fix: keep host sources alive for async route-view copies (#1756)

[ramakrishnap-nv]

Description

Fixes#1756 — test_batch_solve_varying_sizes aborted with a device-side block_copy assert on CUDA 13.3.

rmm::device_uvector::set_element_async does not synchronize; the host source must stay valid until the stream is synced (device_uvector.hpp:200-207). Four sites in solution.cu copied a route view_t from a stack local that died each loop iteration, two of them without ever syncing. Since the whole view_t is copied, a dead source corrupts the span size and the pointers together — hence both the assert and the cudaErrorIllegalAddress seen in CI.

Each site now stages its host sources in a vector reserved up front, so the staging outlives the copy.

Also removes the CUDA 13.3 skip, since the test passes again.

Note: only pull-request builds set DEFINE_ASSERT, so nightly and released builds were doing this out-of-bounds copy silently.

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Pushed diagnostics (8ad0cd01). All three are under ASSERT_MODE, so they are active in PR wheel and conda builds and compile away in nightly/release. All temporary — revert before merge.

1. cuda_helpers.cuh — at the failing block_copy: prints dst/src/size plus gridDim/blockDim/blockIdx. gridDim discriminates the remaining 256-thread candidates (execute_sliding_move launches with gridDim = n_routes = 1 here; find_insertions_kernel with many more).
2. route.cuhcopy_from — prints destination capacity, both n_nodes values and route/vehicle ids, separating "buffer sized for a smaller problem" from "source n_nodes is garbage".
3. solution.cuadd_routes — verifies the n_nodes/route_id written via set_value_async actually landed. Placed aftersync_stream() on purpose: checking immediately after the write would force the copy to complete while the host source was still alive and mask the problem.

Working hypothesis

add_routes has three host sources of async copies that outlive their safety window:

• n_nodes (solution.cu:147) — stack local, destroyed at the end of each loop iteration
• route_id (solution.cu:149) — mutated by ++route_id before the sync
• node_info_h (solution.cu:137) — std::vector destroyed each iteration, source of the raft::copy at :143

All are safe under cudaMemcpyAsync, which stages small pageable copies before returning. None are safe if the runtime defers the host read — and #1753 established that rmm changed exactly this dispatch on CUDA 13 (rapidsai/rmm#2511 → cudaMemcpyBatchAsync). RMM itself deletes the rvalue overload of set_value_async for precisely this hazard (device_scalar.hpp:199-201).

A garbage n_nodes gives size = *n_nodes + 1 far exceeding the 64-element (base_route_size) route buffer, which is the assert we see.

Unexplained gap:#1753 described the rmm dispatch as CUDA-13-wide, yet 13.0.3 passes and 13.3.0 fails. If the prints confirm corruption, that still needs accounting for.

Prior results

• -n 2 (run 32413945833): all three 13.3.0 jobs still failed → worker contention is not the trigger. Reverted.
• Local sm_75 + CUDA 13.3.73 + asserts: not reproducible. Full suite 129 passed, 0 undersized; batch solve 5/5 clean. A local trace shows the suspect kernel runs 6846×/solve at gridDim.x=1 blockDim.x=256 (matching the CI signature) without ever overflowing — so the path is reached on Turing, it just does not misbehave there.

Correction to the issue

#1756 states conda builds never set DEFINE_ASSERT. conda/recipes/libcuopt/recipe.yaml:40 sets -a --host-lineinfo for build_type == pull-request, and conda-python-tests / 13.3.0 … rtxpro6000 fails with the same assert. The real split is pull-request vs nightly, not wheel vs conda. The silent-corruption concern still stands for nightly and released artifacts.

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Route-view publication now accepts bounded ranges and uses reusable host staging with synchronized device copies. Route operations publish only affected views where possible. The batch solve test no longer skips CUDA 13.3.

