fix(datasource): keep stats absent when collect_stats is false (#21149)

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- Closes #2976
- Part of #8227

## Rationale for this change

`get_statistics_with_limit` was copying first-file row/byte stats even
when`collect_stats=false`. This could return `Exact(0)` instead of
`Absent` (unknown stats).

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Summary stats are only initialized and merged when `collect_stats=true`.
Also fixes first-file column `byte_size` initialization in the
`collect_stats=true` path, and adds regression tests for both paths and
limit behavior.

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Co-authored-by: Siew Kam Onn <kosiew@gmail.com>

Author: kumarUjjawal

datafusion/datasource/src/statistics.rs

@@ -284,6 +284,80 @@ fn sort_columns_from_physical_sort_exprs(
         .collect()
 }
 
+fn seed_summary_statistics(summary_statistics: &mut Statistics, file_stats: &Statistics) {
+    summary_statistics.num_rows = file_stats.num_rows;
+    summary_statistics.total_byte_size = file_stats.total_byte_size;
+
+    for (summary_col_stats, file_col_stats) in summary_statistics
+        .column_statistics
+        .iter_mut()
+        .zip(file_stats.column_statistics.iter())
+    {
+        summary_col_stats.null_count = file_col_stats.null_count;
+        summary_col_stats.max_value = file_col_stats.max_value.clone();
+        summary_col_stats.min_value = file_col_stats.min_value.clone();
+        summary_col_stats.sum_value = file_col_stats.sum_value.cast_to_sum_type();
+        summary_col_stats.byte_size = file_col_stats.byte_size;
+    }
+}
+
+fn merge_summary_statistics(
+    summary_statistics: &mut Statistics,
+    file_stats: &Statistics,
+) {
+    summary_statistics.num_rows = summary_statistics.num_rows.add(&file_stats.num_rows);
+    summary_statistics.total_byte_size = summary_statistics
+        .total_byte_size
+        .add(&file_stats.total_byte_size);
+
+    for (summary_col_stats, file_col_stats) in summary_statistics
+        .column_statistics
+        .iter_mut()
+        .zip(file_stats.column_statistics.iter())
+    {
+        let ColumnStatistics {
+            null_count: file_nc,
+            max_value: file_max,
+            min_value: file_min,
+            sum_value: file_sum,
+            distinct_count: _,
+            byte_size: file_sbs,
+        } = file_col_stats;
+
+        summary_col_stats.null_count = summary_col_stats.null_count.add(file_nc);
+        summary_col_stats.max_value = summary_col_stats.max_value.max(file_max);
+        summary_col_stats.min_value = summary_col_stats.min_value.min(file_min);
+        summary_col_stats.sum_value = summary_col_stats.sum_value.add_for_sum(file_sum);
+        summary_col_stats.byte_size = summary_col_stats.byte_size.add(file_sbs);
+    }
+}
+
+fn seed_first_file_statistics(
+    limit_num_rows: &mut Precision<usize>,
+    summary_statistics: &mut Statistics,
+    file_stats: &Statistics,
+    collect_stats: bool,
+) {
+    *limit_num_rows = file_stats.num_rows;
+
+    if collect_stats {
+        seed_summary_statistics(summary_statistics, file_stats);
+    }
+}
+
+fn merge_file_statistics(
+    limit_num_rows: &mut Precision<usize>,
+    summary_statistics: &mut Statistics,
+    file_stats: &Statistics,
+    collect_stats: bool,
+) {
+    *limit_num_rows = limit_num_rows.add(&file_stats.num_rows);
+
+    if collect_stats {
+        merge_summary_statistics(summary_statistics, file_stats);
+    }
+}
+
 /// Get all files as well as the file level summary statistics (no statistic for partition columns).
 /// If the optional `limit` is provided, includes only sufficient files. Needed to read up to
 /// `limit` number of rows. `collect_stats` is passed down from the configuration parameter on
@@ -308,9 +382,14 @@ pub async fn get_statistics_with_limit(
     // - zero for summations, and
     // - neutral element for extreme points.
     let size = file_schema.fields().len();
-    let mut col_stats_set = vec![ColumnStatistics::default(); size];
-    let mut num_rows = Precision::<usize>::Absent;
-    let mut total_byte_size = Precision::<usize>::Absent;
+    let mut summary_statistics = Statistics {
+        num_rows: Precision::Absent,
+        total_byte_size: Precision::Absent,
+        column_statistics: vec![ColumnStatistics::default(); size],
+    };
+    // Keep limit pruning separate from the returned summary so `collect_stats=false`
+    // can still stop early using known file row counts.
+    let mut limit_num_rows = Precision::<usize>::Absent;
 
