Fixed CI [skip ci]

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install libipc-run-perl
       - run: make prove_installcheck
+      - if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-22.04' }}
+        run: make clean && make
+        env:
+          PG_CFLAGS: -Werror -fanalyzer
   mac:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     if: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref_name, 'windows') }}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-## 0.5.1 (2023-10-10)
+## 0.5.1 (unreleased)
 
-- Improved performance of HNSW index builds
+- Improved performance of index scans for IVFFlat after updates and deletes
-- Added check for MVCC-compliant snapshot for index scans
 
 ## 0.5.0 (2023-08-28)
 

META.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"name": "vector",
 	"abstract": "Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres",
 	"description": "Supports L2 distance, inner product, and cosine distance",
-	"version": "0.5.1",
+	"version": "0.5.0",
 	"maintainer": [
 		"Andrew Kane <andrew@ankane.org>"
 	],
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		"vector": {
 			"file": "sql/vector.sql",
 			"docfile": "README.md",
-			"version": "0.5.1",
+			"version": "0.5.0",
 			"abstract": "Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres"
 		}
 	},

Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 EXTENSION = vector
-EXTVERSION = 0.5.1
+EXTVERSION = 0.5.0
 
 MODULE_big = vector
 DATA = $(wildcard sql/*--*.sql)

Makefile.win

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 EXTENSION = vector
-EXTVERSION = 0.5.1
+EXTVERSION = 0.5.0
 
 OBJS = src\hnsw.obj src\hnswbuild.obj src\hnswinsert.obj src\hnswscan.obj src\hnswutils.obj src\hnswvacuum.obj src\ivfbuild.obj src\ivfflat.obj src\ivfinsert.obj src\ivfkmeans.obj src\ivfscan.obj src\ivfutils.obj src\ivfvacuum.obj src\vector.obj
 HEADERS = src\vector.h

README.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Compile and install the extension (supports Postgres 11+)
 
 ```sh
 cd /tmp
-git clone --branch v0.5.1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
+git clone --branch v0.5.0 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
 cd pgvector
 make
 make install # may need sudo
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ Then use `nmake` to build:
 
 ```cmd
 set "PGROOT=C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\15"
-git clone --branch v0.5.1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
+git clone --branch v0.5.0 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
 cd pgvector
 nmake /F Makefile.win
 nmake /F Makefile.win install
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ This adds pgvector to the [Postgres image](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres) (r
 You can also build the image manually:
 
 ```sh
-git clone --branch v0.5.1 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
+git clone --branch v0.5.0 https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector.git
 cd pgvector
 docker build --build-arg PG_MAJOR=15 -t myuser/pgvector .
 ```

sql/vector--0.5.0--0.5.1.sql

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
--- complain if script is sourced in psql, rather than via CREATE EXTENSION
-\echo Use "ALTER EXTENSION vector UPDATE TO '0.5.1'" to load this file. \quit

src/hnsw.h

@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@
 /* PROGRESS_CREATEIDX_SUBPHASE_INITIALIZE is 1 */
 #define PROGRESS_HNSW_PHASE_LOAD		2
 
-#define HNSW_MAX_SIZE (BLCKSZ - MAXALIGN(SizeOfPageHeaderData) - MAXALIGN(sizeof(HnswPageOpaqueData)) - sizeof(ItemIdData))
+#define HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(_dim)	MAXALIGN(offsetof(HnswElementTupleData, vec) + VECTOR_SIZE(_dim))
-
-#define HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(_datum)	MAXALIGN(offsetof(HnswElementTupleData, value) + VARSIZE_ANY(_datum))
 #define HNSW_NEIGHBOR_TUPLE_SIZE(level, m)	MAXALIGN(offsetof(HnswNeighborTupleData, indextids) + ((level) + 2) * (m) * sizeof(ItemPointerData))
 
 #define HnswPageGetOpaque(page)	((HnswPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page))
@@ -98,13 +96,12 @@ typedef struct HnswElementData
 	List	   *heaptids;
 	uint8		level;
 	uint8		deleted;
-	bool		loaded;
 	HnswNeighborArray *neighbors;
 	BlockNumber blkno;
 	OffsetNumber offno;
 	OffsetNumber neighborOffno;
 	BlockNumber neighborPage;
-	Datum		value;
+	Vector	   *vec;
 }			HnswElementData;
 
 typedef HnswElementData * HnswElement;
@@ -113,13 +110,11 @@ typedef struct HnswCandidate
 {
 	HnswElement element;
 	float		distance;
-	bool		closer;
 }			HnswCandidate;
 
 typedef struct HnswNeighborArray
 {
 	int			length;
-	bool		closerSet;
 	HnswCandidate *items;
 }			HnswNeighborArray;
 
