Workaround cuda::std::memcpy assert in unaligned_load utility

[davidwendt]

Description

Adds a debug-build specific workaround for the cuda::std::memcpy assert that occurs in the unaligned_load utility for shared memory.

Reference #23662

CCCL issue: NVIDIA/cccl#10901

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📝 Walkthrough

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved debug-build compatibility for certain shared-memory operations by avoiding unnecessary address validation.
  • Preserved optimized memory-copy behavior in release builds.

Walkthrough

unaligned_load uses cuda::std::memcpy in release builds and global memcpy in debug builds. Both paths retain the same byte-copy operation.

Changes

Unaligned load copy path

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Conditional memcpy selection cpp/src/io/utilities/block_utils.cuh	unaligned_load selects cuda::std::memcpy when NDEBUG is defined and global memcpy otherwise. The debug-build comment now matches the implementation.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a5007

This is a localized debug-build workaround for an internal CUDA memory-copy assertion, with no actionable merge-blocking risk remaining after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: mythrocks, igorpeshansky

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the workaround for the cuda::std::memcpy assertion in the unaligned_load utility.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the debug-build workaround, shared-memory context, references, and testing coverage for the changeset.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/utilities/block_utils.cuh`:
- Around line 68-74: Update the implementation description near the memcpy
workaround to say “Use global ::memcpy” instead of “Use a union byte-copy,”
matching the actual call to ::memcpy while preserving the existing rationale.

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