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Closes #21720.

This PR adds cudf::hashing::spark_murmurhash3_x86_32 and a reusable Spark row hasher with iterative seeding, null skipping, and nested-type support. The existing MurmurHash3 implementation remains unchanged.

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  • New Features

    • Added Spark-compatible MurmurHash3 x86 32-bit hashing for table data.
    • Supports multiple columns, null values, strings, numeric and decimal types, timestamps, and nested lists.
    • Added configurable seeds and Spark-compatible handling of floating-point and decimal values.
    • Reports unsupported list-of-struct inputs with a clear error.
  • Tests

    • Added comprehensive validation against Apache Spark reference results, including edge cases and nested data.

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Adds a public Spark-compatible MurmurHash3 x86 32-bit API. The implementation supports iterative multi-column seeding, primitive and decimal values, strings, nested lists and structs, null handling, CUDA execution, and Apache Spark reference tests.

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Spark-compatible hashing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Hash contracts and type implementations
cpp/include/cudf/hashing.hpp, cpp/include/cudf/hashing/detail/hashing.hpp, cpp/include/cudf/hashing/detail/spark_murmurhash3.cuh
Defines the public API and implements Spark MurmurHash3 for supported scalar, string, floating-point, and decimal types.
Nested row hashing and CUDA execution
cpp/include/cudf/detail/row_operator/spark_hashing.cuh, cpp/src/hash/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32.cu, cpp/CMakeLists.txt
Adds iterative row hashing, null handling, nested list and struct traversal, LIST-of-STRUCT validation, output allocation, and CUDA dispatch.
Reference and integration validation
cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp, cpp/tests/row_operator/row_operator_tests.cu, cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
Adds coverage for Spark reference values, nulls, numeric edge cases, decimals, nested values, unsupported list shapes, and row hashing.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 3d3ab

The new Spark-compatible hashing path currently performs part of its mixing in signed 32-bit arithmetic, which can cause undefined behavior and incorrect hash results across builds or inputs. Merge should wait for this correctness issue to be fixed; the remaining follow-up is limited to documentation and test coverage.

Possibly related PRs

  • NVIDIA/cudf#23505: Modifies adjacent row hashing and iterator infrastructure used by this implementation.

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Suggested reviewers: pmattione-nvidia, ttnghia

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Description check ✅ Passed The description accurately summarizes the new Spark hashing API, row hasher, iterative seeding, null handling, nested support, tests, and documentation.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The implementation meets issue #21720 by adding iterative multi-column seeding through a reusable Spark row hasher and validating it with tests.
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cpp/include/cudf/hashing/detail/spark_murmurhash3.cuh (2)

21-29: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Remove the dead default member initializer for m_seed.

The default constructor is deleted at Line 25. The only constructor always assigns m_seed. The initializer at Line 111 can never apply.

Also applies to: 110-117

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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/include/cudf/hashing/detail/spark_murmurhash3.cuh` around lines 21 - 29,
Remove the default member initializer for m_seed in Spark_MurmurHash3_x86_32,
since the deleted default constructor cannot use it and the seed constructor
always initializes m_seed. Keep the existing constructor initialization
unchanged.

13-17: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Include <thrust/execution_policy.h> for thrust::seq.

The file uses thrust::seq at Lines 211 and 233. The current includes provide the algorithms, but not the execution policy symbol. Include it directly.

♻️ Proposed include addition
 `#include` <cuda/std/algorithm>
 `#include` <cuda/std/cstddef>
 `#include` <cuda/std/iterator>
+#include <thrust/execution_policy.h>
 `#include` <thrust/find.h>
 `#include` <thrust/reverse.h>

As per coding guidelines: "include headers directly for every used symbol without unused or incorrectly styled includes".

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/include/cudf/hashing/detail/spark_murmurhash3.cuh` around lines 13 - 17,
Add the direct <thrust/execution_policy.h> include alongside the existing Thrust
headers in spark_murmurhash3.cuh so the thrust::seq usages are declared
explicitly; leave the algorithm and iterator includes unchanged.

