one-hash-bloom-filter-20200917b.txt

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Filename: one-hash-bloom-filter-20200917b.txt
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Message: Re: WIP: BRIN multi-range indexes
diff --git a/src/backend/access/brin/brin_bloom.c b/src/backend/access/brin/brin_bloom.c
index 03e9d4b713..5dc213727b 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/brin/brin_bloom.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/brin/brin_bloom.c
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ typedef struct BloomOptions
  */
 #define		BLOOM_DEFAULT_FALSE_POSITIVE_RATE	0.01	/* 1% fp rate */
 
+/* With the minimum allowed false positive rate of 0.001, we need up to 10 hashes */
+#define		BLOOM_MAX_NUM_PARTITIONS	10
+
 #define BloomGetNDistinctPerRange(opts) \
 	((opts) && (((BloomOptions *) (opts))->nDistinctPerRange != 0) ? \
 	 (((BloomOptions *) (opts))->nDistinctPerRange) : \
@@ -270,6 +273,7 @@ typedef struct BloomFilter
 	uint8	nhashes;	/* number of hash functions */
 	uint32	nbits;		/* number of bits in the bitmap (size) */
 	uint32	nbits_set;	/* number of bits set to 1 */
+	uint16	partlens[BLOOM_MAX_NUM_PARTITIONS];	/* partition lengths */
 
 	/* data of the bloom filter (used both for sorted and hashed phase) */
 	char	data[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
@@ -279,6 +283,114 @@ typedef struct BloomFilter
 static BloomFilter *bloom_switch_to_hashing(BloomFilter *filter);
 
 
+/*
+ * generate_primes
+ * 		returns array of all primes less than limit
+ *
+ * WIP: very naive prime sieve; could be optimized using segmented ranges
+ */
+static uint16 *
+generate_primes(int limit)
+{
+	/* upper bound of number of primes below limit */
+	/* WIP: reference for this number */
+	int numprimes = 1.26 * limit / log(limit);
+
+	bool *is_composite = (bool *) palloc0(limit * sizeof(bool));
+	uint16 *primes = (uint16 *) palloc0(numprimes * sizeof(uint16));
+
+	int maxfactor = floor(sqrt(limit));
+	int factor = 2;	/* first prime */
+
+	/* mark the sieve where the index is composite */
+	while (factor < maxfactor)
+	{
+		for (int i = factor * factor; i < limit; i += factor)
+			 is_composite[i] = true;
+		do { factor++; } while (is_composite[factor]);
+	}
+
+	/* the unmarked numbers are prime, so copy over */
+	for (int i = 2, j = 0; i < limit && j < numprimes; i++)
+	{
+		if (!is_composite[i])
+			primes[j++] = i;
+	}
+
+	/* there should still be some zeroes at the end, but make sure */
+	primes[numprimes - 1] = 0;
+
+	/* pretty large, so free it now (segmented ranges would make it smaller) */
+	pfree(is_composite);
+	return primes;
+}
+
+/*
+ * set_bloom_partitions
+ * 		Calculate k moduli for one-hashing bloom filter.
+ *
+ * Find consecutive primes whose sum is close to nbits and
+ * return the sum. Copy the primes to the filter to use as
+ * partition lengths.
+ * WIP: one-hashing bf paper ref somewhere
+ */
+static uint32
+set_bloom_partitions(int nbits, uint8 nhashes, uint16 *partlens)
+{
+	int		min, diff, incr;
+	int		pidx = 0;
+	int		sum = 0;
+	int		target_partlen = nbits / nhashes;
+
+	/*
+	 * Increase the limit to ensure we have some primes higher than
+	 * the target partition length. The 100 value is arbitrary, but
+	 * should be well over what we need.
+	 */
+	uint16 *primes = generate_primes(target_partlen + 100);
+
+	/*
+	 * In our array of primes, find a sequence of length nhashes, whose
+	 * last item is close to our target partition length. The end of the
+	 * array will be filled with zeros, so we need to guard against that.
+	 */
+	while (primes[pidx + nhashes - 1] <= target_partlen &&
+		   primes[pidx] > 0)
+		pidx++;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < nhashes; i++)
+		sum += primes[pidx + i];
+
+	/*
+	 * Since all the primes are less than or equal the desired partition
+	 * length, the sum is somewhat less than nbits. Increment the starting
+	 * point until we find the sequence of primes whose sum is closest to
+	 * nbits. It doesn't matter whether it's higher or lower.
+	 */
+	min = abs(nbits - sum);
+	for (;;)
+	{
+		incr = primes[pidx + nhashes] - primes[pidx];
+		diff = abs(nbits - (sum + incr));
+		if (diff >= min)
+			break;
+
+		min = diff;
+		sum += incr;
+		pidx++;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(partlens, &primes[pidx], nhashes * sizeof(uint16));
+
+	/* WIP: assuming it's not important to pfree primes */
+
+	/*
+	 * The actual filter length will be the sum of the partition lengths
+	 * rounded up to the nearest byte.
+	 */
+	return (uint32) ((sum + 7) / 8) * 8;
+}
+
 /*
  * bloom_init
  * 		Initialize the Bloom Filter, allocate all the memory.
@@ -301,15 +413,13 @@ bloom_init(int ndistinct, double false_positive_rate)
 
 	m = ceil((ndistinct * log(false_positive_rate)) / log(1.0 / (pow(2.0, log(2.0)))));
 
