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15 changes: 10 additions & 5 deletions cpp/src/lists/combine/concatenate_rows.cu
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#include <cudf/detail/gather.cuh>
#include <cudf/detail/iterator.cuh>
#include <cudf/detail/nvtx/ranges.hpp>
#include <cudf/detail/sizes_to_offsets_iterator.cuh>
#include <cudf/lists/combine.hpp>
#include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
#include <cudf/utilities/error.hpp>
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stream);

// convert to offsets
thrust::exclusive_scan(rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream, cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref()),
offsets->view().begin<int32_t>(),
offsets->view().begin<int32_t>() + input.num_rows() + 1,
offsets->mutable_view().begin<int32_t>(),
0);
auto total_size =
cudf::detail::sizes_to_offsets(offsets->view().begin<size_type>(),
offsets->view().begin<size_type>() + input.num_rows() + 1,
offsets->mutable_view().begin<size_type>(),
0,
stream);
CUDF_EXPECTS(total_size <= static_cast<decltype(total_size)>(std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()),
"Size of offsets exceeds maximum int32 limit",
std::overflow_error);
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def narrow_reduce(row_sizes):
    total = 0
    for size in row_sizes:
        total = int32(total + size)
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    return sum(row_sizes)

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]
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    narrow = narrow_reduce(sizes)
    wide = wide_reduce(sizes)
    check_passes = narrow <= INT32_MAX
    print({
        "row_sizes": sizes,
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Widen the per-row reduction before scanning.

reduce_by_key_async uses size_type (int32_t) for both cuda::std::plus<size_type>() and the offsets output. A row-size sum above INT32_MAX can wrap before sizes_to_offsets, so the later int64_t scan can validate truncated data. Reduce into an int64_t temporary with cuda::std::plus<int64_t>(), then pass it to sizes_to_offsets and retain this check.

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In `@cpp/src/lists/combine/concatenate_rows.cu` around lines 113 - 121, Update the
row-size reduction feeding offsets to use an int64_t temporary and
cuda::std::plus<int64_t>() instead of size_type, ensuring sums cannot overflow
before scanning. Pass that widened temporary to sizes_to_offsets in the
concatenate rows flow, and retain the existing INT32_MAX validation on the
resulting total_size.

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The values computed in reduce_by_key_async and stored in offsets should never exceed size_type today. The code logic will need to be changed in a future PR when size_type is also changed and large lists are supported which is out of scope for this PR.

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@davidwendt, thanks for the clarification. The current size_type limit prevents the per-row reduction from exceeding int32_t. The widening change applies only after large-list support changes that invariant. I am withdrawing this finding.

Would you like to open a follow-up issue for the future large-list update?

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File: cpp/src/lists/combine/concatenate_rows.cu:113-121
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Learning: In `cpp/src/lists/combine/concatenate_rows.cu`, values produced by `reduce_by_key_async` and stored in the list `offsets` column cannot exceed the current `size_type` (`int32_t`) limit. Widening this reduction is only needed when a future change adds large-list support and changes the `size_type` invariant.

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Not necessary. There is already issues, etc that should cover this.

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@davidwendt, acknowledged. No follow-up issue is needed.

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Learning: In `cpp/src/lists/combine/concatenate_rows.cu`, values produced by `reduce_by_key_async` and stored in the list `offsets` column cannot exceed the current `size_type` (`int32_t`) limit. Widening this reduction is only needed when a future change adds large-list support and changes the `size_type` invariant.

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The values computed in reduce_by_key_async and stored in offsets should never exceed size_type today. The code logic will need to be changed in a future PR when size_type is also changed and large lists are supported which is out of scope for this PR.

I don't think this statement is true? Consider concatenating two columns each with a single list entry with size_type elements. Both of these will end up in the same group and their offsets ought to end up as [0, size_type::max * 2], no?

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The reduce_by_key here just computes the sizes not the offsets. Yes, the sizes are stored in the variable named offsets temporarily. The largest value of each reduce should be [size_type::max, size_type::max, ...]
I'm adding a check to make sure input.columns() * input.row() does not exceed size_type::max

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Yes, the sizes are stored in the variable named offsets temporarily. The largest value of each reduce should be [size_type::max, size_type::max, ...]

Perhaps I am being dumb here. But suppose we have this input to concatenate rows

col_a = [[0, ..., K]] # K entries
col_b = [[K+1, ..., N]] # N - (K + 1) entries
concatted = [[0, ..., K, ... N]]

And suppose K = size_type::max() - 1 (and N - K + 1 similarly).

So col_a has offsets (up to off-by-one in my exposition) [0, K] and col_b has offsets [0, N - (K + 1)].

So concatted must have offsets [0, N - 1], and the single row must have N - 1 entries in it. So I think that the reduce_by_key sees (in the same group) K and (N - (K + 1)), so as soon as N - 1 > size_type::max() we have overflow?

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I'm adding a check to make sure input.columns() * input.row() does not exceed size_type::max

I suspect this needs to happen directly in concatenate_rows (since the gather on line 279 also does the same product).

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Seems the number of entries within adjacent rows could result in an overflow for that row. I believe this could happen if you the child sizes themselves are near size_type::max and checking the number of parent rows would not be enough. Essentially the concat of the underlying children (which is necessary for this) would exceed size_type::max in kind of normal way. I'm not sure if that is checked somewhere before this is called.
I can certainly look into that in a follow-on PR.


// generate appropriate null mask
auto [null_mask, null_count] = [&]() {
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}));

// Compute offsets from sizes.
thrust::exclusive_scan(rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream, cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref()),
d_offsets,
d_offsets + num_output_lists + 1,
d_offsets);
auto total_size = cudf::detail::sizes_to_offsets(
d_offsets, d_offsets + num_output_lists + 1, d_offsets, 0, stream);
CUDF_EXPECTS(total_size <= static_cast<decltype(total_size)>(std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()),
"Size of offsets exceeds maximum int32 limit",
std::overflow_error);

return {std::move(list_offsets), std::move(validities)};
}
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