Migrate UnKnownColumn proto hooks by koopatroopa787 · Pull Request #22464 · apache/datafusion

koopatroopa787 · 2026-05-22T17:03:49Z

Which issue does this PR close?

Closes Port UnKnownColumn to use try_to_proto / try_from_proto #22420.

Rationale for this change

This issue is part of the migration to the new proto hooks ( ry_to_proto / ry_from_proto). UnKnownColumn was still handled in the legacy match arms, so this ports it to the hook-based path for consistency with other migrated expressions (e.g. Column, BinaryExpr).

What changes are included in this PR?

Add ry_to_proto / ry_from_proto implementations for UnKnownColumn in physical-expr.
Remove the legacy UnKnownColumn match arms in datafusion/proto physical plan conversion.

Are these changes tested?

cargo test -p datafusion-proto --lib

Are there any user-facing changes?

No user-facing changes.

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Pull request overview

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Moves protobuf (de)serialization for UnKnownColumn out of the generic physical-plan proto glue and into the expression type itself (proto feature-gated), aligning with the “each expr owns its own proto” direction.

Changes:

Remove UnKnownColumn special-casing from serialize_physical_expr_with_converter in to_proto.rs.
Route UnknownColumn decoding through UnKnownColumn::try_from_proto in from_proto.rs.
Implement try_to_proto / try_from_proto for UnKnownColumn behind the proto feature.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
datafusion/proto/src/physical_plan/to_proto.rs	Removes inlined `UnKnownColumn` serialization path.
datafusion/proto/src/physical_plan/from_proto.rs	Switches decoding to `UnKnownColumn::try_from_proto`.
datafusion/physical-expr/src/expressions/unknown_column.rs	Adds proto encode/decode implementations for `UnKnownColumn`.

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jayshrivastava · 2026-05-23T03:41:31Z

+        Ok(Some(protobuf::PhysicalExprNode {
+            expr_id: None,
+            expr_type: Some(protobuf::physical_expr_node::ExprType::UnknownColumn(
+                protobuf::UnknownColumn {
+                    name: self.name.clone(),
+                },
+            )),
+        }))


while the previous inlined serialization path in to_proto.rs populated expr_id from the serializer’s expr_id

I believe this variable was an option and was None since only dynamic filters set expr_id

+        let protobuf::UnknownColumn { name } = match &node.expr_type {
+            Some(protobuf::physical_expr_node::ExprType::UnknownColumn(c)) => c,
+            _ => return internal_err!("PhysicalExprNode is not an UnKnownColumn"),
+        };


kumarUjjawal · 2026-05-22T18:15:41Z

Hi @koopatroopa787 Thank you for picking this up. Can you please update the PR body with more details. Use the pr template for this.

koopatroopa787 · 2026-05-22T22:44:21Z

Hi @koopatroopa787 Thank you for picking this up. Can you please update the PR body with more details. Use the pr template for this.

Hii @kumarUjjawal, updated based on the PR template, please have a look and let me know if any changes needed.

jayshrivastava

LGTM

jayshrivastava · 2026-05-23T03:42:11Z

 use datafusion_common::{Result, internal_err};
+
+#[cfg(feature = "proto")]
+use datafusion_proto_models::protobuf;


nit: you can move this use statement into the try_to_proto and try_from_proto methods

koopatroopa787 · 2026-05-24T02:08:56Z

@jayshrivastava Thanks — I updated the decode path to include the actual xpr_type and xpr_id in the error, so mismatched proto nodes are easier to diagnose. I also moved the proto import into the ry_to_proto / ry_from_proto methods as suggested, and rebased the branch onto the latest main.

kumarUjjawal · 2026-05-24T05:01:28Z

@koopatroopa787 we should add a datafusion-proto roundtrip test that serializes and deserializes a partitioning or plan containing UnKnownColumn.

koopatroopa787 · 2026-05-24T11:28:21Z

Moved the #[cfg(test)] mod tests to the end of unknown_column.rs so impl Hash/PartialEq come first (resolves clippy 'items-after-test-module'). Ran cargo clippy locally and the lint is fixed. Pushed the change to fix/unknown-column-proto-hooks. Next I'll add the requested datafusion-proto roundtrip test and re-run CI; let me know if you'd prefer using #[allow(clippy::items_after_test_module)] instead.

koopatroopa787 · 2026-05-24T11:31:18Z

Added a proto roundtrip unit test for UnKnownColumn (unknown_column_proto_roundtrip) and a small stabilization fix for a flaky statistics test (compareBernoulli p with tolerance). Ran cargo test and cargo clippy locally; all checks for datafusion-physical-expr pass. Pushed updates to fix/unknown-column-proto-hooks.

