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segmented_offset_bitmask_binop seeded each segment's reduction by loading the segment's first mask, sources[segment_start], before knowing whether the segment contains any masks. An empty segment therefore had no defined result and read a mask it does not own; for a trailing empty segment, that read is past the end of the mask array.

With this PR, seeding is done with the identity of the binary operator. An empty segment then means the identity, which for bitwise AND is an all-valid mask with a null count of zero; this is now documented on the public segmented_bitmask_and overloads.

The kernel also indexed segment_offsets and destinations before the segment_id >= num_segments guard, which the excess warps of the last block do whenever the segment count is not a multiple of the warps per block; those loads now happen after the guard.

Also fixed an invalid read when colviews is empty; added a test for this case.

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@github-actions github-actions Bot added the libcudf Affects libcudf (C++/CUDA) code. label Aug 17, 2026
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@vuule vuule changed the title Define empty segments in segmented bitmask reductions and fix the benchmark's segment generator Support empty segments in segmented bitmask reductions Aug 17, 2026
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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved segmented bitmask AND operations for leading, trailing, and interior empty segments.
    • Empty segments now produce all-valid masks with zero null counts.
    • Added identity handling for consistent segmented reduction results.
  • Documentation

    • Clarified empty-segment behavior and segment-offset requirements.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for empty segments, identity masks, null counts, and combined masks.

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The segmented bitmask API now accepts identity values and supports empty segments. Bitwise AND uses an all-bits-set identity. Documentation defines non-decreasing segment offsets. Tests cover empty segments, and the benchmark generates non-negative segment sizes.

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Segmented bitmask operations

Layer / File(s) Summary
Identity-aware kernel and launch path
cpp/include/cudf/detail/null_mask.cuh
Declarations and launches carry an identity value. Destination words start with the identity, and invalid segment IDs are ignored before indexing.
Bitwise-AND identity wiring and API contract
cpp/src/bitmask/null_mask.cu, cpp/include/cudf/null_mask.hpp
Both segmented bitwise-AND overloads provide an all-bits-set identity. Documentation defines empty-segment results and non-decreasing offset requirements.
Empty-segment coverage
cpp/tests/bitmask/bitmask_tests.cpp
Tests cover leading, interior, and trailing empty segments across multiword masks, identity masks, null counts, and both overloads.
Benchmark segment generation
cpp/benchmarks/bitmask/bitmask_and.cpp
The benchmark uses Poisson-distributed non-negative segment sizes and adds the required headers.

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The implementation supports empty segments and validates segment offsets, but the public contract still needs to clearly document non-decreasing offsets and the valid terminal one-past-end offset. This is a bounded follow-up for API clarity and owner awareness and should not block merge.

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…ity seed

Seeding each segment's reduction with the identity of the binary operator, instead of
loading the segment's first mask, gives an empty segment a well defined result (an
all-valid destination mask, null count zero) and removes the read of sources[segment_start]
that a segment with no masks would otherwise perform out of bounds.

Also validate that segment offsets are non-decreasing and within the mask array, and stop
the bitmask benchmark's segment size generator from drawing negative sizes, which produced
non-monotonic offsets and an illegal memory access for a small expected_masks_per_segment.
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auto const segment_id = cudf::detail::grid_1d::global_thread_id() / warp.size();
auto const segment_id = cudf::detail::grid_1d::global_thread_id() / warp.size();

if (segment_id >= num_segments) { return; }

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exit before reading from segment_offsets

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vuule added 2 commits August 18, 2026 12:15
Match the convention of the neighboring host-side index checks in this header
(validate_segmented_indices) and of slice/contiguous_split: a decreasing pair of
offsets throws std::invalid_argument and an offset outside the mask array throws
std::out_of_range, instead of a bare cudf::logic_error.
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In `@cpp/include/cudf/null_mask.hpp`:
- Around line 246-247: Clarify the segment-offset documentation to state the
valid inclusive interval explicitly: update the parameter documentation in
cpp/include/cudf/null_mask.hpp lines 246-247 to use [0, colviews.size()], and
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Comment thread cpp/include/cudf/null_mask.hpp Outdated
masks_begin_bits,
colviews[0].size(),
segment_offsets,
all_set_mask,

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[Optional] Beyond the scope of this PR, but if segmented_bitmask_and(host_span<column_view const> colviews, …) delegated to segmented_bitmask_and(host_span<bitmask_type const* const> masks, …), we could have made this fix in only one place…

Another drive-by prior bug: in line 670, the order of the two tests is wrong — it should be testing colviews.size() first, before indexing into it…

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fixed the order. The other part sounds good for a follow up.

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Comment thread cpp/benchmarks/bitmask/bitmask_and.cpp
vuule added 6 commits August 20, 2026 19:08
The checks were dropped, so state the requirement in the docs: offsets must be
non-decreasing and each within [0, N], the terminal offset being one past the
last mask.
segmented_bitmask_and read colviews[0].size() before testing colviews.size(),
so an empty span was indexed out of bounds.
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/ok to test c113252

"All column views must have the same number of elements");

if (colviews[0].size() == 0 or colviews.size() == 0) { return {}; }
if (colviews.empty() or colviews[0].size() == 0) { return {}; }

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unrelated bug fixed here.

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