Source: Coding guidelines

cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp (2)

493-493: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Fix the copied comment in StructOfListValues.

The schema defines a structs column. The comment selects "lists". Update the text to match the test.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp` at line 493, Update the
copied comment in the StructOfListValues test to reference the structs column
instead of lists, matching the schema and selectExpr usage.

85-99: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add empty-input and sliced-column coverage.

The suite covers nulls, nested types, non-ASCII UTF-8 strings, and reference values. It does not cover a zero-row table or sliced columns. spark_murmurhash3_x86_32 has a dedicated zero-row early-return path in cpp/src/hash/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32.cu, and the nested hasher calls column_device_view::slice. Both need tests.

As per coding guidelines: "Tests must cover empty inputs, nulls, sliced columns, boundary and multi-block sizes". Tell me if you want me to write these test cases.

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp` around lines 85 - 99,
Extend SparkMurmurHashTest with coverage for a zero-row table and sliced
columns. Add a test that exercises spark_murmurhash3_x86_32 on empty input and
verifies the expected empty output, plus a test using sliced views of input
columns and validates the resulting hashes against reference values.

Source: Coding guidelines

cpp/include/cudf/detail/row_operator/spark_hashing.cuh (2)

100-108: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Declare the return type of the inner extended device lambda.

The outer lambda at Line 54 uses cuda::proclaim_return_type<result_type>. The inner lambda passed to cudf::detail::accumulate does not. Add the same annotation for consistency and to avoid deduction problems in extended lambdas.

♻️ Proposed change
       return cudf::detail::accumulate(
         thrust::counting_iterator(0),
         thrust::counting_iterator(curr_col.size()),
         _seed,
-        [curr_col, nulls = this->_check_nulls] __device__(auto hash, auto element_index) {
-          auto const hasher = hash_functor{nulls, hash, hash};
-          return cudf::type_dispatcher<cudf::detail::dispatch_void_if_nested>(
-            curr_col.type(), hasher, curr_col, element_index);
-        });
+        cuda::proclaim_return_type<result_type>(
+          [curr_col, nulls = this->_check_nulls] __device__(auto hash, auto element_index) {
+            auto const hasher = hash_functor{nulls, hash, hash};
+            return cudf::type_dispatcher<cudf::detail::dispatch_void_if_nested>(
+              curr_col.type(), hasher, curr_col, element_index);
+          }));

As per coding guidelines: "Declare explicit return types for extended device lambdas passed to device algorithms, preferably with trailing -> T or cuda::proclaim_return_type<T>".

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/include/cudf/detail/row_operator/spark_hashing.cuh` around lines 100 -
108, Update the inner extended device lambda passed to cudf::detail::accumulate
in the shown return expression to explicitly declare result_type using
cuda::proclaim_return_type, matching the outer lambda’s annotation while
preserving the existing hashing body.

Source: Coding guidelines


20-34: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the LIST-of-STRUCT limitation in this header.

cpp/src/hash/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32.cu rejects LIST columns whose child is a STRUCT before it calls this hasher. Other callers of spark_device_row_hasher do not get that check. State the limitation in the class documentation so direct users of this detail template know the constraint.

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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/include/cudf/detail/row_operator/spark_hashing.cuh` around lines 20 - 34,
Update the documentation for spark_device_row_hasher to explicitly state that
LIST columns with STRUCT children are unsupported and must be rejected before
invoking the hasher. Keep the limitation alongside the existing nested-shape and
element-hash behavior notes so direct users of the template are aware of this
constraint.
cpp/src/hash/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32.cu (2)

65-73: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Pass a cudf::nullate type instead of a raw bool.

device_hasher deduces Nullate from the argument. Here it deduces bool, so the row hasher is instantiated as spark_device_row_hasher<Spark_MurmurHash3_x86_32, bool>. Every other libcudf caller passes cudf::nullate::DYNAMIC. Use it here to keep the instantiation consistent with the rest of the row-operator code and with cpp/tests/row_operator/row_operator_tests.cu.

