Optimize distance function, some allocation, hashmap tricks

2024-11-22 15:42:02 +00:00 · 2019-02-22 06:02:10 +03:00 · 2019-02-22 06:02:10 +03:00 · ada849263b
commit ada849263b
parent 3f636b3c34
3 changed files with 151 additions and 61 deletions
--- a/dbms/src/Functions/FunctionsStringSimilarity.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Functions/FunctionsStringSimilarity.cpp
@ -6,15 +6,35 @@
 #include <Common/HashTable/Hash.h>
 #include <Common/UTF8Helpers.h>

+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <limits>
+
 namespace DB
 {

-struct TrigramDistanceImpl
+/** Distance function implementation.
+  * We calculate all the trigrams from left string and count by the index of
+  * 16 bits hash of them in the map.
+  * Then calculate all the trigrams from the right string and calculate
+  * the trigram distance on the flight by adding and subtracting from the hashmap.
+  * Then return the map into the condition of which it was after left string
+  * calculation. If the right string size is big (more than 2**15 bytes),
+  * the strings are not similar at all and we return 1.
+  */
+struct DistanceImpl
 {
    using ResultType = Float32;
    using CodePoint = UInt32;

-    using TrigramMap = ClearableHashMap<UInt64, UInt64, TrivialHash>;
+    /// MapSize for trigram difference
+    static constexpr size_t MapSize = 1u << 16;
+
+    /// If the haystack size is bigger than this, behaviour is unspecified for this function
+    static constexpr size_t MaxStringSize = 1u << 15;
+
+    /// This fits mostly in L2 cache all the time
+    using TrigramDiff = UInt16[MapSize];

    static inline CodePoint readCodePoint(const char *& pos, const char * end) noexcept
    {
@ -23,20 +43,31 @@ struct TrigramDistanceImpl
        if (pos + length > end)
            length = end - pos;

-        if (length > sizeof(CodePoint))
-            length = sizeof(CodePoint);
-
        CodePoint res = 0;
-        memcpy(&res, pos, length);
+        /// this is faster than just memcpy because of compiler optimizations with moving bytes
+        switch (length) {
+            case 1:
+                memcpy(&res, pos, 1);
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                memcpy(&res, pos, 2);
+                break;
+            case 3:
+                memcpy(&res, pos, 3);
+                break;
+            default:
+                memcpy(&res, pos, 4);
+                break;
+        }
+
        pos += length;
        return res;
    }

-    static inline size_t calculateStats(const char * data, const size_t size, TrigramMap & ans)
+    static inline size_t calculateNeedleStats(const char * data, const size_t size, TrigramDiff & ans) noexcept
    {
-        ans.clear();
        size_t len = 0;
-        size_t trigramCnt = 0;
+        size_t trigram_cnt = 0;
        const char * start = data;
        const char * end = data + size;
        CodePoint cp1 = 0;
@ -50,68 +81,107 @@ struct TrigramDistanceImpl
            ++len;
            if (len < 3)
                continue;
-            ++trigramCnt;
-            ++ans[intHashCRC32(intHashCRC32(cp1) ^ cp2) ^ cp3];
+            ++trigram_cnt;
+            ++ans[(intHashCRC32(intHashCRC32(cp1) ^ cp2) ^ cp3) & 0xFFFFu];
        }
-        return trigramCnt;
+        return trigram_cnt;
    }

-    static inline UInt64 calculateMetric(const TrigramMap & lhs, const TrigramMap & rhs)
+    static inline UInt64 calculateHaystackStatsAndMetric(const char * data, const size_t size, TrigramDiff & ans, size_t & distance)
    {
-        UInt64 res = 0;
+        size_t len = 0;
+        size_t trigram_cnt = 0;
+        const char * start = data;
+        const char * end = data + size;
+        CodePoint cp1 = 0;
+        CodePoint cp2 = 0;
+        CodePoint cp3 = 0;

-        for (const auto & [trigram, count] : lhs)
+        /// allocation tricks, most strings are relatively small
+        static constexpr size_t small_buffer_size = 256;
+        std::unique_ptr<UInt16[]> big_buffer;
+        UInt16 small_buffer[small_buffer_size];
+        UInt16 * trigram_storage = small_buffer;
+
+        if (size > small_buffer_size)
        {
-            if (auto it = rhs.find(trigram); it != rhs.end())
-                res += std::abs(static_cast<Int64>(count) - static_cast<Int64>(it->second));
-            else
-                res += count;
+            trigram_storage = new UInt16[size];
+            big_buffer.reset(trigram_storage);
        }

-        for (const auto & [trigram, count] : rhs)
-            if (!lhs.has(trigram))
-                res += count;
+        while (start != end)
+        {
+            cp1 = cp2;
+            cp2 = cp3;
+            cp3 = readCodePoint(start, end);
+            ++len;
+            if (len < 3)
+                continue;
+            UInt16 hash = (intHashCRC32(intHashCRC32(cp1) ^ cp2) ^ cp3) & 0xFFFFu;