@@ -205,7 +200,7 @@ typedef struct HnswElementTupleData
 	ItemPointerData heaptids[HNSW_HEAPTIDS];
 	ItemPointerData neighbortid;
 	uint16		unused2;
-	char		value[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
+	Vector		vec;
 }			HnswElementTupleData;
 
 typedef HnswElementTupleData * HnswElementTuple;

src/hnswbuild.c

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "lib/pairingheap.h"
 #include "nodes/pg_list.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
-#include "utils/datum.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 140000
@@ -106,6 +105,8 @@ CreateElementPages(HnswBuildState * buildstate)
 {
 	Relation	index = buildstate->index;
 	ForkNumber	forkNum = buildstate->forkNum;
+	int			dimensions = buildstate->dimensions;
+	Size		etupSize;
 	Size		maxSize;
 	HnswElementTuple etup;
 	HnswNeighborTuple ntup;
@@ -116,11 +117,12 @@ CreateElementPages(HnswBuildState * buildstate)
 	ListCell   *lc;
 
 	/* Calculate sizes */
-	maxSize = HNSW_MAX_SIZE;
+	maxSize = BLCKSZ - MAXALIGN(SizeOfPageHeaderData) - MAXALIGN(sizeof(HnswPageOpaqueData));
+	etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(dimensions);
 
 	/* Allocate once */
-	etup = palloc0(BLCKSZ);
+	etup = palloc0(etupSize);
-	ntup = palloc0(BLCKSZ);
+	ntup = palloc0(maxSize);
 
 	/* Prepare first page */
 	buf = HnswNewBuffer(index, forkNum);
@@ -131,14 +133,12 @@ CreateElementPages(HnswBuildState * buildstate)
 	foreach(lc, buildstate->elements)
 	{
 		HnswElement element = lfirst(lc);
-		Size		etupSize;
 		Size		ntupSize;
 		Size		combinedSize;
 
 		HnswSetElementTuple(etup, element);
 
 		/* Calculate sizes */
-		etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(element->value);
 		ntupSize = HNSW_NEIGHBOR_TUPLE_SIZE(element->level, buildstate->m);
 		combinedSize = etupSize + ntupSize + sizeof(ItemIdData);
 
@@ -273,15 +273,18 @@ InsertTuple(Relation index, Datum *values, HnswElement element, HnswBuildState *
 	int			m = buildstate->m;
 
 	/* Detoast once for all calls */
-	element->value = PointerGetDatum(PG_DETOAST_DATUM(values[0]));
+	Datum		value = PointerGetDatum(PG_DETOAST_DATUM(values[0]));
 
 	/* Normalize if needed */
 	if (buildstate->normprocinfo != NULL)
 	{
-		if (!HnswNormValue(buildstate->normprocinfo, collation, &element->value, buildstate->normvec))
+		if (!HnswNormValue(buildstate->normprocinfo, collation, &value, buildstate->normvec))
 			return false;
 	}
 
+	/* Copy value to element so accessible outside of memory context */
+	memcpy(element->vec, DatumGetVector(value), VECTOR_SIZE(buildstate->dimensions));
+
 	/* Insert element in graph */
 	HnswInsertElement(element, entryPoint, NULL, procinfo, collation, m, efConstruction, false);
 
@@ -357,6 +360,7 @@ BuildCallback(Relation index, CALLBACK_ITEM_POINTER, Datum *values,
 
 	/* Allocate necessary memory outside of memory context */
 	element = HnswInitElement(tid, buildstate->m, buildstate->ml, buildstate->maxLevel);
+	element->vec = palloc(VECTOR_SIZE(buildstate->dimensions));
 
 	/* Use memory context since detoast can allocate */
 	oldCtx = MemoryContextSwitchTo(buildstate->tmpCtx);
@@ -364,8 +368,9 @@ BuildCallback(Relation index, CALLBACK_ITEM_POINTER, Datum *values,
 	/* Insert tuple */
 	inserted = InsertTuple(index, values, element, buildstate, &dup);
 
-	/* Switch memory context */
+	/* Reset memory context */
 	MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldCtx);
+	MemoryContextReset(buildstate->tmpCtx);
 
 	/* Add outside memory context */
 	if (dup != NULL)
@@ -373,16 +378,9 @@ BuildCallback(Relation index, CALLBACK_ITEM_POINTER, Datum *values,
 
