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8 changes: 3 additions & 5 deletions cpp/include/cudf/detail/utilities/cuda_memcpy.hpp
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/*
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*/

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* satisfied, but for host memory the caller must ensure the source is not freed before the stream
* is synchronized.
*
* All copies share a single attribute entry (`cudaMemcpySrcAccessOrderStream` +
* `cudaMemcpyFlagPreferOverlapWithCompute`). Per-copy attributes are not supported by this
* wrapper; callers requiring different attributes per copy should call `cudaMemcpyBatchAsync`
* directly.
* A batch uses `cudaMemcpyFlagPreferOverlapWithCompute` when every copy is 128 KiB or less. If
* any copy is larger, the batch uses `cudaMemcpyFlagDefault`.
*
* @param dsts Host pointer to a list of destination pointers.
* @param srcs Host pointer to a list of source pointers.
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14 changes: 10 additions & 4 deletions cpp/src/utilities/cuda_memcpy.cu
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namespace {

constexpr std::size_t prefer_overlap_threshold = 128 * 1024;

// Simple kernel to copy between device buffers
CUDF_KERNEL void copy_kernel(char const* __restrict__ src, char* __restrict__ dst, size_t n)
{
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count = valid_dsts.size();
}

cudaMemcpyAttributes attrs = {.srcAccessOrder = cudaMemcpySrcAccessOrderStream,
.flags = cudaMemcpyFlagPreferOverlapWithCompute};
std::size_t attrs_idxs = 0;
return cudaMemcpyBatchAsync(dsts, srcs, sizes, count, &attrs, &attrs_idxs, 1, stream.value());
auto const flags =
std::ranges::any_of(std::ranges::views::iota(std::size_t{0}, count),
[&](auto i) { return sizes[i] > prefer_overlap_threshold; })
? cudaMemcpyFlagDefault
: cudaMemcpyFlagPreferOverlapWithCompute;
cudaMemcpyAttributes attrs = {.srcAccessOrder = cudaMemcpySrcAccessOrderStream, .flags = flags};
std::size_t attrs_idx = 0;
return cudaMemcpyBatchAsync(dsts, srcs, sizes, count, &attrs, &attrs_idx, 1, stream.value());
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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rg -n -C 4 \
  -e 'memcpy_batch_async' \
  -e 'cudaMemcpyFlag(Default|PreferOverlapWithCompute)' \
  -e 'prefer_overlap_threshold' \
  -g '*.cc' -g '*.cpp' -g '*.cu' -g '*.h' -g '*.hpp' -g '*.cuh' \
  . || true

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printf '%s\n' '--- changed files ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- candidate tests and benchmarks ---'
git ls-files | rg -i '(cuda_memcpy|memcpy.*batch|batch.*memcpy|benchmark|test)' | head -200

printf '%s\n' '--- references outside implementation and header ---'
rg -n -C 3 \
  -e 'memcpy_batch_async' \
  -e 'prefer_overlap_threshold' \
  -e 'cudaMemcpyFlag(Default|PreferOverlapWithCompute)' \
  --glob '!cpp/src/utilities/cuda_memcpy.cu' \
  --glob '!cpp/include/cudf/detail/utilities/cuda_memcpy.hpp' \
  . || true

printf '%s\n' '--- implementation and nearby build/test context ---'
sed -n '1,145p' cpp/src/utilities/cuda_memcpy.cu
fd -i 'cuda_memcpy' .

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printf '%s\n' '--- tracked utility tests ---'
git ls-files cpp/tests cpp/benchmarks | rg -i \
  '(cuda_memcpy|memcpy|utilities|copy)' | head -200 || true

printf '%s\n' '--- all symbol references ---'
rg -n -C 3 \
  -e 'memcpy_batch_async' \
  -e 'prefer_overlap_threshold' \
  -e 'cudaMemcpyFlag(Default|PreferOverlapWithCompute)' \
  cpp/tests cpp/benchmarks cpp/src cpp/include 2>/dev/null || true

printf '%s\n' '--- implementation ---'
sed -n '1,145p' cpp/src/utilities/cuda_memcpy.cu

printf '%s\n' '--- relevant CMake references ---'
rg -n -C 3 \
  -e 'utilities' \
  -e 'cuda_memcpy' \
  cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt \
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printf '%s\n' '--- batched memcpy tests ---'
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cat -n cpp/tests/utilities_tests/batched_memcpy_tests.cu

