Expose an experimental parameter to control the generation of prefix dbs

index-scheduler/src/batch.rs

@@ -1288,7 +1288,11 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                     }
                 }
 
-                let config = IndexDocumentsConfig { update_method: method, ..Default::default() };
+                let config = IndexDocumentsConfig {
+                    update_method: method,
+                    compute_prefix_databases: self.compute_prefix_databases,
+                    ..Default::default()
+                };
 
                 let embedder_configs = index.embedding_configs(index_wtxn)?;
                 // TODO: consider Arc'ing the map too (we only need read access + we'll be cloning it multiple times, so really makes sense)
@@ -1398,6 +1402,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                 let deleted_documents = delete_document_by_filter(
                     index_wtxn,
                     filter,
+                    self.compute_prefix_databases,
                     self.index_mapper.indexer_config(),
                     self.must_stop_processing.clone(),
                     index,
@@ -1638,6 +1643,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
 fn delete_document_by_filter<'a>(
     wtxn: &mut RwTxn<'a>,
     filter: &serde_json::Value,
+    compute_prefix_databases: bool,
     indexer_config: &IndexerConfig,
     must_stop_processing: MustStopProcessing,
     index: &'a Index,
@@ -1653,6 +1659,7 @@ fn delete_document_by_filter<'a>(
 
         let config = IndexDocumentsConfig {
             update_method: IndexDocumentsMethod::ReplaceDocuments,
+            compute_prefix_databases,
             ..Default::default()
         };
 

index-scheduler/src/insta_snapshot.rs

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ pub fn snapshot_index_scheduler(scheduler: &IndexScheduler) -> String {
         features: _,
         max_number_of_tasks: _,
         max_number_of_batched_tasks: _,
+        compute_prefix_databases: _,
         wake_up: _,
         dumps_path: _,
         snapshots_path: _,

index-scheduler/src/lib.rs

@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ pub struct IndexSchedulerOptions {
     pub max_number_of_batched_tasks: usize,
     /// The experimental features enabled for this instance.
     pub instance_features: InstanceTogglableFeatures,
+    /// An experimental option to control the generation of prefix databases.
+    pub compute_prefix_databases: bool,
 }
 
 /// Structure which holds meilisearch's indexes and schedules the tasks
@@ -283,19 +285,13 @@ pub struct IndexSchedulerOptions {
 pub struct IndexScheduler {
     /// The LMDB environment which the DBs are associated with.
     pub(crate) env: Env,
-
     /// A boolean that can be set to true to stop the currently processing tasks.
     pub(crate) must_stop_processing: MustStopProcessing,
-
     /// The list of tasks currently processing
     pub(crate) processing_tasks: Arc<RwLock<ProcessingTasks>>,
-
     /// The list of files referenced by the tasks
-    pub(crate) file_store: FileStore,
-
-    // The main database, it contains all the tasks accessible by their Id.
+    pub(crate) file_store: FileStore, // The main database, it contains all the tasks accessible by their Id.
     pub(crate) all_tasks: Database<BEU32, SerdeJson<Task>>,
-
     /// All the tasks ids grouped by their status.
     // TODO we should not be able to serialize a `Status::Processing` in this database.
     pub(crate) status: Database<SerdeBincode<Status>, RoaringBitmapCodec>,
@@ -303,58 +299,43 @@ pub struct IndexScheduler {
     pub(crate) kind: Database<SerdeBincode<Kind>, RoaringBitmapCodec>,
     /// Store the tasks associated to an index.
     pub(crate) index_tasks: Database<Str, RoaringBitmapCodec>,
-
     /// Store the tasks that were canceled by a task uid
     pub(crate) canceled_by: Database<BEU32, RoaringBitmapCodec>,
-
     /// Store the task ids of tasks which were enqueued at a specific date
     pub(crate) enqueued_at: Database<BEI128, CboRoaringBitmapCodec>,
-
     /// Store the task ids of finished tasks which started being processed at a specific date
     pub(crate) started_at: Database<BEI128, CboRoaringBitmapCodec>,
-
     /// Store the task ids of tasks which finished at a specific date
     pub(crate) finished_at: Database<BEI128, CboRoaringBitmapCodec>,
-
     /// In charge of creating, opening, storing and returning indexes.
     pub(crate) index_mapper: IndexMapper,
-
     /// In charge of fetching and setting the status of experimental features.
     features: features::FeatureData,
-
     /// Get a signal when a batch needs to be processed.
     pub(crate) wake_up: Arc<SignalEvent>,
-
     /// Whether auto-batching is enabled or not.
     pub(crate) autobatching_enabled: bool,
-
     /// Whether we should automatically cleanup the task queue or not.
     pub(crate) cleanup_enabled: bool,
-
     /// The max number of tasks allowed before the scheduler starts to delete
     /// the finished tasks automatically.
     pub(crate) max_number_of_tasks: usize,
-
     /// The maximum number of tasks that will be batched together.
     pub(crate) max_number_of_batched_tasks: usize,
-
+    /// Control wether we must generate the prefix databases or not.
+    pub(crate) compute_prefix_databases: bool,
     /// The webhook url we should send tasks to after processing every batches.
     pub(crate) webhook_url: Option<String>,
     /// The Authorization header to send to the webhook URL.
     pub(crate) webhook_authorization_header: Option<String>,
-
     /// The path used to create the dumps.
     pub(crate) dumps_path: PathBuf,
-
     /// The path used to create the snapshots.
     pub(crate) snapshots_path: PathBuf,
-
     /// The path to the folder containing the auth LMDB env.
     pub(crate) auth_path: PathBuf,
-
     /// The path to the version file of Meilisearch.
     pub(crate) version_file_path: PathBuf,
-
     embedders: Arc<RwLock<HashMap<EmbedderOptions, Arc<Embedder>>>>,
 