-        return res;
+            /// Unsigned integer tricks
+            if (ans[hash] < std::numeric_limits<UInt16>::max() / 2) {
+                --distance;
+            } else {
+                ++distance;
+            }
+            trigram_storage[trigram_cnt++] = hash;
+            --ans[hash];
+        }
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < trigram_cnt; ++i) {
+            ++ans[trigram_storage[i]];
+        }
+        return trigram_cnt;
    }

    static void constant_constant(const std::string & data, const std::string & needle, Float32 & res)
    {
-        TrigramMap haystack_stats;
-        TrigramMap needle_stats;
-        size_t first_size = calculateStats(data.data(), data.size(), haystack_stats);
-        size_t second_size = calculateStats(needle.data(), needle.size(), needle_stats);
-        res = calculateMetric(needle_stats, haystack_stats) * 1.0 / std::max(first_size + second_size, size_t(1));
+        TrigramDiff common_stats;
+        memset(common_stats, std::numeric_limits<UInt8>::max(), sizeof(common_stats));
+        size_t second_size = calculateNeedleStats(needle.data(), needle.size(), common_stats);
+        size_t distance = second_size;
+        if (data.size() <= MaxStringSize) {
+            size_t first_size = calculateHaystackStatsAndMetric(data.data(), data.size(), common_stats, distance);
+            res = distance * 1.0 / std::max(first_size + second_size, size_t(1));
+        } else {
+            res = 1.f;
+        }
    }

    static void vector_constant(const ColumnString::Chars & data, const ColumnString::Offsets & offsets, const std::string & needle, PaddedPODArray<Float32> & res)
    {
-        TrigramMap needle_stats;
-        TrigramMap haystack_stats;
-        const size_t needle_stats_size = calculateStats(needle.data(), needle.size(), needle_stats);
+        TrigramDiff common_stats;
+        memset(common_stats, std::numeric_limits<UInt8>::max(), sizeof(common_stats));
+        const size_t needle_stats_size = calculateNeedleStats(needle.data(), needle.size(), common_stats);
+        size_t distance = needle_stats_size;
        size_t prev_offset = 0;
        for (size_t i = 0; i < offsets.size(); ++i)
        {
            const auto * haystack = &data[prev_offset];
            const size_t haystack_size = offsets[i] - prev_offset - 1;
-            size_t haystack_stats_size = calculateStats(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(haystack), haystack_size, haystack_stats);
-            res[i] = calculateMetric(haystack_stats, needle_stats) * 1.0 / std::max(haystack_stats_size + needle_stats_size, size_t(1));
+            if (haystack_size <= MaxStringSize) {
+                size_t haystack_stats_size = calculateHaystackStatsAndMetric(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(haystack), haystack_size, common_stats, distance);
+                res[i] = distance * 1.0 / std::max(haystack_stats_size + needle_stats_size, size_t(1));
+            } else {
+                res[i] = 1.f;
+            }
+            distance = needle_stats_size;
            prev_offset = offsets[i];
        }
    }
 };


-struct TrigramDistanceName
+struct DistanceName
 {
-    static constexpr auto name = "trigramDistance";
+    static constexpr auto name = "distance";
 };

-using FunctionTrigramDistance = FunctionsStringSimilarity<TrigramDistanceImpl, TrigramDistanceName>;
+using FunctionDistance = FunctionsStringSimilarity<DistanceImpl, DistanceName>;

 void registerFunctionsStringSimilarity(FunctionFactory & factory)
 {
-    factory.registerFunction<FunctionTrigramDistance>();
+    factory.registerFunction<FunctionDistance>();
 }

 }
--- a/dbms/src/Functions/FunctionsStringSimilarity.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Functions/FunctionsStringSimilarity.h
@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ namespace DB

 /** Calculate similarity metrics:
  *
-  * trigramSimilarity(haystack, needle) --- calculate trigram distance between haystack and needle
+  * distance(haystack, needle) --- calculate so called "distance" between haystack and needle.
+  * Returns float number from 0 to 1 - the closer to zero, the more strings are similar to each other.
  */

 namespace ErrorCodes
@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ namespace ErrorCodes
    extern const int ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT;
    extern const int ILLEGAL_COLUMN;
    extern const int NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH;
+    extern const int TOO_LARGE_STRING_SIZE;
 }

 template <typename Impl, typename Name>
@ -63,7 +65,14 @@ public:
        if (col_haystack_const)
        {
            ResultType res{};
-            Impl::constant_constant(col_haystack_const->getValue<String>(), col_needle_const->getValue<String>(), res);
+            const String & needle = col_needle_const->getValue<String>();
+            if (needle.size() > Impl::MaxStringSize)
+            {
+                throw Exception(
+                    "String size of needle is too big for function " + getName() + ". Should be at most " + std::to_string(Impl::MaxStringSize),
+                        ErrorCodes::TOO_LARGE_STRING_SIZE);
+            }
+            Impl::constant_constant(col_haystack_const->getValue<String>(), needle, res);
            block.getByPosition(result).column = block.getByPosition(result).type->createColumnConst(col_haystack_const->size(), toField(res));
            return;
        }
@ -76,13 +85,24 @@ public:
        const ColumnString * col_haystack_vector = checkAndGetColumn<ColumnString>(&*column_haystack);

