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Depends on #23665

A part of #20780.

  • Add recursive lists_column_initializer support for explicit stream and memory-resource propagation at every nesting level. This was important to resolve the ambiguities between initializer_lists and new stream, mr params in the ctrs.
  • Add a harness helper that rejects accidental current-device-resource allocations.
  • Port list and segmented-gather tests to the new initializer and correct nested/empty-list constructions.

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  • New or existing tests cover these changes.
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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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nirandaperera changed the base branch from pull-request/23665 to main August 17, 2026 21:32
@nirandaperera nirandaperera changed the title Lists column initializer memory resources Introduce lists_column_initializer to list column view Aug 17, 2026
@nirandaperera nirandaperera changed the title Introduce lists_column_initializer to list column view [cudf] Introduce lists_column_initializer to list column view Aug 17, 2026
@nirandaperera nirandaperera added improvement Improvement / enhancement to an existing function non-breaking Non-breaking change labels Aug 17, 2026
Expose scoped fail_on_current_device_resource_use() on BaseFixtureWithHarness,
add recursive list initializers for explicit stream/mr nesting, and port list
gather test construction sites without changing gather production APIs.
Correct over-nested lists_column_initializer constructions and restore
base empty-row brace patterns so list/segmented gather harness tests pass.
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  • New Features

    • Added support for constructing nested list test columns from recursive initializers, including nullable and empty values.
    • Added explicit stream and memory-resource support for list-column construction.
    • Added a scoped test utility that temporarily blocks allocations through the current device resource.
  • Tests

    • Expanded gather and list-wrapper coverage for nested, nullable, sliced, empty, and invalid-input scenarios.
    • Allocation failures now include stack traces to simplify diagnosis.

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The change adds recursive, stream-aware list initializers, scoped detection of unintended current-device-resource allocations, allocation stack traces, and explicit resource handling across list gather tests.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Initializer and resource enforcement API
cpp/include/cudf_test/base_fixture.hpp, cpp/include/cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp, cpp/tests/utilities/memory_resource_utilities.cpp, cpp/tests/utilities_tests/lists_column_wrapper_tests.cpp
lists_column_initializer builds nested nullable lists with explicit streams and memory resources. The harness rejects current-device-resource allocations and prints allocation stack traces. Tests cover leaf, nullable, and nested initialization.
Gather list resource migration
cpp/tests/copying/gather_list_tests.cpp
Gather tests use explicit streams, memory resources, recursive initializers, and diagnostic-aware comparisons across nested, sliced, nullable, empty, and invalid cases.
Segmented gather resource migration
cpp/tests/copying/segmented_gather_list_tests.cpp
Segmented gather tests use explicit resources across nested, sliced, string, negative-index, and failure scenarios. Existing validity and ordering coverage remains.

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The current changes leave typed gather test fixtures declared as non-template classes while they are instantiated with template arguments, so the affected test files cannot compile. The PR is not merge-ready until this test build issue is fixed.

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cpp/include/cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp (1)

1952-1954: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Take init by const reference.

lists_column_initializer owns vectors of values and children. The by-value parameter deep-copies the whole host tree at every nesting level, because each recursive build call constructs a child wrapper from a copy. A const reference removes those copies.

♻️ Proposed change
-  lists_column_wrapper(lists_column_initializer<host_element_t> init,
+  lists_column_wrapper(lists_column_initializer<host_element_t> const& init,
                        rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
                        cudf::memory_resources mr)
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In `@cpp/include/cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp` around lines 1952 - 1954, Change
the lists_column_wrapper constructor parameter init to a const reference while
preserving the existing recursive build behavior and other parameters.
cpp/tests/utilities_tests/lists_column_wrapper_tests.cpp (2)

1568-1572: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider exposing synchronize on the fixture.

The tests reach into the protected _harness member only to call synchronize. A thin synchronize() forwarder on BaseFixtureWithHarness, next to stream() and resources(), keeps the harness private to the fixture and shortens every call site.

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In `@cpp/tests/utilities_tests/lists_column_wrapper_tests.cpp` around lines 1568 -
1572, Add a public synchronize() forwarder to BaseFixtureWithHarness alongside
stream() and resources(), delegating to the underlying harness. Update the test
call site to use the fixture’s synchronize() method instead of accessing the
protected _harness member directly.

1553-1556: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a multi-row nested initializer test without the allocation guard.

The comment states that multi-row nested Init still allocates concatenate temporaries from the current resource, so the guard cannot cover it. The initializer's recursive build path for two or more children is therefore untested. Add a test that constructs a multi-row nested column through Init and compares it with the existing brace-nested construction. Omit fail_on_current_device_resource_use() in that test.

This protects the recursive validity and child-ordering logic in lists_column_initializer::build.

As per coding guidelines: "Add unit tests and unit benchmarks."

Also applies to: 1600-1619

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In `@cpp/tests/utilities_tests/lists_column_wrapper_tests.cpp` around lines 1553 -
1556, Add a test in ListsColumnInitializerHarnessTest covering a multi-row
nested column built through Init with at least two children, and compare it
against the equivalent existing brace-nested construction to verify validity and
child ordering. Do not use fail_on_current_device_resource_use() in this
multi-row test; retain allocation guards only for the supported leaf or
single-child cases.

