enhance search iterator extension

pymilvus/orm/constants.py

@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@
 MAX_BATCH_SIZE: int = 16384
 DEFAULT_SEARCH_EXTENSION_RATE: int = 10
 UNLIMITED: int = -1
-MAX_TRY_TIME: int = 10
+MAX_TRY_TIME: int = 20

pymilvus/orm/iterator.py

@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@
 SearchIterator = TypeVar("SearchIterator")
 
 
-def extend_batch_size(batch_size: int, next_param: dict) -> int:
+def extend_batch_size(batch_size: int, next_param: dict, to_extend_batch_size: bool) -> int:
+    extend_rate = 1
+    if to_extend_batch_size:
+        extend_rate = DEFAULT_SEARCH_EXTENSION_RATE
     if EF in next_param[PARAMS]:
-        return min(
-            MAX_BATCH_SIZE, batch_size * DEFAULT_SEARCH_EXTENSION_RATE, next_param[PARAMS][EF]
-        )
-    return min(MAX_BATCH_SIZE, batch_size * DEFAULT_SEARCH_EXTENSION_RATE)
+        return min(MAX_BATCH_SIZE, batch_size * extend_rate, next_param[PARAMS][EF])
+    return min(MAX_BATCH_SIZE, batch_size * extend_rate)
 
 
 class QueryIterator:
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.__init_search_iterator()
 
     def __init_search_iterator(self):
-        init_page = self.__execute_next_search(self._param, self._expr)
+        init_page = self.__execute_next_search(self._param, self._expr, False)
         if len(init_page) == 0:
             message = (
                 "Cannot init search iterator because init page contains no matched rows, "
@@ -329,17 +330,28 @@ def __init_search_iterator(self):
         self.__update_filtered_ids(init_page)
         self._init_success = True
 
-    def __set_up_range_parameters(self, page: SearchPage):
+    def __update_width(self, page: SearchPage):
         first_hit, last_hit = page[0], page[-1]
         if metrics_positive_related(self._param[METRIC_TYPE]):
             self._width = last_hit.distance - first_hit.distance
         else:
             self._width = first_hit.distance - last_hit.distance
-        self._tail_band = last_hit.distance
+        self._width *= DEFAULT_SEARCH_EXTENSION_RATE
+        # commonly, we extend width to twice to avoid one more time search
+
+    def __set_up_range_parameters(self, page: SearchPage):
+        self.__update_width(page)
+        self._tail_band = page[-1].distance
+        LOGGER.debug(
+            f"set up init parameter for searchIterator width:{self._width} tail_band:{self._tail_band}"
+        )
 
     def __check_reached_limit(self) -> bool:
         if self._limit == UNLIMITED or self._returned_count < self._limit:
             return False
+        LOGGER.debug(
+            f"reached search limit:{self._limit}, returned_count:{self._returned_count}, directly return"
+        )
         return True
 
     def __check_set_params(self, param: Dict):
@@ -473,6 +485,8 @@ def next(self):
         cached_page_len = self.__push_new_page_to_cache(new_page)
         ret_len = min(cached_page_len, ret_len)
         ret_page = self.__extract_page_from_cache(ret_len)
+        if len(ret_page) == self._iterator_params[BATCH_SIZE]:
+            self.__update_width(ret_page)
 
         # 3. update filter ids to avoid returning result repeatedly
         self._returned_count += ret_len
@@ -485,29 +499,31 @@ def __try_search_fill(self) -> SearchPage:
         while True:
             next_params = self.__next_params(coefficient)
             next_expr = self.__filtered_duplicated_result_expr(self._expr)
-            new_page = self.__execute_next_search(next_params, next_expr)
+            new_page = self.__execute_next_search(next_params, next_expr, True)
             self.__update_filtered_ids(new_page)
             try_time += 1
             if len(new_page) > 0:
                 final_page.merge(new_page.get_res())
                 self._tail_band = new_page[-1].distance
-                # if the current ring contains vectors, we always set coefficient back to 1
-                coefficient = 1
-            else:
-                # if there's a ring containing no vectors matched, then we need to extend
-                # the ring continually to avoid empty ring problem
-                coefficient += 1
-            if len(final_page) > self._iterator_params[BATCH_SIZE] or try_time > MAX_TRY_TIME:
+            if len(final_page) >= self._iterator_params[BATCH_SIZE]:
+                break
+            if try_time > MAX_TRY_TIME:
+                LOGGER.warning(f"Search probe exceed max try times:{MAX_TRY_TIME} directly break")
                 break
+            # if there's a ring containing no vectors matched, then we need to extend
+            # the ring continually to avoid empty ring problem
+            coefficient += 1
         return final_page
 
-    def __execute_next_search(self, next_params: dict, next_expr: str) -> SearchPage:
+    def __execute_next_search(
+        self, next_params: dict, next_expr: str, to_extend_batch: bool
+    ) -> SearchPage:
         res = self._conn.search(
             self._iterator_params["collection_name"],
             self._iterator_params["data"],
             self._iterator_params["ann_field"],
             next_params,
-            extend_batch_size(self._iterator_params[BATCH_SIZE], next_params),
+            extend_batch_size(self._iterator_params[BATCH_SIZE], next_params, to_extend_batch),
             next_expr,
             self._iterator_params["partition_names"],
             self._iterator_params["output_fields"],
@@ -542,7 +558,7 @@ def __filtered_duplicated_result_expr(self, expr: str):
 
     def __next_params(self, coefficient: int):
         coefficient = max(1, coefficient)
-        next_params = self._param.copy()
+        next_params = deepcopy(self._param)
         if metrics_positive_related(self._param[METRIC_TYPE]):
             next_radius = self._tail_band + self._width * coefficient
             if RADIUS in self._param[PARAMS] and next_radius > self._param[PARAMS][RADIUS]:
@@ -556,6 +572,12 @@ def __next_params(self, coefficient: int):
             else:
                 next_params[PARAMS][RADIUS] = next_radius
         next_params[PARAMS][RANGE_FILTER] = self._tail_band
+        LOGGER.debug(
+            f"next round search iteration radius:{next_params[PARAMS][RADIUS]},"
+            f"range_filter:{next_params[PARAMS][RANGE_FILTER]},"
+            f"coefficient:{coefficient}"
+        )
+
         return next_params
 
     def close(self):