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libcudf's ndsh benchmarks give a useful demonstration of single-batch query execution with the libcudf C++ public API. The benchmarks also provide regression testing via the nvbench harness. "ndsh" includes a data generator to enable portability.

As of 26.08, the data generator used an awkward pattern to inject a managed MR instead of using the current MR set in the nvbench fixture. Also the data generated lineitem in a single partition, creating a peak memory peak way above what the queries need.

This PR:

  • removes the managed MR hack
  • introduce partitioned generation for lineitem and order
  • stage in pinned host memory instead of pageable, for faster and more predictable transfer timing.

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Support deterministic partition seeds while propagating the selected memory resource through random and helper allocations.
Regenerate deterministic lineitem partitions to derive orders without retaining a full core, and make lineitem comments optional by default.
Write bounded device partitions into pinned multi-buffer sources, expose generation limits as options, and use the benchmark fixture memory resource across query consumers.
Add consistent NVTX ranges around Q1, Q5, Q6, Q9, and Q10 execution so profiles separate setup from query work.
Calculate extended price while assembling the core table to avoid retaining an extra intermediate table.
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{
auto* destination = reserve(size);
CUDF_CUDA_TRY(
cudaMemcpyAsync(destination, gpu_data, size, cudaMemcpyDeviceToDevice, stream.get()));

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cudaMemcpyAsync(destination, gpu_data, size, cudaMemcpyDeviceToDevice, stream.get()));
cudaMemcpyAsync(destination, gpu_data, size, cudaMemcpyDefault, stream.get()));

{
auto* destination = reserve(size);
CUDF_CUDA_TRY(
cudaMemcpyAsync(destination, data, size, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, stream_.value()));

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cudaMemcpyAsync(destination, data, size, cudaMemcpyHostToDevice, stream_.value()));
cudaMemcpyAsync(destination, data, size, cudaMemcpyDefault, stream_.value()));


class device_buffer_sink final : public cudf::io::data_sink {
public:
device_buffer_sink(std::size_t capacity, rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)

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device_buffer_sink(std::size_t capacity, rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
device_buffer_sink(std::size_t capacity, cuda::stream_ref stream)

}

rmm::device_buffer buffer_;
rmm::cuda_stream_view stream_;

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rmm::cuda_stream_view stream_;
cuda::stream_ref stream_;

rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
{
void* host_buffer{};
CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaMallocHost(&host_buffer, size));

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Let's use a pinned host MR from RMM or CCCL here instead of raw CUDA calls.

CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaMallocHost(&host_buffer, size));
buffers_.push_back({host_buffer, size});
CUDF_CUDA_TRY(
cudaMemcpyAsync(host_buffer, device_data, size, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, stream.value()));

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cudaMemcpyAsync(host_buffer, device_data, size, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, stream.value()));
cudaMemcpyAsync(host_buffer, device_data, size, cudaMemcpyDefault, stream.value()));


void ndsh_parquet_source::append_from_device(void const* device_data,
std::size_t size,
rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)

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rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
cuda::stream_ref stream)

buffers_.push_back({host_buffer, size});
CUDF_CUDA_TRY(
cudaMemcpyAsync(host_buffer, device_data, size, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, stream.value()));
stream.synchronize();

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Needed when switching from rmm::cuda_stream_view to cuda::stream_ref.

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stream.synchronize();
stream.sync();

std::size_t size;
};

std::vector<pinned_buffer> buffers_;

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This class should hold a pinned MR and buffers_ should be a std::vector<rmm::device_buffer> where the buffers are allocated with the pinned MR.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable, seeded data generation for reproducible benchmark datasets.
    • Added partitioned generation of orders and line items with configurable chunk sizes.
    • Added optional line-item comments and separate part-table generation.
    • Added configurable Parquet output file sizing.
  • Performance

    • Improved benchmark data handling through device-buffer Parquet output and pinned host memory.
    • Added NVTX query-execution ranges for improved performance profiling.

Walkthrough

The NDSH benchmark data path now supports seeded partitioned generation, device-backed Parquet sources, configurable generation options, and scoped NVTX query execution ranges.

