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Report absent solution values instead of returning success
ramakrishnap-nv Aug 17, 2026
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Unroll the single-use infeasible-problem helper into its test
ramakrishnap-nv Aug 17, 2026
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Leave the return documentation as it was
ramakrishnap-nv Aug 17, 2026
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Decide availability from the solve, not from vector length
ramakrishnap-nv Aug 17, 2026
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Assert the dual buffer is untouched when there is nothing to copy
ramakrishnap-nv Aug 17, 2026
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Trim the comments and assert the actual optimum
ramakrishnap-nv Aug 18, 2026
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Check each vector for emptiness rather than the solve
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21 changes: 17 additions & 4 deletions cpp/src/pdlp/cuopt_c.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -1264,10 +1264,15 @@ cuopt_int_t cuOptGetPrimalSolution(cuOptSolution solution, cuopt_float_t* soluti
solution_and_stream_view_t* solution_and_stream_view =
static_cast<solution_and_stream_view_t*>(solution);

const auto solution_host = solution_and_stream_view->get_solution()->get_solution_host();
std::memcpy(
solution_values_ptr, solution_host.data(), solution_host.size() * sizeof(cuopt_float_t));
return CUOPT_SUCCESS;
try {
const auto solution_host = solution_and_stream_view->get_solution()->get_solution_host();
if (solution_host.empty()) { return CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT; }

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Shall we define a new status constant, like CUOPT_INVALID_OUTPUT, rather than using CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT?

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It is the solution that is invalid here. So INVALID_ARGUMENT is a fine return.

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Use solution availability instead of empty()

The model and solver support zero-variable and zero-constraint problems. Valid results can therefore have empty primal, dual, or reduced-cost vectors. The checks at lines 1272, 1338, and 1371 return CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT for these results. Track availability separately from vector length, or reject these model shapes explicitly.

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In `@cpp/src/pdlp/cuopt_c.cpp` at line 1272, Update the result-validation checks
around solution_host and the corresponding primal, dual, and reduced-cost
vectors to use explicit solution availability rather than vector empty() checks,
so valid zero-variable and zero-constraint results are accepted; alternatively,
explicitly reject those model shapes before solving.

std::memcpy(
solution_values_ptr, solution_host.data(), solution_host.size() * sizeof(cuopt_float_t));
return CUOPT_SUCCESS;
} catch (const std::logic_error&) {
return CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
}
}

cuopt_int_t cuOptGetObjectiveValue(cuOptSolution solution, cuopt_float_t* objective_value_ptr)
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static_cast<solution_and_stream_view_t*>(solution);
try {
const auto dual_host = solution_and_stream_view->get_solution()->get_dual_solution();
// Empty here is valid for a problem with no constraints, so the solve is what is tested.
if (solution_and_stream_view->get_solution()->get_solution_host().empty()) {

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Would it be a big deal to check empty() on the the dual solution vector here? What's the problem if we return CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT when the problem is solved but there's no dual vector, because there are no constraints?

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No big deal, and it is back to dual_host.empty() in b24a176b.

Recording why it was not, since it will look like a step backwards otherwise. CodeRabbit flagged that an empty vector does not always mean the values are missing, and it was right about the mechanism: a box-constrained LP with no constraints solves to OPTIMAL, and the per-vector check reported CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT for that valid result. I changed all three accessors to test whether the solve produced anything at all, which avoided it.

Your question is the one I should have asked first: what actually goes wrong for that caller? Nothing much. A problem with no constraints has no dual vector, so reporting its absence is a reasonable answer, and it costs a local, obvious check rather than one accessor reaching into another vector. Your review overrides the bot here.

So that the behaviour is pinned rather than quietly reintroduced later, the zero-constraint test now asserts it: primal and reduced costs return their values, and the dual reports the absence and leaves the buffer untouched. A future change cannot flip it without failing the test.

The defect this PR is actually about is unaffected — an infeasible solve still reports absence from all three rather than returning success having written nothing. 71/71 pass.

return CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
}
std::memcpy(dual_solution_ptr, dual_host.data(), dual_host.size() * sizeof(cuopt_float_t));
return CUOPT_SUCCESS;
} catch (const std::logic_error&) {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1357,6 +1366,10 @@ cuopt_int_t cuOptGetReducedCosts(cuOptSolution solution, cuopt_float_t* reduced_
static_cast<solution_and_stream_view_t*>(solution);
try {
const auto reduced_cost_host = solution_and_stream_view->get_solution()->get_reduced_costs();
// As above: the solve is what is tested, not the length of this vector.

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The reduced cost vector should be populated even when there are no constraints, so we should just check that.

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Done in b24a176b. cuOptGetReducedCosts tests reduced_cost_host.empty() again — you are right that reduced costs are per-variable and come back populated whether or not the problem has constraints, so that vector answers the question directly.

For the record on why the indirection was there: it came from a CodeRabbit finding that an empty vector does not always mean the values are missing, since a problem with no constraints has a legitimately empty dual solution. Reduced costs were caught up in the same change for symmetry, which as you point out was unnecessary.

if (solution_and_stream_view->get_solution()->get_solution_host().empty()) {
return CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT;
}
std::memcpy(
reduced_cost_ptr, reduced_cost_host.data(), reduced_cost_host.size() * sizeof(cuopt_float_t));
return CUOPT_SUCCESS;
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Expand Up @@ -1234,3 +1234,138 @@ TEST(c_api, mip_solution_attributes)
EXPECT_EQ(cuOptGetSolutionFloatAttribute(solution, CUOPT_SOLUTION_ATTR_LP_GAP, &as_float),
CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
}

// =============================================================================
// Solution accessors on a solve that produced no values
// =============================================================================