♻️ Proposed change
-  bool const nullable     = has_nested_nulls(input);
+  auto const nullable     = cudf::nullate::DYNAMIC{has_nested_nulls(input)};
   auto const row_hasher   = cudf::detail::row::hash::row_hasher(input, stream);
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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/src/hash/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32.cu` around lines 65 - 73, Update the
device_hasher call in the row hashing setup to pass cudf::nullate::DYNAMIC
instead of the nullable bool, while preserving the existing seed and hasher
types. Keep nullable available only for determining nested-null behavior as
required elsewhere.

49-53: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Declare detail::spark_murmurhash3_x86_32 in cpp/include/cudf/hashing/detail/hashing.hpp. This definition lacks the declaration used by the other detail hash entry points and cannot be reused through the detail header.

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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@cpp/src/hash/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32.cu` around lines 49 - 53, Add the
declaration for detail::spark_murmurhash3_x86_32 to hashing.hpp, matching the
existing definition’s parameters and return type. Place it alongside the other
detail hash entry-point declarations so callers can access it consistently.
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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/src/hash/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32.cu`:
- Around line 56-63: Move check_spark_murmurhash3_compatibility(input) before
the zero-row early return in the enclosing hash function, so unsupported
LIST-of-STRUCT schemas are rejected consistently regardless of input.num_rows().
Verify that zero-row LIST columns expose their child column before relying on
this validation order.

In `@cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp`:
- Around line 559-565: Correct list_nullmask initialization in the list-column
setup so it contains eight row entries, with the intended null-state value,
instead of invoking the vector constructor with transposed arguments. Keep
make_null_mask and make_lists_column unchanged, ensuring the resulting mask
length matches the eight-row list column.
- Around line 59-83: Add an assertion in TestExtremes that compares the Spark
hash for table_col with spark_murmurhash3_x86_32(table_col_neg_zero, 0),
verifying the documented distinction between 0 and -0. Keep the existing NaN
comparison assertion unchanged.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/include/cudf/detail/row_operator/spark_hashing.cuh`:
- Around line 100-108: Update the inner extended device lambda passed to
cudf::detail::accumulate in the shown return expression to explicitly declare
result_type using cuda::proclaim_return_type, matching the outer lambda’s
annotation while preserving the existing hashing body.
- Around line 20-34: Update the documentation for spark_device_row_hasher to
explicitly state that LIST columns with STRUCT children are unsupported and must
be rejected before invoking the hasher. Keep the limitation alongside the
existing nested-shape and element-hash behavior notes so direct users of the
template are aware of this constraint.

In `@cpp/include/cudf/hashing/detail/spark_murmurhash3.cuh`:
- Around line 21-29: Remove the default member initializer for m_seed in
Spark_MurmurHash3_x86_32, since the deleted default constructor cannot use it
and the seed constructor always initializes m_seed. Keep the existing
constructor initialization unchanged.
- Around line 13-17: Add the direct <thrust/execution_policy.h> include
alongside the existing Thrust headers in spark_murmurhash3.cuh so the
thrust::seq usages are declared explicitly; leave the algorithm and iterator
includes unchanged.

In `@cpp/src/hash/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32.cu`:
- Around line 65-73: Update the device_hasher call in the row hashing setup to
pass cudf::nullate::DYNAMIC instead of the nullable bool, while preserving the
existing seed and hasher types. Keep nullable available only for determining
nested-null behavior as required elsewhere.
- Around line 49-53: Add the declaration for detail::spark_murmurhash3_x86_32 to
hashing.hpp, matching the existing definition’s parameters and return type.
Place it alongside the other detail hash entry-point declarations so callers can
access it consistently.

In `@cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp`:
- Line 493: Update the copied comment in the StructOfListValues test to
reference the structs column instead of lists, matching the schema and
selectExpr usage.
- Around line 85-99: Extend SparkMurmurHashTest with coverage for a zero-row
table and sliced columns. Add a test that exercises spark_murmurhash3_x86_32 on
empty input and verifies the expected empty output, plus a test using sliced
views of input columns and validates the resulting hashes against reference
values.
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cpp/include/cudf/hashing.hpp (1)

66-74: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Document the throwing condition with @throw.

