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Adds precompiled checked-arithmetic operators to the existing unary and binary operation APIs.

The new binary operators are:

  • ADD_OVERFLOW
  • SUB_OVERFLOW
  • MUL_OVERFLOW
  • DIV_OVERFLOW
  • MOD_OVERFLOW

The new unary operators are:

  • NEG_OVERFLOW
  • ABS_OVERFLOW

The existing policy-less binary_operation and unary_operation overloads use
error_policy::PROPAGATE for these operators. New policy-aware overloads allow callers to select
error_policy::NULLIFY, which makes only failing rows null. Null input rows remain null and do not
report arithmetic errors.

Checked operations support matching non-boolean numeric and fixed-point input/output storage types.
Fixed-point output scales follow the existing binary-operation rules: the minimum input scale for
addition, subtraction, and modulo; the sum for multiplication; and the difference for division.
Division and modulo detect zero divisors, and signed division detects min / -1. Signed
min % -1 remains the valid result zero.

The implementation uses precompiled CUDA kernels and does not invoke RTC compilation or runtime
LTO linking. To avoid duplicating the transform execution machinery, this PR extracts the generic
row loop, nullable output assignment, and device error aggregation from the JIT transform kernel
into a shared internal device utility. The existing JIT entry point becomes a thin wrapper over
that utility, while the checked unary and binary paths instantiate it from AOT kernels.

Tests cover propagation and nullification, null inputs, scalar/column binary combinations,
overflow boundaries, division and modulo errors, signed modulo behavior, unary operations, and
fixed-point scale validation.

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  • New or existing tests cover these changes.
  • The documentation is up to date with these changes.

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  • New Features

    • Added overflow-aware arithmetic for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, modulo, negation, and absolute value.
    • Added configurable error handling to either report arithmetic failures or convert affected results to nulls.
    • Supports scalar-column, column-scalar, and column-column operations, including compatible fixed-point data and scale validation.
    • Null inputs continue to propagate appropriately during checked operations.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for overflow behavior, nullification, error propagation, null inputs, scalar combinations, and decimal scale handling.

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Checked binary and unary arithmetic operators now detect overflow and arithmetic errors. Policy-aware APIs either throw cudf::evaluation_error or nullify failed rows. CUDA kernels provide shared row processing, null handling, error aggregation, and fixed-point validation.

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Checked arithmetic

Layer / File(s) Summary
Public APIs and dispatch
cpp/include/cudf/binaryop.hpp, cpp/include/cudf/unary.hpp, cpp/src/transform/checked_arithmetic.hpp, cpp/src/binaryop/binaryop.cpp, cpp/src/unary/math_ops.cu
Added checked binary and unary operators, policy-aware overloads, type validation, fixed-point scale handling, and dispatch to checked arithmetic.
Shared transform kernel
cpp/src/jit/transform_kernel.cuh, cpp/src/transform/jit/kernel.cu
Centralized row iteration, accessor handling, null propagation, validity compaction, and error aggregation in transform_kernel.
Checked CUDA execution
cpp/src/transform/checked_arithmetic.cu, cpp/CMakeLists.txt
Added CUDA implementations for checked binary and unary operations, including validation, error-policy handling, scalar materialization, null-count updates, and library wiring.
Parity validation
cpp/tests/binaryop/operator_parity_test.cpp, cpp/tests/unary/operator_parity_test.cpp, cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
Added tests for overflow propagation, NULLIFY, null inputs, scalar operands, decimal scales, invalid output types, and operator values.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 240f0

Checked arithmetic adds new overflow and exception behavior. The remaining risks are limited test coverage for empty or sliced inputs and an undocumented exception contract for policy-less APIs, so merge is reasonable with owner follow-up.

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cpp/tests/binaryop/operator_parity_test.cpp (1)

21-39: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add empty-input and sliced-column cases to both parity suites.

Both suites currently use only non-empty, unsliced inputs for the checked operations. Add at least one zero-row case and one nonzero-offset sliced-column case to each suite.

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In `@cpp/tests/binaryop/operator_parity_test.cpp` around lines 21 - 39, Add
zero-row and nonzero-offset sliced-column cases to both checked-arithmetic
parity suites, including the suite containing CheckedArithmeticPropagates.
Ensure each case exercises the checked operations and preserves the expected
parity behavior alongside the existing non-empty unsliced inputs.
cpp/src/transform/checked_arithmetic.cu (1)

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Guard both aggregated error reads for error_policy::NULLIFY.

device_scalar::value(stream) copies the device value to the host and synchronizes the stream. throw_if_error returns for NULLIFY, while the kernels already nullify failed rows. Guard the reads in both binary_launcher and unary_launcher.

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In `@cpp/src/transform/checked_arithmetic.cu` at line 184, Update both
binary_launcher and unary_launcher to skip max_error.value(stream) and the
corresponding throw_if_error call when error_policy is NULLIFY, while preserving
the existing aggregated-error handling for other policies and the kernels’ row
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In `@cpp/include/cudf/binaryop.hpp`:
- Around line 247-269: Add Doxygen `@throw` documentation to the policy-aware
checked binary_operation overloads, covering cudf::evaluation_error,
cudf::logic_error, and cudf::data_type_error. Add the applicable `@throw` tags for
the same checked unary overload, preserving the existing policy and operation
descriptions.

