[ARROW-17824] [C++][Gandiva] Implement preallocation for variable length output buffer

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 9.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 10.0.0
• Component/s: C++ - Gandiva
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/33046
• Assignee: Jin Shang
• Reporter: Jin Shang
• Created: 23/Sep/22 07:51
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:55
• Resolved: 26/Sep/22 05:06

Description

When the output type of an expression is of variable length, e.g. string, Gandiva would realloc the output buffer to make space for new outputs for each row. When num of rows is high some memory allocators perform poorly.

We can use the std::vector like approach to amortize the allcation cost. First allocate some initial space depending on the input size. Each time we run out of space, double the buffer size. In the end shrink it to fit the actual size. Arrow string builder also uses this approach.

Issue Links

• causes: ARROW-17721 [C++][Gandiva] Expression Evaluation Performance Improvement using Mimalloc
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #14230