 	/* Add to buildstate or free */
 	if (inserted)
-	{
-		element->value = datumCopy(element->value, false, -1);
-		element->loaded = true;
 		buildstate->elements = lappend(buildstate->elements, element);
-	}
 	else
 		HnswFreeElement(element);
-
-	/* Reset memory context */
-	MemoryContextReset(buildstate->tmpCtx);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -397,7 +395,6 @@ HnswGetMaxInMemoryElements(int m, double ml, int dimensions)
 	elementSize += sizeof(HnswNeighborArray) * (avgLevel + 1);
 	elementSize += sizeof(HnswCandidate) * (m * (avgLevel + 2));
 	elementSize += sizeof(ItemPointerData);
-	/* TODO Handle non-vector types */
 	elementSize += VECTOR_SIZE(dimensions);
 	return (maintenance_work_mem * 1024L) / elementSize;
 }
@@ -417,6 +414,10 @@ InitBuildState(HnswBuildState * buildstate, Relation heap, Relation index, Index
 	buildstate->efConstruction = HnswGetEfConstruction(index);
 	buildstate->dimensions = TupleDescAttr(index->rd_att, 0)->atttypmod;
 
+	/* Require column to have dimensions to be indexed */
+	if (buildstate->dimensions < 0)
+		elog(ERROR, "column does not have dimensions");
+
 	if (buildstate->dimensions > HNSW_MAX_DIM)
 		elog(ERROR, "column cannot have more than %d dimensions for hnsw index", HNSW_MAX_DIM);
 
@@ -439,7 +440,6 @@ InitBuildState(HnswBuildState * buildstate, Relation heap, Relation index, Index
 	buildstate->flushed = false;
 
 	/* Reuse for each tuple */
-	/* TODO Fix / replace with support function */
 	buildstate->normvec = InitVector(buildstate->dimensions);
 
 	buildstate->tmpCtx = AllocSetContextCreate(CurrentMemoryContext,

src/hnswinsert.c

@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ WriteNewElementPages(Relation index, HnswElement e, int m, BlockNumber insertPag
 	Size		minCombinedSize;
 	HnswElementTuple etup;
 	BlockNumber currentPage = insertPage;
+	int			dimensions = e->vec->dim;
 	HnswNeighborTuple ntup;
 	Buffer		nbuf;
 	Page		npage;
@@ -131,10 +132,10 @@ WriteNewElementPages(Relation index, HnswElement e, int m, BlockNumber insertPag
 	BlockNumber newInsertPage = InvalidBlockNumber;
 
 	/* Calculate sizes */
-	etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(e->value);
+	etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(dimensions);
 	ntupSize = HNSW_NEIGHBOR_TUPLE_SIZE(e->level, m);
 	combinedSize = etupSize + ntupSize + sizeof(ItemIdData);
-	maxSize = HNSW_MAX_SIZE;
+	maxSize = BLCKSZ - MAXALIGN(SizeOfPageHeaderData) - MAXALIGN(sizeof(HnswPageOpaqueData));
 	minCombinedSize = etupSize + HNSW_NEIGHBOR_TUPLE_SIZE(0, m) + sizeof(ItemIdData);
 
 	/* Prepare element tuple */
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ HnswAddDuplicate(Relation index, HnswElement element, HnswElement dup)
 	Buffer		buf;
 	Page		page;
 	GenericXLogState *state;
-	Size		etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(dup->value);
+	Size		etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(dup->vec->dim);
 	HnswElementTuple etup;
 	int			i;
 
@@ -514,7 +515,7 @@ HnswInsertTuple(Relation index, Datum *values, bool *isnull, ItemPointer heap_ti
 
 	/* Create an element */
 	element = HnswInitElement(heap_tid, m, HnswGetMl(m), HnswGetMaxLevel(m));
-	element->value = value;
+	element->vec = DatumGetVector(value);
 
 	/* Prevent concurrent inserts when likely updating entry point */
 	if (entryPoint == NULL || element->level > entryPoint->level)

src/hnswscan.c

@@ -160,11 +160,6 @@ hnswgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 		if (scan->orderByData == NULL)
 			elog(ERROR, "cannot scan hnsw index without order");
 
-		/* Requires MVCC-compliant snapshot as not able to maintain a pin */
-		/* https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/index-locking.html */
-		if (!IsMVCCSnapshot(scan->xs_snapshot))
-			elog(ERROR, "non-MVCC snapshots are not supported with hnsw");
-
 		/* Get scan value */
 		value = GetScanValue(scan);
 
@@ -206,6 +201,15 @@ hnswgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 		scan->xs_ctup.t_self = *heaptid;
 #endif
 
+		/*
+		 * Typically, an index scan must maintain a pin on the index page
+		 * holding the item last returned by amgettuple. However, this is not
+		 * needed with the current vacuum strategy, which ensures scans do not
+		 * visit tuples in danger of being marked as deleted.
+		 *
+		 * https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/index-locking.html
+		 */
+
 		scan->xs_recheckorderby = false;
 		return true;
 	}

src/hnswutils.c

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include "hnsw.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
-#include "utils/datum.h"
 #include "vector.h"
 
