Reduce libcudf binary size by trimming instantiations - #23706
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Route canonical string_index_pair device vectors through the existing span-based make_strings_column entry point, avoiding local begin/end template instantiations for the offsets scan, null-mask, and batched-copy path. Evidence: incremental devcontainer ninja build passed; libcudf.so changed from 1,113,268,896 to 1,105,854,848 bytes (-7,414,048). Analyzer exact duplicate symbols dropped 3,213 -> 3,180 and counted device FUNC bytes dropped by 22,800,640.
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WalkthroughThe change updates cuDF string and offset column construction to use direct device containers. It synchronizes Arrow string conversion paths and consolidates regular and segmented variance implementations with standard-deviation sources. ChangesFactory and reduction updates
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change retains unnecessary synchronization around string-column construction, which can reduce asynchronous performance in affected paths. The PR is otherwise mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up to remove these waits. Possibly related PRs
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In `@cpp/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Around line 946-955: Add unit tests and unit benchmarks for the regular
variance and segmented variance entry points, covering ddof, null handling,
output types, dictionary inputs for regular variance, and stream and
memory-resource behavior. Locate the existing variance-related test and
benchmark suites and extend them without changing unrelated reduction coverage.
In `@cpp/include/cudf/strings/detail/strings_children.cuh`:
- Around line 35-48: Add a Doxygen `@throw` entry to the make_offsets_child_column
declaration documenting that it may raise std::overflow_error when the output
exceeds column limits.
- Around line 35-48: The new make_offsets_child_column overload lacks validation
coverage and performance measurement. Add unit tests covering empty input,
normal offset generation, and the 32-bit/64-bit offset boundary, plus a unit
benchmark exercising the direct device-container path.
Apply the same fix in `@cpp/src/strings/strings_column_factories.cu` around lines
71 - 75: The factory migration is part of the same new construction contract.
In `@cpp/src/column/column_factories.cu`:
- Line 75: Add unit tests and a benchmark covering the migrated
cudf::make_strings_column call: verify valid, empty, and null string scalar
construction, and benchmark a large output size while preserving expected output
and allocation behavior.
In `@cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_device.cu`:
- Line 197: Add unit tests for the Arrow string-view conversion around
make_strings_column, covering nonzero input offsets, inline and out-of-line
string data, nulls, and empty strings. Add a benchmark exercising conversion of
a large Arrow string-view column.
In `@cpp/src/lists/interleave_columns.cu`:
- Line 205: Add unit tests for list-string interleaving covering null lists,
null child strings, empty child strings, and mixed list lengths, plus a
benchmark exercising large interleaved list columns. Anchor the coverage to the
interleaving implementation around make_strings_column and follow existing list
interleave test and benchmark patterns.
In `@cpp/src/replace/clamp.cu`:
- Line 95: Add unit tests for the string clamping implementation covering null
and empty inputs, values below lo, and values above hi, including expected
clamped outputs. Add a benchmark exercising clamping on a large string column,
following the existing test and benchmark conventions for the relevant clamp
symbols.
In `@cpp/src/reshape/interleave_columns.cu`:
- Line 179: Add unit tests for string interleaving covering multiple input
columns, row ordering, null values, and empty strings, plus a benchmark
exercising large input tables. Anchor the coverage to the string interleaving
implementation that returns via cudf::make_strings_column.
In `@cpp/src/strings/extract/extract_all.cu`:
- Line 139: Add unit tests for extract_all_record covering multiple capture
groups, null rows, empty strings, and rows without matches. Also add a benchmark
exercising large list-of-string outputs, reusing the existing extraction test
and benchmark conventions.
In `@cpp/src/strings/extract/extract.cu`:
- Line 168: Add unit tests for extract_single covering matched groups, unmatched
rows, null input rows, and empty captures, plus a benchmark exercising large
regex extraction workloads. Reuse the project’s existing strings extraction test
and benchmark patterns, and ensure coverage targets extract_single.
In `@cpp/src/strings/search/findall.cu`:
- Line 156: Add unit tests for findall covering zero and one capture-group
patterns, null rows, empty strings, and empty matches, and add a benchmark
exercising large regex workloads. Reuse the existing findall test and benchmark
conventions and ensure coverage validates the output from the strings_output
construction path.
In `@cpp/src/strings/slice.cu`:
- Line 264: Add unit tests and a benchmark for the substring construction path
returning via make_strings_column, covering null and empty strings, multibyte
UTF-8 input, both transform and warp-kernel execution paths, and long-string
performance.
In `@cpp/src/strings/split/split_part.cu`:
- Line 94: Add unit tests for split_part covering empty and non-empty
delimiters, out-of-range indices, null rows, and empty strings, and add a
benchmark exercising split_part on large string columns. Place coverage
alongside the existing split_part test and benchmark suites, reusing their
established fixtures and conventions.
In `@cpp/src/strings/split/split_re.cu`:
- Line 286: Add unit tests for split_record_re covering null and empty strings,
rows without matches, forward and reverse splitting, and maxsplit behavior; also
add a benchmark exercising large regex-splitting workloads, using the existing
split test and benchmark conventions.
