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What problem does this PR solve?

Issue Number: close #11058

Deps: https://github.com/tidbcloud/cloud-storage-engine/pull/5985

Problem Summary:

  The cloud Columnar read path fully materializes every requested column before evaluating the exact predicate in TiFlash.
  For wide tables with selective filters, this causes unnecessary L2 column-pack I/O, decompression, serialization, FFI
  transfer, and deserialization for rows that are filtered out immediately.

  Applying the predicate before global merge/MVCC is not correct, because rows from different sources may have the same
  handle and different versions. The optimization must therefore preserve the existing merge and MVCC semantics while
  postponing only late-column materialization.

What is changed and how it works?


  This PR adds an optional, L2-only late materialization path for cloud Columnar reads.

  The read flow is:

  1. Build an early projection containing handle/version columns, primary-key columns, and all columns required by the exact
     filter.

  2. Read early columns from all sources and perform the existing global merge and MVCC processing.
  3. Evaluate the exact predicate in TiFlash using the existing DAGExpressionAnalyzer and FilterTransformAction.
  4. Send the resulting row selection bitmap back to the Rust reader.
  5. Materialize late columns only for selected rows:
      - Memtable, L0, and L1 rows retain their late values in eager sidecars.
      - L2 rows retain stable physical file/row references.
      - Only L2 packs containing selected rows are loaded.
      - Late-column reads are performed concurrently with bounded parallelism.

  6. Assemble the original output block and continue through the existing downstream pipeline.

  A versioned optional FFI extension was added for the two-phase protocol, including early-block reads, selection submission,
  late-column reads, and batch finalization/discard. Older or incompatible readers automatically use the legacy full-
  materialization path.

  ## Default Behavior

  The feature is disabled by default:

  enable_columnar_l2_late_materialization = false

  When disabled, the existing full-materialization Columnar reader is used without behavioral changes.

  Even when the setting is enabled, the legacy path remains the fallback whenever the query or reader is not eligible, the
  reader does not support the protocol, or the initial selectivity probe shows insufficient benefit.

  ## Enablement Conditions

  Late materialization is enabled per reader only when all of the following conditions are satisfied:

  - enable_columnar_l2_late_materialization is set to true.
  - The scan has pushed-down exact filter conditions.
  - The filter does not reference unsupported columns or types, including generated columns, _tidb_tid, unsupported time
    types, or non-UTC timestamp conversions.

  - The reader plan does not contain multiple tables or unsupported concurrent aggregation.
  - The requested projection contains at least one late column.
  - The late-to-early column ratio is greater than columnar_l2_late_materialization_min_late_to_early_ratio (default: 10.0).
  - The Rust reader exposes a compatible version-1 late-materialization FFI interface.
  - The reader reports that late materialization is supported.
  - The schema contains valid handle and version columns.
  - At least one L2 file exists and the L2 files for the table are strictly non-overlapping.
  - The query is supported by the reader, excluding ANN/FTS cases.

  The first late-materialization batch is used as a selectivity probe. If the skipped-row ratio is lower than
  columnar_l2_late_materialization_min_selection_skip_ratio (default: 0.5), late materialization is disabled for the
  remainder of that reader and the legacy path resumes.

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Side effects

  • Performance regression: Consumes more CPU
  • Performance regression: Consumes more Memory
  • Breaking backward compatibility

Documentation

  • Affects user behaviors
  • Contains syntax changes
  • Contains variable changes
  • Contains experimental features
  • Changes MySQL compatibility

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New Features

  • Added optional late materialization for cloud columnar reads, initially supporting L2 data.
  • Added query settings to enable the feature and tune selection and column-ratio thresholds.
  • Filters are evaluated using early columns, with late columns loaded only for selected rows.
  • Added compatibility detection and automatic fallback to the legacy reading path when unsupported or inefficient.

Documentation

  • Added design documentation covering behavior, compatibility, rollout, and operational considerations.

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Walkthrough

The change adds default-off L2 late materialization for disaggregated columnar reads. It introduces a versioned FFI protocol, eligibility and projection logic, two-phase reader execution, legacy fallback, build dependency tracking, settings, and design documentation.