     // ================= test
@@ -364,13 +345,11 @@ pub struct IndexScheduler {
     /// See [self.breakpoint()](`IndexScheduler::breakpoint`) for an explanation.
     #[cfg(test)]
     test_breakpoint_sdr: crossbeam::channel::Sender<(Breakpoint, bool)>,
-
     /// A list of planned failures within the [`tick`](IndexScheduler::tick) method of the index scheduler.
     ///
     /// The first field is the iteration index and the second field identifies a location in the code.
     #[cfg(test)]
     planned_failures: Vec<(usize, tests::FailureLocation)>,
-
     /// A counter that is incremented before every call to [`tick`](IndexScheduler::tick)
     #[cfg(test)]
     run_loop_iteration: Arc<RwLock<usize>>,
@@ -397,6 +376,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
             cleanup_enabled: self.cleanup_enabled,
             max_number_of_tasks: self.max_number_of_tasks,
             max_number_of_batched_tasks: self.max_number_of_batched_tasks,
+            compute_prefix_databases: self.compute_prefix_databases,
             snapshots_path: self.snapshots_path.clone(),
             dumps_path: self.dumps_path.clone(),
             auth_path: self.auth_path.clone(),
@@ -499,6 +479,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
             cleanup_enabled: options.cleanup_enabled,
             max_number_of_tasks: options.max_number_of_tasks,
             max_number_of_batched_tasks: options.max_number_of_batched_tasks,
+            compute_prefix_databases: options.compute_prefix_databases,
             dumps_path: options.dumps_path,
             snapshots_path: options.snapshots_path,
             auth_path: options.auth_path,
@@ -1819,6 +1800,7 @@ mod tests {
                 max_number_of_tasks: 1_000_000,
                 max_number_of_batched_tasks: usize::MAX,
                 instance_features: Default::default(),
+                compute_prefix_databases: true,
             };
             configuration(&mut options);
 

meilisearch/src/analytics/segment_analytics.rs

@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ struct Infos {
     experimental_enable_logs_route: bool,
     experimental_reduce_indexing_memory_usage: bool,
     experimental_max_number_of_batched_tasks: usize,
+    experimental_disable_prefix_db: bool,
     gpu_enabled: bool,
     db_path: bool,
     import_dump: bool,
@@ -298,6 +299,7 @@ impl From<Opt> for Infos {
             experimental_enable_logs_route,
             experimental_reduce_indexing_memory_usage,
             experimental_max_number_of_batched_tasks,
+            experimental_disable_prefix_db,
             http_addr,
             master_key: _,
             env,
@@ -347,6 +349,7 @@ impl From<Opt> for Infos {
             experimental_replication_parameters,
             experimental_enable_logs_route,
             experimental_reduce_indexing_memory_usage,
+            experimental_disable_prefix_db,
             gpu_enabled: meilisearch_types::milli::vector::is_cuda_enabled(),
             db_path: db_path != PathBuf::from("./data.ms"),
             import_dump: import_dump.is_some(),

meilisearch/src/lib.rs

@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ fn open_or_create_database_unchecked(
             index_growth_amount: byte_unit::Byte::from_str("10GiB").unwrap().get_bytes() as usize,
             index_count: DEFAULT_INDEX_COUNT,
             instance_features,
+            compute_prefix_databases: !opt.experimental_disable_prefix_db,
         })?)
     };
 

meilisearch/src/option.rs

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_REDUCE_INDEXING_MEMORY_USAGE: &str =
     "MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_REDUCE_INDEXING_MEMORY_USAGE";
 const MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_MAX_NUMBER_OF_BATCHED_TASKS: &str =
     "MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_MAX_NUMBER_OF_BATCHED_TASKS";
+const MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_PREFIX_DB: &str = "MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_PREFIXDB";
 