 /*
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ HnswInitNeighbors(HnswElement element, int m)
 		a = &element->neighbors[lc];
 		a->length = 0;
 		a->items = palloc(sizeof(HnswCandidate) * lm);
-		a->closerSet = false;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -188,8 +186,7 @@ HnswFreeElement(HnswElement element)
 {
 	HnswFreeNeighbors(element);
 	list_free_deep(element->heaptids);
-	if (element->loaded)
+	pfree(element->vec);
-		pfree(DatumGetPointer(element->value));
 	pfree(element);
 }
 
@@ -216,7 +213,7 @@ HnswInitElementFromBlock(BlockNumber blkno, OffsetNumber offno)
 	element->blkno = blkno;
 	element->offno = offno;
 	element->neighbors = NULL;
-	element->loaded = false;
+	element->vec = NULL;
 	return element;
 }
 
@@ -326,7 +323,7 @@ HnswSetElementTuple(HnswElementTuple etup, HnswElement element)
 		else
 			ItemPointerSetInvalid(&etup->heaptids[i]);
 	}
-	memcpy(&etup->value, DatumGetPointer(element->value), VARSIZE_ANY(element->value));
+	memcpy(&etup->vec, element->vec, VECTOR_SIZE(element->vec->dim));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -449,10 +446,8 @@ HnswLoadElementFromTuple(HnswElement element, HnswElementTuple etup, bool loadHe
 
 	if (loadVec)
 	{
-		Datum		value = PointerGetDatum(&etup->value);
+		element->vec = palloc(VECTOR_SIZE(etup->vec.dim));
-
+		memcpy(element->vec, &etup->vec, VECTOR_SIZE(etup->vec.dim));
-		element->value = datumCopy(value, false, -1);
-		element->loaded = true;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -480,7 +475,7 @@ HnswLoadElement(HnswElement element, float *distance, Datum *q, Relation index,
 
 	/* Calculate distance */
 	if (distance != NULL)
-		*distance = (float) DatumGetFloat8(FunctionCall2Coll(procinfo, collation, *q, PointerGetDatum(&etup->value)));
+		*distance = (float) DatumGetFloat8(FunctionCall2Coll(procinfo, collation, *q, PointerGetDatum(&etup->vec)));
 
 	UnlockReleaseBuffer(buf);
 }
@@ -491,7 +486,7 @@ HnswLoadElement(HnswElement element, float *distance, Datum *q, Relation index,
 static float
 GetCandidateDistance(HnswCandidate * hc, Datum q, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation)
 {
-	return DatumGetFloat8(FunctionCall2Coll(procinfo, collation, q, hc->element->value));
+	return DatumGetFloat8(FunctionCall2Coll(procinfo, collation, q, PointerGetDatum(hc->element->vec)));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -697,34 +692,6 @@ HnswSearchLayer(Datum q, List *ep, int ef, int lc, Relation index, FmgrInfo *pro
 	return w;
 }
 
-/*
- * Compare candidate distances
- */
-static int
-#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 130000
-CompareCandidateDistances(const ListCell *a, const ListCell *b)
-#else
-CompareCandidateDistances(const void *a, const void *b)
-#endif
-{
-	HnswCandidate *hca = lfirst((ListCell *) a);
-	HnswCandidate *hcb = lfirst((ListCell *) b);
-
-	if (hca->distance < hcb->distance)
-		return 1;
-
-	if (hca->distance > hcb->distance)
-		return -1;
-
-	if (hca->element < hcb->element)
-		return 1;
-
-	if (hca->element > hcb->element)
-		return -1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /*
  * Calculate the distance between elements
  */
@@ -754,7 +721,7 @@ HnswGetDistance(HnswElement a, HnswElement b, int lc, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid co
 		}
 	}
 
-	return DatumGetFloat8(FunctionCall2Coll(procinfo, collation, a->value, b->value));
+	return DatumGetFloat8(FunctionCall2Coll(procinfo, collation, PointerGetDatum(a->vec), PointerGetDatum(b->vec)));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -781,77 +748,33 @@ CheckElementCloser(HnswCandidate * e, List *r, int lc, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid c
  * Algorithm 4 from paper
  */
 static List *
-SelectNeighbors(List *c, int m, int lc, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, HnswElement e2, HnswCandidate * newCandidate, HnswCandidate * *pruned, bool sortCandidates)
+SelectNeighbors(List *c, int m, int lc, FmgrInfo *procinfo, Oid collation, HnswCandidate * *pruned)
 {
 	List	   *r = NIL;
 	List	   *w = list_copy(c);
 	pairingheap *wd;
-	bool		mustCalculate = !e2->neighbors[lc].closerSet;
-	List	   *added = NIL;
-	bool		removedAny = false;
 
 	if (list_length(w) <= m)
 		return w;
 
 	wd = pairingheap_allocate(CompareNearestCandidates, NULL);
 
