build-test-cudf

Testing & Quality

Use this skill to build and test code changes inside a cudf devcontainer.

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Building cudf

cudf packages must be built in this order as needed (each depends on the previous):

C++ library (libcudf)
Python wheel wrapper for the C++ library
Cython bindings (compiles .pyx files)
high-level Python packages

When rebuilding a package, ensure its dependencies are already built. Since we are in cudf devcontainer, DO NOT run the build.sh script or install any packages yourself. Instead, always use the build-*, test-*, rapids-*, clean-* scripts located at /usr/bin.

Building libcudf

Whenever building libcudf from scratch (CMake has not been run before), run:

build-cudf-cpp -j0

For incremental builds, you can also just navigate to cpp/build/latest and run:

ninja

CMake options

Both build-cudf-cpp and configure-cudf-cpp accept CMake -D options directly as arguments. See cpp/CMakeLists.txt for a full list of available CMake options

# Default option
build-cudf-cpp -j0 -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON
# Multiple options can be combined
build-cudf-cpp -j0 -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=OFF

Similarly, configure without building:

configure-cudf-cpp -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON

Building python wheel wrapper

build-libcudf-python

Cython bindings (pylibcudf)

build-pylibcudf-python

High-level Python packages

build-cudf-python        # cudf-python
build-cudf-polars-python # cudf-polars

Clean up

Similar to build instructions, we can use clean-cudf-xxx scripts also located at /usr/bin. Use clean-cudf to clean everything.

Build error handling

If there are build errors, cleaning before building will usually resolve problems. If we run into a fatal CMake error while building libcudf indicating packages/version mismatch, update the environment using the following script. If the error persists, use --force flag with the script

rapids-make-${PYTHON_PACKAGE_MANAGER}-env

Make sure to run clean-cudf after running this for a fresh subsequent build.

Running Google tests

Make sure that libcudf has been built before running any of these. Discover all Google test name binaries at cpp/build/latest/gtests and run relevant Google tests using test-cudf-xxx script located at /usr/bin.

test-cudf-cpp -j10             # all tests 10 parallel jobs
test-cudf-cpp -R <NAME>_TEST   # specific test suite
cd cpp/build/latest/gtests && <NAME>_TEST --gtest_filter="<pattern>" # Run tests matching the <pattern> from the <NAME>_TEST

Running Pytests

These instructions are applicable for running tests for pylibcudf and high-level python packages. Make sure that the package has been built before running its pytests. Pylibcudf tests can be discovered at: python/pylibcudf/tests and subfolders. Run them using:

pytest python/pylibcudf/tests/<subfolder>/test_<name>.py # specific pylibcudf test suite

cudf-python pytests can be discovered at: python/cudf/cudf/tests and subfolders. Run them using:

test-cudf-python # run all cudf-python Pytests
pytest python/cudf/cudf/tests/<subfolder>/test_<name>.py # specific cudf-python test suite

Similarly, cudf-polars pytests can be discovered at: python/cudf_polars/tests and subfolders. Run them using:

test-cudf-polars-python