Group aware GPU sketching.

include/xgboost/data.h

@@ -87,11 +87,23 @@ class MetaInfo {
 
     this->weights_.Resize(that.weights_.Size());
     this->weights_.Copy(that.weights_);
+
     this->base_margin_.Resize(that.base_margin_.Size());
     this->base_margin_.Copy(that.base_margin_);
+
+    this->labels_lower_bound_.Resize(that.labels_lower_bound_.Size());
+    this->labels_lower_bound_.Copy(that.labels_lower_bound_);
+
+    this->labels_upper_bound_.Resize(that.labels_upper_bound_.Size());
+    this->labels_upper_bound_.Copy(that.labels_upper_bound_);
     return *this;
   }
 
+  /*!
+   * \brief Validate all metainfo.
+   */
+  void Validate() const;
+
   MetaInfo Slice(common::Span<int32_t const> ridxs) const;
   /*!
    * \brief Get weight of each instances.

src/common/hist_util.cu

@@ -138,25 +138,26 @@ void GetColumnSizesScan(int device,
  * \param column_sizes_scan     Describes the boundaries of column segments in
  * sorted data
  */
-void ExtractCuts(int device, Span<SketchEntry> cuts,
-                 size_t num_cuts_per_feature, Span<Entry> sorted_data,
-                 Span<size_t> column_sizes_scan) {
-  dh::LaunchN(device, cuts.size(), [=] __device__(size_t idx) {
+void ExtractCuts(int device,
+                 size_t num_cuts_per_feature,
+                 Span<Entry const> sorted_data,
+                 Span<size_t const> column_sizes_scan,
+                 Span<SketchEntry> out_cuts) {
+  dh::LaunchN(device, out_cuts.size(), [=] __device__(size_t idx) {
     // Each thread is responsible for obtaining one cut from the sorted input
     size_t column_idx = idx / num_cuts_per_feature;
     size_t column_size =
         column_sizes_scan[column_idx + 1] - column_sizes_scan[column_idx];
     size_t num_available_cuts =
-        min(size_t(num_cuts_per_feature), column_size);
+        min(static_cast<size_t>(num_cuts_per_feature), column_size);
     size_t cut_idx = idx % num_cuts_per_feature;
     if (cut_idx >= num_available_cuts) return;
-
-    Span<Entry> column_entries =
+    Span<Entry const> column_entries =
         sorted_data.subspan(column_sizes_scan[column_idx], column_size);
-
-    size_t rank = (column_entries.size() * cut_idx) / num_available_cuts;
-    auto value = column_entries[rank].fvalue;
-    cuts[idx] = SketchEntry(rank, rank + 1, 1, value);
+    size_t rank = (column_entries.size() * cut_idx) /
+                  static_cast<float>(num_available_cuts);
+    out_cuts[idx] = WQSketch::Entry(rank, rank + 1, 1,
+                                    column_entries[rank].fvalue);
   });
 }
 
@@ -170,31 +171,32 @@ void ExtractCuts(int device, Span<SketchEntry> cuts,
  * \param weights_scan          Inclusive scan of weights for each entry in sorted_data.
  * \param column_sizes_scan     Describes the boundaries of column segments in sorted data.
  */
-void ExtractWeightedCuts(int device, Span<SketchEntry> cuts,
-                         size_t num_cuts_per_feature, Span<Entry> sorted_data,
+void ExtractWeightedCuts(int device,
+                         size_t num_cuts_per_feature,
+                         Span<Entry> sorted_data,
                          Span<float> weights_scan,
-                         Span<size_t> column_sizes_scan) {
+                         Span<size_t> column_sizes_scan,
+                         Span<SketchEntry> cuts) {
   dh::LaunchN(device, cuts.size(), [=] __device__(size_t idx) {
     // Each thread is responsible for obtaining one cut from the sorted input
     size_t column_idx = idx / num_cuts_per_feature;
     size_t column_size =
         column_sizes_scan[column_idx + 1] - column_sizes_scan[column_idx];
     size_t num_available_cuts =
-        min(size_t(num_cuts_per_feature), column_size);
+        min(static_cast<size_t>(num_cuts_per_feature), column_size);
     size_t cut_idx = idx % num_cuts_per_feature;
     if (cut_idx >= num_available_cuts) return;
-
     Span<Entry> column_entries =
         sorted_data.subspan(column_sizes_scan[column_idx], column_size);
-    Span<float> column_weights =
-        weights_scan.subspan(column_sizes_scan[column_idx], column_size);
 
