Select batched memcpy flags by copy size - #23675
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WalkthroughThe batch copy implementation now selects CUDA flags by transfer size. Copies up to 128 KiB prefer overlap with compute. Batches containing larger copies use default flags. The API documentation reflects this behavior. ChangesCUDA batch copy flags
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The change selects memcpy flags based on batch copy sizes. Direct threshold and mixed-batch validation, along with performance measurements, remain advisable, so the PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@cpp/src/utilities/cuda_memcpy.cu`:
- Around line 95-102: Add direct CUDA 13+ tests for memcpy_batch_async using a
non-default stream, covering all-small, 128*1024, 128*1024+1, and mixed-size
batches; verify the mixed case uses cudaMemcpyFlagDefault. Add benchmarks
covering small-only and large-containing batches, measuring execution time
rather than asserting performance because the flag is only a CUDA hint.
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| auto const flags = | ||
| std::ranges::any_of(std::ranges::views::iota(std::size_t{0}, count), | ||
| [&](auto i) { return sizes[i] > prefer_overlap_threshold; }) | ||
| ? cudaMemcpyFlagDefault | ||
| : cudaMemcpyFlagPreferOverlapWithCompute; | ||
| cudaMemcpyAttributes attrs = {.srcAccessOrder = cudaMemcpySrcAccessOrderStream, .flags = flags}; | ||
| std::size_t attrs_idx = 0; | ||
| return cudaMemcpyBatchAsync(dsts, srcs, sizes, count, &attrs, &attrs_idx, 1, stream.value()); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
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-e 'cudaMemcpyFlag(Default|PreferOverlapWithCompute)' \
-e 'prefer_overlap_threshold' \
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git ls-files | rg -i '(cuda_memcpy|memcpy.*batch|batch.*memcpy|benchmark|test)' | head -200
printf '%s\n' '--- references outside implementation and header ---'
rg -n -C 3 \
-e 'memcpy_batch_async' \
-e 'prefer_overlap_threshold' \
-e 'cudaMemcpyFlag(Default|PreferOverlapWithCompute)' \
--glob '!cpp/src/utilities/cuda_memcpy.cu' \
--glob '!cpp/include/cudf/detail/utilities/cuda_memcpy.hpp' \
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CUDA Runtime API cudaMemcpyBatchAsync attrsIdx parameter semantics numAttrs
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In the CUDA Runtime API, the cudaMemcpyBatchAsync function allows for optimized asynchronous batch memory copies using the attrs, attrsIdxs, and numAttrs parameters to apply specific memory copy attributes (e.g., location hints, access ordering) to subsets of the batch [1][2][3]. The semantics of these parameters are as follows: - attrsIdxs: This is an array of indices used to specify which copy operations in the batch each entry in the attrs array applies to [4][5]. Specifically, the attributes provided in attrs[k] are applied to all copies starting from the index specified in attrsIdxs[k] up to attrsIdxs[k+1] - 1 [5]. - numAttrs: This parameter specifies the number of entries present in both the attrs and attrsIdxs arrays [4]. - Final Range: The last attribute set, attrs[numAttrs-1], applies to all copies starting from attrsIdxs[numAttrs-1] through the end of the batch (count - 1) [5]. Essentially, attrsIdxs serves as a map that defines the boundaries of segments within the batch, where each segment is governed by the corresponding attribute set found at the same index in the attrs array [1]. For example, if you have a homogeneous batch where all copies share the same attributes, you would typically set numAttrs to 1 and attrsIdxs to an array containing a single element, 0 [1]. If the batch requires different attributes for different segments, attrsIdxs must contain the starting index for each distinct attribute configuration [1].
Citations:
- 1: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-programming-guide/03-advanced/advanced-host-programming.html
- 2: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/archive/13.0.0/cuda-runtime-api/group__CUDART__HIGHLEVEL.html
- 3: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-runtime-api/group__CUDART__HIGHLEVEL.html
- 4: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/developer-preview/13.4/cuda-runtime-api/cuda_runtime_api/structcudaMemcpyBatchNodeParams.html
- 5: Use cudaMemcpyBatchAsync #20800
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threshold = 128 * 1024
def selected_flag(sizes):
return "cudaMemcpyFlagDefault" if any(size > threshold for size in sizes) \
else "cudaMemcpyFlagPreferOverlapWithCompute"
cases = {
"all-small": [1, threshold - 1],
"exact-threshold": [threshold],
"above-threshold": [threshold + 1],
"mixed": [1, threshold + 1, threshold],
}
for name, sizes in cases.items():
print(name, selected_flag(sizes))
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Add direct tests and a benchmark for memcpy_batch_async.
cpp/tests/utilities_tests/batched_memcpy_tests.cu tests the separate CUB batched_memcpy_async API. Add direct memcpy_batch_async tests for all-small, 128 * 1024, 128 * 1024 + 1, and mixed batches on CUDA 13+ with a non-default stream. Assert the mixed batch selects cudaMemcpyFlagDefault. Add a benchmark for small-only and large-containing batches. Measure timings because the flag is only a CUDA hint.
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In `@cpp/src/utilities/cuda_memcpy.cu` around lines 95 - 102, Add direct CUDA 13+
tests for memcpy_batch_async using a non-default stream, covering all-small,
128*1024, 128*1024+1, and mixed-size batches; verify the mixed case uses
cudaMemcpyFlagDefault. Add benchmarks covering small-only and large-containing
batches, measuring execution time rather than asserting performance because the
flag is only a CUDA hint.
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Description
Closes #23674.
Use
cudaMemcpyFlagPreferOverlapWithComputefor acudaMemcpyBatchAsyncbatch only when every copy is 128 KiB or less. If any copy is larger, usecudaMemcpyFlagDefaultfor the entire batch.Checklist