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In `@cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_device.cu`:
- Line 199: Remove the post-factory stream.synchronize() in
cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_device.cu at lines 199-199 and the pre-factory
stream.synchronize() in cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_host_strings.cu at lines
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| cudf::strings::detail::make_strings_column(d_indices.begin(), d_indices.end(), stream, mr); | ||
| auto out_col = cudf::make_strings_column(d_indices, stream, mr); | ||
| owned.emplace_back(std::move(out_col)); | ||
| stream.synchronize(); |
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printf '%s\n' '--- from_arrow_host_strings full implementation ---'
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rg -n -C 8 'string_column_from_arrow_host|from_arrow_stringview|from_arrow_host' cpp/src/interop cpp/tests/interop
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from pathlib import Path
files = [
Path("cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_device.cu"),
Path("cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_host_strings.cu"),
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RMM device_buffer device_uvector destructor deallocate stream ordered memory resource stream semantics
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In RAPIDS Memory Manager (RMM), both rmm::device_buffer and rmm::device_uvector employ stream-ordered semantics for memory management [1][2][3]. This ensures that allocation and deallocation operations are serialized with respect to the specific CUDA stream provided [4][5]. Destructor Deallocation Behavior: When a device_buffer or device_uvector is destroyed, it deallocates its underlying device memory [1][5][3]. If the associated memory resource supports streams, the destructor performs this deallocation using the stream most recently specified to any of the object's methods [1][2][3]. Stream Management: 1. Tracking: The object keeps track of the "most recently specified" stream used in methods that perform allocation or deallocation (e.g., constructors, resize, shrink_to_fit) [1][5][3]. 2. Customization: Users can explicitly set the stream to be used for the destructor by calling set_stream(cuda_stream_view stream) [1][2][3]. 3. Updates: If a method like resize or shrink_to_fit is called after a set_stream call, the new stream parameter provided to that method becomes the stream stored and used by the destructor [1][2][3]. Stream-Ordered Semantics: The deallocation is stream-ordered, meaning it is scheduled to occur on the specified stream [4]. This is critical for maintaining correct synchronization; for example, memory should not be reused by the memory resource until all kernels previously scheduled on that stream—and the subsequent deallocation—have completed [6]. It is the user's responsibility to ensure that any asynchronous operations relying on the buffer's memory have finished or are synchronized before the object is destroyed if immediate memory reclamation is required [6][3].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.rapids.ai/api/librmm/stable/classrmm_1_1device__buffer
- 2: https://docs.rapids.ai/api/rmm/stable/cpp/data_containers/
- 3: https://docs.rapids.ai/api/librmm/26.08/classrmm_1_1device__uvector
- 4: https://docs.rapids.ai/api/rmm/stable/cpp/memory_resources/memory_resources/
- 5: https://docs.nvidia.com/rmm/latest/cpp/data_containers/
- 6: [DOC] Add documentation page on stream-ordered allocation / deallocation rapidsai/rmm#2015
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cuDF make_strings_column stream asynchronous API stream synchronization contract
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In cuDF (libcudf), the make_strings_column API is designed to operate asynchronously within the provided CUDA stream [1][2]. Key aspects of the stream synchronization contract and asynchronous behavior include: 1. Asynchronous Execution: The make_strings_column factory functions accept an rmm::cuda_stream_view parameter (defaulting to cudf::get_default_stream()) [3][1]. Operations performed by these functions, including device memory allocations and kernel launches, are queued to this stream [1][2]. The function returns a std::unique_ptr<column> immediately after queuing these operations, without performing a host-side synchronization (i.e., it does not call cudaStreamSynchronize) [1][4]. 2. Stream Synchronization Contract: - Users are responsible for managing the lifetime and synchronization of the data used in and produced by these functions [4]. - Because the functions are asynchronous, the caller must ensure that any subsequent access to the resulting column (or its underlying device memory) is synchronized with the stream passed to the factory [4]. - If a user attempts to use the column on the host or in a different stream before the work in the original stream has completed, they must manually insert appropriate synchronization (e.g., using cudaStreamWaitEvent or cudaStreamSynchronize) [4]. 3. Performance Considerations: - Calling make_strings_column repeatedly in a loop can be inefficient due to the overhead of multiple kernel launches and implicit synchronization points [5][6]. - To mitigate this, cuDF provides make_strings_column_batch. This API allows for the batch construction of multiple strings columns, significantly reducing the overhead associated with frequent stream management and synchronization when many small columns need to be created at once [3][1]. In summary, make_strings_column follows the standard libcudf asynchronous pattern: it is non-blocking on the host, uses the provided stream for all device work, and relies on the user to ensure proper synchronization before consuming the output column in contexts where the stream's asynchronous completion is not otherwise guaranteed [1][4].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.rapids.ai/api/libcudf/stable/group__column__factories
- 2: https://docs.rapids.ai/api/libcudf/nightly/group__column__factories.html
- 3: https://docs.rapids.ai/api/cudf/latest/libcudf/api_docs/column_factories/
- 4: [DOC] Discuss and document expected stream synchronization behavior of libcudf functions #4511
- 5: [FEA] Support batch construction of strings columns #16486
- 6: [FEA] Improve
get_json_object_multiple_pathsby customizing batch construction for strings columns cudf-spark-jni#2289
Remove both redundant stream synchronizations.
cudf::make_strings_column queues all work on stream, and local RMM buffers use stream-ordered destruction. Same-stream ordering makes both waits unnecessary and blocks asynchronous submission.
- Remove the post-factory synchronization in
cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_device.cu. - Remove the pre-factory synchronization in
cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_host_strings.cu.
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In `@cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_device.cu` at line 199, Remove the post-factory
stream.synchronize() in cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_device.cu at lines 199-199
and the pre-factory stream.synchronize() in
cpp/src/interop/from_arrow_host_strings.cu at lines 116-117, while preserving
same-stream ordering and asynchronous submission around
cudf::make_strings_column.
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Reduce libcudf binary size by removing duplicated template instantiations in strings column construction/offset handling and scalar/segmented variance/std reductions. The template instantiations are deduplicated by being instantiated inside a single (non-template) helper function in its own TU that compiles these templates only once.
This PR:
stdcan reuse the corresponding variance implementation instead of producing another full set of CUB reduction instantiations.libcudf.sosize.Refs #23419.
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