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Fix cuda::buffer rvalue initializer-list source lifetime - #11958

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Constructing cuda::buffer or calling its factories with an rvalue initializer list could leave an asynchronous copy reading backing storage after its lifetime ended. Preserve the list's value category through the constructors and factories, and complete source accesses before returning for rvalue lists.

On CUDA 13, use batched memcpy with CU_MEMCPY_SRC_ACCESS_ORDER_DURING_API_CALL for rvalue lists and stream-ordered source access for other copies. On CUDA 12, synchronize the stream after copying a non-empty rvalue list

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  • Documentation

    • Clarified how long initializer-list sources must remain valid when creating buffers. Named lists must stay valid until copying completes; temporary lists are safe to use directly.
    • Documented differences in when copying completes across CUDA Toolkit versions.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved buffer and buffer-factory handling of initializer lists, including empty lists and custom alignment.

Walkthrough

Initializer-list buffer APIs now distinguish lvalue and rvalue sources. Lvalue copies remain stream-ordered; rvalue copies complete source accesses before returning, using CUDA 13 copy attributes or stream synchronization on earlier toolkits. The change covers constructors, buffer factories, pool factories, documentation, and tests.

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Initializer-list buffer lifetimes

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Copy behavior and constructors
libcudacxx/include/cuda/__container/buffer.h, libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/containers/buffer/constructor.cu
Range compatibility excludes initializer lists. Constructors take lvalue lists by const reference and add rvalue overloads. Rvalue copies complete source accesses before returning. Tests cover source lifetimes and empty lists.
Buffer and pool factory overloads
libcudacxx/include/cuda/__container/buffer.h, libcudacxx/include/cuda/__container/make_buffer_with_pool.h, libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/containers/buffer/constructor.cu, docs/libcudacxx/runtime/buffer.rst
make_buffer and the device-, pinned-, and managed-pool factories add distinct lvalue and rvalue overloads. Tests cover named and moved lists. Documentation describes source-lifetime requirements and toolkit-specific behavior.

Suggested reviewers: jacobfaib

Priority: ➖ Normal

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 14e05

Buffer initialization can fail on CUDA 13 when using the legacy default stream. Add a supported copy path for that stream before merging.

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Comment on lines +189 to +190
::cuda::__driver::__memcpyAsyncWithAttributes(
__dest, ::cuda::std::to_address(__first), sizeof(_Tp) * __count, __buf_.stream().get(), __attributes);

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

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important: Add a supported path for the legacy NULL stream.

On CUDA 13 and later, __memcpyAsyncWithAttributes calls cuMemcpyBatchAsync with the supplied stream. This replaces the previous copy path for non-empty copies, including lvalue sources. If stream_ref contains the legacy NULL stream, the driver API rejects that stream. Preserve a fallback that supports the legacy NULL stream before using this batch-copy path.

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1. cuda::buffer attributed memcpy fails in segmented-reduce default tests · 1 job

Explanation: The PR routes every CUDA 13 `buffer::__copy_cross` operation through `cuMemcpyBatchAsync`; both failures occur while constructing a pinned expected buffer from a host vector and throw from that attributed-copy wrapper. This indicates the new path supplies an invalid or unsupported attribute/memory combination, rather than a segmented-reduce computation failure.

Evidence:

  __driver/driver_api.h:316 invalid argument(1): Failed to perform a memcpy
  with attributes
85 - cudax.test.multi_gpu.algorithms.segmented_reduce.range_defaults (Failed)
87 - cudax.test.multi_gpu.algorithms.segmented_reduce.single_comm_defaults (Failed)
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Failure group: cuda::buffer attributed memcpy fails in segmented-reduce default tests
Affected jobs:
- cudax nvcc GCC / DI / [CTK13.3 GCC15 C++23] Test(amd64, T4): sm{75}: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/37864938431/job/113613986260

Narrowly reproduce the CUDA 13.3 failures with the two segmented-reduce default tests or a minimal `cuda::make_buffer` from `std::vector` into `legacy_pinned_memory_resource`. Inspect `buffer::__copy_cross` and the requirements of `cuMemcpyBatchAsync`; preserve the existing `__memcpyAsync` path for ordinary non-ephemeral sources and use source-access-order enforcement only where needed for temporary initializer lists. Ensure ephemeral initializer-list copies work for device, pinned, and managed destinations, adding an appropriate synchronous or legacy-copy fallback if attributed host-to-host copies are unsupported. Implement the fix, add focused coverage for host-vector-to-pinned and rvalue-initializer-list construction, then run the targeted libcudacxx buffer tests and the two failing cudax tests on CUDA 13.

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2. libcudacxx buffer constructor tests fail clang-tidy const-correctness · 1 job

Explanation: The newly added named-initializer-list tests declare variables that are never modified, and clang-tidy treats `misc-const-correctness` findings as errors. The log also reports the same issue for the pinned-buffer `input` declaration at line 773.