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_PATH: &str = "./config.toml";
 const DEFAULT_DB_PATH: &str = "./data.ms";
@@ -389,6 +390,11 @@ pub struct Opt {
     #[serde(default = "default_limit_batched_tasks")]
     pub experimental_max_number_of_batched_tasks: usize,
 
+    /// Experimentally disable the prefix database, see: <https://github.com/orgs/meilisearch/discussions>
+    #[clap(long, env = MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_PREFIX_DB)]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub experimental_disable_prefix_db: bool,
+
     #[serde(flatten)]
     #[clap(flatten)]
     pub indexer_options: IndexerOpts,
@@ -489,6 +495,7 @@ impl Opt {
             experimental_enable_logs_route,
             experimental_replication_parameters,
             experimental_reduce_indexing_memory_usage,
+            experimental_disable_prefix_db,
         } = self;
         export_to_env_if_not_present(MEILI_DB_PATH, db_path);
         export_to_env_if_not_present(MEILI_HTTP_ADDR, http_addr);
@@ -518,6 +525,10 @@ impl Opt {
             MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_MAX_NUMBER_OF_BATCHED_TASKS,
             experimental_max_number_of_batched_tasks.to_string(),
         );
+        export_to_env_if_not_present(
+            MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_DISABLE_PREFIX_DB,
+            experimental_disable_prefix_db.to_string(),
+        );
         if let Some(ssl_cert_path) = ssl_cert_path {
             export_to_env_if_not_present(MEILI_SSL_CERT_PATH, ssl_cert_path);
         }

milli/src/index.rs

@@ -1230,6 +1230,11 @@ impl Index {
         )
     }
 
+    /// Deletes the FST which is the words prefixes dictionary of the engine.
+    pub fn delete_words_prefixes_fst(&self, wtxn: &mut RwTxn) -> heed::Result<bool> {
+        self.main.remap_key_type::<Str>().delete(wtxn, main_key::WORDS_PREFIXES_FST_KEY)
+    }
+
     /// Returns the FST which is the words prefixes dictionary of the engine.
     pub fn words_prefixes_fst<'t>(&self, rtxn: &'t RoTxn) -> Result<fst::Set<Cow<'t, [u8]>>> {
         match self.main.remap_types::<Str, Bytes>().get(rtxn, main_key::WORDS_PREFIXES_FST_KEY)? {

milli/src/update/index_documents/mod.rs

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub struct IndexDocuments<'t, 'i, 'a, FP, FA> {
     embedders: EmbeddingConfigs,
 }
 
-#[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct IndexDocumentsConfig {
     pub words_prefix_threshold: Option<u32>,
     pub max_prefix_length: Option<usize>,
@@ -93,6 +93,21 @@ pub struct IndexDocumentsConfig {
     pub words_positions_min_level_size: Option<NonZeroU32>,
     pub update_method: IndexDocumentsMethod,
     pub autogenerate_docids: bool,
+    pub compute_prefix_databases: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for IndexDocumentsConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            words_prefix_threshold: Default::default(),
+            max_prefix_length: Default::default(),
+            words_positions_level_group_size: Default::default(),
+            words_positions_min_level_size: Default::default(),
+            update_method: Default::default(),
+            autogenerate_docids: Default::default(),
+            compute_prefix_databases: true,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'t, 'i, 'a, FP, FA> IndexDocuments<'t, 'i, 'a, FP, FA>
@@ -558,12 +573,20 @@ where
             .map_err(InternalError::from)??;
         }
 
-        self.execute_prefix_databases(
-            word_docids.map(MergerBuilder::build),
-            exact_word_docids.map(MergerBuilder::build),
-            word_position_docids.map(MergerBuilder::build),
-            word_fid_docids.map(MergerBuilder::build),
-        )?;
+        if self.config.compute_prefix_databases {
+            self.execute_prefix_databases(
+                word_docids.map(MergerBuilder::build),
+                exact_word_docids.map(MergerBuilder::build),
+                word_position_docids.map(MergerBuilder::build),
+                word_fid_docids.map(MergerBuilder::build),
+            )?;
+        } else {
+            self.index.words_prefixes_fst(self.wtxn)?;
+            self.index.word_prefix_docids.clear(self.wtxn)?;
+            self.index.exact_word_prefix_docids.clear(self.wtxn)?;
+            self.index.word_prefix_position_docids.clear(self.wtxn)?;
+            self.index.word_prefix_fid_docids.clear(self.wtxn)?;
+        }
 
         Ok(number_of_documents)
     }