In `@cpp/include/cudf/unary.hpp`:
- Around line 57-58: Run clang-format on the enum block containing NEG_OVERFLOW
and ABS_OVERFLOW so the trailing comments align according to the repository’s
formatting configuration and pass the style check.

In `@cpp/src/binaryop/binaryop.cpp`:
- Around line 55-58: Update is_supported_operation so its fixed-point branch
also validates the output scale using binary_operation_fixed_point_scale,
matching validate_binary and rejecting unsupported scale combinations before
execution. Preserve the existing type-ID and numeric-operation checks.

In `@cpp/src/jit/transform_kernel.cuh`:
- Line 67: Restructure the loop in the surrounding kernel so every lane reaches
the validity ballot, using the full warp mask with the predicate row < row_size.
Move the out-of-range row guard after the ballot and before any input or output
access, while preserving warp_compact_validity’s use of the resulting membership
mask.

In `@cpp/tests/binaryop/operator_parity_test.cpp`:
- Around line 6-17: In cpp/tests/binaryop/operator_parity_test.cpp lines 6-17
and cpp/tests/unary/operator_parity_test.cpp lines 6-17, include
cudf_test/cudf_gtest.hpp and move each fixture and its TEST_F cases into the
global namespace by removing the anonymous namespace opening and matching
closing declaration (binaryop’s closing site is line 141; unary’s is line 71).

---

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In `@cpp/src/transform/checked_arithmetic.cu`:
- Line 184: Update both binary_launcher and unary_launcher to skip
max_error.value(stream) and the corresponding throw_if_error call when
error_policy is NULLIFY, while preserving the existing aggregated-error handling
for other policies and the kernels’ row nullification behavior.

In `@cpp/tests/binaryop/operator_parity_test.cpp`:
- Around line 21-39: Add zero-row and nonzero-offset sliced-column cases to both
checked-arithmetic parity suites, including the suite containing
CheckedArithmeticPropagates. Ensure each case exercises the checked operations
and preserves the expected parity behavior alongside the existing non-empty
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90-94: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Document exceptions for policy-less checked operations.

Policy-less overloads use error_policy::PROPAGATE. They can throw cudf::evaluation_error, but their Doxygen blocks do not declare it.

  • cpp/include/cudf/binaryop.hpp#L90-L94: Add applicable @throw tags to each policy-less binary_operation overload for checked operators.
  • cpp/include/cudf/unary.hpp#L65-L66: Add applicable @throw tags to the policy-less unary_operation overload.

As per coding guidelines, public header functions require Doxygen documentation including @throw.

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In `@cpp/include/cudf/binaryop.hpp` around lines 90 - 94, Update the Doxygen
blocks for each policy-less checked binary_operation overload in
cpp/include/cudf/binaryop.hpp (lines 90-94) to document cudf::evaluation_error
with applicable `@throw` tags, reflecting their error_policy::PROPAGATE behavior.
Also update the policy-less unary_operation overload documentation in
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In `@cpp/tests/binaryop/operator_parity_test.cpp`:
- Line 29: Update the binary operation parity test around the existing
EXPECT_FALSE case to also reject cudf::data_type with expected_scale - 1. Keep
the test asserting that only the computed expected_scale is accepted, while
preserving the existing expected_scale + 1 rejection.

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In `@cpp/include/cudf/binaryop.hpp`:
- Around line 90-94: Update the Doxygen blocks for each policy-less checked
binary_operation overload in cpp/include/cudf/binaryop.hpp (lines 90-94) to
document cudf::evaluation_error with applicable `@throw` tags, reflecting their
error_policy::PROPAGATE behavior. Also update the policy-less unary_operation
overload documentation in cpp/include/cudf/unary.hpp (lines 65-66) with the
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Implementation looks great. My only question is it would make sense to funnel the checked and unchecked ops through a single code path, but I'll leave that decision to you.

rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
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CUDF_FUNC_RANGE();
return detail::checked_arithmetic::binary_operation(

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How expensive is the checking? Would it be simpler to have the non-checked variants call the checked variants and discard the output, or something like that? Just wondering if there's duplication we can clean up.

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It is not expensive at all.
Yes, we can certainly do that. I was just conservative of the diff size and work required to make sure there's no performance or behavioral regressions.
I suppose I can change this PR to unify the transform and binary/unary op kernels.

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I'll do this in a follow-up PR


column_device_view_core const inputs[] = {input};
mutable_column_device_view_core const outputs[] = {out};
cudf::detail::transform_kernel<true, input_accessors, output_accessors>(

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This does look like we'd be able to discard the error code fairly easily if we wanted to go that route. I don't know how the throughput compares to the default binops though for unifying to be worthwhile.

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