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Closes #12367

io::detail::make_column consumed a column_buffer (moving its contents out) while taking it as an lvalue reference, so callers were free to keep using a drained buffer with nothing but a comment to warn them. This PR makes the consumption explicit by turning the conversion into an rvalue-qualified member of column_buffer_base, so every call site must spell std::move(buffer).make_column(...).

  • The free function io::detail::make_column and its friend declaration are removed; the recursive construction logic itself is unchanged and all readers behave identically.
  • Call sites updated in the CSV, AVRO, ORC, Parquet, and experimental hybrid-scan readers.
  • The CSV reader now hoists the schema_info name-emplacement loop above column creation, because that loop read buffer names after the conversion drained them.
  • New gtest InlineBufferRvalueMakeColumn in cpp/tests/io/column_buffer_test.cpp covers the rvalue API on inline_column_buffer for fixed-width and nullable columns.

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The io::detail::make_column free function moved the contents out of a
column_buffer while taking it as an lvalue reference, leaving callers free
to keep using a drained buffer. Issue NVIDIA#12367 asks for that consumption to
be visible instead of implicit.

The function is now an rvalue-qualified member of column_buffer_base, so
call sites must spell std::move(buffer).make_column(...). The recursive
construction logic is unchanged and every reader behaves identically:
the CSV reader hoists the schema_info name-emplacement loop above column
creation because that loop read buffer names after the conversion. The
free-function declaration and friend declaration are removed.

A new gtest covers the rvalue API on inline_column_buffer with fixed-width
and nullable columns.

Test Plan:
  nvcc -c syntax compile against libcudf 26.10.00a302 headers (CCCL 3.6,
  cuCollections pinned by cpp/cmake) of every touched translation unit:
  column_buffer.cpp, csv/reader_impl.cu, avro/reader_impl.cu,
  orc/reader_impl_decode.cu, parquet/reader_impl.cpp,
  parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan_impl.cpp, tests/io/column_buffer_test.cpp;
  all pass.
  clang-format --dry-run --Werror on all touched C++ files: pass.
  Repo-wide grep: zero remaining references to the removed free function.
  Full gtest run requires a full local libcudf build; not run here.
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  • Improvements

    • Improved column construction across Avro, CSV, ORC, and Parquet readers.
    • Preserved column names, schema information, nullability, and metadata during reads.
    • Improved transfer of buffered data into output columns for more consistent results.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of fixed-width and nullable columns, including null masks and null counts.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for asynchronous data transfers and validating resulting column values.

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The column buffer conversion API now uses an rvalue-qualified member method. Avro, CSV, ORC, and Parquet readers use the consuming API. Tests cover fixed-width and nullable conversions.

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Column buffer consumption

Layer / File(s) Summary
Consuming column construction API
cpp/src/io/utilities/column_buffer.hpp, cpp/src/io/utilities/column_buffer.cpp
make_column is now an rvalue-qualified member method. The implementation and exported explicit instantiations use the consuming member API.
IO reader integration
cpp/src/io/avro/reader_impl.cu, cpp/src/io/csv/reader_impl.cu, cpp/src/io/orc/reader_impl_decode.cu, cpp/src/io/parquet/...
IO readers move column buffers into make_column while preserving metadata and schema handling. The hybrid scan implementation also removes secondary_filters_byte_ranges.
Conversion behavior tests
cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt, cpp/tests/io/column_buffer_test.cpp
Added tests for fixed-width and nullable column construction from rvalue buffers. The tests cover validity masks and null counts.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 19238

The PR makes column-buffer consumption explicit and updates affected readers, including moving CSV schema-name access before buffers are drained. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 10.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 10 functions across 8 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: requiring explicit invalidation of io::detail::column_buffer objects during conversion to columns.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the rvalue-qualified make_column API, updated call sites, CSV adjustment, and added tests.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #12367 by replacing the consuming free function with an rvalue-qualified column_buffer_base::make_column member and updating all identified call sites to use std::move.
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In `@cpp/src/io/csv/reader_impl.cu`:
- Line 1007: Capture each unquoted string buffer’s name into
metadata.schema_info before the parallel string-processing tasks consume the
buffers, then construct the output columns as before. Update the logic around
out_columns and the later out_buffers[i].name reads so schema names no longer
depend on moved-from buffers.

In `@cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Line 319: Add benchmark coverage for make_column alongside COLUMN_BUFFER_TEST,
including fixed-width and nullable buffer conversion cases; follow the existing
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This change looks good, thanks!

@vyasr vyasr added improvement Improvement / enhancement to an existing function non-breaking Non-breaking change labels Aug 28, 2026
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/ok to test

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/ok to test 685263e

The new COLUMN_BUFFER_TEST links against libcudf.so, which compiles with
hidden visibility. The rvalue make_column, create, and create_with_mask
member instantiations were hidden, so the test failed to link with
undefined references. Add explicit member instantiations marked with
CUDF_EXPORT so the test can resolve them, following the same pattern
used for the aggregation factories.
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CI's conda-cpp-build failures came from a link error in the new COLUMN_BUFFER_TEST: the create, create_with_mask, and rvalue make_column instantiations of column_buffer_base<inline_column_buffer> were compiled into libcudf.so with hidden visibility (the library sets CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden), so the test could not resolve them. Fixed in 57da537 by adding explicit per-member instantiations marked with CUDF_EXPORT, the same pattern used by the aggregation factories in cpp/src/aggregation/aggregation.cpp.

Verified locally against the nightly conda libs in a CUDA 12.9 container: building column_buffer.cpp + column_buffer_strings.cu with -fvisibility=hidden reproduces the exact undefined references from CI with the old code, and with the fix the symbols appear in .dynsym, the test binary links, and both the fixed-width and nullable cases run on GPU and pass (data 1 2 3 4, null_count 1). clang-format --dry-run --Werror passes.

Could you run /ok to test on 57da537?

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What was the rationale for expanding the symbol exposure to also include the create* APIs that weren't originally part of the PR's scope?

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The new COLUMN_BUFFER_TEST exercises the buffer lifecycle end to end: it calls create/create_with_mask to allocate the buffer, then the rvalue make_column to consume it, so the create* members are part of what the test references. Their definitions are out-of-line in column_buffer.cpp (not the header), so the test object file cannot instantiate them implicitly and the references must resolve against exported symbols from libcudf.so. Since the library compiles with hidden visibility, only the minimal set of members the test object actually references was exported: the two create overloads, create_with_mask, and rvalue make_column, for both buffer policies. Nothing else was widened. If you would rather keep the exported surface to make_column alone, the test could drop the create* calls and prefill the buffers differently, but then the tests would no longer cover the buffer-construction path that feeds make_column in the real readers.

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/ok to test d0a4123

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@VaggelisGian looks like the instantiations you added are duplicates.

The CUDF_EXPORT per-member instantiations already cover every member
referenced from other translation units and by the unit test. Keeping
the full-class instantiations alongside them is a duplicate explicit
instantiation, which clang rejects. Remove the class instantiations;
the per-member ones are sufficient for the library and the test.
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The cpp-linters failure on d0a4123 was a duplicate explicit instantiation: clang rejects the full-class template class column_buffer_base<...>; instantiations now that the per-member CUDF_EXPORT instantiations exist (gcc accepts the redundancy, clang does not). Fixed in 1923867 by dropping the class instantiations; the per-member ones cover every member referenced from other translation units and by the test. Verified locally: clang++ -fsyntax-only is clean on column_buffer.cpp, and the g++ visibility harness still exports the members and runs both test cases on GPU (COLBUF_LINK_TEST_PASS).

Could you run /ok to test on 1923867?

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