Add support for VM_ScanKeyRawBorrowed to allow scanning keys without allocating - #4403
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VM_ScanKey allocates a ValkeyModuleString per element and copies each stored value into it. For content-heavy reads (e.g. a module replying with hash field values) that per-element robj allocation and value copy is pure overhead. VM_ScanKeyRawBorrowed mirrors VM_ScanKey's type/encoding dispatch and cursor/errno semantics but delivers each element as a borrowed (const char *, size_t) byte range via ValkeyModuleScanKeyRawBorrowedCB, with no per-element robj and no copy of stored string values: - HASH: field name + borrowed field value - SET: member (value = NULL) - ZSET: member + score (d2string, canonical WITHSCORES form) Stored string elements alias the live keyspace buffer and stay valid for the duration of the read-only command; materialized numerics (intset integers, listpack integers, zset scores) are valid only for the single callback invocation. Both contracts are documented on the function. Adds tests/modules/scan.c scan.scan_key_raw and tests/unit/moduleapi/ scan.tcl coverage across all types and encodings, asserting parity with the native scan. Signed-off-by: Karthik Subbarao <karthikrs2021@gmail.com>
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThis change adds ChangesRaw borrowed key scanning
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR adds borrowed-key scanning without allocation, but the current implementation has compile-time compatibility issues that can prevent the project from building. It is not merge-ready until those issues are corrected. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant scan_key_raw
participant ValkeyModule_ScanKeyRawBorrowed
participant EncodedKey
participant scan_key_raw_callback
scan_key_raw->>ValkeyModule_ScanKeyRawBorrowed: scan key with cursor and callback
ValkeyModule_ScanKeyRawBorrowed->>EncodedKey: read SET, HASH, or ZSET entries
EncodedKey->>scan_key_raw_callback: pass borrowed field/value buffers
scan_key_raw_callback-->>scan_key_raw: append replies and count entries
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| sds member = entry; | ||
| data->fn(data->key, member, sdslen(member), NULL, 0, data->user_data); | ||
| } else if (objectGetType(o) == OBJ_ZSET) { | ||
| zskiplistNode *node = (zskiplistNode *)entry; |
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This is still using the removed skiplist representation: zskiplistNode, zslGetNodeElement, and OBJ_ENCODING_SKIPLIST below do not exist on this branch. make valkey-server fails compiling these lines. Zsets now use OBJ_ENCODING_BTREE; mirror moduleScanKeyHashtableCallback() by treating the entry as an OrderedIndexItem and reading it with orderedIndexItemGetElement() / orderedIndexItemGetScore().
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12156-12156: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winFormat the new function signature with
clang-format-18.The signature is on one line and exceeds the repository column limit, so the format check reformats it. Wrap the parameters like the neighbouring module API functions.
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12087-12097: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winRemove the local
ValkeyModuleScanKeyRawBorrowedCBtypedef.
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VM_ScanKeyRawBorrowedreturns 0 witherrno = EINVALfor a NULL or wrong-type key. A test that callsscan.scan_key_rawon a string key or a list key would lock in that documented behavior and would prove the command replies with an empty array instead of looping.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@src/module.c`:
- Around line 12163-12247: Update the sorted-set branch in the scan
implementation to recognize the B-tree encoding using OBJ_ENCODING_BTREE and
retrieve its hash table through the OrderedIndexItem representation, matching
VM_ScanKey. Leave the set and hash branches unchanged.
In `@tests/unit/moduleapi/scan.tcl`:
- Around line 100-105: Update the assert_encoding expectations in both zset scan
tests around scan_key_raw so they use btree instead of skiplist, matching the
encoding returned by OBJECT ENCODING; leave the scan results and other test
behavior unchanged.
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In `@src/module.c`:
- Line 12156: Reformat the VM_ScanKeyRawBorrowed function signature with
clang-format-18, wrapping its parameters across lines to match neighboring
module API functions and the repository column limit.
- Around line 12087-12097: Remove the local ValkeyModuleScanKeyRawBorrowedCB
typedef from the ScanKeyRawBorrowedCBData area, and continue using the
declaration provided by valkeymodule.h. Leave the ScanKeyRawBorrowedCBData
structure and its callback field unchanged.
In `@tests/unit/moduleapi/scan.tcl`:
- Around line 130-135: Extend the scan_key_raw tests around
VM_ScanKeyRawBorrowed to cover unsupported key types, such as a string or list
key, and assert that scan.scan_key_raw returns an empty array without looping.
Preserve the existing supported listpack case and clean up any keys created by
the new test.
