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[FEA] Drop Obsolete cudf::filter API #23934

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Remove filter APIs
lamarrr Sep 2, 2026
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Merge branch 'main' into filter-api-drop
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Refactor filter benchmark to use std::array for transform output and …
lamarrr Sep 3, 2026
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Remove deprecated filter function and related imports from stream_com…
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Fix formatting in BM_filter_min_max benchmark function
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion cpp/CMakeLists.txt
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Expand Up @@ -1034,7 +1034,6 @@ add_library(
src/stream_compaction/distinct_helpers_nested_nan_unequal_ordered.cu
src/stream_compaction/drop_nans.cu
src/stream_compaction/drop_nulls.cu
src/stream_compaction/filter/filter.cu
src/stream_compaction/stable_distinct.cu
src/stream_compaction/unique.cu
src/strings/attributes.cu
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32 changes: 19 additions & 13 deletions cpp/benchmarks/filter/minmax_filter.cpp
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#include <nvbench/nvbench.cuh>
#include <nvbench/types.cuh>

#include <array>
#include <concepts>
#include <vector>

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auto const mem_stats_logger = cudf::memory_stats_logger();
state.exec(nvbench::exec_tag::sync, [&](nvbench::launch& launch) {
auto stream = launch.get_stream().get_stream();
auto mr = cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref();
auto stream = launch.get_stream().get_stream();
auto mr = cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref();
auto filter_table = cudf::table_view{filter_column_views};

switch (engine) {
case engine_type::AST: {
auto predicate_table = cudf::table_view{{predicate_column->view()}};
auto filter_table = cudf::table_view{filter_column_views};
auto const filter_boolean = cudf::compute_column(predicate_table, tree.back(), stream, mr);
auto const result =
cudf::apply_retention_mask(filter_table, filter_boolean->view(), stream, mr);
} break;
case engine_type::JIT: {
cudf::filter_input predicate_inputs[] = {
cudf::transform_input predicate_inputs[] = {
predicate_column->view(),
cudf::scalar_column_view(min_scalar_column->view()),
cudf::scalar_column_view(max_scalar_column->view())};
auto result = cudf::filter_extended(predicate_inputs,
udf,
filter_column_views,
cudf::udf_source_type::CUDA,
std::nullopt,
cudf::null_aware::NO,
cudf::output_nullability::PRESERVE,
stream,
mr);
cudf::transform_output outputs[] = {cudf::transform_output{
cudf::data_type{cudf::type_to_id<bool>()}, cudf::output_nullability::PRESERVE}};
auto const filter_boolean = cudf::transform(udf,
cudf::udf_source_type::CUDA,
cudf::null_aware::NO,
std::nullopt,
predicate_inputs,
outputs,
{},
std::nullopt,
stream,
mr);
auto const result =
cudf::apply_retention_mask(filter_table, filter_boolean->view().column(0), stream, mr);
} break;
default: CUDF_UNREACHABLE("Unrecognised engine type requested");
}
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130 changes: 0 additions & 130 deletions cpp/include/cudf/stream_compaction.hpp
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#pragma once

#include <cudf/column/column_view.hpp>
#include <cudf/column/scalar_column_view.hpp>
#include <cudf/types.hpp>
#include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
#include <cudf/utilities/export.hpp>
#include <cudf/utilities/memory_resource.hpp>

#include <memory>
#include <optional>
#include <variant>
#include <vector>

/**
Expand All @@ -28,10 +25,6 @@ namespace CUDF_EXPORT cudf {
* @{
*/

namespace ast {
struct expression;
}

/**
* @brief Filters a table to remove null elements with threshold count.
*
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cuda::stream_ref stream = cudf::get_default_stream(),
rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr = cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref());

