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[python-package] Reject numpy masked arrays instead of silently corrupting data - #12636
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DMatrix and QuantileDMatrix construction from a numpy.ma.MaskedArray with
masked elements (as X, label, weight, or base_margin) reads the underlying
raw buffer, including whatever fill values sit at masked positions, and
treats it as ordinary valid data. No error and no missing-value handling
occur.
_meta_from_numpy already tries to reject masked arrays by checking
data.__array_interface__.get("mask"), but numpy.ma.MaskedArray never puts a
"mask" key in its __array_interface__ (that interface only describes the
underlying data buffer), so the check never fires. _from_numpy_array, used
for the main feature matrix of a classic DMatrix, and _proxy_transform,
used for the main feature matrix of a QuantileDMatrix (including its
DataIter/external-memory path), have no such check at all.
Use numpy.ma.is_masked() in all three functions to raise
"Masked array is not supported." whenever an array actually has masked
elements, instead of silently ingesting the fill values as real data. A
MaskedArray with nothing masked carries no corruption risk and is still
accepted like a plain array.
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🟡 Minor · Reject masked values before converting list and tuple inputs. · data.py:1252-1268
python-package/xgboost/data.py:1252-1268
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winReject masked values before converting list and tuple inputs.
The support matrix marks
listas supported through NumPy conversion. A list of masked NumPy rows therefore reaches_from_list.np.array(data)removes the mask before_from_numpy_arrayperforms the masked-input check. The underlying value can then enter DMatrix construction.The metadata and proxy list/tuple paths perform the same conversion before validation. Apply one mask-preserving check before all three conversions.
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+def _check_masked_list(data: Sequence) -> None: + if np.ma.is_masked(np.ma.asarray(data)): + raise ValueError("Masked array is not supported.") + + def _from_list( @@ ) -> DispatchedDataBackendReturnType: + _check_masked_list(data) array = np.array(data) @@ def _meta_from_list( data: Sequence, field: str, dtype: Optional[NumpyDType], handle: ctypes.c_void_p ) -> None: + _check_masked_list(data) data_np = np.array(data) @@ if _is_list(data) or _is_tuple(data): + _check_masked_list(data) data = np.array(data)🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Around line 1252-1268: Add a shared mask-preserving validation helper and call
it before converting list or tuple inputs in _from_list, the metadata list
conversion path, and the proxy list/tuple conversion path. Reject masked values
before np.array can discard their mask.
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maybe the check could be done inside the _ensure_np_dtype?
Move masked-array rejection into _ensure_np_dtype and remove the repeated checks from the data adapters. Cover dtype conversion, metadata, unmasked inputs, and inplace prediction.
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Users who pass a
numpy.ma.MaskedArraywith masked elements asX,label,weight, orbase_margintoDMatrixorQuantileDMatrixget a model trained silently on whatever raw fill values sit behind the mask, with no error and no missing-value handling._meta_from_numpy(python-package/xgboost/data.py) tries to reject masked arrays withdata.__array_interface__.get("mask"), butnumpy.ma.MaskedArray.__array_interface__never contains a"mask"key (it only describes the underlying data buffer), so the check never fires._from_numpy_array(the main feature matrix for a classicDMatrix) and_proxy_transform(the main feature matrix forQuantileDMatrix, including itsDataIter/external-memory path) have no such check at all.On master (f9bdf8f):
The masked
999999.0sentinels are used as real data in both cases;DMatrix.num_nonmissing()reports all 8 entries as present, andQuantileDMatrixeven mixes the sentinel into its quantile binning of the neighboring valid value. The same happens forlabel:This fix checks
numpy.ma.is_masked(data)in_from_numpy_array,_meta_from_numpy, and_proxy_transform, and raisesValueError("Masked array is not supported.")consistently in all three whenever an array actually has masked elements, matching the error the meta-info path already intended to raise but never did. After the fix,DMatrix(X),DMatrix(X2, label=y), andQuantileDMatrix(X)all raise thatValueErrorinstead of training on masked-out fill values, for both single-batch andDataIter-based (external-memory) construction. AMaskedArraywith nothing actually masked (numpy.ma.is_maskedreturnsFalse) carries no corruption risk and is still accepted like a plain array.test_dmatrix_numpy_masked_arrayintests/python/test_dmatrix.pycovers a maskedX, a maskedlabel, and an unmaskedMaskedArrayonDMatrix;test_masked_arrayintests/python/test_quantile_dmatrix.pycovers a maskedXonQuantileDMatrix. With the threeis_maskedchecks reverted, both new tests fail (DID NOT RAISE ValueError); the rest of both files (54 cases total) pass before and after.