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Intentionally leak thread_local CUDA resources to avoid crash (part 1) #16787

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The NVbench application PARQUET_READER_NVBENCH in libcudf currently crashes with the segmentation fault. To reproduce:

./PARQUET_READER_NVBENCH -d 0 -b 1 --run-once -a io_type=FILEPATH -a compression_type=SNAPPY -a cardinality=0 -a run_length=1

The root cause is that some (1) thread_local objects on the main thread in libcudf and (2) static objects in kvikio are destroyed after cudaDeviceReset() in NVbench and upon program termination. These objects should simply be leaked, since their destructors making CUDA calls upon program termination constitutes UB in CUDA.

This simple PR is the cuDF side of the fix. The other part is done here rapidsai/kvikio#462.

closes #13229

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@github-actions github-actions bot added the libcudf Affects libcudf (C++/CUDA) code. label Sep 10, 2024
@kingcrimsontianyu kingcrimsontianyu changed the title Intentionally leak thread_local CUDA resources to avoid crash Intentionally leak thread_local CUDA resources to avoid crash (part 1) Sep 11, 2024
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@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ rmm::cuda_device_id get_current_cuda_device()
*/
struct cuda_event {
cuda_event() { CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaEventCreateWithFlags(&e_, cudaEventDisableTiming)); }
virtual ~cuda_event() { CUDF_ASSERT_CUDA_SUCCESS(cudaEventDestroy(e_)); }
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issue (maybe): This means that every usage of cuda_event in the code base will leak the underlying event. Is this really what we want? Perhaps we only want to leak the thread_local ones below.

That is, should we change event_for_thread to do (approximately):

thread_local std::vector<cuda_event *> thread_events(get_num_cuda_devices());
...
thread_events[device_id.value()] = new cuda_event();

?

Alternately, if the only usage of cuda_event is in event_for_thread, we could just delete this class completely and implement event_for_thread as:

thread_local std::vector<cudaEvent_t> thread_events(...);
if (!thread_events[device_id.value()]) {
    CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaEventCreateWithFlags(&thread_events[device_id.value()], ...);
}
return thread_events[device_id.value()];

WDYT?

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cuda_event is only used as the RAII wrapper by event_for_thread, so deleting the user-defined destructor and allocating cuda_event on the heap happen to be equivalent. I agree that the leak makes the cuda_event wrapper entirely superfluous, so I will use the alternative approach you suggested to make the code cleaner. Thank you @wence- !

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@@ -147,12 +136,13 @@ struct cuda_event {
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cudaEvent_t event_for_thread()
{
thread_local std::vector<std::unique_ptr<cuda_event>> thread_events(get_num_cuda_devices());
thread_local std::vector<cudaEvent_t> thread_events(get_num_cuda_devices());
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IMO we should keep cuda_event and only change thread_events to std::vector<cuda_event*>. cuda_event is a useful class and there are other places in libcudf where we can utilize it. I'd rather just disable RAII in this specific place.

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I see. Should cuda_event be moved to the header file include/cudf/detail/utilities/stream_pool.hpp? It's currently defined in .cpp.

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Yeah, we should move it at some point.

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On a second thought, this event RAII wrapper should be moved to a separate header file if found useful. I have some doubt on its necessity after a brief search in the cudf repo. Anway, for this PR, I'm keeping its location unchanged, and have applied the change you suggested. @vuule

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/ok to test

rapids-bot bot pushed a commit to rapidsai/kvikio that referenced this pull request Sep 12, 2024
The NVbench application `PARQUET_READER_NVBENCH` in libcudf currently crashes with the segmentation fault. To reproduce:

```
./PARQUET_READER_NVBENCH -d 0 -b 1 --run-once -a io_type=FILEPATH -a compression_type=SNAPPY -a cardinality=0 -a run_length=1
```
 
The root cause is that some (1) `thread_local`  objects on the main thread in `libcudf` and (2) `static` objects in `kvikio` are destroyed after `cudaDeviceReset()` in NVbench and upon program termination. These objects should simply be leaked, since their destructors making CUDA calls upon program termination constitutes UB in CUDA.

This simple PR is the kvikIO side of the fix. The other part is done here rapidsai/cudf#16787.

Authors:
  - Tianyu Liu (https://github.com/kingcrimsontianyu)

Approvers:
  - Mads R. B. Kristensen (https://github.com/madsbk)

URL: #462
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/ok to test

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ttnghia commented Sep 18, 2024

/ok to test

@vuule vuule added the 5 - Ready to Merge Testing and reviews complete, ready to merge label Sep 18, 2024
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vuule commented Sep 19, 2024

/merge

@rapids-bot rapids-bot bot merged commit 8e1345f into rapidsai:branch-24.10 Sep 19, 2024
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rjzamora pushed a commit to rjzamora/cudf that referenced this pull request Sep 24, 2024
rapidsai#16787)

The NVbench application `PARQUET_READER_NVBENCH` in libcudf currently crashes with the segmentation fault. To reproduce:

```
./PARQUET_READER_NVBENCH -d 0 -b 1 --run-once -a io_type=FILEPATH -a compression_type=SNAPPY -a cardinality=0 -a run_length=1
```
 
The root cause is that some (1) `thread_local`  objects on the main thread in `libcudf` and (2) `static` objects in `kvikio` are destroyed after `cudaDeviceReset()` in NVbench and upon program termination. These objects should simply be leaked, since their destructors making CUDA calls upon program termination constitutes UB in CUDA.

This simple PR is the cuDF side of the fix. The other part is done here rapidsai/kvikio#462.

closes rapidsai#13229

Authors:
  - Tianyu Liu (https://github.com/kingcrimsontianyu)
  - Vukasin Milovanovic (https://github.com/vuule)

Approvers:
  - Vukasin Milovanovic (https://github.com/vuule)
  - Nghia Truong (https://github.com/ttnghia)

URL: rapidsai#16787
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