executor: fix IndexMerge union truncating at 1024 rows with ORDER BY and LIMIT

[AhmadBilalDSA]

What problem does this PR solve?

Issue Number: close #70910

Problem Summary:
When IndexMerge union executes with ORDER BY and a pushed-down LIMIT, requiredCnt in NewHandleHeap was bounded by min(1024, Count+Offset) to avoid OOM during pre-allocation. However, fetchLoopUnionWithOrderBy also uses requiredCnt as the heap's logical retention limit, popping and discarding handles once the heap exceeds this value. Consequently, queries requesting more than 1024 rows silently truncate at 1024 rows.

What is changed and how it works?

• Decoupled initial slice allocation from the heap retention bound in NewHandleHeap.
• requiredCnt now retains the full logical threshold (Count + Offset).
• Initial slice allocation is capped at min(1024, requiredCnt).
• Added regression test TestIssues70910 in pkg/executor/test/indexmergereadtest/index_merge_reader_test.go.

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Release note

Fix an issue where IndexMerge union with ORDER BY and a pushed-down LIMIT returns at most 1024 rows.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

- **Bug Fixes**
  - Fixed ordered queries using Index Merge with larger `LIMIT` and `OFFSET` values returning fewer rows than requested.
  - Queries can now return the complete requested result set, including requests exceeding 1,024 rows, while preserving the expected order.

- **Tests**
  - Added coverage for large ordered Index Merge queries to verify complete, correctly ordered results across higher row limits.
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

NewHandleHeap now keeps the full pushed-down limit + offset as its logical bound while limiting initial allocation to 1024 entries. A regression test verifies that ordered IndexMerge returns all 2,000 requested rows.

Changes

IndexMerge limit handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Heap bound and regression coverage pkg/executor/index_merge_reader.go, pkg/executor/test/indexmergereadtest/index_merge_reader_test.go	The heap uses the full pushed-down limit plus offset for pruning. Initial capacity remains capped at 1024. The test verifies an ordered IndexMerge plan without TopN and checks row order and count for 2,000 rows.

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The IndexMerge limit fix is covered by an ordered 2,000-row regression test, but the test file needs formatting correction before merge to avoid lint failure.

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A rabbit checks the heap with care,
The full limit stays waiting there.
Two thousand ordered rows arrive,
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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the IndexMerge fix for truncation above 1024 rows with ORDER BY and LIMIT.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description includes the issue reference, problem summary, implementation details, regression test, side-effect information, and release note. It is sufficiently complete despite using a simplifie…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The code preserves the full Count + Offset heap retention bound, caps only initial allocation at 1024, avoids integer conversion overflow, and adds a regression test for 2,000 ordered rows. These chan…
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[AhmadBilalDSA]

Hi @pingcap-bot @djshow832,

Force-pushed a clean commit (c6ecf21) resolving a local Git rebase issue that caused an incorrect diff. The changeset is now strictly scoped to the 29-line fix and regression test for issue #70910.

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pkg/executor/test/indexmergereadtest/index_merge_reader_test.go (1)

927-927: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the returned rows, not only the row count.

The query includes ORDER BY c, but len(tk.MustQuery(query).Rows()) == 2000 also passes for incorrect or unordered rows. Assert that the returned c values are the expected ordered range. Add a non-zero OFFSET case if this test must cover the full Count + Offset retention bound.

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In `@pkg/executor/test/indexmergereadtest/index_merge_reader_test.go` at line 927,
Update the assertion in the index-merge query test to validate the returned c
values are the expected ordered range, not just that 2000 rows were returned;
add a non-zero OFFSET case if needed to exercise the full Count + Offset
retention bound while preserving the ORDER BY c behavior.

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Inline comments:
In `@pkg/executor/index_merge_reader.go`:
- Line 1082: Update fetchLoopUnionWithOrderBy where requiredCnt is used for heap
pruning: avoid converting the uint64 requiredCnt to int, and compare the heap
length after converting it to uint64 instead. Preserve the existing pruning
behavior while preventing overflow-induced negative values.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@pkg/executor/test/indexmergereadtest/index_merge_reader_test.go`:
- Line 927: Update the assertion in the index-merge query test to validate the
returned c values are the expected ordered range, not just that 2000 rows were
returned; add a non-zero OFFSET case if needed to exercise the full Count +
Offset retention bound while preserving the ORDER BY c behavior.

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[AhmadBilalDSA]

Hi @djshow832,

Addressed the feedback:

1. Updated fetchLoopUnionWithOrderBy to compare uint64(taskHeap.Len()) > taskHeap.requiredCnt, avoiding signed integer overflow on large limit/offset parameters.
2. Hardened TestIssues70910 to assert that all 2,000 returned rows match the expected ordered sequence for column c.

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In `@pkg/executor/test/indexmergereadtest/index_merge_reader_test.go`:
- Line 927: Run gofmt on the test file, ensuring the rows assignment in the
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