-	/* round m to whole bytes */
-	m = ((m + 7) / 8) * 8;
-
 	/*
 	 * round(log(2.0) * m / ndistinct), but assume round() may not be
 	 * available on Windows
 	 */
 	k = log(2.0) * m / ndistinct;
 	k = (k - floor(k) >= 0.5) ? ceil(k) : floor(k);
+	k = Min(k, BLOOM_MAX_NUM_PARTITIONS);
 
 	/*
 	 * Allocate the bloom filter with a minimum size 64B (about 40B in the
@@ -323,7 +433,9 @@ bloom_init(int ndistinct, double false_positive_rate)
 
 	filter->flags = 0;	/* implies SORTED phase */
 	filter->nhashes = (int) k;
-	filter->nbits = m;
+
+	/* calculate the partition lengths and adjust m to match */
+	filter->nbits = set_bloom_partitions(m, k, filter->partlens);
 
 	SET_VARSIZE(filter, len);
 
@@ -445,7 +557,7 @@ static BloomFilter *
 bloom_add_value(BloomFilter *filter, uint32 value, bool *updated)
 {
 	int		i;
-	uint32	big_h, h, d;
+	int		part_boundary = 0;
 
 	/* assume 'not updated' by default */
 	Assert(filter);
@@ -514,17 +626,16 @@ bloom_add_value(BloomFilter *filter, uint32 value, bool *updated)
 	/* we better be in the hashing phase */
 	Assert(BLOOM_IS_HASHED(filter));
 
-	/* compute the hashes, used for the bloom filter */
-	big_h = ((uint32) DatumGetInt64(hash_uint32(value)));
-
-	h = big_h % filter->nbits;
-	d = big_h % (filter->nbits - 1);
-
 	/* compute the requested number of hashes */
 	for (i = 0; i < filter->nhashes; i++)
 	{
-		int byte = (h / 8);
-		int bit  = (h % 8);
+		int partlen = filter->partlens[i];
+		int bitloc = part_boundary + (value % partlen);
+
+		Assert(bitloc < filter->nbits);
+
+		int byte = (bitloc / 8);
+		int bit  = (bitloc % 8);
 
 		/* if the bit is not set, set it and remember we did that */
 		if (! (filter->data[byte] & (0x01 << bit)))
@@ -536,12 +647,7 @@ bloom_add_value(BloomFilter *filter, uint32 value, bool *updated)
 		}
 
 		/* next bit */
-		h += d++;
-		if (h >= filter->nbits)
-			h -= filter->nbits;
-
-		if (d == filter->nbits)
-			d = 0;
+		part_boundary += partlen;
 	}
 
 	return filter;
@@ -571,6 +677,7 @@ bloom_switch_to_hashing(BloomFilter *filter)
 
 	newfilter->nhashes = filter->nhashes;
 	newfilter->nbits = filter->nbits;
+	memcpy(newfilter->partlens, filter->partlens, filter->nhashes * sizeof(uint16));
 	newfilter->flags |= BLOOM_FLAG_PHASE_HASH;
 
 	SET_VARSIZE(newfilter, len);
@@ -595,7 +702,7 @@ static bool
 bloom_contains_value(BloomFilter *filter, uint32 value)
 {
 	int		i;
-	uint32	big_h, h, d;
+	int		part_boundary = 0;
 
 	Assert(filter);
 
@@ -624,28 +731,23 @@ bloom_contains_value(BloomFilter *filter, uint32 value)
 	/* now the regular hashing mode */
 	Assert(BLOOM_IS_HASHED(filter));
 
-	big_h = ((uint32) DatumGetInt64(hash_uint32(value)));
-
-	h = big_h % filter->nbits;
-	d = big_h % (filter->nbits - 1);
-
 	/* compute the requested number of hashes */
 	for (i = 0; i < filter->nhashes; i++)
 	{
-		int byte = (h / 8);
-		int bit  = (h % 8);
+		int partlen = filter->partlens[i];
+		int bitloc = part_boundary + (value % partlen);
+
+		Assert(bitloc < filter->nbits);
+
+		int byte = (bitloc / 8);
+		int bit  = (bitloc % 8);
 
 		/* if the bit is not set, the value is not there */
 		if (! (filter->data[byte] & (0x01 << bit)))
 			return false;
 
 		/* next bit */
-		h += d++;
-		if (h >= filter->nbits)
-			h -= filter->nbits;
-
-		if (d == filter->nbits)
-			d = 0;
+		part_boundary += partlen;
 	}
 
 	/* all hashes found in bloom filter */
@@ -1065,8 +1167,14 @@ brin_bloom_summary_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	if (BLOOM_IS_HASHED(filter))
 	{
-		appendStringInfo(&str, "mode: hashed  nhashes: %u  nbits: %u  nbits_set: %u",
+		appendStringInfo(&str,
+						 "mode: hashed  nhashes: %u  nbits: %u  nbits_set: %u  partition lengths:  [",
 						 filter->nhashes, filter->nbits, filter->nbits_set);
+		for (int i = 0; i < filter->nhashes - 1; i++)
+		{
+			appendStringInfo(&str, "%u, ", filter->partlens[i]);
+		}
+		appendStringInfo(&str, "%u]", filter->partlens[filter->nhashes - 1]);
 	}
 	else
 	{