The implementation rejects LIST columns whose child is a STRUCT with CUDF_EXPECTS in cpp/src/hash/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32.cu (Line 33), and cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp asserts cudf::logic_error. The doxygen block states the limitation in prose only. Add an explicit @throw tag so the public contract is complete.

📝 Proposed doc addition
  * `@param` mr Device memory resource used to allocate the returned column device memory
  *
+ * `@throw` cudf::logic_error if `input` contains a LIST column whose child is a STRUCT
+ *
  * `@returns` A non-nullable INT32 column containing one Spark-compatible hash per input row
  */

As per coding guidelines: "Doxygen documentation required (@brief, @param, @return, @throw, @tparam)".

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In `@cpp/include/cudf/hashing.hpp` around lines 66 - 74, Add an explicit `@throw`
entry to the hashing function’s Doxygen block, documenting that it throws
cudf::logic_error when given a LIST column whose child is a STRUCT; retain the
existing parameters, return documentation, and limitation prose.

Source: Coding guidelines

cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp (1)

121-133: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider adding a multi-block input size.

Every test in this file uses at most 16 rows. The device path launches one hash per row through cub::DeviceFor::Bulk. A larger input, for example a few thousand rows, would exercise multiple blocks and catch indexing errors that small inputs hide.

The repository test guidelines list multi-block sizes as a required edge case for test coverage.

A cheap option is to hash a generated sequence and compare the result against the same values reordered, or against the concatenation of two smaller runs.

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In `@cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp` around lines 121 - 133,
Extend the hashing tests, including SparkMurmurHashTest, with a generated input
containing several thousand rows so cudf::hashing::spark_murmurhash3_x86_32
exercises multiple device blocks. Validate the full output against a reliable
expected result, such as equivalent concatenated smaller runs or a correctly
reordered sequence, while preserving the existing small-input coverage.

Source: Coding guidelines

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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/include/cudf/hashing/detail/spark_murmurhash3.cuh`:
- Around line 62-109: Use a uint32_t accumulator throughout compute_bytes and
compute_remaining_bytes, initializing it from m_seed with an explicit unsigned
conversion. Perform the h * 5 mixing and rotations in uint32_t, then convert the
finalized value to result_type only at the return boundary.

In `@cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp`:
- Around line 194-198: Update the signed-zero comment near the hash reference
values to state that positive and negative zero are normalized and hash
identically, matching the behavior documented near the existing signed-zero
handling comment. Remove the claims that libcudf preserves Spark pre-3.2
behavior and that the reference values must come from Spark versions before 3.2;
leave the expected hash values and test assertions unchanged.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/include/cudf/hashing.hpp`:
- Around line 66-74: Add an explicit `@throw` entry to the hashing function’s
Doxygen block, documenting that it throws cudf::logic_error when given a LIST
column whose child is a STRUCT; retain the existing parameters, return
documentation, and limitation prose.

In `@cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp`:
- Around line 121-133: Extend the hashing tests, including SparkMurmurHashTest,
with a generated input containing several thousand rows so
cudf::hashing::spark_murmurhash3_x86_32 exercises multiple device blocks.
Validate the full output against a reliable expected result, such as equivalent
concatenated smaller runs or a correctly reordered sequence, while preserving
the existing small-input coverage.
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Comment on lines +62 to +109
result_type __device__ inline compute_remaining_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data,
cudf::size_type len,
cudf::size_type tail_offset,
result_type h) const
{
// Process remaining bytes that do not fill a four-byte chunk using Spark's approach
// (does not conform to normal MurmurHash3).
for (auto i = tail_offset; i < len; i++) {
// We require a two-step cast to get the k1 value from the byte. First,
// we must cast to a signed int8_t. Then, the sign bit is preserved when
// casting to uint32_t under 2's complement. Java preserves the sign when
// casting byte-to-int, but C++ does not.
uint32_t k1 = static_cast<uint32_t>(cuda::std::to_integer<int8_t>(data[i]));
k1 *= c1;
k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
k1 *= c2;
h ^= k1;
h = rotate_bits_left(static_cast<uint32_t>(h), rot_c2);
h = h * 5 + c3;
}
return h;
}

result_type __device__ compute_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data, cudf::size_type const len) const
{
constexpr cudf::size_type BLOCK_SIZE = 4;
cudf::size_type const nblocks = len / BLOCK_SIZE;
cudf::size_type const tail_offset = nblocks * BLOCK_SIZE;
result_type h = m_seed;

