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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesThe PR separates PDLP warm-start accessors from CUDA code and adds distinct host-only, device-backed CPU, and GPU conversion paths. Remote gRPC clients explicitly select host-only population. Warm-start refactor
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In `@cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/optimization_problem_utils.hpp`:
- Around line 163-170: Update the warm-start handling around
apply_warmstart_cpu_target() so the kHostOnly path remains host-only while the
non-host-only null-handle path converts existing device warm-start data to CPU
data instead of returning when no CPU or host-view data is present. Restore this
behavior through an out-of-line CUDA-capable CPU-target helper, and apply the
same fix to the corresponding logic near the second reported location.
In `@cpp/src/pdlp/optimization_problem.cu`:
- Around line 1672-1674: Update the preprocessor guard around the explicit float
instantiation of apply_warmstart_gpu_target<int, float> so it is emitted when
either MIP_INSTANTIATE_FLOAT or PDLP_INSTANTIATE_FLOAT is enabled, preserving
the existing instantiation declaration.
In `@cpp/src/pdlp/solver_settings.cu`:
- Around line 400-403: Update pdlp_solver_settings_t::get_pdlp_warm_start_data
so it no longer promises noexcept while ensure_pdlp_warm_start_data may allocate
and throw; remove the noexcept qualifier and preserve the existing lazy
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| const pdlp_warm_start_data_t<i_t, f_t>& pdlp_solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t>::get_pdlp_warm_start_data() | ||
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| return cpu_pdlp_warm_start_data_; | ||
| return ensure_pdlp_warm_start_data(); |
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Remove noexcept or add a non-allocating presence query. The const accessor lazily constructs pdlp_warm_start_data_t through std::make_shared; its device-vector construction can throw. noexcept then calls std::terminate instead of propagating the error.
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In `@cpp/src/pdlp/solver_settings.cu` around lines 400 - 403, Update
pdlp_solver_settings_t::get_pdlp_warm_start_data so it no longer promises
noexcept while ensure_pdlp_warm_start_data may allocate and throw; remove the
noexcept qualifier and preserve the existing lazy initialization and return
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@coderabbitai Good catch — this was a real regression and I've fixed it. You're right that the device-to-CPU branch was reachable. Fixed as you suggested, with two helpers:
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…nits populate_from_data_model_view() inlined both the GPU and CPU warm-start directions in one if/else. The GPU direction is only reachable when handle != nullptr, but the compiler instantiated both branches into every translation unit that included the header -- dragging convert_to_gpu_warmstart, convert_to_cpu_warmstart and pdlp_warm_start_data_t(view, stream) along with them. Split into three pieces: apply_warmstart_gpu_target() declared here, defined in libcuopt apply_warmstart_cpu_target_with_device() declared here, defined in libcuopt apply_warmstart_cpu_target() host-only, inline selected by a kHostOnly template parameter dispatched with `if constexpr`. The compile-time dispatch is the point: a host-only caller never *instantiates* the GPU branch, so it emits no reference to it. A runtime `if` would still instantiate both and leave the undefined symbols behind. Note the two CPU-target variants. A kHostOnly caller has no device, so it cannot be holding device-resident warm start and the host-only helper suffices. A normal caller passing handle == nullptr *does* have a device (cython_solve.cu:181 does exactly this), so its warm start may be device-resident and needs the D2H convert_to_cpu_warmstart that the with_device variant performs. Collapsing these two into one host-only helper silently drops the caller's warm start. Also moves the trivial warm-start accessors -- which only hand back a reference and allocate nothing -- into solver_settings_accessors.cpp so host-only consumers can resolve them without pulling in the CUDA translation unit. Deliberately NOT included: making solver settings constructible without CUDA. That needs pdlp_warm_start_data_t to stop being a by-value member, and every mechanism for that either breaks the deep-copy semantics settings rely on (they are copied per-solver in run_concurrent and per-batch in batch mode) or requires hand-enumerating every scalar field in a copy constructor. It belongs with the header-separation work, which is already restructuring these types. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Signed-off-by: Ramakrishna Prabhu <ramakrishnap@nvidia.com>
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In `@cpp/src/pdlp/optimization_problem.cu`:
- Around line 1640-1700: Add gtest regression coverage for the warm-start
conversion helpers apply_warmstart_cpu_target_with_device and
apply_warmstart_gpu_target: verify host-view data converts to CPU data,
populated host data converts to GPU data, and populated device data converts
back to CPU data. Use representative warm-start values and assert the resulting
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| // GPU-target warm-start handling, declared in optimization_problem_utils.hpp. | ||
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| // Defined here rather than inline in the header so that CUDA-free consumers of that | ||
| // header (the gRPC client in cuopt_client) never instantiate the device conversions. | ||
| template <typename i_t, typename f_t> | ||
