perf: Improve performance of native row-to-columnar transition used by JVM shuffle

native/core/Cargo.toml

@@ -133,3 +133,7 @@ harness = false
 [[bench]]
 name = "parquet_decode"
 harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "array_element_append"
+harness = false

native/core/benches/array_element_append.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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+//
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+//
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+// under the License.
+
+//! Micro-benchmarks for SparkUnsafeArray element iteration.
+//!
+//! This tests the low-level `append_to_builder` function which converts
+//! SparkUnsafeArray elements to Arrow array builders. This is the inner loop
+//! used when processing List/Array columns in JVM shuffle.
+
+use arrow::array::builder::{
+    Date32Builder, Float64Builder, Int32Builder, Int64Builder, TimestampMicrosecondBuilder,
+};
+use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, TimeUnit};
+use comet::execution::shuffle::spark_unsafe::list::{append_to_builder, SparkUnsafeArray};
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion};
+
+const NUM_ELEMENTS: usize = 10000;
+
+/// Create a SparkUnsafeArray in memory with i32 elements.
+/// Layout:
+/// - 8 bytes: num_elements (i64)
+/// - null bitset: 8 bytes per 64 elements
+/// - element data: 4 bytes per element (i32)
+fn create_spark_unsafe_array_i32(num_elements: usize, with_nulls: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
+    // Header size: 8 (num_elements) + ceil(num_elements/64) * 8 (null bitset)
+    let null_bitset_words = num_elements.div_ceil(64);
+    let header_size = 8 + null_bitset_words * 8;
+    let data_size = num_elements * 4; // i32 = 4 bytes
+    let total_size = header_size + data_size;
+
+    let mut buffer = vec![0u8; total_size];
+
+    // Write num_elements
+    buffer[0..8].copy_from_slice(&(num_elements as i64).to_le_bytes());
+
+    // Write null bitset (set every 10th element as null if with_nulls)
+    if with_nulls {
+        for i in (0..num_elements).step_by(10) {
+            let word_idx = i / 64;
+            let bit_idx = i % 64;
+            let word_offset = 8 + word_idx * 8;
+            let current_word =
+                i64::from_le_bytes(buffer[word_offset..word_offset + 8].try_into().unwrap());
+            let new_word = current_word | (1i64 << bit_idx);
+            buffer[word_offset..word_offset + 8].copy_from_slice(&new_word.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Write element data
+    for i in 0..num_elements {
+        let offset = header_size + i * 4;
+        buffer[offset..offset + 4].copy_from_slice(&(i as i32).to_le_bytes());
+    }
+
+    buffer
+}
+
+/// Create a SparkUnsafeArray in memory with i64 elements.
+fn create_spark_unsafe_array_i64(num_elements: usize, with_nulls: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let null_bitset_words = num_elements.div_ceil(64);
+    let header_size = 8 + null_bitset_words * 8;
+    let data_size = num_elements * 8; // i64 = 8 bytes
+    let total_size = header_size + data_size;
+
+    let mut buffer = vec![0u8; total_size];
+
+    // Write num_elements
+    buffer[0..8].copy_from_slice(&(num_elements as i64).to_le_bytes());
+
+    // Write null bitset
+    if with_nulls {
+        for i in (0..num_elements).step_by(10) {
+            let word_idx = i / 64;
+            let bit_idx = i % 64;
+            let word_offset = 8 + word_idx * 8;
+            let current_word =
+                i64::from_le_bytes(buffer[word_offset..word_offset + 8].try_into().unwrap());
+            let new_word = current_word | (1i64 << bit_idx);
+            buffer[word_offset..word_offset + 8].copy_from_slice(&new_word.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Write element data
+    for i in 0..num_elements {
+        let offset = header_size + i * 8;
+        buffer[offset..offset + 8].copy_from_slice(&(i as i64).to_le_bytes());
+    }
+
+    buffer
+}
+
+/// Create a SparkUnsafeArray in memory with f64 elements.
+fn create_spark_unsafe_array_f64(num_elements: usize, with_nulls: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let null_bitset_words = num_elements.div_ceil(64);
+    let header_size = 8 + null_bitset_words * 8;
+    let data_size = num_elements * 8; // f64 = 8 bytes
+    let total_size = header_size + data_size;
+
+    let mut buffer = vec![0u8; total_size];
+
+    // Write num_elements
+    buffer[0..8].copy_from_slice(&(num_elements as i64).to_le_bytes());
+
+    // Write null bitset
+    if with_nulls {
+        for i in (0..num_elements).step_by(10) {
+            let word_idx = i / 64;
+            let bit_idx = i % 64;
+            let word_offset = 8 + word_idx * 8;
+            let current_word =
+                i64::from_le_bytes(buffer[word_offset..word_offset + 8].try_into().unwrap());
+            let new_word = current_word | (1i64 << bit_idx);
+            buffer[word_offset..word_offset + 8].copy_from_slice(&new_word.to_le_bytes());
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Write element data
+    for i in 0..num_elements {
+        let offset = header_size + i * 8;
+        buffer[offset..offset + 8].copy_from_slice(&(i as f64).to_le_bytes());
+    }
+
+    buffer
+}
+
+fn benchmark_array_conversion(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("spark_unsafe_array_to_arrow");
+
+    // Benchmark i32 array conversion
+    for with_nulls in [false, true] {
+        let buffer = create_spark_unsafe_array_i32(NUM_ELEMENTS, with_nulls);
+        let array = SparkUnsafeArray::new(buffer.as_ptr() as i64);
+        let null_str = if with_nulls { "with_nulls" } else { "no_nulls" };
+