// Process all four-byte chunks.
for (cudf::size_type i = 0; i < nblocks; i++) {
uint32_t k1 = getblock32(data, i * BLOCK_SIZE);
k1 *= c1;
k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
k1 *= c2;
h ^= k1;
h = rotate_bits_left(static_cast<uint32_t>(h), rot_c2);
h = h * 5 + c3;
}

h = compute_remaining_bytes(data, len, tail_offset, h);

// Finalize hash.
h ^= len;
h = fmix32(h);
return h;
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Perform the hash mixing in uint32_t to avoid signed overflow.

result_type is int32_t, so h is signed. At Line 80 and Line 100, h * 5 multiplies two int operands before the unsigned c3 is added. That multiplication overflows for most hash states, which is undefined behavior in C++. Line 90 also narrows m_seed into a signed value. The explicit cast at Line 79 shows the intent is unsigned mixing.

Keep an unsigned accumulator internally and convert once at the boundary.

🛠️ Proposed fix
-  result_type __device__ inline compute_remaining_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data,
-                                                        cudf::size_type len,
-                                                        cudf::size_type tail_offset,
-                                                        result_type h) const
+  uint32_t __device__ inline compute_remaining_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data,
+                                                     cudf::size_type len,
+                                                     cudf::size_type tail_offset,
+                                                     uint32_t h) const
   {
     for (auto i = tail_offset; i < len; i++) {
       uint32_t k1 = static_cast<uint32_t>(cuda::std::to_integer<int8_t>(data[i]));
       k1 *= c1;
       k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
       k1 *= c2;
       h ^= k1;
-      h = rotate_bits_left(static_cast<uint32_t>(h), rot_c2);
+      h = rotate_bits_left(h, rot_c2);
       h = h * 5 + c3;
     }
     return h;
   }
 
   result_type __device__ compute_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data, cudf::size_type const len) const
   {
     constexpr cudf::size_type BLOCK_SIZE = 4;
     cudf::size_type const nblocks        = len / BLOCK_SIZE;
     cudf::size_type const tail_offset    = nblocks * BLOCK_SIZE;
-    result_type h                        = m_seed;
+    uint32_t h                           = m_seed;
 
     for (cudf::size_type i = 0; i < nblocks; i++) {
       uint32_t k1 = getblock32(data, i * BLOCK_SIZE);
       k1 *= c1;
       k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
       k1 *= c2;
       h ^= k1;
-      h = rotate_bits_left(static_cast<uint32_t>(h), rot_c2);
+      h = rotate_bits_left(h, rot_c2);
       h = h * 5 + c3;
     }
 
     h = compute_remaining_bytes(data, len, tail_offset, h);
 
-    h ^= len;
+    h ^= static_cast<uint32_t>(len);
     h = fmix32(h);
-    return h;
+    return static_cast<result_type>(h);
   }

The bit pattern does not change on nvcc, so the expected test vectors stay valid.