Changes

NDSH data generation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Seeded random column generation
cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/random_column_generator.*
Random string, numeric, and set-selection generators accept explicit seeds. Existing seedless overloads use seed 0.
Partitioned orders and lineitem generation
cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.*, cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp
Orders and lineitem data are generated in partitions. Lineitem cores compute l_extendedprice directly, and finalized partitions can include comments.
Device-backed Parquet sources
cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.*
ndsh_parquet_source owns pinned host buffers and accepts device data through asynchronous Parquet writes.
Configurable Parquet generation
cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.cpp
Data-source generation uses chunk sizes, file-size limits, memory resources, and optional lineitem comments.
Benchmark execution refactor
cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/q01.cpp, cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/q05.cpp, cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/q06.cpp, cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/q09.cpp, cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/q10.cpp
Query runners use ndsh_data_sources and add scoped query_execution NVTX ranges.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 7b319

The PR changes benchmark data generation to partition large tables and use pinned host staging. Current code can fail on small or empty inputs, leak pinned memory on an exceptional path, or abort when Parquet output exceeds its estimate, so these issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

Suggested reviewers: igorpeshansky, mythrocks, pointkernel

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cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.cpp (3)

485-494: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Scope write_range to the write block.

write_range is declared outside the braces, so it stays alive during append_from_device. The write range then encloses the copy range instead of measuring only the write. Declare write_range inside the block.

♻️ Proposed scoping change
-    auto const write_range = cudf::benchmark::scoped_range{"write_parquet_to_device_buffer"};
     {
+      auto const write_range = cudf::benchmark::scoped_range{"write_parquet_to_device_buffer"};
       auto builder = cudf::io::parquet_writer_options::builder(sink_info, partition);
       builder.metadata(table_input_metadata);
       auto const options = builder.build();
       cudf::io::write_parquet(options, stream);
     }
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In `@cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.cpp` around lines 485 - 494, Move the
write_range scoped_range declaration inside the existing write block so its
lifetime covers only parquet_writer_options construction and
cudf::io::write_parquet; keep copy_range and source.append_from_device outside
that scope.

519-540: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the redundant outer condition.

Line 519 tests the same keys that the two inner blocks test. Drop the outer if and keep the two inner blocks.

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In `@cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.cpp` around lines 519 - 540, Remove the
redundant outer sources key-check surrounding the orders and lineitem generation
logic. Keep the independent sources.count("orders") and
sources.count("lineitem") blocks, including their existing generation and write
behavior.

141-147: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Let the sink grow instead of failing when the size estimate is too small.

reserve throws when the Parquet output exceeds the preallocated capacity. The capacity at Line 481 comes from estimate_size, which estimates in-memory size, not encoded Parquet size. If encoding plus metadata exceeds the 5% + 64 MiB slack, the benchmark aborts.

Reallocate and copy when the request does not fit. This keeps the heuristic as a fast path.

♻️ Proposed growth-on-demand implementation
   void* reserve(std::size_t size)
   {
-    CUDF_EXPECTS(size <= buffer_.size() - size_, "Parquet device sink capacity exceeded");
+    if (size > buffer_.size() - size_) {
+      auto const new_capacity = std::max(size_ + size, buffer_.size() * 2);
+      rmm::device_buffer grown{new_capacity, stream_};
+      CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaMemcpyAsync(
+        grown.data(), buffer_.data(), size_, cudaMemcpyDeviceToDevice, stream_.value()));
+      stream_.synchronize();
+      buffer_ = std::move(grown);
+    }
     auto* destination = static_cast<std::byte*>(buffer_.data()) + size_;
     size_ += size;
     return destination;
   }
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In `@cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.cpp` around lines 141 - 147, Update reserve in
the sink implementation to grow the backing buffer when size exceeds the
remaining capacity instead of throwing. Preserve the existing
preallocated-buffer fast path, then reallocate a larger buffer, copy existing
bytes, and update buffer_ before returning the destination and advancing size_.
cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.hpp (1)

32-34: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Document the new public API and option fields.

make_source_info, append_from_device, and the three ndsh_data_generation_options fields have no doxygen comments. The default values are also non-obvious, in particular max_parquet_file_bytes{8ul << 30} and include_lineitem_comment{false}, which changes the generated lineitem schema.