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Route-view publication

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Bounded route-view publication cpp/src/routing/solution/solution.cuh, cpp/src/routing/solution/solution.cu	set_route_views accepts [start, end) bounds, stages only the selected views, copies them to the matching device offset, and synchronizes before staging reuse.
Route operation integration cpp/src/routing/solution/solution.cu	Route addition, bulk addition, resizing, and device-solution copying publish affected route ranges. Bulk addition stages scalar metadata without the compile-time NodeInfo requirement.
Batch solve test update python/cuopt/cuopt/tests/routing/test_batch_solve.py	The test removes unused imports and the CUDA 13.3-specific skip condition.

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The change keeps host-backed route views alive for asynchronous GPU copies and removes the CUDA 13.3 test skip, addressing the reported crash path. A bounded publication path still performs a full synchronized publication when route storage grows, so the intended performance improvement is not fully realized; this is a non-blocking follow-up for owner awareness.

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Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes address issue #1756 by staging host route views, republishing affected views, and restoring the previously skipped test.
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cpp/src/routing/solution/solution.cu (1)

294-316: 🧹 Nitpick | 🔵 Trivial

Correctness of the centralized publish path confirmed; flag the republish cost for profiling.

Using a persistent h_routes_view member and synchronizing before return correctly closes the host-lifetime hazard: the host source of the copy must stay valid until the stream has actually read it, and reusing a member buffer across calls requires the prior copy to have completed before this call overwrites it. The sync_stream() call here is load-bearing, not incidental overkill.

The cost of this fix is that every call republishes views for all routes in routes (not only the ones that changed) and fully synchronizes the stream. set_route_views() is invoked from add_route (once per call), from inside add_routes' per-route resize branch (potentially multiple times per call), from resize_routes when any route resizes, from check_and_allocate_routes when the fleet grows, and from copy_device_solution. If any of these are called repeatedly in a hot loop (for example, one route at a time via add_route during GES-style route insertion/removal), the O(n_routes) republish plus full stream synchronization on each call could become a measurable overhead relative to the previous per-route update.

Please confirm whether add_route (and the per-iteration resize_routes path inside add_routes) is called in a loop over many routes in hot solver paths, and if so, consider whether a profiling pass is warranted to size the impact of this correctness fix on throughput.

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In `@cpp/src/routing/solution/solution.cu` around lines 294 - 316, Profile the
centralized set_route_views path, focusing on repeated add_route calls and the
per-route resize_routes path within add_routes, to measure the O(n_routes)
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In `@cpp/src/routing/solution/solution.cu`:
- Around line 294-316: Profile the centralized set_route_views path, focusing on
repeated add_route calls and the per-route resize_routes path within add_routes,
to measure the O(n_routes) republish and sync_stream overhead in hot solver
loops. Preserve the existing correctness synchronization while using the results
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[akifcorduk]

I don't think we need that. NodeInfo is the same for the solve.

[ramakrishnap-nv]

Agreed, removed.

[akifcorduk]

I am not sure why this is necessary, it should be equivalent as before. PR description writes that set_element_async does not sync but we are synchronizing few lines later.

[ramakrishnap-nv]

You're right, and I checked before changing it back: in the original, route_view was a function-scope local and the sync_stream() at the end of add_route ran before it went out of scope, so that site was already safe. I changed it while centralizing publication without needing to. Now uses set_route_views(route_id, route_id + 1) per your range suggestion below, so it is O(1) as before and still goes through the single path.

[akifcorduk]

I am worried about this synchronization. I think we can remove that, I expect the call sites handle the synchronization pretty well. It was not synhronized before, it shouldn't be synchonized now.

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I'd like to push back on this one, or at least lay out why I think it is load-bearing.

