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cpp/src/io/orc/stripe_data.cu

@@ -132,15 +132,30 @@ struct orcdec_state_s {
   } vals;
 };
 
+/**
+ * @brief Cache the first run of the DATA stream for a row group.
+ *
+ * This class is used to address a special case, where the first run spans two adjacent row groups
+ * and its length is greater than the maximum length allowed to be consumed (which limit is imposed
+ * by the decoder when processing the SECONDARY stream). This class shall be instantiated in the
+ * shared memory.
+ */
 class run_cache {
  private:
   enum class status : uint8_t {
-    DISABLED,
-    CAN_WRITE_TO_CACHE,
-    CAN_READ_FROM_CACHE,
+    DISABLED,             ///< Run cache is disabled.
+    CAN_WRITE_TO_CACHE,   ///< Run cache is ready for write. This is expected to happen in the first
+                          ///< iteration of the top-level while-loop in gpuDecodeOrcColumnData().
+    CAN_READ_FROM_CACHE,  ///< Run cache is ready for read. This is expected to happen in the second
+                          ///< iteration of the while-loop.
   };
 
  public:
+  /**
+   * @brief Initialize the run cache.
+   *
+   * @param s ORC decoder state.
+   */
   __forceinline__ __device__ void initialize(orcdec_state_s* s)
   {
     _status          = (s->top.data.index.run_pos[CI_DATA2] > 0 and s->chunk.type_kind == TIMESTAMP)
@@ -150,6 +165,14 @@ class run_cache {
     _run_length      = 0;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Set the reusable length object.
+   *
+   * @param run_length The length of the first run (spanning two adjacent row groups) of the DATA
+   * stream.
+   * @param max_length The maximum length allowed to be consumed. This limit is imposed
+   * by the decoder when processing the SECONDARY stream.
+   */
   __forceinline__ __device__ void set_reusable_length(uint32_t run_length, uint32_t max_length)
   {
     if (_status == status::CAN_WRITE_TO_CACHE) {
@@ -158,6 +181,12 @@ class run_cache {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Adjust the maximum length allowed to be consumed when the length of the first run is
+   * greater than it.
+   *
+   * @param max_length The maximum length allowed to be consumed.
+   */
   __forceinline__ __device__ uint32_t adjust_max_length(uint32_t max_length)
   {
     auto new_max_length{max_length};
@@ -167,6 +196,11 @@ class run_cache {
     return new_max_length;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Copy the excess data from the intermediate buffer for the DATA stream to the cache.
+   *
+   * @param src Intermediate buffer for the DATA stream.
+   */
   __forceinline__ __device__ void write_to_cache(int64_t* src)
   {
     const auto tid = threadIdx.x;
@@ -188,6 +222,12 @@ class run_cache {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Copy the cached data to the intermediate buffer for the DATA stream.
+   *
+   * @param dst Intermediate buffer for the DATA stream.
+   * @param rle Run length decoder state object.
+   */
   __forceinline__ __device__ void read_from_cache(int64_t* dst, orc_rlev2_state_s* rle)
   {
     const auto tid = threadIdx.x;
@@ -215,10 +255,14 @@ class run_cache {
   }
 
  private:
-  status _status;
-  uint32_t _reusable_length;
-  uint32_t _run_length;
-  int64_t _buf[bytestream_buffer_size >> 4];
+  status _status;             ///< The status of the run cache.
+  uint32_t _reusable_length;  ///< The number of data to be cached in the run cache and reused
+                              ///< later. For example, if a run has a length of 512 but the maximum
+                              ///< length allowed to be consumed is capped at 162, then 350
+                              ///< (512-162) data will be cached.
+  uint32_t _run_length;       ///< The length of the run, 512 in the above example.
+  int64_t _buf[bytestream_buffer_size >>
+               4];  ///< The cache buffer. In ORC, the maximum length of a run is 512.
 };
 
 /**
@@ -720,6 +764,8 @@ static const __device__ __constant__ uint8_t ClosestFixedBitsMap[65] = {
  * @param[in] maxvals maximum number of values to decode
  * @param[in] t thread id
  * @param[in] has_buffered_values If true, means there are already buffered values
+ * @param[in] run_cache_bs If non-null, the run cache will be used to cache the first run of the
+ * DATA stream.
  *
  * @return number of values decoded
  */
@@ -962,7 +1008,10 @@ static __device__ uint32_t Integer_RLEv2(orc_bytestream_s* bs,
   __syncthreads();
   if constexpr (cuda::std::is_same_v<T, int64_t>) {
     if (run_cache_bs != nullptr) {
+      // Run cache is read from during the 2nd iteration of the top-level while-loop in
+      // gpuDecodeOrcColumnData().
       run_cache_bs->read_from_cache(vals, rle);
+      // Run cache is written to during the 1st iteration of the loop.
       run_cache_bs->write_to_cache(vals);
     }
   }