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Summary

Add Python API for cuDNN GNN simple aggregation.

from cudnn.gnn import CscGraph, agg_simple

The GNN operator agg_simple is a PyTorch custom operator that supports autograd, fake tensors, and torch.compile.

Why

This exposes the cuDNN GNN AggSimple backend APIs through a PyTorch-friendly interface. It handles graph validation, backend invocation, autograd registration, and compiled execution without requiring users to interact with the low-level cuDNN GNN structures directly.

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API and compatibility impact

This change introduces the following public APIs:

  • cudnn.gnn.CscGraph
  • cudnn.gnn.agg_simple
  • cudnn.is_gnn_agg_simple_available()

Requirements and compatibility:

  • cuDNN 9.26 or newer
  • NVIDIA GPU with compute capability 8.0 or newer
  • Not supported on Windows
  • CSC offsets and indices may use either torch.int32 or torch.int64
  • Feature tensors may use FP32, FP16, or BF16

Testing

Added unit test test/python/gnn/test_agg_simple.py

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added CUDA-accelerated GNN aggregation for node and edge features.
    • Supports sum, mean, max, and min reductions, feature concatenation, gradients, empty graphs, and PyTorch compilation.
    • Added CSC graph support, compatibility helpers, Python bindings, and runtime availability checks.
    • Added configurable performance benchmarking for graph shapes, data types, and forward/backward execution.
  • Documentation

    • Added API guidance, requirements, setup instructions, behavior details, and benchmarking information.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for outputs, gradients, validation, dtypes, streams, compilation, and import behavior.

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Adds CUDA-backed GNN simple aggregation for CSC graphs. The change includes Python and native bindings, cuDNN availability detection, autograd and torch.compile support, compatibility wrappers, documentation, benchmarking, and CUDA tests.

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GNN simple aggregation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Graph and aggregation API contract
python/cudnn/gnn/graph.py, python/cudnn/gnn/agg_simple.py, python/cudnn/gnn/__init__.py
Adds validated CSC graph metadata and public aggregation APIs for node, edge, and concatenated features.
Native backend wiring
include/cudnn_frontend_shim.h, python/CMakeLists.txt, python/gnn.cpp, python/pycudnn.cpp, python/cudnn/__init__.py
Adds version-gated native bindings, compiled-module registration, cuDNN availability detection, and Python symbol exposure.
CUDA execution and autograd
python/cudnn/gnn/agg_simple.py
Adds CUDA forward and backward operators, fake implementations, autograd integration, compiler support, and empty-graph handling.
Validation, documentation, and benchmark support
test/python/gnn/test_agg_simple.py, test/python/test_import_boundaries.py, docs/operations/gnn/agg_simple.md, benchmark/gnn/benchmark_agg_simple.py, llms.txt
Adds correctness, stream, threading, validation, import-boundary, compatibility, and compilation tests. Documents the operation and adds a configurable CUDA benchmark.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to c8ee3

The new GNN Python API is mergeable with owner awareness, but the invalid-input test still triggers a Ruff warning from a useless attribute access; assigning the result or removing the expression is a bounded cleanup.

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  participant PythonAPI
  participant TorchOperator
  participant NativeBinding
  participant Shim
  participant cuDNN
  PythonAPI->>TorchOperator: Submit CSC graph and feature tensors
  TorchOperator->>NativeBinding: Pass pointers, dimensions, dtype, and aggregation mode
  NativeBinding->>Shim: Invoke gnn_agg_simple_forward
  Shim->>cuDNN: Call cuDNN GNN aggregation
  cuDNN-->>TorchOperator: Produce aggregation output and metadata
  TorchOperator-->>PythonAPI: Return output tensor
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Actionable comments posted: 4

🧹 Nitpick comments (5)
python/cudnn/gnn/__init__.py (1)

7-13: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Sort __all__ to clear Ruff RUF022.

Ruff reports the entries are not isort-sorted.