The unsynchronized version is what caused #1756. Without a sync inside set_route_views, the host source has to outlive the copy, which is why the staging moved to a member buffer. That leaves exactly one hazard: a second publish overwriting the buffer while the first copy is still pending. It is reachable in add_route:

set_route_views(route_id, route_id + 1); // copy A enqueued, reads h_routes_viewif (max_nodes_per_route < ...) resize_routes(...); // republishes -> overwrites h_routes_view

With the sync removed, resize_routes can overwrite the staging before copy A executes. Copy A would then publish the post-resize view, i.e. a pointer to a buffer whose stream-ordered allocation has not run yet. Any kernel between the two dereferences it. Same failure class as the original bug, just narrower.

On "the call sites handle the synchronization pretty well" -- that was the assumption that did not hold. rmm sets srcAccessOrder = cudaMemcpySrcAccessOrderStream on CUDA 13 (rapidsai/rmm#2511), so the host bytes are read when the copy runs, not when it is enqueued. Before that change cudaMemcpyAsync staged small pageable copies during the API call, which is why the old code worked for years despite being UB by contract.

That said, your perf concern is fair and I do not want a blocking sync in a hot path either. The principled way to get both is to record a cudaEvent after the copy and wait on it only before reusing the staging buffer. In steady state the event is long complete so it costs nothing, and correctness stops depending on call-site discipline. Happy to implement that instead if you prefer.

Two mitigations already in place: resize_routes only republishes when something actually resized, and with the range argument each publish is now bounded, so this is not per-iteration of the solver. I have not profiled it though, and CodeRabbit asked for exactly that -- if you would rather I measure before we decide, I can.

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@akifcorduk What is your suggestion on this #1759 (comment)

[akifcorduk]

okay makes sense. we can keep it.

[akifcorduk]

Instead of doing full set_route_views, I would pass an argument of range, which is otherwise defaulted to 0 and n_routes

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Adopted. set_route_views(i_t start = 0, i_t end = -1), with end < 0 meaning routes.size(). Call sites now publish only what changed: add_route -> [route_id, route_id+1), add_routes -> [prev_route_size, n_routes), and the copy_routes feeder -> [n_routes, src_sol.n_routes). This also addresses the CodeRabbit note about O(n_routes) republish.

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cpp/src/routing/solution/solution.cuh (1)

669-672: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make h_routes_view private.

h_routes_view is internal state for set_route_views. External code can modify this staging storage without using the publication contract. Place this member in a private: section.

As per coding guidelines: “keep data members private.”

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In `@cpp/src/routing/solution/solution.cu`:
- Line 99: Separate route allocation from route-view publication by removing
publication and synchronization from check_and_allocate_routes(). Preserve
explicit publication required by set_initial_nodes(), and retain the bounded
publications in add_route(), add_routes(), and copy_device_solution(); update
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In `@cpp/src/routing/solution/solution.cuh`:
- Around line 669-672: Make the h_routes_view data member private by placing it
under a private: section in the surrounding class, while preserving its existing
use by set_route_views and related internal publication paths.

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Applied the h_routes_view private nitpick in b0b31ce.

On separating allocation from publication in check_and_allocate_routes(): the observation is fair, but that set_route_views() call predates this PR -- it is already on main. What this PR changed is that it now synchronizes.

It is worth doing. Three of the four callers (add_route, add_routes, and the copy_routes feeder) now publish their own bounded range after allocating, so the full publish inside check_and_allocate_routes is redundant work plus a sync, and removing it would cut the sync count -- which is the concern raised separately in this review.

I am not doing it in this PR though. It changes allocation/publication semantics that predate the fix, and its safety depends on every caller's bounded publish covering exactly the newly allocated range. add_route publishes [route_id, route_id+1) while check_and_allocate_routes can allocate more than one route, so that invariant is not obviously true on all paths. Getting it wrong reintroduces "kernel reads an unpublished view", the same failure class as #1756, on a change that is currently verified green on the hardware that reproduces it.

Happy to do it as a follow-up where it can be reasoned about and profiled properly. It may also become moot depending on how the synchronization thread resolves -- the event-guarded reuse I proposed there removes the blocking sync at the source.

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