| void apply_warmstart_gpu_target(solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t>* solver_settings, | ||
| const raft::handle_t* handle) | ||
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| auto& pdlp = solver_settings->get_pdlp_settings(); | ||
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| const bool has_view = (solver_settings->get_pdlp_warm_start_data_view() | ||
| .last_restart_duality_gap_dual_solution_.size() > 0); | ||
| const bool has_device_data = pdlp.get_pdlp_warm_start_data().is_populated(); | ||
| const bool has_host_data = pdlp.get_cpu_pdlp_warm_start_data().is_populated(); | ||
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| // Warmstart from Python (spans over cuDF) -> solver needs device_uvectors. | ||
| pdlp_warm_start_data_t<i_t, f_t> warm_start(solver_settings->get_pdlp_warm_start_data_view(), | ||
| handle->get_stream()); | ||
| pdlp.set_pdlp_warm_start_data(warm_start); | ||
| } else if (has_device_data) { | ||
| // Already device-resident from the C++ API: nothing to do. | ||
| } else { | ||
| // Host warmstart -> GPU backend: convert H2D. | ||
| pdlp_warm_start_data_t<i_t, f_t> warm_start = | ||
| convert_to_gpu_warmstart(pdlp.get_cpu_pdlp_warm_start_data(), handle->get_stream()); | ||
| pdlp.set_pdlp_warm_start_data(warm_start); | ||
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| // Null-handle CPU-target warm-start handling for callers that do have a device. | ||
| // | ||
| // Mirrors apply_warmstart_cpu_target() but adds the case that one cannot handle: warm | ||
| // start already sitting in device_uvectors, which needs a D2H copy before a remote solve. | ||
| // Dropping this silently loses a user's warm start on the | ||
| // populate_from_data_model_view(..., handle=nullptr) path (see cython_solve.cu). | ||
| template <typename i_t, typename f_t> | ||
| void apply_warmstart_cpu_target_with_device(solver_settings_t<i_t, f_t>* solver_settings) | ||
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| auto& pdlp = solver_settings->get_pdlp_settings(); | ||
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| if (pdlp.get_cpu_pdlp_warm_start_data().is_populated()) { return; } | ||
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| if (solver_settings->get_pdlp_warm_start_data_view() | ||
| .last_restart_duality_gap_dual_solution_.size() > 0) { | ||
| pdlp.get_cpu_pdlp_warm_start_data() = | ||
| cpu_pdlp_warm_start_data_t<i_t, f_t>(solver_settings->get_pdlp_warm_start_data_view()); | ||
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| // Device-resident warm start -> CPU backend: convert D2H. | ||
| auto& gpu_ws = pdlp.get_pdlp_warm_start_data(); | ||
| if (gpu_ws.is_populated()) { | ||
| pdlp.get_cpu_pdlp_warm_start_data() = | ||
| convert_to_cpu_warmstart(gpu_ws, gpu_ws.current_primal_solution_.stream()); | ||
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Add regression tests for warm-start target conversion.
Add gtest coverage for host-view to CPU conversion, host-data to GPU conversion, and device-data to CPU conversion. This cohort adds these paths but includes no test change.
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In `@cpp/src/pdlp/optimization_problem.cu` around lines 1640 - 1700, Add gtest
regression coverage for the warm-start conversion helpers
apply_warmstart_cpu_target_with_device and apply_warmstart_gpu_target: verify
host-view data converts to CPU data, populated host data converts to GPU data,
and populated device data converts back to CPU data. Use representative
warm-start values and assert the resulting target representation preserves them.
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3 of 4 toward a CUDA-free client library. Stacked on #1802.
This is the subtlest PR of the four — two small changes, each resting on a specific language guarantee. Worth reading closely; that's why it's separated out.
1. Warm-start data behind a
shared_ptrpdlp_solver_settings_theldpdlp_warm_start_data_tby value. That type owns ninermm::device_uvector, and its default constructor is out-of-line in a CUDA TU —device_uvectorhas no default ctor (it needs a stream), and constructing even a zero-size one callscudaGetDevice. So merely constructing settings pulled inlibcuopt.Now held by
shared_ptr, allocated lazily.Why
shared_ptrand notunique_ptr:shared_ptrtype-erases its deleter into the control block at construction, so a host-only TU can copy and destroy the member without the complete type.unique_ptrbakes the deleter into the type, which would just move the problem from the constructor to the destructor.The ~88 device-side uses inside
set_pdlp_warm_start_data()are untouched — a local reference alias keeps that code reading exactly as before.2. Compile-time opt-out of the GPU warm-start path
populate_from_data_model_view()inlined both directions in oneif/else. The GPU branch is only reachable whenhandle != nullptr, but the compiler instantiated both into every TU including the header, dragging inconvert_to_gpu_warmstart,convert_to_cpu_warmstartandpdlp_warm_start_data_t(view, stream).Split into
apply_warmstart_gpu_target()(declared in the header, defined inoptimization_problem.cu) andapply_warmstart_cpu_target()(host-only, inline), selected by akHostOnlytemplate parameter dispatched withif constexpr:Why
if constexprand not a runtimeif: the goal is that a host-only caller never instantiates the GPU branch, so it emits no reference to it. A runtime branch would still instantiate both and leave the undefined symbols. This one change removed 5 of the 6 GPU references from the client.Also moves the warm-start accessors that need no allocation into
solver_settings_accessors.cpp, leaving the CUDA TU with only members that do.Testing
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