feat: support SQL aggregate FILTER (WHERE ...) clause in native execution by viirya · Pull Request #3835 · apache/datafusion-comet

viirya · 2026-03-29T00:01:16Z

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What changes are included in this PR?

Previously, Comet fell back to Spark for any aggregation containing a FILTER (WHERE ...) clause (e.g. SUM(x) FILTER (WHERE y > 0)).

This patch wires the full pipeline:

Proto (expr.proto):

Add optional Expr filter = 89 to AggExpr message

Scala serialization (QueryPlanSerde.scala):

In aggExprToProto, serialize aggExpr.filter into the proto when aggExpr.mode == Partial (filters are only meaningful in partial mode)
If the filter expression cannot be serialized, fall back gracefully

Native planner (planner.rs):

Build per-aggregate filter PhysicalExpr from agg_expr.filter
Pass to AggregateExec::try_new instead of vec![None; num_agg]

Comet planner (operators.scala):

Remove the blanket fallback guard for aggregate expressions with filter

SumInt and SumDecimal group accumulators:

implement opt_filter support
Unit tests added for each affected accumulator covering

Tests (aggregate_filter.sql):

Update queries from expect_fallback to plain query mode now that native execution is supported; tests verify results match Spark

How are these changes tested?

Unit tests

…umulators Previously, update_batch() in SumIntGroupsAccumulatorLegacy, SumIntGroupsAccumulatorAnsi, SumIntGroupsAccumulatorTry, and SumDecimalGroupsAccumulator had debug_assert!/assert! that would panic in debug mode if opt_filter was non-None, preventing use of SQL FILTER (WHERE ...) clauses with SUM aggregations. Each update_batch() inner loop now checks the filter per-row: - null filter entries are treated as exclude (consistent with SQL semantics) - false filter entries skip the row - true filter entries include the row as before merge_batch() retains debug_assert!(opt_filter.is_none()) since filters are not meaningful when merging partial aggregate states. Unit tests added for each affected accumulator covering: - filter with true/false values across groups - null filter entries treated as exclude - no filter (None) still works correctly Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

The tests use expect_fallback mode to verify that: 1. Comet correctly falls back to Spark (with message "Aggregate expression with filter is not supported") rather than executing natively with wrong results 2. Results match Spark's output (correctness guaranteed via fallback) Tests cover SUM(int), SUM(long), SUM(decimal), COUNT(*) with FILTER, both with and without GROUP BY, and with NULL values in the data. Once the Scala-side support is implemented (serializing aggExpr.filter through proto to the native planner), these tests should be updated from expect_fallback to plain query mode to verify native execution. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

…tion Previously, Comet fell back to Spark for any aggregation containing a FILTER (WHERE ...) clause (e.g. SUM(x) FILTER (WHERE y > 0)). The native SumInt/SumDecimal accumulators already received opt_filter support in the previous commit. This commit wires the full pipeline: Proto (expr.proto): - Add optional Expr filter = 89 to AggExpr message Scala serialization (QueryPlanSerde.scala): - In aggExprToProto, serialize aggExpr.filter into the proto when aggExpr.mode == Partial (filters are only meaningful in partial mode) - If the filter expression cannot be serialized, fall back gracefully Native planner (planner.rs): - Build per-aggregate filter PhysicalExpr from agg_expr.filter - Pass to AggregateExec::try_new instead of vec![None; num_agg] Comet planner (operators.scala): - Remove the blanket fallback guard for aggregate expressions with filter Tests (aggregate_filter.sql): - Update queries from expect_fallback to plain query mode now that native execution is supported; tests verify results match Spark Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

…fference DataFusion and JVM produce slightly different floating-point results for sum(1/ten) FILTER (WHERE ten > 0) due to different summation order. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

viirya · 2026-03-29T02:23:15Z

dev/diffs/4.0.1.diff

+ -- Test aggregate operator with codegen on and off.
+
+-- Floating-point precision difference between DataFusion and JVM for FILTER aggregates
+--SET spark.comet.enabled = false


The float precision difference issue is:

[info] - postgreSQL/aggregates_part3.sql *** FAILED *** (381 milliseconds) [info] postgreSQL/aggregates_part3.sql [info] Expected "2828.9682539682[954]", but got "2828.9682539682[517]" Result did not match for query #2 [info] select sum(1/ten) filter (where ten > 0) from tenk1 (SQLQueryTestSuite.scala:683)

andygrove · 2026-03-29T14:39:46Z

spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/comet/operators.scala

-    if (aggregateExpressions.exists(_.filter.isDefined)) {
-      withInfo(aggregate, "Aggregate expression with filter is not supported")
-      return None
-    }


This removes the guard for all aggregates with FILTER, but the PR only modifies SUM to accept the filter. What happens for other aggregates like AVG?

Missed it. Modified it now.

Do we need to support this for the other aggregate expressions that Comet supports, or is this limited to SUM and AVG?

We update native/core/src/execution/planner.rs to construct aggregate filter expressions and pass to datafusion::physical_plan::aggregates::AggregateExec. AggregateExec will use these filter expressions in runtime to produce the filtering boolean array (i.e., the parameter Option<&arrow::array::BooleanArray>) that will be passed to update_batch call.

So DataFusion has this logic internally in AggregateExec.

We only need to make sure the aggregate expressions implemented by Comet (SumDecimal、SumInt、Avg、AvgDecimal), should apply opt_filter in their update_batch functions. opt_filter was ignored previously because Comet knows it won't pass aggregate filter expressions to AggregateExec.

AvgGroupsAccumulator and AvgDecimalGroupsAccumulator implement GroupsAccumulator directly and must apply opt_filter in update_batch. Add filter handling matching the pattern in SumDecimal/SumInt. Add AVG FILTER tests to aggregate_filter.sql. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Decimal AVG in Comet falls back to Spark for the final HashAggregate due to rounding differences in the cast back to decimal type. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Tests AvgDecimalGroupsAccumulator filter support. Requires spark.comet.expression.Cast.allowIncompatible=true to allow the final cast back to decimal to run through Comet natively. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

…t fallback Decimal AVG requires a final cast back to decimal type that differs from Spark's implementation, causing the final HashAggregate to fall back to Spark. Use spark_answer_only mode to validate correctness without asserting full Comet operator coverage. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

viirya and others added 4 commits March 28, 2026 17:11

style: fix rustfmt formatting in sum_int and sum_decimal

523c6f3

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

viirya force-pushed the feat-aggregate-filter branch from 038691b to 523c6f3 Compare March 29, 2026 00:12

viirya and others added 3 commits March 28, 2026 17:16

fix: use as_ref() instead of as_deref() for Option<Expr> filter field

8116dc6

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

fix: remove unused num_agg variable in planner

134ea70

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

fix: disable Comet for aggregates_part3.sql due to float precision di…

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…fference DataFusion and JVM produce slightly different floating-point results for sum(1/ten) FILTER (WHERE ten > 0) due to different summation order. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

viirya commented Mar 29, 2026

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viirya and others added 4 commits March 29, 2026 08:30

test: remove AVG(decimal) FILTER test due to cast incompatibility

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Decimal AVG in Comet falls back to Spark for the final HashAggregate due to rounding differences in the cast back to decimal type. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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