feat(rust, python): The 1 billion row sort

Cargo.toml

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["xxh3"] }
 anyhow = "1"
 hashbrown = { version = "0.13.1", features = ["rayon", "ahash"] }
 bitflags = "1.3"
+once_cell = "1"
 
 [workspace.dependencies.arrow]
 package = "arrow2"

polars/polars-core/Cargo.toml

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ indexmap = { version = "1", features = ["std"] }
 ndarray = { version = "0.15", optional = true, default_features = false }
 num.workspace = true
 object_store = { version = "0.5.3", default-features = false, optional = true }
-once_cell = "1"
+once_cell.workspace = true
 polars-arrow = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../polars-arrow", features = ["compute"] }
 polars-utils = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../polars-utils" }
 rand = { version = "0.8", optional = true, features = ["small_rng", "std"] }

polars/polars-core/src/frame/mod.rs

@@ -1780,8 +1780,6 @@ impl DataFrame {
         by_column: impl IntoVec<String>,
         reverse: impl IntoVec<bool>,
     ) -> PolarsResult<&mut Self> {
-        // a lot of indirection in both sorting and take
-        self.as_single_chunk_par();
         let by_column = self.select_series(by_column)?;
         let reverse = reverse.into_vec();
         self.columns = self
@@ -1803,6 +1801,9 @@ impl DataFrame {
         if self.height() == 0 {
             return Ok(self.clone());
         }
+        // a lot of indirection in both sorting and take
+        let mut df = self.clone();
+        let df = df.as_single_chunk_par();
         // note that the by_column argument also contains evaluated expression from polars-lazy
         // that may not even be present in this dataframe.
 
@@ -1821,7 +1822,7 @@ impl DataFrame {
                 // fast path for a frame with a single series
                 // no need to compute the sort indices and then take by these indices
                 // simply sort and return as frame
-                if self.width() == 1 && self.check_name_to_idx(s.name()).is_ok() {
+                if df.width() == 1 && df.check_name_to_idx(s.name()).is_ok() {
                     let mut out = s.sort_with(options);
                     if let Some((offset, len)) = slice {
                         out = out.slice(offset, len);
@@ -1850,7 +1851,7 @@ impl DataFrame {
 
         // Safety:
         // the created indices are in bounds
-        let mut df = unsafe { self.take_unchecked_impl(&take, parallel) };
+        let mut df = unsafe { df.take_unchecked_impl(&take, parallel) };
         // Mark the first sort column as sorted
         // if the column did not exists it is ok, because we sorted by an expression
         // not present in the dataframe
@@ -1893,8 +1894,6 @@ impl DataFrame {
     /// Sort the `DataFrame` by a single column with extra options.
     pub fn sort_with_options(&self, by_column: &str, options: SortOptions) -> PolarsResult<Self> {
         let mut df = self.clone();
-        // a lot of indirection in both sorting and take
-        df.as_single_chunk_par();
         let by_column = vec![df.column(by_column)?.clone()];
         let reverse = vec![options.descending];
         df.columns = df

polars/polars-core/src/lib.rs

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ mod tests;
 pub(crate) mod vector_hasher;
 
 use std::sync::Mutex;
-#[cfg(feature = "object")]
 use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 
 use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
@@ -36,8 +35,7 @@ use rayon::{ThreadPool, ThreadPoolBuilder};
 #[cfg(feature = "dtype-categorical")]
 pub use crate::chunked_array::logical::categorical::stringcache::*;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "object")]
-pub(crate) static PROCESS_ID: Lazy<u128> = Lazy::new(|| {
+pub static PROCESS_ID: Lazy<u128> = Lazy::new(|| {
     SystemTime::now()
         .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
         .unwrap()

polars/polars-core/src/schema.rs

@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ impl Schema {
             .ok_or_else(|| PolarsError::NotFound(name.to_string().into()))
     }
 
+    pub fn try_get_full(&self, name: &str) -> PolarsResult<(usize, &String, &DataType)> {
+        self.inner
+            .get_full(name)
+            .ok_or_else(|| PolarsError::NotFound(name.to_string().into()))
+    }
+
     pub fn get_full(&self, name: &str) -> Option<(usize, &String, &DataType)> {
         self.inner.get_full(name)
     }

polars/polars-io/src/ipc/ipc_file.rs

@@ -277,12 +277,26 @@ pub use write::Compression as IpcCompression;
 use crate::mmap::MmapBytesReader;
 use crate::RowCount;
 
-impl<W> IpcWriter<W> {
+impl<W: Write> IpcWriter<W> {
     /// Set the compression used. Defaults to None.
     pub fn with_compression(mut self, compression: Option<write::Compression>) -> Self {
         self.compression = compression;
         self
     }
+
+    pub fn batched(&mut self, schema: &Schema) -> PolarsResult<BatchedWriter<&mut W>> {
+        let mut writer = write::FileWriter::new(
+            &mut self.writer,
+            schema.to_arrow(),
+            None,
+            WriteOptions {
+                compression: self.compression,
+            },
+        );
+        writer.start()?;
+
+        Ok(BatchedWriter { writer })
+    }
 }
 