        if (col_haystack_vector)
+        {
+            const String & needle = col_needle_const->getValue<String>();
+            if (needle.size() > Impl::MaxStringSize)
+            {
+                throw Exception(
+                    "String size of needle is too big for function " + getName() + ". Should be at most " + std::to_string(Impl::MaxStringSize),
+                        ErrorCodes::TOO_LARGE_STRING_SIZE);
+            }
            Impl::vector_constant(
-                col_haystack_vector->getChars(), col_haystack_vector->getOffsets(), col_needle_const->getValue<String>(), vec_res);
+                col_haystack_vector->getChars(), col_haystack_vector->getOffsets(), needle, vec_res);
+        }
        else
+        {
            throw Exception(
                "Illegal columns " + block.getByPosition(arguments[0]).column->getName() + " and "
                    + block.getByPosition(arguments[1]).column->getName() + " of arguments of function " + getName(),
                ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_COLUMN);
+        }

        block.getByPosition(result).column = std::move(col_res);
    }
--- a/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00909_trigram_distance.sql
+++ b/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00909_trigram_distance.sql
@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance(materialize(''), '')) from system.numbers limit 5;
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance(materialize('абв'), '')) from system.numbers limit 5;
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance(materialize(''), 'абв')) from system.numbers limit 5;
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance(materialize('абвгдеёжз'), 'абвгдеёжз')) from system.numbers limit 5;
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance(materialize('абвгдеёжз'), 'абвгдеёж')) from system.numbers limit 5;
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance(materialize('абвгдеёжз'), 'гдеёзд')) from system.numbers limit 5;
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance(materialize('абвгдеёжз'), 'ёёёёёёёё')) from system.numbers limit 5;
+select round(1000 * distance(materialize(''), '')) from system.numbers limit 5;
+select round(1000 * distance(materialize('абв'), '')) from system.numbers limit 5;
+select round(1000 * distance(materialize(''), 'абв')) from system.numbers limit 5;
+select round(1000 * distance(materialize('абвгдеёжз'), 'абвгдеёжз')) from system.numbers limit 5;
+select round(1000 * distance(materialize('абвгдеёжз'), 'абвгдеёж')) from system.numbers limit 5;
+select round(1000 * distance(materialize('абвгдеёжз'), 'гдеёзд')) from system.numbers limit 5;
+select round(1000 * distance(materialize('абвгдеёжз'), 'ёёёёёёёё')) from system.numbers limit 5;

-select round(1000 * trigramDistance('', ''));
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance('абв', ''));
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance('', 'абв'));
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance('абвгдеёжз', 'абвгдеёжз'));
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance('абвгдеёжз', 'абвгдеёж'));
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance('абвгдеёжз', 'гдеёзд'));
-select round(1000 * trigramDistance('абвгдеёжз', 'ёёёёёёёё'));
+select round(1000 * distance('', ''));
+select round(1000 * distance('абв', ''));
+select round(1000 * distance('', 'абв'));
+select round(1000 * distance('абвгдеёжз', 'абвгдеёжз'));
+select round(1000 * distance('абвгдеёжз', 'абвгдеёж'));
+select round(1000 * distance('абвгдеёжз', 'гдеёзд'));
+select round(1000 * distance('абвгдеёжз', 'ёёёёёёёё'));

 drop table if exists test.test_distance;
 create table test.test_distance (Title String) engine = Memory;
 insert into test.test_distance values ('привет как дела?... Херсон'), ('привет как дела клип - Яндекс.Видео'), ('привет'), ('пап привет как дела - Яндекс.Видео'), ('привет братан как дела - Яндекс.Видео'), ('http://metric.ru/'), ('http://autometric.ru/'), ('http://metrica.yandex.com/'), ('http://metris.ru/'), ('http://metrika.ru/'), ('');

-SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY trigramDistance(Title, 'привет как дела');
-SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY trigramDistance(Title, 'как привет дела');
-SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY trigramDistance(Title, 'metrika');
-SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY trigramDistance(Title, 'metrica');
-SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY trigramDistance(Title, 'metriks');
-SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY trigramDistance(Title, 'metrics');
-SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY trigramDistance(Title, 'yandex');
+SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY distance(Title, 'привет как дела');
+SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY distance(Title, 'как привет дела');
+SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY distance(Title, 'metrika');
+SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY distance(Title, 'metrica');
+SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY distance(Title, 'metriks');
+SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY distance(Title, 'metrics');
+SELECT Title FROM test.test_distance ORDER BY distance(Title, 'yandex');

 drop table if exists test.test_distance;