TEST(c_api, solution_accessors_report_absent_values)
{
// x >= 2 and x <= 1 has no feasible point, so the solve produces no primal, dual, or reduced
// cost values.
cuopt_int_t row_offsets[] = {0, 1, 2};
cuopt_int_t column_indices[] = {0, 0};
cuopt_float_t matrix_values[] = {1.0, 1.0};
cuopt_float_t objective[] = {1.0};
cuopt_float_t rhs[] = {2.0, 1.0};
char constraint_sense[] = {CUOPT_GREATER_THAN, CUOPT_LESS_THAN};
cuopt_float_t lower_bounds[] = {-CUOPT_INFINITY};
cuopt_float_t upper_bounds[] = {CUOPT_INFINITY};
char variable_types[] = {CUOPT_CONTINUOUS};

cuOptOptimizationProblem problem = nullptr;
cuOptSolverSettings settings = nullptr;
cuOptSolution raw_solution = nullptr;
ASSERT_EQ(cuOptCreateProblem(2,
1,
CUOPT_MINIMIZE,
0,
objective,
row_offsets,
column_indices,
matrix_values,
constraint_sense,
rhs,
lower_bounds,
upper_bounds,
variable_types,
&problem),
CUOPT_SUCCESS);
ASSERT_EQ(cuOptCreateSolverSettings(&settings), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
ASSERT_EQ(cuOptSolve(problem, settings, &raw_solution), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
cuOptDestroyProblem(&problem);
cuOptDestroySolverSettings(&settings);

ASSERT_NE(raw_solution, nullptr);
scoped_solution_t scoped(raw_solution);
cuOptSolution solution = scoped.get();

cuopt_int_t termination_status = -1;
ASSERT_EQ(cuOptGetTerminationStatus(solution, &termination_status), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
ASSERT_EQ(termination_status, CUOPT_TERMINATION_STATUS_INFEASIBLE);

// The buffers carry a sentinel no solve would produce. Each accessor must report the absence
// rather than returning success having written nothing, which would leave the caller reading
// whatever the buffer already held and unable to tell that from a real result.
const cuopt_float_t sentinel = -12345.0;
cuopt_float_t primal[1] = {sentinel};
cuopt_float_t dual[2] = {sentinel, sentinel};
cuopt_float_t reduced[1] = {sentinel};

EXPECT_EQ(cuOptGetPrimalSolution(solution, primal), CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
EXPECT_EQ(cuOptGetDualSolution(solution, dual), CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
EXPECT_EQ(cuOptGetReducedCosts(solution, reduced), CUOPT_INVALID_ARGUMENT);

EXPECT_EQ(primal[0], sentinel);
EXPECT_EQ(dual[0], sentinel);
EXPECT_EQ(dual[1], sentinel);
EXPECT_EQ(reduced[0], sentinel);
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}

TEST(c_api, solution_accessors_accept_a_problem_with_no_constraints)
{
// A box-constrained LP with no constraints solves to optimality and its dual vector is
// legitimately empty. Availability must not be inferred from that emptiness, or this valid
// result would be reported as missing.
cuopt_int_t row_offsets[] = {0};
cuopt_int_t column_indices[] = {0};
cuopt_float_t matrix_values[] = {0.0};
cuopt_float_t objective[] = {1.0};
cuopt_float_t rhs[] = {0.0};
char constraint_sense[] = {CUOPT_LESS_THAN};
cuopt_float_t lower_bounds[] = {0.0};
cuopt_float_t upper_bounds[] = {5.0};
char variable_types[] = {CUOPT_CONTINUOUS};

cuOptOptimizationProblem problem = nullptr;
cuOptSolverSettings settings = nullptr;
cuOptSolution raw_solution = nullptr;
ASSERT_EQ(cuOptCreateProblem(0,
1,
CUOPT_MINIMIZE,
0,
objective,
row_offsets,
column_indices,
matrix_values,
constraint_sense,
rhs,
lower_bounds,
upper_bounds,
variable_types,
&problem),
CUOPT_SUCCESS);
ASSERT_EQ(cuOptCreateSolverSettings(&settings), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
ASSERT_EQ(cuOptSolve(problem, settings, &raw_solution), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
cuOptDestroyProblem(&problem);
cuOptDestroySolverSettings(&settings);

ASSERT_NE(raw_solution, nullptr);
scoped_solution_t scoped(raw_solution);
cuOptSolution solution = scoped.get();

cuopt_int_t termination_status = -1;
ASSERT_EQ(cuOptGetTerminationStatus(solution, &termination_status), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
ASSERT_EQ(termination_status, CUOPT_TERMINATION_STATUS_OPTIMAL);

const cuopt_float_t sentinel = -12345.0;
cuopt_float_t primal[1] = {sentinel};
cuopt_float_t reduced[1] = {sentinel};
cuopt_float_t dual[1] = {sentinel};

// minimize x over 0 <= x <= 5, so the optimum sits at the lower bound with the objective
// coefficient as its reduced cost.
EXPECT_EQ(cuOptGetPrimalSolution(solution, primal), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
EXPECT_EQ(cuOptGetReducedCosts(solution, reduced), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
EXPECT_NEAR(primal[0], 0.0, 1e-6);
EXPECT_NEAR(reduced[0], 1.0, 1e-6);

cuopt_float_t objective_value = sentinel;
EXPECT_EQ(cuOptGetObjectiveValue(solution, &objective_value), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
EXPECT_NEAR(objective_value, 0.0, 1e-6);

// No constraints, so there is nothing to copy, but the call still succeeds and must not
// write past the zero elements it has.
EXPECT_EQ(cuOptGetDualSolution(solution, dual), CUOPT_SUCCESS);
EXPECT_EQ(dual[0], sentinel);
}
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