 impl<W> SerWriter<W> for IpcWriter<W>
@@ -316,6 +330,30 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+pub struct BatchedWriter<W: Write> {
+    writer: write::FileWriter<W>,
+}
+
+impl<W: Write> BatchedWriter<W> {
+    /// Write a batch to the parquet writer.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    /// The caller must ensure the chunks in the given [`DataFrame`] are aligned.
+    pub fn write_batch(&mut self, df: &DataFrame) -> PolarsResult<()> {
+        let iter = df.iter_chunks();
+        for batch in iter {
+            self.writer.write(&batch, None)?
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    /// Writes the footer of the IPC file.
+    pub fn finish(&mut self) -> PolarsResult<()> {
+        self.writer.finish()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct IpcWriterOption {
     compression: Option<write::Compression>,
     extension: PathBuf,

polars/polars-io/src/parquet/read_impl.rs

@@ -465,4 +465,37 @@ impl BatchedParquetReader {
             Ok(Some(chunks))
         }
     }
+
+    /// Turn the batched reader into an iterator.
+    pub fn iter(self, batch_size: usize) -> BatchedParquetIter {
+        BatchedParquetIter {
+            batch_size,
+            inner: self,
+            current_batch: vec![].into_iter(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct BatchedParquetIter {
+    batch_size: usize,
+    inner: BatchedParquetReader,
+    current_batch: std::vec::IntoIter<DataFrame>,
+}
+
+impl Iterator for BatchedParquetIter {
+    type Item = PolarsResult<DataFrame>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        match self.current_batch.next() {
+            Some(df) => Some(Ok(df)),
+            None => match self.inner.next_batches(self.batch_size) {
+                Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
+                Ok(opt_batch) => {
+                    let batch = opt_batch?;
+                    self.current_batch = batch.into_iter();
+                    self.current_batch.next().map(Ok)
+                }
+            },
+        }
+    }
 }

polars/polars-io/src/parquet/write.rs

@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ pub enum ParquetCompression {
     Lz4Raw,
 }
 
+impl Default for ParquetCompression {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        ParquetCompression::Lz4Raw
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<ParquetCompression> for CompressionOptions {
     fn from(value: ParquetCompression) -> Self {
         use ParquetCompression::*;

polars/polars-io/src/predicates.rs

@@ -29,12 +29,7 @@ pub(crate) fn arrow_schema_to_empty_df(schema: &ArrowSchema) -> DataFrame {
     DataFrame::new_no_checks(columns)
 }
 
-#[cfg(any(
-    feature = "ipc",
-    feature = "parquet",
-    feature = "json",
-    feature = "ipc_streaming"
-))]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "parquet", feature = "json",))]
 pub(crate) fn apply_predicate(
     df: &mut DataFrame,
     predicate: Option<&dyn PhysicalIoExpr>,

polars/polars-lazy/polars-pipe/Cargo.toml

@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ hashbrown.workspace = true
 num.workspace = true
 polars-arrow = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../../polars-arrow", default-features = false }
 polars-core = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../../polars-core", features = ["lazy", "private", "zip_with", "random"], default-features = false }
-polars-io = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../../polars-io", default-features = false }
+polars-io = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../../polars-io", default-features = false, features = ["ipc"] }
+polars-ops = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../../polars-ops", features = ["search_sorted"] }
 polars-plan = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../polars-plan", default-features = false, features = ["compile"] }
-polars-utils = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../../polars-utils" }
+polars-utils = { version = "0.26.1", path = "../../polars-utils", features = ["sysinfo"] }
 rayon.workspace = true
 smartstring = { version = "1" }
 

polars/polars-lazy/polars-pipe/src/executors/operators/dummy.rs

@@ -3,22 +3,22 @@ use polars_core::error::PolarsResult;
 use crate::operators::{DataChunk, Operator, OperatorResult, PExecutionContext};
 
 #[derive(Default)]
-pub struct Dummy {}
+pub struct PlaceHolder {}
 
-impl Operator for Dummy {
+impl Operator for PlaceHolder {
     fn execute(
         &mut self,
         _context: &PExecutionContext,
         _chunk: &DataChunk,
     ) -> PolarsResult<OperatorResult> {
-        panic!("dummy should be replaced")
+        panic!("placeholder should be replaced")
     }
 
     fn split(&self, _thread_no: usize) -> Box<dyn Operator> {
         Box::new(Self {})
     }
 
     fn fmt(&self) -> &str {
-        "dummy"
+        "placeholder"
     }
 }

polars/polars-lazy/polars-pipe/src/executors/operators/mod.rs

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ mod dummy;
 mod filter;
 mod projection;
 
-pub(crate) use dummy::Dummy;
+pub(crate) use dummy::PlaceHolder;
 pub(crate) use filter::*;
 pub(crate) use projection::*;

polars/polars-lazy/polars-pipe/src/executors/sinks/mod.rs

@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ mod ordered;
 #[cfg(feature = "parquet")]
 mod parquet_sink;
 mod slice;
+mod sort;
 mod utils;
 
 pub(crate) use joins::*;
 pub(crate) use ordered::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "parquet")]
 pub(crate) use parquet_sink::ParquetSink;
 pub(crate) use slice::*;
+pub(crate) use sort::*;
 
 // We must strike a balance between cache coherence and resizing costs.
 // Overallocation seems a lot more expensive than resizing so we start reasonable small.