As per coding guidelines: "doxygen is used as documentation generator and also as a documentation linter."

Also applies to: 47-51

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In `@cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.hpp` around lines 32 - 34, Add Doxygen comments
for the public make_source_info and append_from_device methods and all three
ndsh_data_generation_options fields, explicitly documenting their purpose, units
or behavior, and default values including max_parquet_file_bytes and
include_lineitem_comment.

Source: Coding guidelines

cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp (2)

399-429: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Verify the column index contract with generate_orders_dependent.

I traced the new core layout: index 0 l_linestatus_mask, 1 l_orderkey, 2 l_partkey, 3 l_suppkey, 4 l_linenumber, 5 l_quantity, 6 l_extendedprice, 7 l_discount, 8 l_tax. generate_orders_dependent reads indices 0, 1, 6, 7, and 8, which match. finish_lineitem then erases index 0, which yields the TPC-H lineitem column order. The layout is correct.

The indices are positional and unlabeled, so a later column insertion silently changes the meaning of column(6). Consider naming the offsets.

♻️ Proposed refactor to name the core column offsets
+// Column offsets in the `lineitem` core table produced by `generate_lineitem_core`.
+namespace lineitem_core_idx {
+constexpr cudf::size_type linestatus_mask = 0;
+constexpr cudf::size_type orderkey        = 1;
+constexpr cudf::size_type extendedprice   = 6;
+constexpr cudf::size_type discount        = 7;
+constexpr cudf::size_type tax             = 8;
+}  // namespace lineitem_core_idx

Then use these names in generate_orders_dependent instead of the literals.

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In `@cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp` around
lines 399 - 429, Define named constants or an equivalent centralized mapping for
the core lineitem column offsets, including the positions used by
generate_orders_dependent, and replace its positional literals with those names.
Keep the existing column order and finish_lineitem behavior unchanged.

315-346: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Offset the seed per column to remove correlation between generated columns.

Every column in a partition receives the identical seed. random_number_generator builds thrust::default_random_engine(seed) and discards idx, so all these columns consume the same engine output sequence for the same row. Only the distribution range differs.

The strongest effect is on l_discount and l_tax. Both use uniform_real_distribution over the same engine output, so l_tax becomes an exact linear function of l_discount (l_tax == 0.8 * l_discount) for every row. The integer columns l_quantity, o_rep_freqs, and the three date offsets become rank-correlated in the same way.

The prior seedless code shared one default-constructed engine state, so this correlation is not introduced by this change. This change makes the seed explicit, which now makes a per-column offset trivial.

♻️ Proposed refactor to decorrelate the columns
   // Generate the `l_quantity` column
-  auto l_quantity = generate_random_numeric_column<int8_t>(1, 50, l_num_rows, seed, stream, mr);
+  auto l_quantity =
+    generate_random_numeric_column<int8_t>(1, 50, l_num_rows, seed + 1, stream, mr);
 
   // Generate the `l_discount` column
   auto l_discount =
-    generate_random_numeric_column<double>(0.00, 0.10, l_num_rows, seed, stream, mr);
+    generate_random_numeric_column<double>(0.00, 0.10, l_num_rows, seed + 2, stream, mr);
 
   // Generate the `l_tax` column
-  auto l_tax = generate_random_numeric_column<double>(0.00, 0.08, l_num_rows, seed, stream, mr);
+  auto l_tax = generate_random_numeric_column<double>(0.00, 0.08, l_num_rows, seed + 3, stream, mr);
 
   // Get the orderdate column from the `l_base` table
   auto const ol_orderdate_ts = std::move(l_base_columns[1]);
 