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result_type __device__ inline compute_remaining_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data,
cudf::size_type len,
cudf::size_type tail_offset,
result_type h) const
{
// Process remaining bytes that do not fill a four-byte chunk using Spark's approach
// (does not conform to normal MurmurHash3).
for (auto i = tail_offset; i < len; i++) {
// We require a two-step cast to get the k1 value from the byte. First,
// we must cast to a signed int8_t. Then, the sign bit is preserved when
// casting to uint32_t under 2's complement. Java preserves the sign when
// casting byte-to-int, but C++ does not.
uint32_t k1 = static_cast<uint32_t>(cuda::std::to_integer<int8_t>(data[i]));
k1 *= c1;
k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
k1 *= c2;
h ^= k1;
h = rotate_bits_left(static_cast<uint32_t>(h), rot_c2);
h = h * 5 + c3;
}
return h;
}
result_type __device__ compute_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data, cudf::size_type const len) const
{
constexpr cudf::size_type BLOCK_SIZE = 4;
cudf::size_type const nblocks = len / BLOCK_SIZE;
cudf::size_type const tail_offset = nblocks * BLOCK_SIZE;
result_type h = m_seed;
// Process all four-byte chunks.
for (cudf::size_type i = 0; i < nblocks; i++) {
uint32_t k1 = getblock32(data, i * BLOCK_SIZE);
k1 *= c1;
k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
k1 *= c2;
h ^= k1;
h = rotate_bits_left(static_cast<uint32_t>(h), rot_c2);
h = h * 5 + c3;
}
h = compute_remaining_bytes(data, len, tail_offset, h);
// Finalize hash.
h ^= len;
h = fmix32(h);
return h;
}
uint32_t __device__ inline compute_remaining_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data,
cudf::size_type len,
cudf::size_type tail_offset,
uint32_t h) const
{
// Process remaining bytes that do not fill a four-byte chunk using Spark's approach
// (does not conform to normal MurmurHash3).
for (auto i = tail_offset; i < len; i++) {
// We require a two-step cast to get the k1 value from the byte. First,
// we must cast to a signed int8_t. Then, the sign bit is preserved when
// casting to uint32_t under 2's complement. Java preserves the sign when
// casting byte-to-int, but C++ does not.
uint32_t k1 = static_cast<uint32_t>(cuda::std::to_integer<int8_t>(data[i]));
k1 *= c1;
k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
k1 *= c2;
h ^= k1;
h = rotate_bits_left(h, rot_c2);
h = h * 5 + c3;
}
return h;
}
result_type __device__ compute_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data, cudf::size_type const len) const
{
constexpr cudf::size_type BLOCK_SIZE = 4;
cudf::size_type const nblocks = len / BLOCK_SIZE;
cudf::size_type const tail_offset = nblocks * BLOCK_SIZE;
uint32_t h = m_seed;
// Process all four-byte chunks.
for (cudf::size_type i = 0; i < nblocks; i++) {
uint32_t k1 = getblock32(data, i * BLOCK_SIZE);
k1 *= c1;
k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
k1 *= c2;
h ^= k1;
h = rotate_bits_left(h, rot_c2);
h = h * 5 + c3;
}
h = compute_remaining_bytes(data, len, tail_offset, h);
// Finalize hash.
h ^= static_cast<uint32_t>(len);
h = fmix32(h);
return static_cast<result_type>(h);
}
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In `@cpp/include/cudf/hashing/detail/spark_murmurhash3.cuh` around lines 62 - 109,
Use a uint32_t accumulator throughout compute_bytes and compute_remaining_bytes,
initializing it from m_seed with an explicit unsigned conversion. Perform the h
* 5 mixing and rotations in uint32_t, then convert the finalized value to
result_type only at the return boundary.

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This is a good call. We should avoid signed overflow, which is UB.

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@bdice, agreed. The accumulator should use uint32_t for all MurmurHash3 mixing operations. The code should convert to result_type only after finalization.

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Comment on lines +194 to +198
// Note that Spark >= 3.2 normalizes the float/double value of -0. to +0. and both values hash
// to the same result. This is normalized in the calling code (Spark RAPIDS plugin) for Spark
// >= 3.2. However, the reference values for -0. below must be obtained with Spark < 3.2 and
// libcudf will continue to implement the Spark < 3.2 behavior until Spark >= 3.2 is required and
// the workaround in the calling code is removed. This also affects the combined hash values.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The signed-zero comment contradicts the expected values in this test.

The comment states that libcudf implements the Spark < 3.2 behavior, and that the reference values for -0. must come from Spark < 3.2. Under Spark < 3.2, -0. and 0. hash to different values.

