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Prerequisite for adding the halfvec and sparsevec opclasses to the bundled pgvector port: route the HNSW element-type behaviour through opclass support proc 3, the way C pgvector's HnswGetTypeInfo does.

Today pgvector_hnsw hardcodes the vector layout in three places (normalization in form_index_value / get_scan_value, and the max-dimensions check) and refuses any opclass that registers a proc 3. This PR makes those three places consult an HnswTypeInfo and keeps the vector opclasses byte-for-byte unchanged (no proc 3 → the vector default).

Changes

  • types_hnsw: HnswTypeInfo { max_dimensions, normalize: Option<fn>, check_value: Option<fn> } (C hnsw.h HnswTypeInfo); HnswSupport.type_info: &'static HnswTypeInfo.
  • pgvector: vec::l2_normalize_image (moved from pgvector_hnsw/src/scan.rs::norm_value, unchanged) and vec::VECTOR_TYPE_INFO = C's default arm (HNSW_MAX_DIM, l2_normalize, no checkValue).
  • pgvector_hnsw: utils::get_type_info(index) replaces check_type_supported — proc 3 absent → VECTOR_TYPE_INFO; present → fmgr_info + function_call0_coll, Datum reinterpreted as &'static HnswTypeInfo (support functions return the address of a static, as in C). form_index_value follows C HnswFormIndexValue order: detoast → checkValue → norm gate → normalize. get_scan_value and the scan-opaque max_dimensions use the type info; pgvector_hnsw_build::init_build_state takes max_dimensions from it.
  • get_type_info guards against a null Datum from a hand-rolled proc 3 (otherwise the pointer contract is C's unchecked DatumGetPointer, and hnswvalidate validates nothing — documented in the SAFETY comment). Two recorded divergences added to pgvector_hnsw's header: the normalize callback takes no collation (unused by every normalize fn), and vacuum also resolves proc 3 because type info lives in init_support.
  • crates/contrib/pgvector/test/pgvector-regress.sh: runs upstream pgvector's regression suite (test/sql + test/expected, v0.8.5) against a pgrust server, pg_regress-style normalization (psql error prefixes stripped, cwd = upstream test/). Skips bit, hnsw_bit, ivfflat_* (not shipped). On this tree vector_type and hnsw_vector pass; halfvec, hnsw_halfvec, sparsevec, hnsw_sparsevec, btree, cast, copy fail by design until the halfvec/sparsevec PRs land (the README says so). The trimmed copies under crates/contrib/pgvector/sql/ remain the in-repo smoke tests; the harness runs the unmodified upstream suite.

Verification

Check Result
cargo build --release --locked --bin postgres ok, no warnings from the touched crates
cargo test --release -p types_hnsw -p pgvector -p pgvector_hnsw -p pgvector_hnsw_build all pass (new: HnswTypeInfo shape, l2_normalize_image, VECTOR_TYPE_INFO, form_index_value C-order tests incl. zero-vector discriminator)
pgvector-regress.sh vector_type hnsw_vector copy zero diff before and after this change
Manual: CREATE INDEX ... USING hnsw (v vector_cosine_ops) + ordered KNN index used, results unchanged
Error ordering in init_build_state C order restored (type info → dimension checks → ef_construction → support proc 1)

History is kept as-is (8 small commits, two of them review follow-ups) rather than squashed, so each step stays reviewable.

No behaviour change for existing indexes; the new path is only reachable once an opclass registers a proc 3 (follow-up PRs: halfvec, sparsevec).

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable HNSW type metadata for dimension limits, value validation, and vector normalization.
    • Added vector normalization for HNSW indexing and scanning, including zero-vector and numeric-overflow handling.
    • Added support for resolving type-specific HNSW behavior during index operations.
  • Documentation

    • Documented the pgvector regression test harness, usage, configuration, and current coverage.
  • Tests

    • Expanded regression and unit test coverage for validation, normalization, dimension limits, error handling, and test-run cleanup.

jackwangfeng and others added 8 commits September 3, 2026 07:41
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Remove PgError from file-scope imports; import it only in test module
- Move HnswTypeInfo block comment to correct location (was attached to HnswNormalizeFn)
- Add short one-line doc comments for the two type aliases

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…fault)

Add l2_normalize_image function to normalize vectors to unit L2 norm, handling
zero vectors correctly by leaving them unchanged. Add VECTOR_TYPE_INFO static
initialized with the default HnswTypeInfo for vector opclasses: max_dimensions
from types_hnsw, l2_normalize as the normalize function, and no check_value proc.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…Info)

form_index_value / get_scan_value / max_dimensions now go through the
type info instead of the vector-only paths; no behaviour change for the
vector opclasses (no proc 3 -> VECTOR_TYPE_INFO).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Make form_index_value_runs_check_value_before_norm_gate discriminating
by using the zero vector (norm == 0) instead of (3,4): under the
correct C order (checkValue before the norm gate) the checkValue error
must surface, whereas a swapped order would return Ok(None) first and
fail the assertion. Add a companion test proving the norm gate itself
still rejects the zero vector when type_info has no check_value (the
real vector-opclass default). Also drop the redundant
`use types_hnsw::HnswTypeInfo;` already covered by the pre-existing
`use types_hnsw::*;` glob in utils.rs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…d divergence notes

InitBuildState in C (hnswbuild.c) calls HnswGetTypeInfo, then the
dimensions/ef_construction checks, and only then HnswInitSupport (the
source of "missing support function 1 ..."). init_build_state called
init_support (which resolves type info internally) first, inverting
that error precedence; now it resolves type info directly for the
checks and defers init_support until after them.

get_type_info reinterpreted proc 3's Datum as a pointer with no null
check and a SAFETY comment that asserted trust rather than describing
C's actual (unchecked) contract; added a null check raising
ERRCODE_INTERNAL_ERROR and rewrote the comment to describe that
contract and its limits.