Source: Coding guidelines

cpp/tests/utilities/memory_resource_utilities.cpp (1)

14-15: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider guarding the glibc backtrace dependency.

<execinfo.h>, backtrace, and backtrace_symbols_fd are glibc extensions. Builds with musl or other libc implementations fail to compile this file. If libcudf tests must build outside glibc, wrap the include and the printer in a feature check and fall back to no output.

The choice of backtrace_symbols_fd over backtrace_symbols is correct here, because it does not allocate on the host heap inside the failure path.

Also applies to: 36-45

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In `@cpp/tests/utilities/memory_resource_utilities.cpp` around lines 14 - 15,
Guard the execinfo.h include and the backtrace printer in the memory-resource
utility with the project’s libc/glibc feature check, so backtrace,
backtrace_symbols_fd, and related code are compiled only when supported. On
unsupported libc implementations, retain the failure path with no backtrace
output while keeping the existing glibc behavior unchanged.
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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/tests/copying/gather_list_tests.cpp`:
- Around line 20-26: Restore the template parameter declaration before class
GatherTestListTyped in cpp/tests/copying/gather_list_tests.cpp at lines 20-26 so
TYPED_TEST_SUITE and TypeParam-based instantiation compile. Also add the
template parameter before class SegmentedGatherTest in
cpp/tests/copying/segmented_gather_list_tests.cpp at line 28; its existing typed
aliases require the class-template form.
- Around line 52-53: Run clang-format on all cudf::gather call sites in
gather_list_tests.cpp, including the sites around the listed locations, so
continuation lines comply with the 100-column limit while preserving the
existing arguments and behavior.

In `@cpp/tests/copying/segmented_gather_list_tests.cpp`:
- Around line 63-65: Run clang-format on every segmented_gather call site in
segmented_gather_list_tests.cpp, including the calls near the referenced results
declaration and all listed locations, so arguments wrap within the 100-column
limit while preserving behavior.

In `@cpp/tests/utilities_tests/lists_column_wrapper_tests.cpp`:
- Line 1575: Wrap the CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL assertion at the indicated
location, including its arguments across multiple lines, to comply with the
100-character clang-format limit; match the existing wrapped assertion style
near the related test.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/include/cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp`:
- Around line 1952-1954: Change the lists_column_wrapper constructor parameter
init to a const reference while preserving the existing recursive build behavior
and other parameters.

In `@cpp/tests/utilities_tests/lists_column_wrapper_tests.cpp`:
- Around line 1568-1572: Add a public synchronize() forwarder to
BaseFixtureWithHarness alongside stream() and resources(), delegating to the
underlying harness. Update the test call site to use the fixture’s synchronize()
method instead of accessing the protected _harness member directly.
- Around line 1553-1556: Add a test in ListsColumnInitializerHarnessTest
covering a multi-row nested column built through Init with at least two
children, and compare it against the equivalent existing brace-nested
construction to verify validity and child ordering. Do not use
fail_on_current_device_resource_use() in this multi-row test; retain allocation
guards only for the supported leaf or single-child cases.

In `@cpp/tests/utilities/memory_resource_utilities.cpp`:
- Around line 14-15: Guard the execinfo.h include and the backtrace printer in
the memory-resource utility with the project’s libc/glibc feature check, so
backtrace, backtrace_symbols_fd, and related code are compiled only when
supported. On unsupported libc implementations, retain the failure path with no
backtrace output while keeping the existing glibc behavior unchanged.
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Comment on lines +20 to 26
class GatherTestListTyped : public cudf::test::BaseFixtureWithHarness {};
using FixedWidthTypesNotBool = cudf::test::Concat<cudf::test::IntegralTypesNotBool,
cudf::test::FixedPointTypes,
cudf::test::FloatingPointTypes,
cudf::test::DurationTypes,
cudf::test::TimestampTypes>;
TYPED_TEST_SUITE(GatherTestListTyped, FixedWidthTypesNotBool);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔴 Critical | ⚡ Quick win

Typed gather fixtures lost their template <typename T> declaration. Both files rebased their typed fixtures onto cudf::test::BaseFixtureWithHarness and dropped the template parameter, but the fixtures are still used as class templates. GoogleTest instantiates a typed fixture as Fixture<gtest_TypeParam_>, so both translation units fail to compile.

  • cpp/tests/copying/gather_list_tests.cpp#L20-L26: add template <typename T> before class GatherTestListTyped, which TYPED_TEST_SUITE at Line 26 and every TypeParam reference require.
  • cpp/tests/copying/segmented_gather_list_tests.cpp#L28-L28: add template <typename T> before class SegmentedGatherTest, which the SegmentedGatherTest<int32_t>, SegmentedGatherTest<cudf::string_view>, and SegmentedGatherTest<float> aliases at Lines 144, 580, and 622 require.
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In `@cpp/tests/copying/gather_list_tests.cpp` around lines 20 - 26, Restore the
template parameter declaration before class GatherTestListTyped in
cpp/tests/copying/gather_list_tests.cpp at lines 20-26 so TYPED_TEST_SUITE and
TypeParam-based instantiation compile. Also add the template parameter before
class SegmentedGatherTest in cpp/tests/copying/segmented_gather_list_tests.cpp
at line 28; its existing typed aliases require the class-template form.

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