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GH-45847: Pre-grow SwissTable to avoid repeated grow_double in map_new_keys - #53816

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Background

Issue #45847: Acero HashAggregate performs very poorly on multi-batch build scenarios (32+ batches). Performance drops 10x+ with only 1 CPU core utilized.

Root Cause

SwissTable::map_new_keys in key_map_internal.cc starts with log_blocks_=0 (8 slots) and calls grow_double() each time capacity is exceeded. For N unique keys this causes O(log N) separate resize operations, each requiring O(N) re-insertion of ALL existing entries. With 2M unique keys from 64x32K batches, cascading resize dominates execution time.

Solution

Pre-compute target capacity before the do-while loop and batch all grows at once:

  • Estimate target log_blocks_ so capacity >= num_inserted_ + num_ids
  • Small tables: 50% load factor; large tables: 75% (matching num_groups_for_resize)
  • If multiple grows needed, bulk-resize once, then single map_new_keys pass

Changes: +44 lines, 0 deleted in cpp/src/arrow/compute/key_map_internal.cc

Testing

  • Existing arrow-compute-row-test (Grouper): 83/83 PASS
  • Existing arrow-acero-hash-aggregate-test: 97/97 PASS
  • Build: arrow_compute_shared, arrow_acero_shared compile cleanly

Fixes: #45847

…map_new_keys

When GrouperFastImpl processes a minibatch where every row is a new key
(common after a hash join scan emits rows with one unique key per payload),
SwissTable::map_new_keys previously called grow_double() inside its do-while
loop once per capacity threshold. Starting from log_blocks_=0 (8 slots),
handling 1024 new keys required ~9 individual grow_double calls, each
re-processing all existing entries, causing quadratic-ish overhead.

This change pre-computes the required log_blocks capacity (mirroring
num_groups_for_resize load factors: 50% for small tables, 75% for large)
and performs all needed grow_double calls upfront when more than one is
required. init_slot_ids_for_new_keys is called after the batched grow so
slot ids are consistent with the new table size.

All existing Grouper and hash aggregate tests still pass (83 row tests,
97 hash aggregate tests).
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[C++][Compute][Acero] Poor aggregate performance when there is a large number of batches on the build side

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