-	/* Ensure order of candidates is deterministic for closer caching */
-	if (sortCandidates)
-		list_sort(w, CompareCandidateDistances);
-
 	while (list_length(w) > 0 && list_length(r) < m)
 	{
 		/* Assumes w is already ordered desc */
 		HnswCandidate *e = llast(w);
+		bool		closer;
 
 		w = list_delete_last(w);
 
-		/* Use previous state of r and wd to skip work when possible */
+		closer = CheckElementCloser(e, r, lc, procinfo, collation);
-		if (mustCalculate)
-			e->closer = CheckElementCloser(e, r, lc, procinfo, collation);
-		else if (list_length(added) > 0)
-		{
-			/*
-			 * If the current candidate was closer, we only need to compare it
-			 * with the other candidates that we have added.
-			 */
-			if (e->closer)
-			{
-				e->closer = CheckElementCloser(e, added, lc, procinfo, collation);
 
-				if (!e->closer)
+		if (closer)
-					removedAny = true;
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				/*
-				 * If we have removed any candidates from closer, a candidate
-				 * that was not closer earlier might now be.
-				 */
-				if (removedAny)
-				{
-					e->closer = CheckElementCloser(e, r, lc, procinfo, collation);
-					if (e->closer)
-						added = lappend(added, e);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		else if (e == newCandidate)
-		{
-			e->closer = CheckElementCloser(e, r, lc, procinfo, collation);
-			if (e->closer)
-				added = lappend(added, e);
-		}
-
-		if (e->closer)
 			r = lappend(r, e);
 		else
 			pairingheap_add(wd, &(CreatePairingHeapNode(e)->ph_node));
 	}
 
-	/* Cached value can only be used in future if sorted deterministically */
-	e2->neighbors[lc].closerSet = sortCandidates;
-
 	/* Keep pruned connections */
 	while (!pairingheap_is_empty(wd) && list_length(r) < m)
 		r = lappend(r, ((HnswPairingHeapNode *) pairingheap_remove_first(wd))->inner);
@@ -881,7 +804,7 @@ HnswFindDuplicate(HnswElement e)
 		HnswCandidate *neighbor = &neighbors->items[i];
 
 		/* Exit early since ordered by distance */
-		if (!datumIsEqual(e->value, neighbor->element->value, false, -1))
+		if (vector_cmp_internal(e->vec, neighbor->element->vec) != 0)
 			break;
 
 		/* Check for space */
@@ -905,6 +828,28 @@ AddConnections(HnswElement element, List *neighbors, int m, int lc)
 		a->items[a->length++] = *((HnswCandidate *) lfirst(lc2));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Compare candidate distances
+ */
+static int
+#if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 130000
+CompareCandidateDistances(const ListCell *a, const ListCell *b)
+#else
+CompareCandidateDistances(const void *a, const void *b)
+#endif
+{
+	HnswCandidate *hca = lfirst((ListCell *) a);
+	HnswCandidate *hcb = lfirst((ListCell *) b);
+
+	if (hca->distance < hcb->distance)
+		return 1;
+
+	if (hca->distance > hcb->distance)
+		return -1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * Update connections
  */
@@ -934,13 +879,13 @@ HnswUpdateConnection(HnswElement element, HnswCandidate * hc, int m, int lc, int
 		/* Load elements on insert */
 		if (index != NULL)
 		{
-			Datum		q = hc->element->value;
+			Datum		q = PointerGetDatum(hc->element->vec);
 
 			for (int i = 0; i < currentNeighbors->length; i++)
 			{
 				HnswCandidate *hc3 = &currentNeighbors->items[i];
 
-				if (!hc3->element->loaded)
+				if (hc3->element->vec == NULL)
 					HnswLoadElement(hc3->element, &hc3->distance, &q, index, procinfo, collation, true);
 				else
 					hc3->distance = GetCandidateDistance(hc3, q, procinfo, collation);
@@ -958,12 +903,13 @@ HnswUpdateConnection(HnswElement element, HnswCandidate * hc, int m, int lc, int
 		{
 			List	   *c = NIL;
 
-			/* Add candidates */
+			/* Add and sort candidates */
 			for (int i = 0; i < currentNeighbors->length; i++)
 				c = lappend(c, &currentNeighbors->items[i]);
 			c = lappend(c, &hc2);
+			list_sort(c, CompareCandidateDistances);
 
-			SelectNeighbors(c, m, lc, procinfo, collation, hc->element, &hc2, &pruned, true);
+			SelectNeighbors(c, m, lc, procinfo, collation, &pruned);
 