-    float total_column_weight = column_weights.back();
+    Span<float> column_weights_scan =
+        weights_scan.subspan(column_sizes_scan[column_idx], column_size);
+    float total_column_weight = column_weights_scan.back();
     size_t sample_idx = 0;
     if (cut_idx == 0) {
       // First cut
       sample_idx = 0;
-    } else if (cut_idx == num_available_cuts - 1) {
+    } else if (cut_idx == num_available_cuts) {
       // Last cut
       sample_idx = column_entries.size() - 1;
     } else if (num_available_cuts == column_size) {
@@ -204,15 +206,18 @@ void ExtractWeightedCuts(int device, Span<SketchEntry> cuts,
     } else {
       bst_float rank = (total_column_weight * cut_idx) /
                        static_cast<float>(num_available_cuts);
-      sample_idx = thrust::upper_bound(thrust::seq, column_weights.begin(),
-                                       column_weights.end(), rank) -
-                   column_weights.begin() - 1;
+      sample_idx = thrust::upper_bound(thrust::seq,
+                                       column_weights_scan.begin(),
+                                       column_weights_scan.end(),
+                                       rank) -
+                   column_weights_scan.begin();
       sample_idx =
-          max(size_t(0), min(sample_idx, column_entries.size() - 1));
+          max(static_cast<size_t>(0),
+              min(sample_idx, column_entries.size() - 1));
     }
     // repeated values will be filtered out on the CPU
-    bst_float rmin = sample_idx > 0 ? column_weights[sample_idx - 1] : 0;
-    bst_float rmax = column_weights[sample_idx];
+    bst_float rmin = sample_idx > 0 ? column_weights_scan[sample_idx - 1] : 0.0f;
+    bst_float rmax = column_weights_scan[sample_idx];
     cuts[idx] = WQSketch::Entry(rmin, rmax, rmax - rmin,
                                 column_entries[sample_idx].fvalue);
   });
@@ -224,7 +229,7 @@ void ProcessBatch(int device, const SparsePage& page, size_t begin, size_t end,
   dh::XGBCachingDeviceAllocator<char> alloc;
   const auto& host_data = page.data.ConstHostVector();
   dh::caching_device_vector<Entry> sorted_entries(host_data.begin() + begin,
-                                          host_data.begin() + end);
+                                                  host_data.begin() + end);
   thrust::sort(thrust::cuda::par(alloc), sorted_entries.begin(),
                sorted_entries.end(), EntryCompareOp());
 
@@ -235,9 +240,10 @@ void ProcessBatch(int device, const SparsePage& page, size_t begin, size_t end,
   thrust::host_vector<size_t> host_column_sizes_scan(column_sizes_scan);
 
   dh::caching_device_vector<SketchEntry> cuts(num_columns * num_cuts);
-  ExtractCuts(device, {cuts.data().get(), cuts.size()}, num_cuts,
-              {sorted_entries.data().get(), sorted_entries.size()},
-              {column_sizes_scan.data().get(), column_sizes_scan.size()});
+  ExtractCuts(device, num_cuts,
+              dh::ToSpan(sorted_entries),
+              dh::ToSpan(column_sizes_scan),
+              dh::ToSpan(cuts));
 
   // add cuts into sketches
   thrust::host_vector<SketchEntry> host_cuts(cuts);
@@ -246,28 +252,49 @@ void ProcessBatch(int device, const SparsePage& page, size_t begin, size_t end,
 
 void ProcessWeightedBatch(int device, const SparsePage& page,
                           Span<const float> weights, size_t begin, size_t end,
-                          SketchContainer* sketch_container, int num_cuts,
-                          size_t num_columns) {
+                          SketchContainer* sketch_container, int num_cuts_per_feature,
+                          size_t num_columns,
+                          bool is_ranking, Span<bst_group_t const> d_group_ptr) {
   dh::XGBCachingDeviceAllocator<char> alloc;
   const auto& host_data = page.data.ConstHostVector();
   dh::caching_device_vector<Entry> sorted_entries(host_data.begin() + begin,
-                                          host_data.begin() + end);
+                                                  host_data.begin() + end);
 
