, ForkNumber forkNum, bool building);
 void		HnswSetNeighborTuple(char *base, HnswNeighborTuple ntup, HnswElement e, int m);

src/hnswbuild.c

@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ InsertTupleInMemory(HnswBuildState * buildstate, HnswElement element)
 	}
 
 	/* Find neighbors for element */
-	HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, NULL, support, m, efConstruction, false);
+	HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, NULL, support, m, efConstruction, false, true);
 
 	/* Update graph in memory */
 	UpdateGraphInMemory(support, element, m, entryPoint, buildstate);

src/hnswinsert.c

@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ HnswInsertTupleOnDisk(Relation index, HnswSupport * support, Datum value, ItemPo
 	}
 
 	/* Find neighbors for element */
-	HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, index, support, m, efConstruction, false);
+	HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, index, support, m, efConstruction, false, building);
 
 	/* Update graph on disk */
 	UpdateGraphOnDisk(index, support, element, m, entryPoint, building);

src/hnswscan.c

@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ GetScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 
 	for (int lc = entryPoint->level; lc >= 1; lc--)
 	{
-		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, false, NULL, NULL, NULL, true, NULL);
+		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, false, NULL, NULL, NULL, true, NULL, false);
 		ep = w;
 	}
 
-	return HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, hnsw_ef_search, 0, index, support, m, false, NULL, &so->v, hnsw_iterative_scan != HNSW_ITERATIVE_SCAN_OFF ? &so->discarded : NULL, true, &so->tuples);
+	return HnswSearchLayer(base, q, ep, hnsw_ef_search, 0, index, support, m, false, NULL, &so->v, hnsw_iterative_scan != HNSW_ITERATIVE_SCAN_OFF ? &so->discarded : NULL, true, &so->tuples, false);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ResumeScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan)
 		ep = lappend(ep, sc);
 	}
 
-	return HnswSearchLayer(base, &so->q, ep, batch_size, 0, index, &so->support, so->m, false, NULL, &so->v, &so->discarded, false, &so->tuples);
+	return HnswSearchLayer(base, &so->q, ep, batch_size, 0, index, &so->support, so->m, false, NULL, &so->v, &so->discarded, false, &so->tuples, false);
 }
 
 /*

src/hnswutils.c

@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 #include "varatt.h"
 #endif
 
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 170000
+#include "storage/read_stream.h"
+#endif
+
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM < 170000
 static inline uint64
 murmurhash64(uint64 data)
@@ -529,14 +533,12 @@ HnswGetDistance(Datum a, Datum b, HnswSupport * support)
  * Load an element and optionally get its distance from q
  */
 static void
-HnswLoadElementImpl(BlockNumber blkno, OffsetNumber offno, double *distance, HnswQuery * q, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, bool loadVec, double *maxDistance, HnswElement * element)
+HnswLoadElementImpl(Buffer buf, OffsetNumber offno, double *distance, HnswQuery * q, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, bool loadVec, double *maxDistance, HnswElement * element)
 {
-	Buffer		buf;
 	Page		page;
 	HnswElementTuple etup;
 
 	/* Read vector */
-	buf = ReadBuffer(index, blkno);
 	LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_SHARE);
 	page = BufferGetPage(buf);
 
@@ -557,7 +559,7 @@ HnswLoadElementImpl(BlockNumber blkno, OffsetNumber offno, double *distance, Hns
 	if (distance == NULL || maxDistance == NULL || *distance < *maxDistance)
 	{
 		if (*element == NULL)
-			*element = HnswInitElementFromBlock(blkno, offno);
+			*element = HnswInitElementFromBlock(BufferGetBlockNumber(buf), offno);
 
 		HnswLoadElementFromTuple(*element, etup, true, loadVec);
 	}
@@ -571,7 +573,9 @@ HnswLoadElementImpl(BlockNumber blkno, OffsetNumber offno, double *distance, Hns
 void
 HnswLoadElement(HnswElement element, double *distance, HnswQuery * q, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, bool loadVec, double *maxDistance)
 {
-	HnswLoadElementImpl(element->blkno, element->offno, distance, q, index, support, loadVec, maxDistance, &element);
+	Buffer		buf = ReadBuffer(index, element->blkno);
+
+	HnswLoadElementImpl(buf, element->offno, distance, q, index, support, loadVec, maxDistance, &element);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -811,11 +815,31 @@ HnswLoadUnvisitedFromDisk(HnswElement element, HnswUnvisited * unvisited, int *u
 	}
 }
 
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 170000
+/*
+ * Get next block number for read stream
+ */
+static BlockNumber
+HnswReadStreamNextBlock(ReadStream *stream, void *callback_private_data, void *per_buffer_data)
+{
+	HnswReadStreamData *streamData = callback_private_data;
+	OffsetNumber *offno = per_buffer_data;
+	HnswUnvisited *uv;
+
+	if (streamData->visited == streamData->unvisitedLength)
+		return InvalidBlockNumber;
+
+	uv = &streamData->unvisited[streamData->visited++];
+	*offno = ItemPointerGetOffsetNumber(&uv->indextid);
+	return ItemPointerGetBlockNumber(&uv->indextid);
+}
+#endif
+
 /*
  * 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, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples)
+HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, bool inserting, HnswElement skipElement, visited_hash * v, pairingheap **discarded, bool initVisited, int64 *tuples, bool maintenance)
 {
 	List	   *w = NIL;
 	pairingheap *C = pairingheap_allocate(CompareNearestCandidates, NULL);
@@ -829,7 +853,27 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 	HnswUnvisited *unvisited = palloc(lm * sizeof(HnswUnvisited));
 	int			unvisitedLength;
 	bool		inMemory = index == NULL;
-	double		lambda = 0.12;
+
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 170000
+	HnswReadStreamData streamData;
+	ReadStream *stream = NULL;
+
+	if (!inMemory)
+	{
+		int			flags = READ_STREAM_DEFAULT;
+
+		if (maintenance)
+		{
+			flags |= READ_STREAM_MAINTENANCE;
+		}
+
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 180000
+		flags |= READ_STREAM_USE_BATCHING;
+#endif
+
+		stream = read_stream_begin_relation(flags, NULL, index, MAIN_FORKNUM, HnswReadStreamNextBlock, &streamData, sizeof(OffsetNumber));
+	}
+#endif
 
 	if (v == NULL)
 	{
@@ -885,7 +929,7 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 		HnswSearchCandidate *f = HnswGetSearchCandidate(w_node, pairingheap_first(W));
 		HnswElement cElement;
 
