Fix list scatter child indexing for sliced inputs - #23821
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list_child_constructor read the parent lists offsets with the raw row index, ignoring the column view offset. For a sliced source or target lists column those reads landed on the wrong offsets entries: scattering a sliced List<List> copied leaf values from earlier rows of the underlying child buffer, and sliced List<string> sources resolved string positions against the wrong offsets entries. The fixed-width branch was unaffected because element access goes through list_device_view, whose constructor already applies the offset. The struct branch had the same defect one level up: project_member_as_list_view hardcoded the projected member view's offset to 0, so sliced List<Struct> inputs misindexed both offsets values and null-mask bits inside members. The strings and nested-lists branches now use lists_column_device_view::offset_at, which indexes the offsets with the view offset applied, matching the arithmetic list_device_view uses. The struct projection forwards the parent view's offset instead of 0. All three changes are no-ops when the column offset is 0. Add regression coverage for sliced List<List>, List<string>, and List<Struct> scatter sources; SlicedInputLists only exercised fixed-width leaves, which were the one path that already handled the offset correctly. Test Plan: nvcc -std=c++20 -arch=sm_120 --extended-lambda -c src/lists/copying/scatter_helper.cu (clean) nvcc -std=c++20 -arch=sm_120 --extended-lambda -c tests/copying/scatter_list_tests.cpp (clean) clang-format --dry-run --Werror on both touched files (clean) Standalone program against libcudf 26.10 nightly reproduces the wrong values pre-fix; runtime gtest execution requires a full libcudf build and runs in CI
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WalkthroughThe scatter helper now uses list view offsets for string and nested-list indexing and preserves offsets in struct-member projections. Sliced scatter tests cover nested lists, lists of structs, and lists of strings. ChangesSliced list scatter
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78-139: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd benchmark coverage for the sliced-list paths.
These tests cover correctness, but the cohort does not add or update a benchmark for
List<List>,List<string>, orList<Struct>scatter. Add benchmark coverage so future changes can detect performance regressions in these offset-sensitive paths.As per coding guidelines, cuDF requires “Add unit tests and unit benchmarks.”
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In `@cpp/tests/copying/scatter_list_tests.cpp`:
- Around line 78-139: Add benchmark coverage for scatter with sliced list
inputs, including List<List>, List<string>, and List<Struct> cases corresponding
to the typed tests SlicedInputListsOfLists and SlicedInputListsOfStructs; update
the relevant benchmark suite to exercise these offset-sensitive paths and
preserve existing benchmark conventions.
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question: Can we also test the case where the source has a null mask? I think we can do it in this test by slicing from {1, 4} and having one of the rows we scatter be null.
Same, mutatis mutandis, in the other tests.
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Pushed 22e4889: all three sliced-input tests now scatter one null source row and expect the corresponding output row to stay null.
- SlicedInputListsOfLists and SlicedInputListsOfStrings keep the {1, ...} slicing pattern with the null list row at source index 2 so it lands inside the sliced view that gets scattered.
- SlicedInputListsOfStructs carries its null mask through detail::make_null_mask since it builds the column with make_lists_column directly.
Not compiled locally, no Linux toolchain on this machine. Could you /ok to test 22e4889 when convenient?
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The three sliced-input tests for scatter on lists (lists of lists, lists of structs, lists of strings) previously scattered only non-null source rows. Give each source a null list row among the rows being scattered and expect the corresponding output row to stay null, exercising validity handling together with the offset adjustments for sliced views.
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Please fix the clang-format issues. You should be able to run pre-commit locally. |
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/ok to test 4bcaca4 |
A null list row must have zero extent, otherwise the column carries non-empty nulls and the test equivalence helper rejects it. Give the null source row a zero-span range and adjust the expected offsets so the scattered null row lands empty.
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The SlicedInputListsOfStructs failures came from the test data, not the fix: the null rows I added carried a non-zero extent, and expect_columns_equivalent rejects columns with non-empty nulls. Fixed in ef2f79c: the null source row is now zero-span (offsets {0, 2, 4, 4}) and the expected column uses offsets {0, 0, 1, 3, 4, 5}, so the scattered null row lands empty. The wrapper-based tests were already canonical, which is why only this suite failed. Could you /ok to test ef2f79c? |
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Thanks (I suspect you could also have used I'll hold off on retesting because we need #23727 in to adapt to some API changes that are causing build failures first. |
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Scattering into or from a sliced lists column produced wrong child rows whenever the list child is strings or another list:
list_child_constructorread the parent offsets with the raw row index and ignored the column view offset.Concretely, for a sliced source
List<List<int>>the scattered rows picked up leaf values from earlier rows of the underlying child buffer (observed10 11 12 13 14where13 14 15was expected), and a slicedList<string>source resolves string positions against the wrong offsets entries.The fixed-width branch was unaffected because element access goes through
list_device_view, whose constructor already applies the view offset (offsets.element(row_index + lists_column.offset())). The strings and nested-lists branches read the raw offsets pointer directly and missed that arithmetic. The struct branch had the same defect one level up:project_member_as_list_viewhardcoded the projected member view's offset to0, so slicedList<Struct>inputs misindexed offsets values and null-mask bits inside members.Changes:
lists_column_device_view::offset_at(row_index), which is exactly the canonical accessor (offsets().element(offset() + idx)).project_member_as_list_viewnow forwards the parent'soffset()into the synthetic member-as-list view.offset() == 0.Fixes #23818
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