   // Binary search to assign weights to each element
   dh::caching_device_vector<float> temp_weights(sorted_entries.size());
   auto d_temp_weights = temp_weights.data().get();
   page.offset.SetDevice(device);
   auto row_ptrs = page.offset.ConstDeviceSpan();
   size_t base_rowid = page.base_rowid;
-  dh::LaunchN(device, temp_weights.size(), [=] __device__(size_t idx) {
-    size_t element_idx = idx + begin;
-    size_t ridx = thrust::upper_bound(thrust::seq, row_ptrs.begin(),
-                                      row_ptrs.end(), element_idx) -
-                  row_ptrs.begin() - 1;
-    d_temp_weights[idx] = weights[ridx + base_rowid];
-  });
+  if (is_ranking) {
+    CHECK_GE(d_group_ptr.size(), 2)
+        << "Must have at least 1 group for ranking.";
+    CHECK_EQ(weights.size(), d_group_ptr.size() - 1)
+        << "Weight size should equal to number of groups.";
+    dh::LaunchN(device, temp_weights.size(), [=] __device__(size_t idx) {
+        size_t element_idx = idx + begin;
+        size_t ridx = thrust::upper_bound(thrust::seq, row_ptrs.begin(),
+                                          row_ptrs.end(), element_idx) -
+                      row_ptrs.begin() - 1;
+        auto it =
+            thrust::upper_bound(thrust::seq,
+                                d_group_ptr.cbegin(), d_group_ptr.cend(),
+                                ridx + base_rowid) - 1;
+        bst_group_t group = thrust::distance(d_group_ptr.cbegin(), it);
+        d_temp_weights[idx] = weights[group];
+      });
+  } else {
+    CHECK_EQ(weights.size(), page.offset.Size() - 1);
+    dh::LaunchN(device, temp_weights.size(), [=] __device__(size_t idx) {
+        size_t element_idx = idx + begin;
+        size_t ridx = thrust::upper_bound(thrust::seq, row_ptrs.begin(),
+                                          row_ptrs.end(), element_idx) -
+                      row_ptrs.begin() - 1;
+        d_temp_weights[idx] = weights[ridx + base_rowid];
+      });
+  }
 
-  // Sort
+  // Sort both entries and wegihts.
   thrust::sort_by_key(thrust::cuda::par(alloc), sorted_entries.begin(),
                       sorted_entries.end(), temp_weights.begin(),
                       EntryCompareOp());
@@ -287,26 +314,26 @@ void ProcessWeightedBatch(int device, const SparsePage& page,
   thrust::host_vector<size_t> host_column_sizes_scan(column_sizes_scan);
 
   // Extract cuts
-  dh::caching_device_vector<SketchEntry> cuts(num_columns * num_cuts);
-  ExtractWeightedCuts(
-      device, {cuts.data().get(), cuts.size()}, num_cuts,
-      {sorted_entries.data().get(), sorted_entries.size()},
-      {temp_weights.data().get(), temp_weights.size()},
-      {column_sizes_scan.data().get(), column_sizes_scan.size()});
+  dh::caching_device_vector<SketchEntry> cuts(num_columns * num_cuts_per_feature);
+  ExtractWeightedCuts(device, num_cuts_per_feature,
+                      dh::ToSpan(sorted_entries),
+                      dh::ToSpan(temp_weights),
+                      dh::ToSpan(column_sizes_scan),
+                      dh::ToSpan(cuts));
 
   // add cuts into sketches
   thrust::host_vector<SketchEntry> host_cuts(cuts);
-  sketch_container->Push(num_cuts, host_cuts, host_column_sizes_scan);
+  sketch_container->Push(num_cuts_per_feature, host_cuts, host_column_sizes_scan);
 }
 
 HistogramCuts DeviceSketch(int device, DMatrix* dmat, int max_bins,
                            size_t sketch_batch_num_elements) {
   // Configure batch size based on available memory
   bool has_weights = dmat->Info().weights_.Size() > 0;
-  size_t num_cuts = RequiredSampleCuts(max_bins, dmat->Info().num_row_);
+  size_t num_cuts_per_feature = RequiredSampleCuts(max_bins, dmat->Info().num_row_);
   if (sketch_batch_num_elements == 0) {
     int bytes_per_element = has_weights ? 24 : 16;
-    size_t bytes_cuts = num_cuts * dmat->Info().num_col_ * sizeof(SketchEntry);
+    size_t bytes_cuts = num_cuts_per_feature * dmat->Info().num_col_ * sizeof(SketchEntry);
     // use up to 80% of available space
     sketch_batch_num_elements =
         (dh::AvailableMemory(device) - bytes_cuts) * 0.8 / bytes_per_element;
@@ -320,15 +347,21 @@ HistogramCuts DeviceSketch(int device, DMatrix* dmat, int max_bins,
   dmat->Info().weights_.SetDevice(device);
   for (const auto& batch : dmat->GetBatches<SparsePage>()) {
     size_t batch_nnz = batch.data.Size();
-    for (auto begin = 0ull; begin < batch_nnz;
-         begin += sketch_batch_num_elements) {
+    auto const& info = dmat->Info();
+    dh::caching_device_vector<uint32_t> groups(info.group_ptr_.cbegin(),
+                                               info.group_ptr_.cend());
+    for (auto begin = 0ull; begin < batch_nnz; begin += sketch_batch_num_elements) {
       size_t end = std::min(batch_nnz, size_t(begin + sketch_batch_num_elements));
       if (has_weights) {
+        bool is_ranking = CutsBuilder::UseGroup(dmat);
         ProcessWeightedBatch(
             device, batch, dmat->Info().weights_.ConstDeviceSpan(), begin, end,
-            &sketch_container, num_cuts, dmat->Info().num_col_);
+            &sketch_container,
+            num_cuts_per_feature,
+            dmat->Info().num_col_,
+            is_ranking, dh::ToSpan(groups));
       } else {
-        ProcessBatch(device, batch, begin, end, &sketch_container, num_cuts,
+        ProcessBatch(device, batch, begin, end, &sketch_container, num_cuts_per_feature,
                      dmat->Info().num_col_);
       }
     }
@@ -383,9 +416,10 @@ void ProcessBatch(AdapterT* adapter, size_t begin, size_t end, float missing,
 