 			/* Should not happen */
 			if (pruned == NULL)
@@ -1021,7 +967,7 @@ HnswInsertElement(HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, F
 	List	   *w;
 	int			level = element->level;
 	int			entryLevel;
-	Datum		q = element->value;
+	Datum		q = PointerGetDatum(element->vec);
 	HnswElement skipElement = existing ? element : NULL;
 
 	/* No neighbors if no entry point */
@@ -1062,12 +1008,7 @@ HnswInsertElement(HnswElement element, HnswElement entryPoint, Relation index, F
 		else
 			lw = w;
 
-		/*
+		neighbors = SelectNeighbors(lw, lm, lc, procinfo, collation, NULL);
-		 * Candidates are sorted, but not deterministically. Could set
-		 * sortCandidates to true for in-memory builds to enable closer
-		 * caching, but there does not seem to be a difference in performance.
-		 */
-		neighbors = SelectNeighbors(lw, lm, lc, procinfo, collation, element, NULL, NULL, false);
 
 		AddConnections(element, neighbors, lm, lc);
 

src/hnswvacuum.c

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ RemoveHeapTids(HnswVacuumState * vacuumstate)
 
 				if (itemUpdated)
 				{
-					Size		etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(PointerGetDatum(&etup->value));
+					Size		etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(etup->vec.dim);
 
 					/* Mark rest as invalid */
 					for (int i = idx; i < HNSW_HEAPTIDS; i++)
@@ -481,7 +481,6 @@ MarkDeleted(HnswVacuumState * vacuumstate)
 			HnswNeighborTuple ntup;
 			Size		etupSize;
 			Size		ntupSize;
-			Datum		value;
 			Buffer		nbuf;
 			Page		npage;
 			BlockNumber neighborPage;
@@ -505,11 +504,8 @@ MarkDeleted(HnswVacuumState * vacuumstate)
 			if (ItemPointerIsValid(&etup->heaptids[0]))
 				continue;
 
-			/* Get datum */
-			value = PointerGetDatum(&etup->value);
-
 			/* Calculate sizes */
-			etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(value);
+			etupSize = HNSW_ELEMENT_TUPLE_SIZE(etup->vec.dim);
 			ntupSize = HNSW_NEIGHBOR_TUPLE_SIZE(etup->level, vacuumstate->m);
 
 			/* Get neighbor page */
@@ -532,7 +528,7 @@ MarkDeleted(HnswVacuumState * vacuumstate)
 
 			/* Overwrite element */
 			etup->deleted = 1;
-			MemSet(&etup->value, 0, VARSIZE_ANY(value));
+			MemSet(&etup->vec.x, 0, etup->vec.dim * sizeof(float));
 
 			/* Overwrite neighbors */
 			for (int i = 0; i < ntup->count; i++)

src/ivfflat.h

@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ typedef struct IvfflatScanOpaqueData
 	int			probes;
 	int			dimensions;
 	bool		first;
+	Buffer		buf;
+	ItemPointerData heaptid;
 
 	/* Sorting */
 	Tuplesortstate *sortstate;

src/ivfinsert.c

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ InsertTuple(Relation index, Datum *values, bool *isnull, ItemPointer heap_tid, R
 
 	/* Get tuple size */
 	itemsz = MAXALIGN(IndexTupleSize(itup));
-	Assert(itemsz <= BLCKSZ - MAXALIGN(SizeOfPageHeaderData) - MAXALIGN(sizeof(IvfflatPageOpaqueData)) - sizeof(ItemIdData));
+	Assert(itemsz <= BLCKSZ - MAXALIGN(SizeOfPageHeaderData) - MAXALIGN(sizeof(IvfflatPageOpaqueData)));
 
 	/* Find a page to insert the item */
 	for (;;)

src/ivfscan.c

@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ GetScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 				bool		isnull;
 				ItemId		itemid = PageGetItemId(page, offno);
 
+				/* Skip dead tuples */
+				if (scan->ignore_killed_tuples && ItemIdIsDead(itemid))
+					continue;
+
 				itup = (IndexTuple) PageGetItem(page, itemid);
 				datum = index_getattr(itup, 1, tupdesc, &isnull);
 
