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clickhouse-0001: ReplaceColumnTransformerNode::findReplacementExpression linear scan

Target: ClickHouse/ClickHouse File: src/Analyzer/ColumnTransformers.cpp, src/Analyzer/ColumnTransformers.h Severity: MEDIUM Pattern: CWE-407 — O(n) membership test inside loop → O(n²)

Description

ReplaceColumnTransformerNode stores replacement column names in Names replacements_names (std::vector<std::string>).

findReplacementExpression(expression_name) performs an O(n) std::find scan over replacements_names to look up the index of a replacement.

This function is called from QueryAnalyzer::resolveColumnsTransformers() inside a nested double loop:

for each column in matched_expression_nodes_with_names:       // O(C)
    for each transformer in getColumnTransformers().getNodes(): // O(T)
        replace_transformer->findReplacementExpression(column_name); // O(R)

Total: O(C × T × R) — cubic for queries that use SELECT * REPLACE (...). In production schemas with wide tables (C = 200+) and compound REPLACE lists (R = 20+), this becomes measurable.

Fix

Add a NameToIndexMap replacements_index (std::unordered_map<std::string, size_t>) alongside replacements_names. Populate it on construction; use it in findReplacementExpression for O(1) lookup.

See defects/clickhouse/patch/0001.patch.

Complexity

Operation Before After
findReplacementExpression O(R) O(1)
resolveColumnsTransformers total O(C·T·R) O(C·T)