Recorded two more divergences in pgvector_hnsw's module doc: normalize
callbacks take no collation (unused by every shipped implementation),
and vacuum now also resolves/calls proc 3 via init_support since C's
hnswvacuum only calls HnswInitSupport.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Trivial cleanup: drop a double blank line in vec.rs, remove a redundant
HnswTypeInfo import and split double-statement/overlong lines in
insert.rs's type_info_tests, and annotate the norm/normalize .expect()
sites in insert.rs and scan.rs with why C would never hit them.

Also rewrites the regression harness README: it previously claimed
"all shipped features" for an argument-less run, but on this tree
halfvec/sparsevec and the btree/cast/copy paths that depend on them
aren't ported yet, so those upstream tests fail by design (they're the
acceptance criteria for the follow-up PRs) and a full run exits
non-zero. Documents the mktemp -d diff directory on FAIL and that this
harness runs the unmodified upstream suite, distinct from the trimmed
in-repo smoke tests under crates/contrib/pgvector/sql/.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

HNSW now resolves per-type metadata for dimensions, validation, and normalization. The vector extension supplies normalization metadata. HNSW build, scan, and insert paths use the resolved callbacks. An upstream pgvector regression harness was added.

Changes

HNSW type metadata integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Type metadata contract and vector implementation
crates/_support/types/types_hnsw/src/lib.rs, crates/contrib/pgvector/Cargo.toml, crates/contrib/pgvector/src/vec.rs
Added HnswTypeInfo, callback aliases, and the HnswSupport.type_info field. Added vector L2 normalization and VECTOR_TYPE_INFO with tests.
Metadata resolution and build wiring
crates/contrib/pgvector_hnsw/src/utils.rs, crates/contrib/pgvector_hnsw_build/src/lib.rs, crates/contrib/pgvector_hnsw/src/lib.rs
Resolved built-in or support-procedure metadata. Propagated dimensions and type information into HNSW support and build state.
Callback use in build, scan, and insert
crates/contrib/pgvector_hnsw/src/scan.rs, crates/contrib/pgvector_hnsw/src/insert.rs
Used metadata dimensions, validation callbacks, and normalization callbacks during scans and inserts. Added callback-ordering and normalization tests.
Upstream regression harness
crates/contrib/pgvector/test/pgvector-regress.sh, crates/contrib/pgvector/test/README.md
Added a harness that discovers selected upstream pgvector v0.8.5 tests, runs them against pgrust, and compares the results with expected output.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4e3e2

The new regression harness can leave temporary test output behind when setup fails before cleanup is registered. This is a bounded developer-workflow cleanup issue, but should be fixed before relying on the harness broadly.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant HNSWEntryPoint
  participant init_support
  participant get_type_info
  participant SupportProcedure3
  participant HNSWOperation
  HNSWEntryPoint->>init_support: initialize HnswSupport
  init_support->>get_type_info: resolve HnswTypeInfo
  get_type_info->>SupportProcedure3: call procedure 3 when present
  SupportProcedure3-->>get_type_info: return type metadata
  get_type_info-->>init_support: provide dimensions and callbacks
  init_support-->>HNSWOperation: provide HnswSupport
  HNSWOperation->>HNSWOperation: validate and normalize vector values
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Preserve test-name boundaries during discovery.

set -- $(...) performs word splitting and pathname expansion. If test/sql contains a .sql filename with whitespace or glob characters, the loop receives an incorrect test name and reads the wrong sql/$t.sql or expected/$t.out path. Read filenames into an array without unquoted command substitution, then pass "${tests[@]}".

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In `@crates/contrib/pgvector/test/pgvector-regress.sh` at line 24, Update test
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when filenames contain whitespace or glob characters. Replace the unquoted
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  • crates/_support/types/types_hnsw/src/lib.rs
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  • crates/contrib/pgvector/src/vec.rs
  • crates/contrib/pgvector/test/README.md
  • crates/contrib/pgvector/test/pgvector-regress.sh
  • crates/contrib/pgvector_hnsw/src/insert.rs
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Review follow-ups on the harness script:

- Discover tests with a glob into a bash array instead of word-splitting
  `ls` output (SC2046), and exit 2 with "no tests selected" when the
  selection is empty instead of printing "all selected tests passed"
  over zero tests.
- Create the output directory before installing the EXIT trap and remove
  it from the trap when every test passed; a failing run keeps it (the
  FAIL line names the diff), and -k keeps both it and the database.

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[ "$KEEP" = 1 ] || [ "$fail" != 0 ] || rm -rf "$OUT"
}
"$PSQL" -h "$HOST" -p "$PORT" -U "$USER" -X -q -d postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE $DB" >/dev/null
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Register the EXIT trap before setup commands can fail.

OUT is created at Line 36, but trap cleanup EXIT is registered at Line 45, after mkdir -p and CREATE DATABASE. If either setup command exits the script before Line 45, cleanup does not run and $OUT remains in TMPDIR. Register the trap immediately after cleanup is defined.

Proposed fix
 cleanup() {
   ...
 }
+trap cleanup EXIT
 "$PSQL" ... -c "CREATE DATABASE $DB" >/dev/null
-trap cleanup EXIT
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