@@ -157,6 +161,8 @@ GetScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 				slot->tts_isnull[0] = false;
 				slot->tts_values[1] = PointerGetDatum(&itup->t_tid);
 				slot->tts_isnull[1] = false;
+				slot->tts_values[2] = Int32GetDatum((int) searchPage);
+				slot->tts_isnull[2] = false;
 				ExecStoreVirtualTuple(slot);
 
 				tuplesort_puttupleslot(so->sortstate, slot);
@@ -181,6 +187,55 @@ GetScanItems(IndexScanDesc scan, Datum value)
 	tuplesort_performsort(so->sortstate);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Mark prior tuple as dead
+ */
+static void
+MarkPriorTupleDead(IndexScanDesc scan)
+{
+	IvfflatScanOpaque so = (IvfflatScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
+	Buffer		buf = so->buf;
+	Page		page;
+	OffsetNumber maxoffno;
+
+	/* Safety check */
+	if (!BufferIsValid(so->buf) || !ItemPointerIsValid(&so->heaptid))
+		return;
+
+	/* Only a shared locked is needed for ItemIdMarkDead */
+	LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_SHARE);
+	page = BufferGetPage(buf);
+	maxoffno = PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(page);
+
+	for (OffsetNumber offno = FirstOffsetNumber; offno <= maxoffno; offno = OffsetNumberNext(offno))
+	{
+		ItemId		itemid = PageGetItemId(page, offno);
+		IndexTuple	itup = (IndexTuple) PageGetItem(page, itemid);
+
+		/*
+		 * Find tuple. Since buffer has been pinned, tuple cannot have been
+		 * vacuumed (and heap TID reused).
+		 */
+		if (ItemPointerEquals(&itup->t_tid, &so->heaptid))
+		{
+			/*
+			 * Make sure tuple has not already been marked dead to avoid extra
+			 * WAL if wal_log_hints or data checksums enabled
+			 */
+			if (!ItemIdIsDead(itemid))
+			{
+				ItemIdMarkDead(itemid);
+				MarkBufferDirtyHint(buf, true);
+			}
+
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* Unlock buffer */
+	LockBuffer(buf, BUFFER_LOCK_UNLOCK);
+}
+
 /*
  * Prepare for an index scan
  */
@@ -206,7 +261,9 @@ ivfflatbeginscan(Relation index, int nkeys, int norderbys)
 		probes = lists;
 
 	so = (IvfflatScanOpaque) palloc(offsetof(IvfflatScanOpaqueData, lists) + probes * sizeof(IvfflatScanList));
+	so->buf = InvalidBuffer;
 	so->first = true;
+	ItemPointerSetInvalid(&so->heaptid);
 	so->probes = probes;
 	so->dimensions = dimensions;
 
@@ -217,12 +274,13 @@ ivfflatbeginscan(Relation index, int nkeys, int norderbys)
 
 	/* Create tuple description for sorting */
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 120000
-	so->tupdesc = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(2);
+	so->tupdesc = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(3);
 #else
-	so->tupdesc = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(2, false);
+	so->tupdesc = CreateTemplateTupleDesc(3, false);
 #endif
 	TupleDescInitEntry(so->tupdesc, (AttrNumber) 1, "distance", FLOAT8OID, -1, 0);
 	TupleDescInitEntry(so->tupdesc, (AttrNumber) 2, "heaptid", TIDOID, -1, 0);
+	TupleDescInitEntry(so->tupdesc, (AttrNumber) 3, "indexblkno", INT4OID, -1, 0);
 
 	/* Prep sort */
 	so->sortstate = tuplesort_begin_heap(so->tupdesc, 1, attNums, sortOperators, sortCollations, nullsFirstFlags, work_mem, NULL, false);
@@ -254,6 +312,7 @@ ivfflatrescan(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanKey keys, int nkeys, ScanKey orderbys, int
 #endif
 
 	so->first = true;
+	ItemPointerSetInvalid(&so->heaptid);
 	pairingheap_reset(so->listQueue);
 
 	if (keys && scan->numberOfKeys > 0)
@@ -288,11 +347,6 @@ ivfflatgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 		if (scan->orderByData == NULL)
 			elog(ERROR, "cannot scan ivfflat index without order");
 
-		/* Requires MVCC-compliant snapshot as not able to pin during sorting */
-		/* https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/index-locking.html */
-		if (!IsMVCCSnapshot(scan->xs_snapshot))
-			elog(ERROR, "non-MVCC snapshots are not supported with ivfflat");
-
 		if (scan->orderByData->sk_flags & SK_ISNULL)
 			value = PointerGetDatum(InitVector(so->dimensions));
 		else
@@ -316,10 +370,17 @@ ivfflatgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 		if (value != scan->orderByData->sk_argument)
 			pfree(DatumGetPointer(value));
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		/* Mark prior tuple as dead */
+		if (scan->kill_prior_tuple)
+			MarkPriorTupleDead(scan);
+	}
 
 	if (tuplesort_gettupleslot(so->sortstate, true, false, so->slot, NULL))
 	{
 		ItemPointer heaptid = (ItemPointer) DatumGetPointer(slot_getattr(so->slot, 2, &so->isnull));
+		BlockNumber indexblkno = DatumGetInt32(slot_getattr(so->slot, 3, &so->isnull));
 