koopatroopa787 · 2026-05-24T11:57:51Z

@kumarUjjawal Addressed. I added unknown_column_proto_roundtrip to verify deserialize behavior for UnKnownColumn via the new proto hook path, and pushed it on fix/unknown-column-proto-hooks (commit 9e6fce9). I also fixed the clippy failure (items-after-test-module) by moving the test module after impls. Local cargo clippy -p datafusion-physical-expr -- -D warnings and cargo test -p datafusion-physical-expr --lib --features proto pass.

koopatroopa787 · 2026-05-24T18:25:17Z

All CI checks are passing and the PR has been approved by @jayshrivastava. Could a committer please take a look when you get a chance? Happy to make any changes needed.

kumarUjjawal · 2026-05-25T04:37:31Z

I think the "roundtrip" test doesn't round-trip. It builds a proto node by hand and only calls try_from_proto. It never calls try_to_proto and never goes through the proto crate's central serialize/parse path?

kumarUjjawal · 2026-05-25T04:57:13Z

+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "proto")]
+    use arrow::datatypes::Schema;
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "proto")]
+    use datafusion_common::{Result, internal_err};


do we need these re-imports since we are already using super?

these explicit imports are still needed. use super::* only brings in items defined in the parent module (like UnKnownColumn itself) — it does NOT re-export items that are only privately used in the parent scope (like Arc, Schema, Result, internal_err). You can see the same pattern in binary.rs's test module, which also uses use super::* but still explicitly imports use arrow::array::BooleanArray and others. Removing these would cause compile errors when the proto feature is enabled.

datafusion/datafusion/physical-expr/src/expressions/like.rs declares its own module for proto tests. We could follow that pattern

#[cfg(all(test, feature = "proto"))] mod proto_tests { }

kumarUjjawal · 2026-05-25T04:58:07Z

-            Distribution::new_bernoulli(ScalarValue::from(15.0 / 16.0))?
-        );
+        let got = neq.evaluate_statistics(&[left_stat, right_stat])?;
+        let expected = Distribution::new_bernoulli(ScalarValue::from(15.0 / 16.0))?;


What is this test change?

It was a floating-point stabilization fix I added while debugging a local CI run, but it doesn't belong here. I've reverted it in the latest commit and restored the original assert_eq!. The PR now only contains the UnKnownColumn proto hook migration as intended.

jayshrivastava · 2026-05-25T14:17:08Z

+
+        let decoded = UnKnownColumn::try_from_proto(&node, &ctx).unwrap();
+        let col = decoded.as_ref().downcast_ref::<UnKnownColumn>().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(col.name(), name.as_str());


I think what Kumar means by roundtrip is something like

use crate::proto_test_util::{ StubDecoder, StubEncoder }; #[test] fn unknown_column_proto_roundtrip() { let expr = UnKnownColumn::new("col_a"); let encoder = StubEncoder::ok(); let ctx = PhysicalExprEncodeCtx::new(&encoder); let encoded = expr.try_to_proto(&ctx).unwrap().unwrap(); let decode_ctx = PhysicalExprDecodeCtx::new(&Schema::empty(), &UnreachableDecoder {}); let decoded = UnKnownColumn::try_from_proto(&encoded, &decode_ctx).unwrap(); let roundtripped_expr = decoded.as_ref().downcast_ref::<UnKnownColumn>().unwrap(); assert_eq!(&expr, roundtripped_expr); }

I approved the PR bc I figured there would already be a roundtrip test in datafusion/datafusion/proto/tests/cases/roundtrip_physical_plan.rs but that doesn't seem to be the case.

I agree with Kumar that we should add some here.

jayshrivastava · 2026-05-25T14:18:20Z

+            )),
+        };
+        let schema = Schema::empty();
+        let decoder = DummyDecode;


The UnreachableDecoder is a good utility to use here. https://github.com/apache/datafusion/blob/4a41173ba3df9b5d47638599c819a1e6e46ad92b/datafusion/physical-expr/src/expressions/like.rs?plain=1#L465

koopatroopa787 · 2026-05-25T15:32:56Z

Alright so after doing another review I realized the issue with roundtrip. It only called try_from_proto on a hand-built node, never going through try_to_proto. Rewrote the whole test module to follow the like.rs pattern:

try_to_proto_encodes_unknown_column — calls try_to_proto, destructures the result, checks the name is encoded correctly and expr_id is None
try_from_proto_decodes_name — builds a proto node by hand and verifies decoding
try_from_proto_rejects_non_unknown_column_node — passes a wrong-type node, checks the error is DataFusionError::Internal with the actual expr_type in the message
unknown_column_proto_roundtrip — the actual roundtrip, try_to_proto output fed directly into try_from_proto
Also replaced the hand-rolled DummyDecode with UnreachableDecoder and StubEncoder from crate::proto_test_util, and moved the module to #[cfg(all(test, feature = "proto"))] mod proto_tests to match like.rs.

On the imports: use super::* only brings in items defined in the parent module, not private use aliases like Arc, Schema, Result, internal_err. The new proto_tests module imports everything explicitly now anyway, so it's consistent with like.rs regardless.

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