   // Generate the `l_shipdate` column
   auto l_shipdate_ts = [&]() {
     auto const l_shipdate_rand_add_days =
-      generate_random_numeric_column<int8_t>(1, 121, l_num_rows, seed, stream, mr);
+      generate_random_numeric_column<int8_t>(1, 121, l_num_rows, seed + 4, stream, mr);
     return add_calendrical_days(
       ol_orderdate_ts->view(), l_shipdate_rand_add_days->view(), stream, mr);
   }();
 
   // Generate the `l_commitdate` column
   auto l_commitdate_ts = [&]() {
     auto const l_commitdate_rand_add_days =
-      generate_random_numeric_column<int8_t>(30, 90, l_num_rows, seed, stream, mr);
+      generate_random_numeric_column<int8_t>(30, 90, l_num_rows, seed + 5, stream, mr);
     return add_calendrical_days(
       ol_orderdate_ts->view(), l_commitdate_rand_add_days->view(), stream, mr);
   }();
 
   // Generate the `l_receiptdate` column
   auto l_receiptdate_ts = [&]() {
     auto const l_receiptdate_rand_add_days =
-      generate_random_numeric_column<int8_t>(1, 30, l_num_rows, seed, stream, mr);
+      generate_random_numeric_column<int8_t>(1, 30, l_num_rows, seed + 6, stream, mr);

If you apply per-column offsets, reserve a seed stride per partition in generate_orders and generate_lineitem_partitions so partitions do not overlap, for example seed = partition_index * 16.

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In `@cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp` around
lines 315 - 346, Offset the seed passed to each column’s random generator so
columns in the same partition do not reuse the identical engine sequence,
especially l_discount and l_tax. Apply distinct per-column offsets consistently
across generate_orders and generate_lineitem_partitions, reserving a
non-overlapping seed stride per partition based on partition_index.
cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.hpp (1)

17-47: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document that generate_orders and generate_lineitem_partitions must receive matching arguments.

generate_orders derives o_orderstatus and o_totalprice from lineitem cores that it regenerates internally. generate_lineitem_partitions regenerates the same cores. The two tables are referentially consistent only when both calls receive the same scale_factor and the same orders_per_chunk. A caller that changes orders_per_chunk between the two calls changes the partition boundaries, so the per-partition seeds map to different order rows and the generated orders and lineitem tables stop agreeing.

State this requirement in the Doxygen blocks so callers do not treat orders_per_chunk as a pure memory-tuning knob.

📝 Proposed documentation change
 /**
  * `@brief` Generate `orders` without retaining generated `lineitem` columns
  *
+ * `@note` The `lineitem` columns required to derive `o_orderstatus` and `o_totalprice` are
+ * regenerated internally. To obtain an `orders` table that is consistent with the table produced
+ * by `@ref` generate_lineitem_partitions, pass the same `scale_factor` and `orders_per_chunk` to
+ * both functions.
+ *
  * `@param` scale_factor The scale factor to generate
  * `@param` orders_per_chunk Maximum number of orders used to generate each lineitem chunk
  * `@param` stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches
  * `@param` mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned table
  */
 /**
  * `@brief` Generate and consume bounded-size `lineitem` partitions
  *
+ * `@note` Pass the same `scale_factor` and `orders_per_chunk` that were passed to
+ * `@ref` generate_orders. Otherwise the generated `lineitem` rows do not match the derived
+ * `orders` columns.
+ *
  * `@param` scale_factor The scale factor to generate
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In `@cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.hpp` around
lines 17 - 47, Update the Doxygen blocks for generate_orders and
generate_lineitem_partitions to state that both functions must be called with
identical scale_factor and orders_per_chunk values; clarify that
orders_per_chunk affects deterministic partitioning and referential consistency,
not only memory usage.
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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp`:
- Around line 263-275: Update the Doxygen block for generate_lineitem_core to
document its seed parameter, describing its role in generation. Leave the
existing parameter documentation unchanged.