     // Fusing the stream allows us to call next safely even once it is finished.
     let mut all_files = Box::pin(all_files.fuse());
@@ -320,23 +399,18 @@ pub async fn get_statistics_with_limit(
         file.statistics = Some(Arc::clone(&file_stats));
         result_files.push(file);
 
-        // First file, we set them directly from the file statistics.
-        num_rows = file_stats.num_rows;
-        total_byte_size = file_stats.total_byte_size;
-        for (index, file_column) in
-            file_stats.column_statistics.clone().into_iter().enumerate()
-        {
-            col_stats_set[index].null_count = file_column.null_count;
-            col_stats_set[index].max_value = file_column.max_value;
-            col_stats_set[index].min_value = file_column.min_value;
-            col_stats_set[index].sum_value = file_column.sum_value.cast_to_sum_type();
-        }
+        seed_first_file_statistics(
+            &mut limit_num_rows,
+            &mut summary_statistics,
+            &file_stats,
+            collect_stats,
+        );
 
         // If the number of rows exceeds the limit, we can stop processing
         // files. This only applies when we know the number of rows. It also
         // currently ignores tables that have no statistics regarding the
         // number of rows.
-        let conservative_num_rows = match num_rows {
+        let conservative_num_rows = match limit_num_rows {
             Precision::Exact(nr) => nr,
             _ => usize::MIN,
         };
@@ -345,44 +419,18 @@ pub async fn get_statistics_with_limit(
                 let (mut file, file_stats) = current?;
                 file.statistics = Some(Arc::clone(&file_stats));
                 result_files.push(file);
-                if !collect_stats {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                // We accumulate the number of rows, total byte size and null
-                // counts across all the files in question. If any file does not
-                // provide any information or provides an inexact value, we demote
-                // the statistic precision to inexact.
-                num_rows = num_rows.add(&file_stats.num_rows);
-
-                total_byte_size = total_byte_size.add(&file_stats.total_byte_size);
-
-                for (file_col_stats, col_stats) in file_stats
-                    .column_statistics
-                    .iter()
-                    .zip(col_stats_set.iter_mut())
-                {
-                    let ColumnStatistics {
-                        null_count: file_nc,
-                        max_value: file_max,
-                        min_value: file_min,
-                        sum_value: file_sum,
-                        distinct_count: _,
-                        byte_size: file_sbs,
-                    } = file_col_stats;
-
-                    col_stats.null_count = col_stats.null_count.add(file_nc);
-                    col_stats.max_value = col_stats.max_value.max(file_max);
-                    col_stats.min_value = col_stats.min_value.min(file_min);
-                    col_stats.sum_value = col_stats.sum_value.add_for_sum(file_sum);
-                    col_stats.byte_size = col_stats.byte_size.add(file_sbs);
-                }
+                merge_file_statistics(
+                    &mut limit_num_rows,
+                    &mut summary_statistics,
+                    &file_stats,
+                    collect_stats,
+                );
 
                 // If the number of rows exceeds the limit, we can stop processing
                 // files. This only applies when we know the number of rows. It also
                 // currently ignores tables that have no statistics regarding the
                 // number of rows.
-                if num_rows.get_value().unwrap_or(&usize::MIN)
+                if limit_num_rows.get_value().unwrap_or(&usize::MIN)
                     > &limit.unwrap_or(usize::MAX)
                 {
                     break;
@@ -391,11 +439,7 @@ pub async fn get_statistics_with_limit(
         }
     };
 
-    let mut statistics = Statistics {
-        num_rows,
-        total_byte_size,
-        column_statistics: col_stats_set,
-    };
+    let mut statistics = summary_statistics;
     if all_files.next().await.is_some() {
         // If we still have files in the stream, it means that the limit kicked
         // in, and the statistic could have been different had we processed the
@@ -520,6 +564,39 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    fn test_schema() -> SchemaRef {
+        Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new("a", DataType::Int64, true)]))
+    }
+
+    fn make_file_stats(
+        num_rows: usize,
+        total_byte_size: usize,
+        col_stats: ColumnStatistics,
+    ) -> Arc<Statistics> {
+        Arc::new(Statistics {
+            num_rows: Precision::Exact(num_rows),
+            total_byte_size: Precision::Exact(total_byte_size),
+            column_statistics: vec![col_stats],
+        })
+    }
+
+    fn rich_col_stats(
+        null_count: usize,
+        min: i64,
+        max: i64,
+        sum: i64,
+        byte_size: usize,
+    ) -> ColumnStatistics {
+        ColumnStatistics {
+            null_count: Precision::Exact(null_count),
+            max_value: Precision::Exact(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(max))),
+            min_value: Precision::Exact(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(min))),
+            distinct_count: Precision::Absent,
+            sum_value: Precision::Exact(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(sum))),
+            byte_size: Precision::Exact(byte_size),
+        }
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     #[expect(deprecated)]
     async fn test_get_statistics_with_limit_casts_first_file_sum_to_sum_type()
@@ -533,7 +610,7 @@ mod tests {
         ))]);
 
         let (_group, stats) =
-            get_statistics_with_limit(files, schema, None, false).await?;
+            get_statistics_with_limit(files, schema, None, true).await?;
 
         assert_eq!(
             stats.column_statistics[0].sum_value,
@@ -571,4 +648,151 @@ mod tests {
 