♻️ Proposed ordering
 __all__ = [
     "CscGraph",
     "agg_simple",
-    "agg_simple_n2n",
     "agg_simple_e2n",
+    "agg_simple_n2n",
     "agg_simple_n2n_e2n",
 ]
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In `@python/cudnn/gnn/__init__.py` around lines 7 - 13, Reorder the entries in
__all__ in python/cudnn/gnn/__init__.py according to isort’s required ordering
so Ruff RUF022 passes, without changing the exported names.

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include/cudnn_frontend_shim.h (1)

524-532: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Document that only the Python build defines the gate macro.

python/CMakeLists.txt defines CUDNN_FRONTEND_HAS_GNN_AGG_SIMPLE for the _compiled_module target only. C++ consumers of this header get no GNN wrappers even with a cuDNN version that declares the symbols. Add a short comment that states how the macro is set, so header users know they must define it themselves.

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In `@include/cudnn_frontend_shim.h` around lines 524 - 532, Add a concise comment
immediately before the CUDNN_FRONTEND_HAS_GNN_AGG_SIMPLE guard or
is_gnn_agg_simple_available declaration explaining that only the Python
_compiled_module target defines this macro via python/CMakeLists.txt, while
other C++ consumers must define it themselves to enable the GNN wrappers.
python/gnn.cpp (1)

100-115: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Release the GIL around the cuDNN calls.

The comment at Lines 56-58 states that AggSimple uses an NVRTC path. A first call can therefore compile kernels while this thread holds the GIL, which blocks every other Python thread. The lambda bodies touch no Python objects, so add py::gil_scoped_release around the ensure_cuda_runtime_context() and detail::gnn_agg_simple_* calls, and re-acquire before throw_if_gnn_failed.

Also applies to: 156-171

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In `@python/gnn.cpp` around lines 100 - 115, Update the AggSimple forward and
corresponding backward lambda paths around ensure_cuda_runtime_context and the
detail::gnn_agg_simple_* calls to release the Python GIL while CUDA/cuDNN work,
including possible NVRTC compilation, executes. Re-acquire the GIL before each
throw_if_gnn_failed call so Python-facing error handling remains protected.
python/cudnn/gnn/agg_simple.py (1)

15-31: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Derive the cuDNN enum values from the bindings instead of hardcoding them.

python/gnn.cpp exports the gnn_agg_op enum, and cudnn.data_type already exposes the cuDNN data-type enum. The literals 0/1/2/3 and 0/2/9 duplicate that contract and drift silently if cuDNN renumbers or the binding changes. Build the maps from the exported enums at first use, and keep the lookup lazy so the module still imports without the compiled symbols.

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In `@python/cudnn/gnn/agg_simple.py` around lines 15 - 31, The hardcoded values in
_AGGREGATION_TO_INT, _TORCH_DTYPE_TO_CUDNN, and _TORCH_INDEX_DTYPE_TO_CUDNN must
be replaced with values read from the exported gnn_agg_op and cudnn.data_type
bindings. Build these mappings lazily on first lookup rather than at module
import, preserving importability when compiled symbols are unavailable and
retaining the existing torch dtype and aggregation-key behavior.
python/CMakeLists.txt (1)

47-68: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make the GNN probe rerun and report its result.

CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR is correct, and find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED) runs before python; remove those concerns. Invalidate CUDNN_FRONTEND_HAS_GNN_AGG_SIMPLE when the cuDNN inputs change, report both probe outcomes, and set and restore CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD because target compile features do not configure this standalone probe.

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In `@python/CMakeLists.txt` around lines 47 - 68, Update the
CUDNN_FRONTEND_HAS_GNN_AGG_SIMPLE probe to invalidate its cached result whenever
the cuDNN include or toolkit inputs change, and report the probe outcomes
explicitly. Save, set, and restore CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD around the standalone
check so it uses the required language standard without affecting the
surrounding configuration.
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/operations/gnn/agg_simple.md`:
- Around line 15-16: Update the mathematical description near the
destination-vertex aggregation text to restore the identifiers v, N(v), x, e,
and optional c, ensuring the surrounding formula and prose define each symbol
consistently.