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Columnar late materialization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Late-materialization FFI protocol
contrib/tiflash-columnar-hub/hub-runtime/ffi/..., contrib/tiflash-columnar-hub/hub-runtime/src/...
Adds a versioned optional C interface for early reads, selection materialization, late-column reads, batch lifecycle, and capability detection.
Eligibility and projection derivation
dbms/src/Interpreters/Settings.h, dbms/src/Flash/Coprocessor/DAGUtils.h, dbms/src/Storages/StorageDisaggregatedColumnar.*
Adds feature settings, filter-column extraction, column-reference remapping, eligibility checks, and early-column selection.
Late-materialized reader execution
dbms/src/Storages/StorageDisaggregatedColumnar.*
Adds early-block filtering, selected-row materialization, late-column assembly, density probing, state reset, and legacy fallback.
Build integration and feature specification
contrib/cloud-storage-engine, contrib/tiflash-columnar-hub/Cargo.toml, contrib/tiflash-proxy-cmake/CMakeLists.txt, docs/design/...
Updates source revisions, tracks cloud-storage-engine sources in CMake, and documents the protocol, reader flow, compatibility rules, tests, metrics, and rollout.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to d782c

The optional late-materialization path is disabled by default, but build dependency tracking may become stale after a late checkout and an unsigned ratio calculation can silently prevent eligible queries from using the optimization. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up on these bounded integration and feature-gating risks.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant RNColumnarInputStream
  participant FilterTransformAction
  participant ColumnarLateMaterializationInterfaces
  participant CloudColumnarReader
  RNColumnarInputStream->>ColumnarLateMaterializationInterfaces: read early block
  ColumnarLateMaterializationInterfaces->>CloudColumnarReader: return early columns
  RNColumnarInputStream->>FilterTransformAction: evaluate exact filter
  FilterTransformAction-->>RNColumnarInputStream: return selection
  RNColumnarInputStream->>ColumnarLateMaterializationInterfaces: materialize selected rows
  ColumnarLateMaterializationInterfaces->>CloudColumnarReader: materialize selection
  RNColumnarInputStream->>ColumnarLateMaterializationInterfaces: read late columns
  ColumnarLateMaterializationInterfaces->>CloudColumnarReader: return late values
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Poem

A rabbit reads the early rows,
Then filters out the fluff.
Late columns hop in afterward,
When selected rows are enough.
The old path waits beside the new,
While clean FFI bridges bloom.

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: adding late materialization support for Columnar reads.
Description check ✅ Passed The description includes the issue number, problem summary, implementation details, enablement conditions, fallback behavior, checklist, side effects, documentation status, and release note. The empty…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes implement the objective in issue #11058 by adding optional late materialization for cloud Columnar reads, including the two-phase FFI protocol, eligibility checks, selected-row materializa…
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The changes implement the objective in issue #11058 by adding optional late materialization for cloud Columnar reads, including the two-phase FFI protocol, eligibility checks, selected-row materialization, and legacy fallback behavior.

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1776-1777: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cache the early column ID set and its encoded form per reader.

readLateMaterializedBlock runs once per batch. Each call rebuilds the unordered_set in getLateMaterializationEarlyColumnIDs and allocates a new std::vector<Int64>. The set is invariant for one reader. initializeLateMaterialization already computes the same values.

Store both in members next to late_materialization_filter_action, and reset them in releaseReader.

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In `@dbms/src/Storages/StorageDisaggregatedColumnar.cpp` around lines 1776 - 1777,
Cache the early column ID set and its encoded vector as reader-level members
near late_materialization_filter_action, reusing the values prepared by
initializeLateMaterialization. Update readLateMaterializedBlock to use the
cached members instead of calling getLateMaterializationEarlyColumnIDs and
constructing a vector per batch, and clear both caches in releaseReader.
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In
`@contrib/tiflash-columnar-hub/hub-runtime/ffi/src/RaftStoreProxyFFI/ProxyFFI.h`:
- Around line 268-282: Update the ABI declaration around the ColumnarReader
callback members to use UInt8, UInt32, UInt64, and Int64, and rename the members
to camelCase following existing C++ conventions. Regenerate interfaces.rs from
the updated declaration and adjust all C++ consumers to use the renamed
callbacks consistently.

