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bitmap64.Each allocated a new roaring64 iterator (and its per-container iterator) on every call. In BloodHound Enterprise's tarjan adjacency traversals, Each is called once per node, so these allocations were a large share of allocation churn and the resulting GC mark work.

roaring64.IntIterator64 can be reset with Initialize, so Each now takes an iterator from a sync.Pool, points it at the bitmap for the traversal, and returns it to the pool afterwards.

  • Behavior of Each is unchanged, including early exit when the delegate returns false.
  • Adds tests for correctness, early exit, concurrent use (run under -race), and an allocation benchmark.

Resolves: BED-9922

Related: SpecterOps/bloodhound-enterprise#2094 (BHE tarjan allocation reductions, measured together with this change)

Metrics

  • BenchmarkBitmap64Each: 0 B/op, 0 allocs/op.
  • End to end on the smarties dataset, this change together with SpecterOps/bloodhound-enterprise#2094 reduced CreateTarjanAggregator from ~8m57s to 5m24s (−40%). The two changes were measured together (one run), so that gain cannot be split between them.

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Testing

  • Unit tests added / updated
  • Integration tests added / updated
  • Full test suite run (make test_all with CONNECTION_STRING set)

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Driver Impact

  • PostgreSQL driver (drivers/pg)
  • Neo4j driver (drivers/neo4j)

Checklist

  • Code is formatted
  • All existing tests pass
  • go.mod / go.sum are up to date if dependencies changed

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance Improvements
    • Bitmap iteration reuses iterator resources, reducing allocation overhead across traversals.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Iteration continues to support empty and multi-container bitmaps, repeated calls, early stopping, and concurrent use. Bitmap data remains reclaimable after full or early-stopped iteration.

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bitmap64.Each now reuses iterators from a pool and clears them before returning them. Tests cover iteration results, early termination, concurrent calls, and bitmap reclamation. A benchmark measures iteration over 4,096 values and reports allocations. The go.mod requirements comment was removed; dependency declarations remain unchanged.

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Bitmap64 Iteration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pooled iterator traversal
cardinality/roaring64.go, go.mod
bitmap64.Each initializes a pooled iterator, traverses values, then clears and returns the iterator to the pool. It stops when the delegate returns false. The requirements comment was removed from go.mod; dependency declarations are unchanged.
Iteration tests and benchmark
cardinality/cardinality_test.go, cardinality/roaring64_test.go
Added tests for empty and populated bitmaps, repeated calls, early termination, concurrent iteration, and bitmap reclamation after garbage collection. Added a benchmark for 4,096 values that reports allocations.

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cardinality/roaring64.go (1)

57-68: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Return a cleared iterator to the pool on every exit.

If delegate panics, the trailing Put is skipped. On normal return, the iterator still references s.bitmap. In roaring/v2 v2.19.0, Initialize(nil) dereferences nil, so reset the iterator to its zero value before returning it.

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 	itr := bitmap64IteratorPool.Get().(*roaring64.IntIterator64)
 	itr.Initialize(s.bitmap)
+	defer func() {
+		*itr = roaring64.IntIterator64{}
+		bitmap64IteratorPool.Put(itr)
+	}()

 	for itr.HasNext() {
 		if ok := delegate(itr.Next()); !ok {
 			break
 		}
 	}
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-	bitmap64IteratorPool.Put(itr)
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Review comment at @cardinality/roaring64.go around lines 57 - 68:
Update bitmap64.Each to return its iterator to bitmap64IteratorPool on every
exit, including when delegate panics. Reset the roaring64.IntIterator64 to its
zero value before pooling it; do not use Initialize(nil), which dereferences nil
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Review comments at @cardinality/cardinality_test.go:
- Around line 85-101: Replace require.Equal in the goroutines of
TestBitmap64EachConcurrent with a non-terminating assertion or collect results
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Review comments at @cardinality/roaring64.go:
- Around line 57-68: Update bitmap64.Each to return its iterator to
bitmap64IteratorPool on every exit, including when delegate panics. Reset the
roaring64.IntIterator64 to its zero value before pooling it; do not use
Initialize(nil), which dereferences nil in the referenced version.

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Comment thread cardinality/cardinality_test.go
@StephenHinck StephenHinck changed the title perf: reuse pooled roaring64 iterator in bitmap64.Each BED-9922 feat: reuse pooled roaring64 iterator in bitmap64.Each BED-9922 Oct 6, 2026
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StephenHinck force-pushed the shinck/bitmap64-each-iterator-pool branch from 8c682e1 to f8dff21 Compare October 15, 2026 15:15

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@StephenHinck StephenHinck changed the title feat: reuse pooled roaring64 iterator in bitmap64.Each BED-9922 perf: reuse pooled roaring64 iterator in bitmap64.Each BED-9922 Oct 15, 2026
bitmap64.Each allocated a fresh roaring64 iterator (and its per-container
iterator) on every call, which dominated allocation churn in hot adjacency
traversals. roaring64.IntIterator64 is resettable via Initialize, so pull a
reused iterator from a sync.Pool and re-point it at the bitmap per traversal.

Adds correctness, concurrency (race), and allocation benchmark coverage for
Each. Benchmark shows 0 B/op, 0 allocs/op.
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StephenHinck force-pushed the shinck/bitmap64-each-iterator-pool branch from f8dff21 to e97e253 Compare October 19, 2026 17:45
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