In `@cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp`:
- Around line 157-158: Update the temporary allocations in calculate_l_suppkey
at cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp:157-158 and
calculate_ps_suppkey at
cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp:229-230 to use
cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref() instead of mr; keep mr only for the
returned cudf::compute_column results. In
cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp:241-244,
update the temporary o_shippriority input allocation to use
cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref(), while retaining mr for the column
returned by cudf::fill.

In `@cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.cpp`:
- Around line 467-477: Update split generation near rows_per_partition and
cudf::split to clamp every generated offset to table->num_rows(), preventing
out-of-range indices when rounded partition sizes overshoot. Handle empty tables
without producing repeated zero offsets, and generate only valid strictly
increasing split boundaries rather than blindly creating num_partitions - 1
entries.
- Around line 193-203: Update ndsh_parquet_source::append_from_device to
allocate pinned staging storage as cudf::detail::host_vector<std::byte> via
make_pinned_vector_async instead of cudaMallocHost and a raw void*; store the
RAII-owned buffer in buffers_ before performing the asynchronous device-to-host
copy, preserving stream synchronization and eliminating manual pinned-memory
ownership.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp`:
- Around line 399-429: Define named constants or an equivalent centralized
mapping for the core lineitem column offsets, including the positions used by
generate_orders_dependent, and replace its positional literals with those names.
Keep the existing column order and finish_lineitem behavior unchanged.
- Around line 315-346: Offset the seed passed to each column’s random generator
so columns in the same partition do not reuse the identical engine sequence,
especially l_discount and l_tax. Apply distinct per-column offsets consistently
across generate_orders and generate_lineitem_partitions, reserving a
non-overlapping seed stride per partition based on partition_index.

In `@cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.hpp`:
- Around line 17-47: Update the Doxygen blocks for generate_orders and
generate_lineitem_partitions to state that both functions must be called with
identical scale_factor and orders_per_chunk values; clarify that
orders_per_chunk affects deterministic partitioning and referential consistency,
not only memory usage.

In `@cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.cpp`:
- Around line 485-494: Move the write_range scoped_range declaration inside the
existing write block so its lifetime covers only parquet_writer_options
construction and cudf::io::write_parquet; keep copy_range and
source.append_from_device outside that scope.
- Around line 519-540: Remove the redundant outer sources key-check surrounding
the orders and lineitem generation logic. Keep the independent
sources.count("orders") and sources.count("lineitem") blocks, including their
existing generation and write behavior.
- Around line 141-147: Update reserve in the sink implementation to grow the
backing buffer when size exceeds the remaining capacity instead of throwing.
Preserve the existing preallocated-buffer fast path, then reallocate a larger
buffer, copy existing bytes, and update buffer_ before returning the destination
and advancing size_.

In `@cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.hpp`:
- Around line 32-34: Add Doxygen comments for the public make_source_info and
append_from_device methods and all three ndsh_data_generation_options fields,
explicitly documenting their purpose, units or behavior, and default values
including max_parquet_file_bytes and include_lineitem_comment.
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  • cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp
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  • cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/random_column_generator.hpp
  • cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp
  • cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/q01.cpp
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Comment on lines 263 to +275
/**
* @brief Generate the `lineitem` table partially
* @brief Generate the retained core columns of the `lineitem` table
*
* @param orders_independent Table with the independent columns of the `orders` table
* @param scale_factor The scale factor to generate
* @param stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches
* @param mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory
*/
std::unique_ptr<cudf::table> generate_lineitem_partial(cudf::table_view const& orders_independent,
double scale_factor,
rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
std::unique_ptr<cudf::table> generate_lineitem_core(cudf::table_view const& orders_independent,
double scale_factor,
unsigned int seed,
rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document the new seed parameter.

The Doxygen block for generate_lineitem_core does not describe seed. Doxygen is used as a documentation linter in this repository, so an undocumented parameter is reported.

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 /**
  * `@brief` Generate the retained core columns of the `lineitem` table
  *
  * `@param` orders_independent Table with the independent columns of the `orders` table
  * `@param` scale_factor The scale factor to generate
+ * `@param` seed Seed used to initialize the random number generators
  * `@param` stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches
  * `@param` mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory
  */

As per coding guidelines: "doxygen is used as documentation generator and also as a documentation linter."