/**
* @brief Creates a new column by applying a filter function against every
* element of the input columns.
*
* Null values in the input columns are considered as not matching the filter.
*
* Computes:
* `out[i]... = predicate(columns[i]... ) ? (columns[i]...): not-applied`.
*
* Note that for every scalar in `columns` (columns of size 1), `columns[i] ==
* input[0]`
*
*
* @throws std::invalid_argument if any of the input columns have different sizes (except scalars of
* size 1)
* @throws std::invalid_argument if the output or any of the inputs are not fixed-width or string
* types
* @throws cudf::logic_error if JIT is not supported by the runtime
* @throws std::invalid_argument if the size of `copy_mask` does not match the number of input
* columns
*
* The size of the resulting column is the size of the largest column.
*
* @param predicate_columns Immutable views of the predicate columns
* @param predicate_udf The PTX/CUDA string of the transform function to apply
* @param filter_columns Immutable view of the columns to be filtered
* @param is_ptx true: the UDF is treated as PTX code; false: the UDF is treated as CUDA code
* @param user_data User-defined device data to pass to the UDF.
* @param is_null_aware Signifies the UDF will receive row inputs as optional values
* @param predicate_nullability Specifies the nullability of the predicate output
* @param stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches
* @param mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory
* @return The filtered target columns
*/
[[deprecated("Use filter_extended instead")]] std::vector<std::unique_ptr<column>> filter(

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This is deprecated, but filter_extended is not. Before deleting public APIs, we need a deprecation period.

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Agreed. I can hold off on the full deletion changes
Although I doubt this API has any adoption, as no results show up in GitHub search

std::vector<column_view> const& predicate_columns,
std::string const& predicate_udf,
std::vector<column_view> const& filter_columns,
bool is_ptx,
std::optional<void*> user_data = std::nullopt,
null_aware is_null_aware = null_aware::NO,
output_nullability predicate_nullability = output_nullability::PRESERVE,
cuda::stream_ref stream = cudf::get_default_stream(),
rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr = cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref());

/**
* @brief Typedef for inputs to the filter function. Each input can be either a column or a
* scalar column.
*/
using filter_input = std::variant<column_view, scalar_column_view>;

/**
* @brief Creates a new column by applying a filter function against every
* element of the input columns.
*
* Null values in the input columns are considered as not matching the filter.
*
* Computes:
* `out[i]... = predicate(columns[i]... ) ? (columns[i]...): not-applied`.
*
* Note that for every scalar in `columns` (columns of size 1), `columns[i] ==
* input[0]`
*
*
* @throws std::invalid_argument if any of the input columns have different sizes (except scalars of
* size 1)
* @throws std::invalid_argument if the output or any of the inputs are not fixed-width or string
* types
* @throws cudf::logic_error if JIT is not supported by the runtime
* @throws std::invalid_argument if the size of `copy_mask` does not match the number of input
* columns
*
* The size of the resulting column is the size of the largest column.
*
* @param predicate_inputs Immutable views of the predicate inputs (columns and scalars)
* @param predicate_udf The PTX/CUDA string of the transform function to apply
* @param filter_columns Immutable view of the columns to be filtered
* @param source_type The source type of the UDF
* @param user_data User-defined device data to pass to the UDF.
* @param is_null_aware Signifies the UDF will receive row inputs as optional values
* @param predicate_nullability Specifies the nullability of the predicate output
* @param stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches
* @param mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory
* @return The filtered target columns
*/
std::vector<std::unique_ptr<column>> filter_extended(
std::span<std::variant<column_view, scalar_column_view> const> predicate_inputs,
std::string const& predicate_udf,
std::vector<column_view> const& filter_columns,
cudf::udf_source_type source_type,
std::optional<void*> user_data = std::nullopt,
null_aware is_null_aware = null_aware::NO,
output_nullability predicate_nullability = output_nullability::PRESERVE,
cuda::stream_ref stream = cudf::get_default_stream(),
rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr = cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref());

