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Description

This pull request is the first step in adding LTO Reductions support

It:

• Adds compiled_fragment, compile_cuda_to_lto_ir, necessary for compiling CUDA C++ to LTO IR at runtime (see [FEA] Standardize cuDF C++ UDFs on compiled fragments #24867)
• Adds a non-owning kernel reference alongside the existing owning kernel wrapper.
• Updates the errc type to use int32_t (compatibility with NUMBA ABI)
• Fix reflection of decoded dictionary values in nullable callback signatures.

Stack

1. Shared LTO UDF infrastructure
2. Scalar reductions
3. Segmented reductions
4. Benchmark comparisons

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• New or existing tests cover these changes.
• The documentation is up to date with these changes.

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Summary

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• New Features
  • Added a public API for compiling CUDA source into reusable LTO fragments, with support for in-memory headers and caller-supplied include paths.
  • Added public types for representing LTO formats and fragments, including an owning compiled-fragment type that can expose a non-owning view.
• Bug Fixes
  • Improved handling of dictionary-column inputs during UDF type reflection, using the dictionary keys’ value types.
  • Improved support for optional-valued LTO UDFs with nullable dictionary columns.

The PR adds public LTO fragment types and a CUDA-to-LTO-IR compiler with header and include-path support. It updates JIT reflection and transform integration, adds compilation and nullable dictionary tests, and changes the underlying type used by cudf::errc.

Changes: LTO UDF compilation and transforms

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Public LTO fragment contract cpp/include/cudf/udf.hpp, cpp/include/cudf/transform.hpp	Adds public LTO binary and fragment types, an owning compiled-fragment wrapper, and a compiler declaration. The transform header includes the UDF header and removes its former binary-type enum.
CUDA-to-LTO-IR compilation cpp/src/jit/cache.cpp, cpp/tests/transform/transform_lto_test.cpp	Adds compilation with caller-provided include paths and validation for null source and mismatched header spans. Adds a test that compiles source with a supplied header.
JIT reflection and kernel references cpp/src/jit/reflect.hpp, cpp/src/jit/reflect.cpp, cpp/src/jit/cache.hpp	Adds reflection helpers and RTCX binary-type conversion. Changes dictionary input signature reflection to use input value types. Splits non-owning kernel_ref from the owning kernel.
LTO transform and nullable inputs cpp/src/transform/transform.cu, cpp/include/cudf/column/column_device_view_base.cuh, cpp/tests/transform/transform_lto_test.cpp	Uses the JIT binary-type conversion in the transform path. Both nullable-element methods deduce their optional return type. Adds a nullable dictionary transform test.

Error-code underlying type

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Error integer alias and enum type cpp/include/cudf/errc.hpp	Adds error_int as cuda::std::int32_t and uses it as the underlying type of cudf::errc. The enumerator values remain unchanged.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Possibly related issues

• [FEA][Draft] Support Custom Codecs for Non-Arrow-Encoded Columns through JIT #24869: Adds fragment types and compilation support that codec descriptors using lto_fragments depend on; the codec ABI is not included.
• [FEA] Support JIT Reductions with Predicate Pushdown #24868: Adds fragment compilation and the errc ABI change used by the proposed reduction callbacks; reduction overloads are not included.
• [FEA] Standardize cuDF C++ UDFs on compiled fragments #24867: Adds public fragment types, compile_cuda_to_lto_ir, and fragment ownership.
• [FEA] Reduce AST cold JIT compilation time with nvJitLink and type-erased row operators #24464: Adds reusable fragment compilation and ownership that support the proposed AST operations; the AST row operator is not included.
• [FEA] Deduplicate CUDA UDF sources in the URL log transforms example #24046: Adds CUDA-to-LTO compilation with include handling; example-source deduplication is not included.
• [FEA] Replace the CUDA and PTX UDF parsers with explicit dispatch and direct linking #23566: Adds direct LTO fragment compilation and ownership; parser removal is not included.
• [FEA] Explore lto fragments in cudf-polars #24200: Adds public fragment representation and runtime compilation needed to create fragments; cudf-polars integration is not included.
• [Story] Expand JIT functionality in libcudf (2) #24870: Implements part of the UDF interface work through shared compilation and fragment ownership.

Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/cudf#23242: Adds an experimental regex JIT pipeline that compiles CUDA source to LTO IR; this PR extracts shared compilation and fragment ownership from that implementation.
• NVIDIA/cudf#24766: Changes nullable_element to derive its optional type from element<T>(); this PR applies the same contract.
• NVIDIA/cudf#24425: Introduces shared JIT reflection and LTO interfaces that this PR continues and updates.
• NVIDIA/cudf#24476: Adds consumer UDF calls that link lto_fragments and use cudf::errc; this PR provides shared compilation, fragment ownership, and the 32-bit errc type.

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Merge Risk: High · up to db108

The JIT cache still has a compile-blocking argument mismatch, and the public error-code representation change can break separately compiled consumers. These issues should be resolved before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 60.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Title check		The title names the main change: adding shared LTO UDF compilation (compiled_fragment and compile_cuda_to_lto_ir) and fragment ownership (the non-owning kernel_ref split from the owning kernel). The c…
Description check		The description states that the PR adds compiled_fragment and compile_cuda_to_lto_ir, adds a non-owning kernel reference, changes errc to int32_t for NUMBA ABI compatibility, and fixes dictionary valu…
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The description states that the PR adds compiled_fragment and compile_cuda_to_lto_ir, adds a non-owning kernel reference, changes errc to int32_t for NUMBA ABI compatibility, and fixes dictionary value reflection in nullable callback signatures. Each of these points matches the file-level changes in the raw summary, so the description is directly related to the changeset.

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Follow-up Comments

Accept const-element spans for includenames and includes.

72-75: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Accept const-element spans for include_names and includes.

The public API takes std::span<char const*>. A caller cannot pass char const* const names[], a std::array<char const* const, N>, or a const span. The internal compile_fragment already accepts std::span<char const* const>. Change the public signature now, because the API is hard to change after release.

Also update the friend declaration at Lines 55-58 and the definition in cpp/src/jit/cache.cpp.

♻️ Proposed change

 compiled_fragment compile_cuda_to_lto_ir(char const* source_code,
-                                         std::span<char const*> include_names,
-                                         std::span<char const*> includes,
+                                         std::span<char const* const> include_names,
+                                         std::span<char const* const> includes,
                                          std::span<char const* const> include_paths);

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Review comment at @cpp/include/cudf/udf.hpp around lines 72 - 75:
Update the public compile_cuda_to_lto_ir signature, its friend declaration, and
its definition to accept std::span<char const* const> for include_names and
includes, matching the const-element span already used by compile_fragment and
preserving include_paths unchanged.

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# Find callers of nullable_element that may run on a mutable view.
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Strip the reference from value_type in the mutable nullable_element.

For a rep-layout T, the mutable element<T> returns T&. The decltype at line 744 therefore gives T&, and the function returns cuda::std::optional<T&>. libcu++ optional does not accept reference types, so instantiating nullable_element<T> on a mutable view with a rep-layout T can fail to compile. The previous code returned optional<T>.

The const view at lines 539-540 uses the same pattern, but its element<T> returns by value. It is not affected.

🐛 Proposed fix

   template <typename T>
   [[nodiscard]] __device__ auto nullable_element(size_type element_index) const noexcept
   {
-    using value_type = decltype(element<T>(element_index));
+    using value_type = cuda::std::remove_cvref_t<decltype(element<T>(element_index))>;
     if (is_null(element_index)) { return cuda::std::optional<value_type>{}; }
     return cuda::std::optional<value_type>{element<T>(element_index)};
   }

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Suggested change

	[[nodiscard]] __device__ auto nullable_element(size_type element_index) const noexcept
	{
	if (is_null(element_index)) { return cuda::std::nullopt; }
	return element<T>(element_index);
	using value_type = decltype(element<T>(element_index));
	if (is_null(element_index)) { return cuda::std::optional<value_type>{}; }
	return cuda::std::optional<value_type>{element<T>(element_index)};
	[[nodiscard]] __device__ auto nullable_element(size_type element_index) const noexcept
	{
	using value_type = cuda::std::remove_cvref_t<decltype(element<T>(element_index))>;
	if (is_null(element_index)) { return cuda::std::optional<value_type>{}; }
	return cuda::std::optional<value_type>{element<T>(element_index)};

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Review comment at @cpp/include/cudf/column/column_device_view_base.cuh around
lines 741 - 745:
Update the mutable `nullable_element` so its `value_type` is the unqualified,
non-reference type of `element<T>(element_index)`, allowing
`cuda::std::optional` to hold rep-layout values. Preserve the existing null and
value-return behavior, and leave the const-view implementation unchanged.

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