-		if (c->distance > f->distance * (1 + lambda))
+		if (c->distance > f->distance)
 			break;
 
 		cElement = HnswPtrAccess(base, c->element);
@@ -893,43 +937,73 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 		if (inMemory)
 			HnswLoadUnvisitedFromMemory(base, cElement, unvisited, &unvisitedLength, v, lc, localNeighborhood, neighborhoodSize);
 		else
+		{
 			HnswLoadUnvisitedFromDisk(cElement, unvisited, &unvisitedLength, v, index, m, lm, lc);
 
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 170000
+			read_stream_resume(stream);
+
+			streamData.unvisited = unvisited;
+			streamData.unvisitedLength = unvisitedLength;
+			streamData.visited = 0;
+#endif
+		}
+
 		/* OK to count elements instead of tuples */
 		if (tuples != NULL)
 			(*tuples) += unvisitedLength;
 
-		for (int i = 0; i < unvisitedLength; i++)
+		for (int i = 0;; i++)
 		{
 			HnswElement eElement;
 			HnswSearchCandidate *e;
 			double		eDistance;
 			bool		alwaysAdd = wlen < ef;
-			double		fDistance;
 
 			f = HnswGetSearchCandidate(w_node, pairingheap_first(W));
-			fDistance = f->distance * (1 + lambda);
 
 			if (inMemory)
 			{
+				if (i == unvisitedLength)
+					break;
+
 				eElement = unvisited[i].element;
 				eDistance = GetElementDistance(base, eElement, q, support);
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				ItemPointer indextid = &unvisited[i].indextid;
-				BlockNumber blkno = ItemPointerGetBlockNumber(indextid);
-				OffsetNumber offno = ItemPointerGetOffsetNumber(indextid);
+				Buffer		buf;
+				OffsetNumber offno;
+
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 170000
+				void	   *offnoPtr;
+
+				buf = read_stream_next_buffer(stream, &offnoPtr);
+
+				if (!BufferIsValid(buf))
+					break;
+
+				offno = *((OffsetNumber *) offnoPtr);
+#else
+				ItemPointer indextid;
+
+				if (i == unvisitedLength)
+					break;
+
+				indextid = &unvisited[i].indextid;
+				buf = ReadBuffer(index, ItemPointerGetBlockNumber(indextid));
+				offno = ItemPointerGetOffsetNumber(indextid);
+#endif
 
 				/* Avoid any allocations if not adding */
 				eElement = NULL;
-				HnswLoadElementImpl(blkno, offno, &eDistance, q, index, support, inserting, alwaysAdd || discarded != NULL ? NULL : &fDistance, &eElement);
+				HnswLoadElementImpl(buf, offno, &eDistance, q, index, support, inserting, alwaysAdd || discarded != NULL ? NULL : &f->distance, &eElement);
 
 				if (eElement == NULL)
 					continue;
 			}
 
-			if (eElement == NULL || !(eDistance < fDistance || alwaysAdd))
+			if (eElement == NULL || !(eDistance < f->distance || alwaysAdd))
 			{
 				if (discarded != NULL)
 				{
@@ -979,6 +1053,11 @@ HnswSearchLayer(char *base, HnswQuery * q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation in
 		w = lappend(w, sc);
 	}
 
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 170000
+	if (!inMemory)
+		read_stream_end(stream);
+#endif
+
 	return w;
 }
 
@@ -1274,7 +1353,7 @@ PrecomputeHash(char *base, HnswElement element)
  * Algorithm 1 from paper
  */
 void
-HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing)
+HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, HnswSupport * support, int m, int efConstruction, bool existing, bool maintenance)
 {
 	List	   *ep;
 	List	   *w;
@@ -1301,7 +1380,7 @@ 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, NULL, NULL, true, NULL);
+		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, 1, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, NULL, NULL, true, NULL, maintenance);
 		ep = w;
 	}
 
@@ -1320,7 +1399,7 @@ HnswFindElementNeighbors(char *base, HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint
 		List	   *lw = NIL;
 		ListCell   *lc2;
 
-		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, efConstruction, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, NULL, NULL, true, NULL);
+		w = HnswSearchLayer(base, &q, ep, efConstruction, lc, index, support, m, true, skipElement, NULL, NULL, true, NULL, maintenance);
 
 		/* Convert search candidates to candidates */
 		foreach(lc2, w)

src/hnswvacuum.c

@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ RepairGraphElement(HnswVacuumState * vacuumstate, HnswElement element, HnswEleme
 	element->heaptidsLength = 0;
 
 	/* Find neighbors for element, skipping itself */
-	HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, index, support, m, efConstruction, true);
+	HnswFindElementNeighbors(base, element, entryPoint, index, support, m, efConstruction, true, true);
 
 	/* Zero memory for each element */
 	MemSet(ntup, 0, HNSW_TUPLE_ALLOC_SIZE);