   // Extract the cuts from all columns concurrently
   dh::caching_device_vector<SketchEntry> cuts(adapter->NumColumns() * num_cuts);
-  ExtractCuts(adapter->DeviceIdx(), {cuts.data().get(), cuts.size()}, num_cuts,
-              {sorted_entries.data().get(), sorted_entries.size()},
-              {column_sizes_scan.data().get(), column_sizes_scan.size()});
+  ExtractCuts(adapter->DeviceIdx(), num_cuts,
+              dh::ToSpan(sorted_entries),
+              dh::ToSpan(column_sizes_scan),
+              dh::ToSpan(cuts));
 
   // Push cuts into sketches stored in host memory
   thrust::host_vector<SketchEntry> host_cuts(cuts);

src/common/hist_util.h

@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ class HistogramCuts {
 class CutsBuilder {
  public:
   using WQSketch = common::WQuantileSketch<bst_float, bst_float>;
+  /* \brief return whether group for ranking is used. */
+  static bool UseGroup(DMatrix* dmat);
 
  protected:
   HistogramCuts* p_cuts_;
-  /* \brief return whether group for ranking is used. */
-  static bool UseGroup(DMatrix* dmat);
 
  public:
   explicit CutsBuilder(HistogramCuts* p_cuts) : p_cuts_{p_cuts} {}

src/data/data.cc

@@ -338,6 +338,45 @@ void MetaInfo::SetInfo(const char* key, const void* dptr, DataType dtype, size_t
   }
 }
 
+void MetaInfo::Validate() const {
+  if (group_ptr_.size() != 0 && weights_.Size() != 0) {
+    CHECK_EQ(group_ptr_.size(), weights_.Size() + 1)
+        << "Size of weights must equal to number of groups when ranking "
+           "group is used.";
+    return;
+  }
+  if (group_ptr_.size() != 0) {
+    CHECK_EQ(group_ptr_.back(), num_row_)
+        << "Invalid group structure.  Number of rows obtained from groups "
+           "doesn't equal to actual number of rows given by data.";
+  }
+  if (weights_.Size() != 0) {
+    CHECK_EQ(weights_.Size(), num_row_)
+        << "Size of weights must equal to number of rows.";
+    return;
+  }
+  if (labels_.Size() != 0) {
+    CHECK_EQ(labels_.Size(), num_row_)
+        << "Size of labels must equal to number of rows.";
+    return;
+  }
+  if (labels_lower_bound_.Size() != 0) {
+    CHECK_EQ(labels_lower_bound_.Size(), num_row_)
+        << "Size of label_lower_bound must equal to number of rows.";
+    return;
+  }
+  if (labels_upper_bound_.Size() != 0) {
+    CHECK_EQ(labels_upper_bound_.Size(), num_row_)
+        << "Size of label_upper_bound must equal to number of rows.";
+    return;
+  }
+  CHECK_LE(num_nonzero_, num_col_ * num_row_);
+  if (base_margin_.Size() != 0) {
+    CHECK_EQ(base_margin_.Size() % num_row_, 0)
+        << "Size of base margin must be a multiple of number of rows.";
+  }
+}
+
 #if !defined(XGBOOST_USE_CUDA)
 void MetaInfo::SetInfo(const char * c_key, std::string const& interface_str) {
   common::AssertGPUSupport();

src/learner.cc

@@ -1048,15 +1048,7 @@ class LearnerImpl : public LearnerIO {
 
   void ValidateDMatrix(DMatrix* p_fmat) const {
     MetaInfo const& info = p_fmat->Info();
-    auto const& weights = info.weights_;
-    if (info.group_ptr_.size() != 0 && weights.Size() != 0) {
-      CHECK(weights.Size() == info.group_ptr_.size() - 1)
-          << "\n"
-          << "weights size: " << weights.Size()            << ", "
-          << "groups size: "  << info.group_ptr_.size() -1 << ", "
-          << "num rows: "     << p_fmat->Info().num_row_   << "\n"
-          << "Number of weights should be equal to number of groups in ranking task.";
-    }
+    info.Validate();
 
     auto const row_based_split = [this]() {
       return tparam_.dsplit == DataSplitMode::kRow ||