+        group.bench_with_input(
+            BenchmarkId::new("i32", null_str),
+            &(&array, &buffer),
+            |b, (array, _buffer)| {
+                b.iter(|| {
+                    let mut builder = Int32Builder::with_capacity(NUM_ELEMENTS);
+                    if with_nulls {
+                        append_to_builder::<true>(&DataType::Int32, &mut builder, array).unwrap();
+                    } else {
+                        append_to_builder::<false>(&DataType::Int32, &mut builder, array).unwrap();
+                    }
+                    builder.finish()
+                });
+            },
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Benchmark i64 array conversion
+    for with_nulls in [false, true] {
+        let buffer = create_spark_unsafe_array_i64(NUM_ELEMENTS, with_nulls);
+        let array = SparkUnsafeArray::new(buffer.as_ptr() as i64);
+        let null_str = if with_nulls { "with_nulls" } else { "no_nulls" };
+
+        group.bench_with_input(
+            BenchmarkId::new("i64", null_str),
+            &(&array, &buffer),
+            |b, (array, _buffer)| {
+                b.iter(|| {
+                    let mut builder = Int64Builder::with_capacity(NUM_ELEMENTS);
+                    if with_nulls {
+                        append_to_builder::<true>(&DataType::Int64, &mut builder, array).unwrap();
+                    } else {
+                        append_to_builder::<false>(&DataType::Int64, &mut builder, array).unwrap();
+                    }
+                    builder.finish()
+                });
+            },
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Benchmark f64 array conversion
+    for with_nulls in [false, true] {
+        let buffer = create_spark_unsafe_array_f64(NUM_ELEMENTS, with_nulls);
+        let array = SparkUnsafeArray::new(buffer.as_ptr() as i64);
+        let null_str = if with_nulls { "with_nulls" } else { "no_nulls" };
+
+        group.bench_with_input(
+            BenchmarkId::new("f64", null_str),
+            &(&array, &buffer),
+            |b, (array, _buffer)| {
+                b.iter(|| {
+                    let mut builder = Float64Builder::with_capacity(NUM_ELEMENTS);
+                    if with_nulls {
+                        append_to_builder::<true>(&DataType::Float64, &mut builder, array).unwrap();
+                    } else {
+                        append_to_builder::<false>(&DataType::Float64, &mut builder, array)
+                            .unwrap();
+                    }
+                    builder.finish()
+                });
+            },
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Benchmark date32 array conversion (same memory layout as i32)
+    for with_nulls in [false, true] {
+        let buffer = create_spark_unsafe_array_i32(NUM_ELEMENTS, with_nulls);
+        let array = SparkUnsafeArray::new(buffer.as_ptr() as i64);
+        let null_str = if with_nulls { "with_nulls" } else { "no_nulls" };
+
+        group.bench_with_input(
+            BenchmarkId::new("date32", null_str),
+            &(&array, &buffer),
+            |b, (array, _buffer)| {
+                b.iter(|| {
+                    let mut builder = Date32Builder::with_capacity(NUM_ELEMENTS);
+                    if with_nulls {
+                        append_to_builder::<true>(&DataType::Date32, &mut builder, array).unwrap();
+                    } else {
+                        append_to_builder::<false>(&DataType::Date32, &mut builder, array).unwrap();
+                    }
+                    builder.finish()
+                });
+            },
+        );
+    }
+
+    // Benchmark timestamp array conversion (same memory layout as i64)
+    for with_nulls in [false, true] {
+        let buffer = create_spark_unsafe_array_i64(NUM_ELEMENTS, with_nulls);
+        let array = SparkUnsafeArray::new(buffer.as_ptr() as i64);
+        let null_str = if with_nulls { "with_nulls" } else { "no_nulls" };
+
+        group.bench_with_input(
+            BenchmarkId::new("timestamp", null_str),
+            &(&array, &buffer),
+            |b, (array, _buffer)| {
+                b.iter(|| {
+                    let mut builder = TimestampMicrosecondBuilder::with_capacity(NUM_ELEMENTS);
+                    let dt = DataType::Timestamp(TimeUnit::Microsecond, None);
+                    if with_nulls {
+                        append_to_builder::<true>(&dt, &mut builder, array).unwrap();
+                    } else {
+                        append_to_builder::<false>(&dt, &mut builder, array).unwrap();
+                    }
+                    builder.finish()
+                });
+            },
+        );
+    }
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+fn config() -> Criterion {
+    Criterion::default()
+}
+
+criterion_group! {
+    name = benches;
+    config = config();
+    targets = benchmark_array_conversion
+}
+criterion_main!(benches);

native/core/src/execution/jni_api.rs

@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ pub unsafe extern "system" fn Java_org_apache_comet_Native_executePlan(
                 let physical_plan_time = start.elapsed();
 
                 exec_context.plan_creation_time += physical_plan_time;
-                exec_context.root_op = Some(Arc::clone(&root_op));
                 exec_context.scans = scans;
 
                 if exec_context.explain_native {
@@ -577,6 +576,7 @@ pub unsafe extern "system" fn Java_org_apache_comet_Native_executePlan(
                 } else {
                     exec_context.stream = Some(stream);
                 }
+                exec_context.root_op = Some(root_op);
             } else {
                 // Pull input batches
                 pull_input_batches(exec_context)?;