printf '%s\n' '--- benchmark registrations and memcpy benchmark references ---'
rg -n -C 5 \
  -e 'ConfigureNVBench' \
  -e 'memcpy' \
  cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt cpp/benchmarks \
  --glob '*.cpp' --glob '*.cu' --glob '*.hpp' | head -300 || true

printf '%s\n' '--- utility test and benchmark naming conventions ---'
rg -n -C 3 \
  -e 'BENCHMARK_DEFINE' \
  -e 'nvbench::state' \
  -e 'TEST_F.*Memcpy|TEST.*Memcpy|BatchedMemcpy' \
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rg -n -C 5 \
  -e 'batched_memcpy_async' \
  -e 'memcpy_batch_async' \
  cpp/include cpp/src cpp/tests/utilities_tests

printf '%s\n' '--- batched memcpy implementation files ---'
for file in $(fd -i 'batched_memcpy' cpp/include cpp/src); do
  printf '\n### %s\n' "$file"
  wc -l "$file"
  cat -n "$file"
done

printf '%s\n' '--- direct target API testability ---'
rg -n -C 4 \
  'cuda_memcpy\.hpp|memcpy_async\(|memcpy_batch_async\(' \
  cpp/tests cpp/benchmarks --glob '*.cpp' --glob '*.cu' --glob '*.hpp' || true

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In the CUDA Runtime API, the cudaMemcpyBatchAsync function allows for optimized asynchronous batch memory copies using the attrs, attrsIdxs, and numAttrs parameters to apply specific memory copy attributes (e.g., location hints, access ordering) to subsets of the batch [1][2][3]. The semantics of these parameters are as follows: - attrsIdxs: This is an array of indices used to specify which copy operations in the batch each entry in the attrs array applies to [4][5]. Specifically, the attributes provided in attrs[k] are applied to all copies starting from the index specified in attrsIdxs[k] up to attrsIdxs[k+1] - 1 [5]. - numAttrs: This parameter specifies the number of entries present in both the attrs and attrsIdxs arrays [4]. - Final Range: The last attribute set, attrs[numAttrs-1], applies to all copies starting from attrsIdxs[numAttrs-1] through the end of the batch (count - 1) [5]. Essentially, attrsIdxs serves as a map that defines the boundaries of segments within the batch, where each segment is governed by the corresponding attribute set found at the same index in the attrs array [1]. For example, if you have a homogeneous batch where all copies share the same attributes, you would typically set numAttrs to 1 and attrsIdxs to an array containing a single element, 0 [1]. If the batch requires different attributes for different segments, attrsIdxs must contain the starting index for each distinct attribute configuration [1].

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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python3 - <<'PY'
threshold = 128 * 1024

def selected_flag(sizes):
    return "cudaMemcpyFlagDefault" if any(size > threshold for size in sizes) \
        else "cudaMemcpyFlagPreferOverlapWithCompute"

cases = {
    "all-small": [1, threshold - 1],
    "exact-threshold": [threshold],
    "above-threshold": [threshold + 1],
    "mixed": [1, threshold + 1, threshold],
}

for name, sizes in cases.items():
    print(name, selected_flag(sizes))
PY

printf '%s\n' '--- direct target tests and benchmarks ---'
rg -n \
  -e 'cuda_memcpy\.hpp' \
  -e 'memcpy_batch_async\(' \
  cpp/tests cpp/benchmarks \
  --glob '*.cpp' --glob '*.cu' --glob '*.hpp' || true

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Add direct tests and a benchmark for memcpy_batch_async.

cpp/tests/utilities_tests/batched_memcpy_tests.cu tests the separate CUB batched_memcpy_async API. Add direct memcpy_batch_async tests for all-small, 128 * 1024, 128 * 1024 + 1, and mixed batches on CUDA 13+ with a non-default stream. Assert the mixed batch selects cudaMemcpyFlagDefault. Add a benchmark for small-only and large-containing batches. Measure timings because the flag is only a CUDA hint.

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In `@cpp/src/utilities/cuda_memcpy.cu` around lines 95 - 102, Add direct CUDA 13+
tests for memcpy_batch_async using a non-default stream, covering all-small,
128*1024, 128*1024+1, and mixed-size batches; verify the mixed case uses
cudaMemcpyFlagDefault. Add benchmarks covering small-only and large-containing
batches, measuring execution time rather than asserting performance because the
flag is only a CUDA hint.

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}
#endif // CUDART_VERSION >= 13000
for (std::size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
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