Reduce compute_global_memory_aggs_null build time by PointKernel · Pull Request #23385 · NVIDIA/cudf

PointKernel · 2026-07-21T22:43:05Z

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Contributes to #21973.

This PR restricts the nullable global memory groupby dispatcher to supported aggregation kinds and value types, avoids redundant aggregation dispatch for dictionary keys, and splits the dense and sparse dictionary and non-dictionary kernels into separate TUs.

Re-measured on current main (2026-09-04, isolated seven-arch nvcc -O3 compiles without using sccache): the single compute_global_memory_aggs_null.cu TU takes 142s, and after the split the longest new TU takes 29s with the dispatcher at 10s. All 4,373 groupby tests pass, including under the stream-identify preload.

Note that the July measurements (682s to 115s) were taken on a slower machine; the ratio is unchanged. The linked libcudf grows by about 2 MB, and no runtime regression was measured across 48 benchmark cases.

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New Features
- Added nullable-key support for hash-based group-by aggregations.
- Added dense and sparse processing paths for different group distributions.
- Expanded support for dictionary-encoded and standard value columns.
- Added SUM, MIN, MAX, COUNT_VALID, and SUM_OVERFLOW aggregation support.
Performance
- Improved GPU execution and dispatch for nullable group-by workloads.
- Optimized processing across mixed value-column types and aggregation layouts.
Tests
- Added coverage for null handling, aggregation modes, and dictionary-encoded data.

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Nullable hash groupby aggregation now has dense and sparse CUDA paths. The paths support dictionary and non-dictionary columns, filtered single-pass aggregation, new dispatch helpers, build integration, and coverage tests.

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Nullable hash groupby aggregation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Aggregation dispatch and filtering `cpp/include/cudf/detail/aggregation/device_aggregators.cuh`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/single_pass_functors.cuh`	Aggregation-kind and value-type dispatch now supports dictionary-aware filtering for dense and sparse single-pass aggregation.
Nullable aggregation API and path selection `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs.hpp`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null.hpp`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null.cu`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_kernels.hpp`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_single_pass_aggs.cuh`	Nullable aggregation declarations and launch interfaces select dense or sparse execution from the aggregation count.
Dense nullable aggregation execution `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_dense.cu`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_dense_dictionary.cu`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_dense_non_dictionary.cu`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_kernels.cuh`	Dense aggregation builds target indices and result tables, then launches dictionary or non-dictionary filtered kernels.
Sparse nullable aggregation execution `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_sparse.cu`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_sparse_dictionary.cu`, `cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_sparse_non_dictionary.cu`, `cpp/CMakeLists.txt`	Sparse aggregation launches filtered kernels, extracts populated keys, gathers results, and includes the new CUDA sources in the build.
Nullable aggregation validation `cpp/tests/CMakeLists.cpp`, `cpp/tests/groupby/global_memory_aggs_tests.cpp`	Tests compare hash and sort results across null policies, dictionary and non-dictionary values, sparse and dense outputs, and multiple aggregation kinds.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f4dc0

This change restructures nullable hash groupby aggregation dispatch for dense, sparse, and dictionary inputs. Existing test and benchmark results are positive, but coverage specific to the newly split dispatch paths remains unresolved and should be added before merge.

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In `@cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_dense.cu`:
- Around line 62-69: Add unit tests and unit benchmarks for the dense
aggregation dispatch surrounding launch_null_dense_non_dictionary and
launch_null_dense_dictionary. Cover dictionary-only, non-dictionary-only, and
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In `@cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_sparse.cu`:
- Around line 47-54: Add unit tests and unit benchmarks covering the sparse
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In `@cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null.cu`:
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compute_global_memory_aggs_null, verifying sparse selection at or below
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dictionary/non-dictionary values, row masks, and every supported aggregation
kind. Add unit benchmarks covering both dense and sparse execution paths.
- Around line 17-19: Declare the explicit specialization of
compute_global_memory_aggs for nullable_global_set_t in the shared header before
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cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_dense.cu
cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_dense_dictionary.cu
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cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_kernels.cuh
cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_kernels.hpp
cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_sparse.cu
cpp/src/groupby/hash/compute_global_memory_aggs_null_sparse_dictionary.cu
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+  if (has_non_dictionary) {
+    launch_null_dense_non_dictionary(
+      target_indices.data(), d_agg_kinds.data(), *d_values, *d_results, num_items, stream);
+  }
+  if (has_dictionary) {
+    launch_null_dense_dictionary(
+      target_indices.data(), d_agg_kinds.data(), *d_values, *d_results, num_items, stream);
+  }


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Cover dictionary-only, non-dictionary-only, and mixed value tables. Verify every result column. CONTRIBUTING.md requires unit tests and unit benchmarks for code contributions, so this coverage is a repository requirement.

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+  if (has_non_dictionary) {
+    launch_null_sparse_non_dictionary(
+      set_ref, row_bitmask, d_agg_kinds.data(), *d_values, *d_results, num_rows, stream);
+  }
+  if (has_dictionary) {
+    launch_null_sparse_dictionary(
+      set_ref, row_bitmask, d_agg_kinds.data(), *d_values, *d_results, num_rows, stream);
+  }


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Add coverage for the new sparse dispatch paths.

Add unit tests and unit benchmarks for dictionary-only, non-dictionary-only, and mixed-column sparse aggregation. This dispatch now selects and combines separate filtered kernel launches. The current cohort contains no coverage additions for these paths.

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+  return h_agg_kinds.size() > GROUPBY_DENSE_OUTPUT_THRESHOLD
+           ? compute_global_memory_aggs_null_dense(row_bitmask,
+                                                   values,
+                                                   key_set,
+                                                   h_agg_kinds,
+                                                   d_agg_kinds,
+                                                   is_agg_intermediate,
+                                                   stream,
+                                                   mr)
+           : compute_global_memory_aggs_null_sparse(row_bitmask,
+                                                    values,
+                                                    key_set,
+                                                    h_agg_kinds,
+                                                    d_agg_kinds,
+                                                    is_agg_intermediate,
+                                                    stream,
+                                                    mr);


📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add tests and benchmarks for the new path selection.

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… use The nullable key set is now an explicit specialization defined in compute_global_memory_aggs_null.cu, but callers reached it through compute_single_pass_aggs.cuh, which only saw the primary template declaration. An explicit specialization must be declared before any use that would otherwise instantiate the primary template, in every translation unit; violating that is ill-formed with no diagnostic required. Declare the specialization in compute_global_memory_aggs_null.hpp and include that header from the single-pass aggregation template.

…ernel The kernel cast the 64-bit global thread id to the item index type before comparing it against num_items. For the sparse path the index type is 32-bit, so thread ids in the final partial block could wrap when the row count is near the size_type limit. Compare in the 64-bit thread index space first, then narrow, matching the rest of libcudf.

…lues No existing groupby test combined null keys with dictionary values, so the nullable dictionary kernels and the per-type double launch for mixed value tables never ran under test. Add tests that compare the hash path against the sort-based implementation for dictionary-only, non-dictionary-only, and mixed value tables, on both the sparse and dense output paths, with null keys excluded and included.

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PointKernel · 2026-09-10T20:50:52Z

This is probably no longer needed due to the effort in #24050

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