In `@python/cudnn/__init__.py`:
- Around line 56-58: Register the gnn subpackage in _LAZY_OPTIONAL_IMPORTS in
python/cudnn/__init__.py and re-raise its import failure with guidance to
install nvidia-cudnn-frontend[cutedsl]. In python/cudnn/gnn/agg_simple.py and
python/cudnn/gnn/graph.py, make no direct eager-import changes: keep torch
imports and torch.library registration reachable only through the lazy gnn path
so import cudnn does not require torch.

In `@python/cudnn/gnn/agg_simple.py`:
- Around line 196-218: The cuDNN GNN calls must set the current CUDA device
before execution. In python/cudnn/gnn/agg_simple.py lines 196-218, wrap
cudnn.gnn_agg_simple_forward with torch.cuda.device(offsets.device); apply the
same guard around cudnn.gnn_agg_simple_backward at lines 271-293, preserving
each call’s existing arguments and stream selection.

In `@python/cudnn/gnn/graph.py`:
- Around line 31-41: Update the num_dst_nodes property to reject empty offsets
after validating rank, raising ValueError instead of returning -1; preserve the
existing count calculation for non-empty one-dimensional offsets.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@include/cudnn_frontend_shim.h`:
- Around line 524-532: Add a concise comment immediately before the
CUDNN_FRONTEND_HAS_GNN_AGG_SIMPLE guard or is_gnn_agg_simple_available
declaration explaining that only the Python _compiled_module target defines this
macro via python/CMakeLists.txt, while other C++ consumers must define it
themselves to enable the GNN wrappers.

In `@python/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Around line 47-68: Update the CUDNN_FRONTEND_HAS_GNN_AGG_SIMPLE probe to
invalidate its cached result whenever the cuDNN include or toolkit inputs
change, and report the probe outcomes explicitly. Save, set, and restore
CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD around the standalone check so it uses the required language
standard without affecting the surrounding configuration.

In `@python/cudnn/gnn/__init__.py`:
- Around line 7-13: Reorder the entries in __all__ in
python/cudnn/gnn/__init__.py according to isort’s required ordering so Ruff
RUF022 passes, without changing the exported names.

In `@python/cudnn/gnn/agg_simple.py`:
- Around line 15-31: The hardcoded values in _AGGREGATION_TO_INT,
_TORCH_DTYPE_TO_CUDNN, and _TORCH_INDEX_DTYPE_TO_CUDNN must be replaced with
values read from the exported gnn_agg_op and cudnn.data_type bindings. Build
these mappings lazily on first lookup rather than at module import, preserving
importability when compiled symbols are unavailable and retaining the existing
torch dtype and aggregation-key behavior.

In `@python/gnn.cpp`:
- Around line 100-115: Update the AggSimple forward and corresponding backward
lambda paths around ensure_cuda_runtime_context and the detail::gnn_agg_simple_*
calls to release the Python GIL while CUDA/cuDNN work, including possible NVRTC
compilation, executes. Re-acquire the GIL before each throw_if_gnn_failed call
so Python-facing error handling remains protected.
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test/python/gnn/test_agg_simple.py (1)

220-221: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make the intentional property access explicit.

Line 221 must access num_dst_nodes to trigger ValueError. Ruff B018 still reports the standalone attribute access as useless. Assign the result to _ to preserve the test and remove the warning.

Proposed fix
-        CscGraph(torch.empty(0, device="cuda", dtype=torch.int32), indices, num_src_nodes=1).num_dst_nodes
+        _ = CscGraph(torch.empty(0, device="cuda", dtype=torch.int32), indices, num_src_nodes=1).num_dst_nodes
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In `@test/python/gnn/test_agg_simple.py` around lines 220 - 221, Update the
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In `@test/python/gnn/test_agg_simple.py`:
- Around line 220-221: Update the ValueError test around CscGraph.num_dst_nodes
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The CI is failing. For eg. with error
error: ‘cudnnGnnAggOp_t’ has not been declared

It needs guards like #if CUDNN_VERSION > 92600. Kindly refer to the other parts of the code.

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