database: bring back dropping unused row versions

core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/database/mod.rs

@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ pub struct Database<Clock: LogicalClock> {
 }
 
 impl<Clock: LogicalClock> Database<Clock> {
-
     /// Creates a new database.
     pub fn new(clock: Clock, storage: Storage) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ impl<Clock: LogicalClock> Database<Clock> {
             storage,
         }
     }
-    
+
     /// Inserts a new row into the database.
     ///
     /// This function inserts a new `row` into the database within the context
@@ -456,7 +455,43 @@ impl<Clock: LogicalClock> Database<Clock> {
 
     /// FIXME: implement in a lock-free manner
     pub fn drop_unused_row_versions(&self) {
-        tracing::error!("Unused rows are not dropped at the moment. Will do!");
+        let mut to_remove = Vec::new();
+        for entry in self.rows.iter() {
+            let mut row_versions = entry.value().write().unwrap();
+            row_versions.retain(|rv| {
+                let should_stay = match rv.end {
+                    Some(TxTimestampOrID::Timestamp(version_end_ts)) => {
+                        // a transaction started before this row version ended,
+                        // ergo row version is needed
+                        // NOTICE: O(row_versions x transactions), but also lock-free, so sounds acceptable
+                        self.txs
+                            .iter()
+                            .any(|tx| version_end_ts >= tx.value().read().unwrap().begin_ts)
+                    }
+                    // Let's skip potentially complex logic if the transaction is still
+                    // active/tracked. We will drop the row version when the transaction
+                    // gets garbage-collected itself, it will always happen eventually.
+                    Some(TxTimestampOrID::TxID(tx_id)) => !self.txs.contains_key(&tx_id),
+                    // this row version is current, ergo visible
+                    None => true,
+                };
+                if !should_stay {
+                    tracing::debug!(
+                        "Dropping row version {:?} {:?}-{:?}",
+                        entry.key(),
+                        rv.begin,
+                        rv.end
+                    );
+                }
+                should_stay
+            });
+            if row_versions.is_empty() {
+                to_remove.push(*entry.key());
+            }
+        }
+        for id in to_remove {
+            self.rows.remove(&id);
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn recover(&self) -> Result<()> {