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| if (objectGetType(o) == OBJ_SET) { | ||
| if (objectGetEncoding(o) == OBJ_ENCODING_HASHTABLE) ht = objectGetVal(o); | ||
| } else if (objectGetType(o) == OBJ_HASH) { | ||
| if (objectGetEncoding(o) == OBJ_ENCODING_HASHTABLE) ht = objectGetVal(o); | ||
| } else if (objectGetType(o) == OBJ_ZSET) { | ||
| if (objectGetEncoding(o) == OBJ_ENCODING_SKIPLIST) ht = ((zset *)objectGetVal(o))->ht; | ||
| } else { | ||
| errno = EINVAL; | ||
| return 0; | ||
| } | ||
| if (cursor->done) { | ||
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| int ret = 1; | ||
| if (ht) { | ||
| /* hashtable-encoded set/hash, or skiplist-encoded zset: incremental. */ | ||
| ScanKeyRawBorrowedCBData data = {key, privdata, fn}; | ||
| cursor->cursor = hashtableScan(ht, cursor->cursor, moduleScanKeyRawBorrowedHashtableCallback, &data); | ||
| if (cursor->cursor == 0) { | ||
| cursor->done = 1; | ||
| ret = 0; | ||
| } | ||
| } else if (objectGetType(o) == OBJ_SET) { | ||
| /* intset / listpack set: full scan. Listpack members are borrowed; | ||
| * intset integer members are materialized (callback-scoped). */ | ||
| setTypeIterator *si = setTypeInitIterator(o); | ||
| char *str; | ||
| size_t len; | ||
| int64_t llele; | ||
| char intbuf[LONG_STR_SIZE]; | ||
| while (setTypeNext(si, &str, &len, &llele) != -1) { | ||
| const char *m; | ||
| size_t mlen; | ||
| if (str != NULL) { | ||
| m = str; | ||
| mlen = len; | ||
| } else { | ||
| mlen = (size_t)ll2string(intbuf, sizeof(intbuf), llele); | ||
| m = intbuf; | ||
| } | ||
| fn(key, m, mlen, NULL, 0, privdata); | ||
| } | ||
| setTypeReleaseIterator(si); | ||
| cursor->cursor = 1; | ||
| cursor->done = 1; | ||
| ret = 0; | ||
| } else { | ||
| /* listpack-encoded zset or hash: (field/member, value/score) pairs. | ||
| * String entries are borrowed; integer-encoded entries are materialized | ||
| * (callback-scoped). Integers may be either field or value. */ | ||
| unsigned char *lp = objectGetVal(o); | ||
| unsigned char *p = lpSeek(lp, 0); | ||
| while (p) { | ||
| unsigned int flen; | ||
| long long fll; | ||
| char fbuf[LONG_STR_SIZE]; | ||
| unsigned char *fstr = lpGetValue(p, &flen, &fll); | ||
| const char *fp; | ||
| size_t fl; | ||
| if (fstr != NULL) { | ||
| fp = (char *)fstr; | ||
| fl = flen; | ||
| } else { | ||
| fl = (size_t)ll2string(fbuf, sizeof(fbuf), fll); | ||
| fp = fbuf; | ||
| } | ||
| p = lpNext(lp, p); | ||
| if (!p) break; | ||
| unsigned int vlen; | ||
| long long vll; | ||
| char vbuf[LONG_STR_SIZE]; | ||
| unsigned char *vstr = lpGetValue(p, &vlen, &vll); | ||
| const char *vp; | ||
| size_t vl; | ||
| if (vstr != NULL) { | ||
| vp = (char *)vstr; | ||
| vl = vlen; | ||
| } else { | ||
| vl = (size_t)ll2string(vbuf, sizeof(vbuf), vll); | ||
| vp = vbuf; | ||
| } | ||
| fn(key, fp, fl, vp, vl, privdata); | ||
| p = lpNext(lp, p); | ||
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Align the sorted-set branch with Valkey’s B-tree encoding. Hash TTL fields use entry metadata and force OBJ_ENCODING_HASHTABLE, so the hash branches are correct. This branch uses nonexistent OBJ_ENCODING_SKIPLIST and zskiplistNode identifiers. Use OBJ_ENCODING_BTREE and OrderedIndexItem, as VM_ScanKey does.
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In `@src/module.c` around lines 12163 - 12247, Update the sorted-set branch in the
scan implementation to recognize the B-tree encoding using OBJ_ENCODING_BTREE
and retrieve its hash table through the OrderedIndexItem representation,
matching VM_ScanKey. Leave the set and hash branches unchanged.
| test {Module scan_key_raw zset skiplist} { | ||
| r del rz1 | ||
| r zadd rz1 1 f1 2 f2 3 f3 | ||
| assert_encoding skiplist rz1 | ||
| lsort [r scan.scan_key_raw rz1] | ||
| } {{f1 1} {f2 2} {f3 3}} |
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Use btree for both raw zset encoding assertions. assert_encoding matches OBJECT ENCODING, which returns btree for these sorted sets. Replace skiplist at lines 103 and 110 with btree.
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In `@tests/unit/moduleapi/scan.tcl` around lines 100 - 105, Update the
assert_encoding expectations in both zset scan tests around scan_key_raw so they
use btree instead of skiplist, matching the encoding returned by OBJECT
ENCODING; leave the scan results and other test behavior unchanged.
The sorted-set skiplist implementation was replaced upstream by a B+tree
ordered index, removing zskiplistNode / zslGetNodeElement / node->score /
OBJ_ENCODING_SKIPLIST. Port the zset branch of the raw borrowed scan to the
new API, mirroring the native moduleScanKeyHashtableCallback:
- read the member via orderedIndexItemGetElement() (borrowed ptr/len into
the stored OrderedIndexItem, valid for the command scope as before)
- read the score via orderedIndexItemGetScore()
- dispatch on OBJ_ENCODING_BTREE instead of OBJ_ENCODING_SKIPLIST
The hashtableScan driver, the member ->ht table, and the d2string score
rendering are unchanged; SET/HASH/listpack/intset paths are untouched.
Update the scan.tcl raw zset assertions to assert_encoding btree.
Signed-off-by: Karthik Subbarao <karthikrs2021@gmail.com>
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Wait, VM_ScanKeyRawBorrowed returns a raw pointer to a key that is 'borrowed' and shouldn't be allocated. But what happens if the underlying slot or database is modified or rehashing is triggered while the caller holds this borrowed pointer? Is there any protection to prevent use-after-free or memory corruption? This seems like a dangerous API design if not accompanied by clear lifetime checks.
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Add support for VM_ScanKeyRawBorrowed to allow scanning keys without allocating