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/**
* @brief Generate the `lineitem` table partially
* @brief Generate the retained core columns of the `lineitem` table
*
* @param orders_independent Table with the independent columns of the `orders` table
* @param scale_factor The scale factor to generate
* @param stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches
* @param mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory
*/
std::unique_ptr<cudf::table> generate_lineitem_partial(cudf::table_view const& orders_independent,
double scale_factor,
rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
std::unique_ptr<cudf::table> generate_lineitem_core(cudf::table_view const& orders_independent,
double scale_factor,
unsigned int seed,
rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
/**
* @brief Generate the retained core columns of the `lineitem` table
*
* @param orders_independent Table with the independent columns of the `orders` table
* @param scale_factor The scale factor to generate
* @param seed Seed used to initialize the random number generators
* @param stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches
* @param mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory
*/
std::unique_ptr<cudf::table> generate_lineitem_core(cudf::table_view const& orders_independent,
double scale_factor,
unsigned int seed,
rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
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In `@cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp` around
lines 263 - 275, Update the Doxygen block for generate_lineitem_core to document
its seed parameter, describing its role in generation. Leave the existing
parameter documentation unchanged.

Source: Coding guidelines

Comment on lines 157 to +158
auto s_empty = cudf::make_numeric_column(
cudf::data_type{cudf::type_id::INT32}, num_rows, cudf::mask_state::UNALLOCATED, stream);
cudf::data_type{cudf::type_id::INT32}, num_rows, cudf::mask_state::UNALLOCATED, stream, mr);

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Temporary allocations now use the caller's mr instead of the current device resource. This change propagated the passed-in mr into three cudf::make_numeric_column calls whose results are temporaries, not returned memory. The coding guidelines reserve mr for the value the function returns and require temporaries to use cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref().

  • cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp#L157-L158: allocate s_empty in calculate_l_suppkey with cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref(); only the cudf::compute_column result is returned.
  • cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp#L229-L230: allocate s_empty in calculate_ps_suppkey with cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref() for the same reason.
  • cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp#L241-L244: allocate empty for o_shippriority with cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref(); the column returned by cudf::fill is the one that must use mr.

As per coding guidelines: "Returned memory not using the passed-in memory resource (MR)" and "Temporary memory not using cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref()".

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  • cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp#L157-L158 (this comment)
  • cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp#L229-L230
  • cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp#L241-L244
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In `@cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp` around lines 157
- 158, Update the temporary allocations in calculate_l_suppkey at
cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp:157-158 and
calculate_ps_suppkey at
cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/table_helpers.cpp:229-230 to use
cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref() instead of mr; keep mr only for the
returned cudf::compute_column results. In
cpp/benchmarks/common/ndsh_data_generator/ndsh_data_generator.cpp:241-244,
update the temporary o_shippriority input allocation to use
cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref(), while retaining mr for the column
returned by cudf::fill.

Source: Coding guidelines

Comment on lines +193 to +203
void ndsh_parquet_source::append_from_device(void const* device_data,
std::size_t size,
rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
{
void* host_buffer{};
CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaMallocHost(&host_buffer, size));
buffers_.push_back({host_buffer, size});
CUDF_CUDA_TRY(
cudaMemcpyAsync(host_buffer, device_data, size, cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost, stream.value()));
stream.synchronize();
}

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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Use RAII for pinned staging memory.

Replace cudaMallocHost and raw void* entries with cudf::detail::host_vector<std::byte> created by make_pinned_vector_async. This prevents leaks when buffers_.push_back throws and removes the manual special members.

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In `@cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.cpp` around lines 193 - 203, Update
ndsh_parquet_source::append_from_device to allocate pinned staging storage as
cudf::detail::host_vector<std::byte> via make_pinned_vector_async instead of
cudaMallocHost and a raw void*; store the RAII-owned buffer in buffers_ before
performing the asynchronous device-to-host copy, preserving stream
synchronization and eliminating manual pinned-memory ownership.