         Ok(())
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[expect(deprecated)]
+    async fn get_statistics_with_limit_collect_stats_false_returns_bare_statistics() {
+        let all_files = stream::iter(vec![
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("first.parquet", 10),
+                make_file_stats(0, 0, rich_col_stats(1, 1, 9, 15, 64)),
+            )),
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("second.parquet", 20),
+                make_file_stats(10, 100, rich_col_stats(2, 10, 99, 300, 128)),
+            )),
+        ]);
+
+        let (_files, statistics) =
+            get_statistics_with_limit(all_files, test_schema(), None, false)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(statistics.num_rows, Precision::Absent);
+        assert_eq!(statistics.total_byte_size, Precision::Absent);
+        assert_eq!(statistics.column_statistics.len(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].null_count,
+            Precision::Absent
+        );
+        assert_eq!(statistics.column_statistics[0].max_value, Precision::Absent);
+        assert_eq!(statistics.column_statistics[0].min_value, Precision::Absent);
+        assert_eq!(statistics.column_statistics[0].sum_value, Precision::Absent);
+        assert_eq!(statistics.column_statistics[0].byte_size, Precision::Absent);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[expect(deprecated)]
+    async fn get_statistics_with_limit_collect_stats_false_uses_row_counts_for_limit() {
+        let all_files = stream::iter(vec![
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("first.parquet", 10),
+                make_file_stats(3, 30, rich_col_stats(1, 1, 9, 15, 64)),
+            )),
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("second.parquet", 20),
+                make_file_stats(3, 30, rich_col_stats(2, 10, 99, 300, 128)),
+            )),
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("third.parquet", 30),
+                make_file_stats(3, 30, rich_col_stats(0, 100, 199, 450, 256)),
+            )),
+        ]);
+
+        let (files, statistics) =
+            get_statistics_with_limit(all_files, test_schema(), Some(4), false)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(files.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(statistics.num_rows, Precision::Absent);
+        assert_eq!(statistics.total_byte_size, Precision::Absent);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[expect(deprecated)]
+    async fn get_statistics_with_limit_collect_stats_true_aggregates_statistics() {
+        let all_files = stream::iter(vec![
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("first.parquet", 10),
+                make_file_stats(5, 50, rich_col_stats(1, 1, 9, 15, 64)),
+            )),
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("second.parquet", 20),
+                make_file_stats(10, 100, rich_col_stats(2, 10, 99, 300, 128)),
+            )),
+        ]);
+
+        let (_files, statistics) =
+            get_statistics_with_limit(all_files, test_schema(), None, true)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(statistics.num_rows, Precision::Exact(15));
+        assert_eq!(statistics.total_byte_size, Precision::Exact(150));
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].null_count,
+            Precision::Exact(3)
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].min_value,
+            Precision::Exact(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(1)))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].max_value,
+            Precision::Exact(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(99)))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].sum_value,
+            Precision::Exact(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(315)))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].byte_size,
+            Precision::Exact(192)
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[expect(deprecated)]
+    async fn get_statistics_with_limit_collect_stats_true_limit_marks_inexact() {
+        let all_files = stream::iter(vec![
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("first.parquet", 10),
+                make_file_stats(5, 50, rich_col_stats(0, 1, 5, 15, 64)),
+            )),
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("second.parquet", 20),
+                make_file_stats(5, 50, rich_col_stats(1, 6, 10, 40, 64)),
+            )),
+            Ok((
+                PartitionedFile::new("third.parquet", 20),
+                make_file_stats(5, 50, rich_col_stats(2, 11, 15, 65, 64)),
+            )),
+        ]);
+
+        let (files, statistics) =
+            get_statistics_with_limit(all_files, test_schema(), Some(8), true)
+                .await
+                .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(files.len(), 2);
+        assert_eq!(statistics.num_rows, Precision::Inexact(10));
+        assert_eq!(statistics.total_byte_size, Precision::Inexact(100));
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].min_value,
+            Precision::Inexact(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(1)))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].max_value,
+            Precision::Inexact(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(10)))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].sum_value,
+            Precision::Inexact(ScalarValue::Int64(Some(55)))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            statistics.column_statistics[0].byte_size,
+            Precision::Inexact(128)
+        );
+    }
 }