Evidence:

/home/coder/cccl/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/containers/buffer/constructor.cu:262:7: error: variable 'input' of type 'cuda::std::initializer_list<T>' (aka 'cuda::std::initializer_list<int>') can be declared 'const' [misc-const-correctness,-warnings-as-errors]
/home/coder/cccl/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/containers/buffer/constructor.cu:263:7: error: variable 'buf' of type 'Buffer' (aka 'cuda::buffer<int, cuda::mr::host_accessible>') can be declared 'const' [misc-const-correctness,-warnings-as-errors]
/home/coder/cccl/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/containers/buffer/constructor.cu:656:5: error: variable 'input' of type 'cuda::std::initializer_list<int>' can be declared 'const' [misc-const-correctness,-warnings-as-errors]
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Failure group: libcudacxx buffer constructor tests fail clang-tidy const-correctness
Affected jobs:
- clang-tidy ClangCUDA / [CTK12.9 Clang22 C++17] Build(amd64): sm{75}: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/37864938431/job/113609475665

Verify the clang-tidy diagnostics in `libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/containers/buffer/constructor.cu`. Mark the named initializer-list variables at the reported locations as `const`, and mark the local `Buffer buf` at the reported location as `const`; preserve the intended lvalue initializer-list overload coverage. Check analogous new sections for the same pattern, implement the minimal test-only fix, and run clang-tidy narrowly on this constructor test followed by the targeted libcudacxx test.

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3. cuOpt fails against RMM 26.12 stream API · 1 job

Explanation: The optional third-party build checks out cuOpt main while resolving an RMM 26.12 development API, but cuOpt still references removed `rmm::cuda_stream_default` and `cuda_stream::view()` interfaces. The PR does not modify these APIs, so this is an external moving-dependency incompatibility rather than a failure caused by the buffer changes.

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/home/coder/cuopt/cpp/src/grpc/server/grpc_worker.cpp:100:30: error: 'cuda_stream_default' is not a member of 'rmm'
/home/coder/cuopt/cpp/src/pdlp/distributed_pdlp/distributed_algorithms.cu(373): error: class "rmm::_RMM_26_12::cuda_stream" has no member "view"
11 errors detected in the compilation of "/home/coder/cuopt/cpp/src/mip_heuristics/feasibility_jump/feasibility_jump.cu".
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Failure group: cuOpt fails against RMM 26.12 stream API
Affected jobs:
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / cuopt: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/37864938431/job/113609531195

Reproduce the cuOpt-only RAPIDS build and inspect the current RMM 26.12 stream API. Update cuOpt call sites to use the supported default-stream representation and pass the current stream/view type directly instead of calling the removed `.view()` method; if the compatible cuOpt change already exists, update or pin the CI dependency revision accordingly. Avoid hiding the problem with unrelated CCCL changes. Build cuOpt narrowly against the same RMM and CUDA 13.3 dependency set, then rerun the optional cuOpt integration job.

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We should generalize using borrowed_range instead of treating initializer_list specially

Comment on lines +137 to +139
// Initializer lists must use the overloads that account for the source lifetime.
return ::cuda::std::ranges::__container_compatible_range<_Range, _Tp>
&& !::cuda::std::is_same_v<::cuda::std::decay_t<_Range>, ::cuda::std::initializer_list<_Tp>>;

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We can generalize this

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// Initializer lists must use the overloads that account for the source lifetime.
return ::cuda::std::ranges::__container_compatible_range<_Range, _Tp>
&& !::cuda::std::is_same_v<::cuda::std::decay_t<_Range>, ::cuda::std::initializer_list<_Tp>>;
return ::cuda::std::ranges::__container_compatible_range<_Range, _Tp>
&& ::cuda::std::ranges::borrowed_range<_Range>;

(https://cppreference.com/cpp/ranges/borrowed_range)

buffer(..., std::vector<int>{1, 2, 3}) is just as big of an oopsie as buffer(..., {1, 2, 3}).

_CCCL_HOST_API buffer(::cuda::stream_ref __stream,
_Resource&& __resource,
::cuda::std::initializer_list<_Tp> __ilist,
const ::cuda::std::initializer_list<_Tp>& __ilist,

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const ::cuda::std::initializer_list<_Tp>& __ilist,
::cuda::std::initializer_list<_Tp> __ilist,

We should not treat const initializer_list<_Tp> any differently. The user can just as well write

{
  auto ilist = {1, 2, 3};
  buffer(..., ilist);
}

and we would be none the wiser.

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I'd argue this is just user's responsibility to either synchronize at the end of the block or extend the lifetime of ilist as appropriate.

@@ -325,6 +339,33 @@ class buffer
this->__copy_cross(__ilist.begin(), __ilist.end(), __unwrapped_begin(), __buf_.size());

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this->__copy_cross(__ilist.begin(), __ilist.end(), __unwrapped_begin(), __buf_.size());
this->__copy_cross(__ilist.begin(), __ilist.end(), __unwrapped_begin(), __buf_.size(), /*__ephemeral=*/true);

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Please open a follow-up issue to address borrowed ranges. Then we can get rid of the initializer_list overload entirely and just rely on ranges.

__buffer_compatible_env<_Env>)
buffer<_Tp, _FirstProperty, _RestProperties...>
make_buffer(stream_ref __stream, _Resource&& __mr, ::cuda::std::initializer_list<_Tp> __ilist, const _Env& __env = {})
_CCCL_HOST_API buffer<_Tp, _FirstProperty, _RestProperties...> make_buffer(

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_CCCL_HOST_API buffer<_Tp, _FirstProperty, _RestProperties...> make_buffer(
[[nodiscard]] _CCCL_HOST_API buffer<_Tp, _FirstProperty, _RestProperties...> make_buffer(

(and elsewhere)

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