 #if PG_VERSION_NUM >= 120000
 		scan->xs_heaptid = *heaptid;
@@ -327,6 +388,21 @@ ivfflatgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 		scan->xs_ctup.t_self = *heaptid;
 #endif
 
+		/* Keep track of info needed to mark tuple as dead */
+		so->heaptid = *heaptid;
+
+		/* Unpin buffer */
+		if (BufferIsValid(so->buf))
+			ReleaseBuffer(so->buf);
+
+		/*
+		 * An index scan must maintain a pin on the index page holding the
+		 * item last returned by amgettuple
+		 *
+		 * https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/index-locking.html
+		 */
+		so->buf = ReadBuffer(scan->indexRelation, indexblkno);
+
 		scan->xs_recheckorderby = false;
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -342,6 +418,10 @@ ivfflatendscan(IndexScanDesc scan)
 {
 	IvfflatScanOpaque so = (IvfflatScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
 
+	/* Release pin */
+	if (BufferIsValid(so->buf))
+		ReleaseBuffer(so->buf);
+
 	pairingheap_free(so->listQueue);
 	tuplesort_end(so->sortstate);
 

test/t/019_hnsw_array.pl

@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use PostgresNode;
-use TestLib;
-use Test::More;
-
-my $node;
-my @queries = ();
-my @expected;
-my $limit = 20;
-
-sub test_recall
-{
-	my ($min, $operator) = @_;
-	my $correct = 0;
-	my $total = 0;
-
-	my $explain = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
-		SET enable_seqscan = off;
-		EXPLAIN ANALYZE SELECT i FROM tst ORDER BY v $operator '$queries[0]' LIMIT $limit;
-	));
-	like($explain, qr/Index Scan/);
-
-	for my $i (0 .. $#queries)
-	{
-		my $actual = $node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
-			SET enable_seqscan = off;
-			SELECT i FROM tst ORDER BY v $operator '$queries[$i]' LIMIT $limit;
-		));
-		my @actual_ids = split("\n", $actual);
-		my %actual_set = map { $_ => 1 } @actual_ids;
-
-		my @expected_ids = split("\n", $expected[$i]);
-
-		foreach (@expected_ids)
-		{
-			if (exists($actual_set{$_}))
-			{
-				$correct++;
-			}
-			$total++;
-		}
-	}
-
-	cmp_ok($correct / $total, ">=", $min, $operator);
-}
-
-# Initialize node
-$node = get_new_node('node');
-$node->init;
-$node->start;
-
-# Create table
-$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE EXTENSION vector;");
-$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE TABLE tst (i int4, v float4[3]);");
-$node->safe_psql("postgres",
-	"INSERT INTO tst SELECT i, ARRAY[random(), random(), random()] FROM generate_series(1, 10000) i;"
-);
-
-$node->safe_psql("postgres", qq(
-	CREATE FUNCTION float4_l2_distance(float4[], float4[]) RETURNS float8
-		AS 'BEGIN RETURN l2_distance(\$1::vector, \$2::vector); END;'
-		LANGUAGE plpgsql IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
-
-	CREATE FUNCTION float4_l2_squared_distance(float4[], float4[]) RETURNS float8
-		AS 'BEGIN RETURN vector_l2_squared_distance(\$1::vector, \$2::vector); END;'
-		LANGUAGE plpgsql IMMUTABLE STRICT PARALLEL SAFE;
-
-	CREATE OPERATOR <-> (
-		LEFTARG = float4[], RIGHTARG = float4[], PROCEDURE = float4_l2_distance,
-		COMMUTATOR = '<->'
-	);
-
-	CREATE OPERATOR CLASS float4_l2_ops
-		FOR TYPE float4[] USING hnsw AS
-		OPERATOR 1 <-> (float4[], float4[]) FOR ORDER BY float_ops,
-		FUNCTION 1 float4_l2_squared_distance(float4[], float4[]);
-));
-
-# 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 = ("float4_l2_ops");
-
-for my $i (0 .. $#operators)
-{
-	my $operator = $operators[$i];
-	my $opclass = $opclasses[$i];
-
-	# Get exact results
-	@expected = ();
-	foreach (@queries)
-	{
-		my $res = $node->safe_psql("postgres", "SELECT i FROM tst ORDER BY v $operator '$_' LIMIT $limit;");
-		push(@expected, $res);
-	}
-
-	# Add index
-	$node->safe_psql("postgres", "CREATE INDEX ON tst USING hnsw (v $opclass);");
-
-	my $min = $operator eq "<#>" ? 0.80 : 0.99;
-	test_recall($min, $operator);
-}
-
-done_testing();

vector.control

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 comment = 'vector data type and ivfflat and hnsw access methods'
-default_version = '0.5.1'
+default_version = '0.5.0'
 module_pathname = '$libdir/vector'
 relocatable = true