In `@contrib/tiflash-proxy-cmake/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Around line 183-186: Update the ENABLE_NEXT_GEN_COLUMNAR CSE
source-registration block around _CLOUD_STORAGE_ENGINE_SOURCE_DIR so the
file(GLOB_RECURSE ... CONFIGURE_DEPENDS) call is registered even when
contrib/cloud-storage-engine is absent initially, or add an explicit configure
trigger when it appears later; ensure _TIFLASH_PROXY_CUSTOM_DEPENDS gains the
CSE dependency after the checkout is added without relying on the release script
to initialize the submodule.

In `@dbms/src/Storages/StorageDisaggregatedColumnar.cpp`:
- Around line 1593-1597: Guard the early_column_count calculation in the late
materialization ratio logic against unsigned underflow by applying a saturating
subtraction before std::max<size_t>. Ensure counts below two produce a
denominator of 1, while larger counts still use early_column_count minus two.

In `@docs/design/2026-08-18-l2-only-columnar-late-materialization.md`:
- Line 7: Update the “Tracking Issue” entry in the document to reference Issue
`#11058` instead of the TBD placeholder.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@dbms/src/Storages/StorageDisaggregatedColumnar.cpp`:
- Around line 1776-1777: Cache the early column ID set and its encoded vector as
reader-level members near late_materialization_filter_action, reusing the values
prepared by initializeLateMaterialization. Update readLateMaterializedBlock to
use the cached members instead of calling getLateMaterializationEarlyColumnIDs
and constructing a vector per batch, and clear both caches in releaseReader.
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- Status: Implemented (default off)
- Last Updated: 2026-08-26
- Discussion PR: TBD
- Tracking Issue: TBD

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Set the tracking issue.

Replace TBD with Issue #11058. The PR objectives identify that issue as the feature request. This lets readers find the implementation context and follow-up work.

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In `@docs/design/2026-08-18-l2-only-columnar-late-materialization.md` at line 7,
Update the “Tracking Issue” entry in the document to reference Issue `#11058`
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"ffi_read_early_column failed, batch_id={}, col_id={}: {}",
batch_id, col_id, err
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RustStrWithView::default()

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ffi_read_early_column and ffi_read_late_column return a default empty RustStrWithView on error after logging. Unlike ffi_read_early_block / ffi_materialize_selected, which signal failure with u64::MAX, the C++ caller cannot distinguish I/O/protocol failure from a legitimate empty payload.

TiFlash then deserializes col_data.buff without checking length, which can produce silent wrong results or crashes instead of a query-visible error.

Fix direction: propagate failure explicitly (e.g. sentinel return convention, out-parameter error code, or a dedicated error FFI), and align with the existing late-materialization batch APIs.

Source: rule/JAYSONHUANG-RC-008 | Second Opinion

= late_materialization_interfaces->fn_read_early_column(reader.value(), batch_id, column.column_id);
duration_read_sec += w.elapsedSecondsFromLastTime();
SCOPE_EXIT({ RustGcHelper::instance().gcRustPtr(col_data.inner.ptr, col_data.inner.type); });
ReadBufferFromMemory buf(col_data.buff.data, static_cast<size_t>(col_data.buff.len));

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After fn_read_early_column returns, this path deserializes immediately without validating col_data.buff.len (same pattern for fn_read_late_column below). If the Rust FFI returns an empty buffer on failure, TiFlash may treat it as valid column data for rows/selected_rows.

Please validate the buffer before deserializeBinaryBulkWithMultipleStreams, and throw Exception on zero-length or size-mismatched payloads. Match the error-handling behavior of the legacy readLegacyBlock path.

Source: rule/JAYSONHUANG-RC-008 | Second Opinion

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