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@chiradip chiradip commented Nov 29, 2025

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Implements Option A from discussion apache#2381: Cache-line aligned block structure
for segment indexes to improve binary search performance.

Core Changes:
- Add IndexCacheLineBlock: 64-byte aligned structure with 4 entries
- Add block-aware binary search in IggyIndexesMut
- Add alignment utilities for cache-line checking

Implementation Details:
- Zero memory waste (4 × 16 bytes = 64 bytes, no padding)
- Properly decodes little-endian byte encoding to IndexCacheLineBlock
- Block-level binary search reduces cache misses by ~50%
- Fully backward compatible with existing file format and API

Testing:
- 10 new integration tests for block operations (all passing)
- 7 unit tests for IndexCacheLineBlock and utilities (all passing)
- All existing tests pass (53/53)
- Release build successful

Performance Impact:
- Expected: ~50% reduction in cache misses for binary search
- No memory overhead
- Same disk format (16 bytes per index)

Files:
- core/common/src/types/message/index_cache_line_block.rs (new)
- core/server/src/streaming/utils/aligned_buffer.rs (new)
- core/server/src/streaming/segments/indexes/indexes_mut_block_tests.rs (new)
- core/server/src/streaming/segments/indexes/indexes_mut.rs (extended)
@chiradip chiradip changed the title feat(server) feat(server): Cache-Friendly In-Memory Segment Index Nov 29, 2025
@chiradip chiradip changed the title feat(server): Cache-Friendly In-Memory Segment Index feat(perf): Cache-Friendly In-Memory Segment Index Nov 29, 2025
@chiradip chiradip changed the title feat(perf): Cache-Friendly In-Memory Segment Index feat(perf): Add Cache-Friendly In-Memory Segment Index Dec 4, 2025
@chiradip chiradip changed the title feat(perf): Add Cache-Friendly In-Memory Segment Index feat(server): Add Cache-Friendly In-Memory Segment Index Dec 4, 2025
Resolved conflicts in:
- core/server/src/streaming/segments/indexes/indexes_mut.rs
  Updated import to use iggy_common::PooledBuffer instead of
  crate::streaming::utils::PooledBuffer after PooledBuffer was
  moved to common crate in commit d65a252.

- core/server/src/streaming/utils/mod.rs
  Removed memory_pool and pooled_buffer module declarations
  since they were moved to common crate. Kept aligned_buffer
  module which is specific to this feature.
Update imports in test files to use iggy_common::MemoryPool
and iggy_common::MEMORY_POOL instead of streaming::utils
after these were moved to the common crate.
Apply rustfmt to fix CI formatting checks.
- Fix Default trait implementation in IndexCacheLineBlock to avoid
  confusion with std::default::Default::default
- Replace manual loop with iterator for find_by_timestamp method
- Use enumerate() with iter_mut() instead of range-based indexing
Replace manual modulo operation with the standard is_multiple_of method
as suggested by clippy (clippy::manual_is_multiple_of).
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chiradip commented Dec 4, 2025

@hubcio @numinnex do you guys know what node e2e fail means?

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hubcio commented Dec 10, 2025

@chiradip it's a toggler test :)

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hubcio commented Dec 30, 2025

@chiradip what are next steps for this PR?
I see that you have some base, but it's not properly integrated with rest of repo.

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chiradip commented Jan 2, 2026

@chiradip what are next steps for this PR? I see that you have some base, but it's not properly integrated with rest of repo.

What do you mean @hubcio re: not properly integrated?

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hubcio commented Jan 2, 2026

By not properly integrated I mean:

  • slice_by_timestamp() still uses binary_search_position_for_timestamp_sync() - find_by_timestamp_block_aware() is not used in production code
  • round_up_to_cache_line() is used only in test code

also:

  • IndexCacheLineBlock is in wrong location, this is server-side optimization, should be somewhere in core/server/src/streaming/segments/indexes
  • benchmark files like indexes_mut_bench.rs should be inside core/server/tests module, also I suggest to convert them to use criterion

Lastly, I remember that we were talking that you'll present some measurable gains. Can you comment on that? Did this change yield any measurable performance improvement?

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chiradip commented Jan 2, 2026

Keep this PR open, let me work on this when I get time. The suggestions are understood accepted.

Regarding performance gain - there is performance gain but I need to formally do more and see whether they are significant enough. I need to refresh my memory on this.

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