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Comment on lines +467 to +477
auto const est_size = static_cast<std::size_t>(estimate_size(table->view()));
constexpr auto SINK_SLACK_BYTES = 64ul << 20; // Parquet metadata and compression overhead
auto const num_partitions =
std::max<std::size_t>(1, cudf::util::div_rounding_up_safe(est_size, max_parquet_file_bytes));
auto const rows_per_partition = cudf::util::div_rounding_up_safe(
table->num_rows(), static_cast<cudf::size_type>(num_partitions));
std::vector<cudf::size_type> splits(num_partitions - 1);
std::generate_n(splits.begin(), splits.size(), [rows_per_partition, i = 0]() mutable {
return (i += rows_per_partition);
});
auto const partitions = cudf::split(table->view(), splits, stream);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Clamp split offsets to the row count.

rows_per_partition rounds up, so rows_per_partition * (num_partitions - 1) can exceed table->num_rows(). cudf::split then rejects the out-of-range index. Example: 5 rows and 4 partitions produce rows_per_partition = 2 and splits {2, 4, 6}.

An empty table is also unsafe: rows_per_partition becomes 0 and the splits become repeated zeros.

Generate offsets by bound instead of by count.

🐛 Proposed fix for split generation
-  auto const rows_per_partition = cudf::util::div_rounding_up_safe(
-    table->num_rows(), static_cast<cudf::size_type>(num_partitions));
-  std::vector<cudf::size_type> splits(num_partitions - 1);
-  std::generate_n(splits.begin(), splits.size(), [rows_per_partition, i = 0]() mutable {
-    return (i += rows_per_partition);
-  });
+  auto const num_rows           = table->num_rows();
+  auto const rows_per_partition = std::max(
+    1,
+    cudf::util::div_rounding_up_safe(num_rows, static_cast<cudf::size_type>(num_partitions)));
+  std::vector<cudf::size_type> splits;
+  splits.reserve(num_partitions);
+  for (auto offset = rows_per_partition; offset < num_rows; offset += rows_per_partition) {
+    splits.push_back(offset);
+  }
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auto const est_size = static_cast<std::size_t>(estimate_size(table->view()));
constexpr auto SINK_SLACK_BYTES = 64ul << 20; // Parquet metadata and compression overhead
auto const num_partitions =
std::max<std::size_t>(1, cudf::util::div_rounding_up_safe(est_size, max_parquet_file_bytes));
auto const rows_per_partition = cudf::util::div_rounding_up_safe(
table->num_rows(), static_cast<cudf::size_type>(num_partitions));
std::vector<cudf::size_type> splits(num_partitions - 1);
std::generate_n(splits.begin(), splits.size(), [rows_per_partition, i = 0]() mutable {
return (i += rows_per_partition);
});
auto const partitions = cudf::split(table->view(), splits, stream);
auto const est_size = static_cast<std::size_t>(estimate_size(table->view()));
constexpr auto SINK_SLACK_BYTES = 64ul << 20; // Parquet metadata and compression overhead
auto const num_partitions =
std::max<std::size_t>(1, cudf::util::div_rounding_up_safe(est_size, max_parquet_file_bytes));
auto const num_rows = table->num_rows();
auto const rows_per_partition = std::max(
1,
cudf::util::div_rounding_up_safe(num_rows, static_cast<cudf::size_type>(num_partitions)));
std::vector<cudf::size_type> splits;
splits.reserve(num_partitions);
for (auto offset = rows_per_partition; offset < num_rows; offset += rows_per_partition) {
splits.push_back(offset);
}
auto const partitions = cudf::split(table->view(), splits, stream);
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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In `@cpp/benchmarks/ndsh/utilities.cpp` around lines 467 - 477, Update split
generation near rows_per_partition and cudf::split to clamp every generated
offset to table->num_rows(), preventing out-of-range indices when rounded
partition sizes overshoot. Handle empty tables without producing repeated zero
offsets, and generate only valid strictly increasing split boundaries rather
than blindly creating num_partitions - 1 entries.

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