The expected values in this test show the opposite. hash_doubles_expected at Line 263 repeats -1670924195 for row 0 (0.) and row 1 (-0.). hash_floats_expected at Line 271 repeats 933211791 for the same rows. TestExtremes at Line 86 also asserts that positive zero and negative zero hash equally.

The implementation therefore normalizes signed zero, which is the Spark >= 3.2 behavior. The PR commit messages also list a signed-zero handling fix. Update this comment so it describes the normalizing behavior, and remove the claim about Spark < 3.2 reference values.

The comment at Lines 79-81 already describes the normalization correctly. Align both comments.

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In `@cpp/tests/hashing/spark_murmurhash3_x86_32_test.cpp` around lines 194 - 198,
Update the signed-zero comment near the hash reference values to state that
positive and negative zero are normalized and hash identically, matching the
behavior documented near the existing signed-zero handling comment. Remove the
claims that libcudf preserves Spark pre-3.2 behavior and that the reference
values must come from Spark versions before 3.2; leave the expected hash values
and test assertions unchanged.

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A few comments but I'm approving because I know this is similar to existing code.

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template <typename T, CUDF_ENABLE_IF(not cudf::is_nested<T>())>

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Do we want to use requires? This reoccurs many times in this PR.


std::unique_ptr<column> spark_murmurhash3_x86_32(table_view const& input,
uint32_t seed,
rmm::cuda_stream_view,

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Please replace rmm::cuda_stream_view with cuda::stream_ref everywhere.

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rmm::cuda_stream_view,
cuda::stream_ref,

Comment on lines +62 to +109
result_type __device__ inline compute_remaining_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data,
cudf::size_type len,
cudf::size_type tail_offset,
result_type h) const
{
// Process remaining bytes that do not fill a four-byte chunk using Spark's approach
// (does not conform to normal MurmurHash3).
for (auto i = tail_offset; i < len; i++) {
// We require a two-step cast to get the k1 value from the byte. First,
// we must cast to a signed int8_t. Then, the sign bit is preserved when
// casting to uint32_t under 2's complement. Java preserves the sign when
// casting byte-to-int, but C++ does not.
uint32_t k1 = static_cast<uint32_t>(cuda::std::to_integer<int8_t>(data[i]));
k1 *= c1;
k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
k1 *= c2;
h ^= k1;
h = rotate_bits_left(static_cast<uint32_t>(h), rot_c2);
h = h * 5 + c3;
}
return h;
}

result_type __device__ compute_bytes(cuda::std::byte const* data, cudf::size_type const len) const
{
constexpr cudf::size_type BLOCK_SIZE = 4;
cudf::size_type const nblocks = len / BLOCK_SIZE;
cudf::size_type const tail_offset = nblocks * BLOCK_SIZE;
result_type h = m_seed;

// Process all four-byte chunks.
for (cudf::size_type i = 0; i < nblocks; i++) {
uint32_t k1 = getblock32(data, i * BLOCK_SIZE);
k1 *= c1;
k1 = rotate_bits_left(k1, rot_c1);
k1 *= c2;
h ^= k1;
h = rotate_bits_left(static_cast<uint32_t>(h), rot_c2);
h = h * 5 + c3;
}

h = compute_remaining_bytes(data, len, tail_offset, h);

// Finalize hash.
h ^= len;
h = fmix32(h);
return h;
}

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This is a good call. We should avoid signed overflow, which is UB.

Comment on lines +601 to +612
// TODO: Lists of structs are not yet supported. Once support is added,
// remove this EXPECT_THROW and uncomment the rest of this test.
EXPECT_THROW(cudf::hashing::spark_murmurhash3_x86_32(cudf::table_view({*list_column}), 42),
cudf::logic_error);

/*
auto expect = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<int32_t>{
59727262, 42, 42, -559580957, -559580957, -912918097, 1092624418, 170038658};

auto output = cudf::hashing::spark_murmurhash3_x86_32(cudf::table_view({*list_column}), 42);
CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(expect, output->view(), verbosity);
*/

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Is this really a TODO? Do we plan to support lists of structs, and if so, how would that be implemented? Does cuDF-Spark have the same gap in support today?

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