/**
* @brief Creates new table by applying a filter function against every
* element of the input columns.
*
* Null values in the input columns are considered as not matching the filter.
*
* Computes:
* `out[i]... = predicate(columns[i]... ) ? (columns[i]...): not-applied`.
*
* @throws std::invalid_argument if the output or any of the inputs are not fixed-width or string
* types
* @throws cudf::logic_error if JIT is not supported by the runtime
*
* @param predicate_table The table used for predicate expression evaluation
* @param predicate_expr The predicate filter expression
* @param filter_table The table to be filtered
* @param stream CUDA stream used for device memory operations and kernel launches
* @param mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column's device memory
* @return The filtered table
*/
std::unique_ptr<table> filter(
table_view const& predicate_table,
ast::expression const& predicate_expr,
table_view const& filter_table,
cuda::stream_ref stream = cudf::get_default_stream(),
rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr = cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref());

/** @} */
} // namespace CUDF_EXPORT cudf
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out_metadata.num_rows_per_source.clear();

bool use_jit = cudf::get_context().use_jit() || _options.use_jit_filter;
std::unique_ptr<column> predicate;

if (!use_jit) {
auto predicate =
predicate =
cudf::detail::compute_column(*read_table, final_filter_expr.value().get(), _stream, _mr);
CUDF_EXPECTS(predicate->view().type().id() == type_id::BOOL8,
"Predicate filter should return a boolean");
// Exclude columns present in filter only in output
auto output_table = cudf::detail::apply_mask(
only_output, *predicate, cudf::detail::mask_type::RETENTION, _stream, _mr);
return {encode_output_dict_columns(std::move(output_table)), std::move(out_metadata)};
} else {
auto output_table = cudf::filter(
read_table->view(), final_filter_expr.value().get(), only_output, _stream, _mr);

return {encode_output_dict_columns(std::move(output_table)), std::move(out_metadata)};
predicate =
cudf::compute_column_jit(*read_table, final_filter_expr.value().get(), _stream, _mr);
}

CUDF_EXPECTS(predicate->view().type().id() == type_id::BOOL8,
"Predicate filter should return a boolean");
// Exclude columns present in filter only in output
auto output_table = cudf::detail::apply_mask(
only_output, *predicate, cudf::detail::mask_type::RETENTION, _stream, _mr);
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add a Parquet reader regression test for the unified JIT path.

Test both use_jit_filter values with nullable predicate input and a filter-only projected column. Verify that both paths return the same retained rows and omit filter-only columns.

As per coding guidelines, “Add unit tests and unit benchmarks.”

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl.cpp` around lines 1028 - 1040, Add a Parquet
reader regression test covering both use_jit_filter settings with nullable
predicate input and a filter-only projected column. Verify both execution paths
retain identical rows and exclude columns used only by the filter, and include
the corresponding unit benchmark if required by the existing test conventions.

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the transform tests already cover this

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🧩 Analysis chain

🏁 Script executed:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

printf '%s\n' '--- candidate test files ---'
fd -t f . cpp/tests | rg '(transform|parquet).*test|test.*(transform|parquet)' || true

printf '%s\n' '--- Parquet reader filter and JIT references ---'
rg -n -i -C 3 \
  'use_jit_filter|set_.*filter|filter_only|filter.*only|compute_column_jit|apply_mask' \
  cpp/tests cpp/benchmarks \
  -g '*.{cpp,cu,hpp,cuh}' || true

printf '%s\n' '--- transform test references to nullability and JIT ---'
rg -n -i -C 3 \
  'transform\s*\(|compute_column_jit|jit|null' \
  cpp/tests \
  -g '*.{cpp,cu,hpp,cuh}' || true

Length of output: 201068

@lamarrr, the first search was too broad to verify the relevant coverage. I will restrict the search to Parquet reader tests.

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return {encode_output_dict_columns(std::move(output_table)), std::move(out_metadata)};
}
return {encode_output_dict_columns(std::make_unique<table>(std::move(out_columns))),
std::move(out_metadata)};
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