Bug fix: barrier determinism - #1856
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… set The barrier solver produced different results run to run even with --cudss-deterministic 1: two runs were bit-identical for the first ten IPM iterations, then differed by 1 ULP and amplified to the fifth significant digit by iteration 100. The source was the SpMV algorithm selection. Per the cuSPARSE documentation CUSPARSE_SPMV_CSR_ALG1 "may produce slightly different results during different runs with the same input parameters", while ALG2 "provides deterministic (bit-wise) results for each run" - the reverse of what the previous comment here claimed. Measured on cuSPARSE 12.5.10 / sm_100a with the barrier's own operands, ALG1 differed on 199 of 199 repeats (5 of 7990 entries, 1 ULP) and gave 5 distinct results across 8 processes; ALG2 was bit-identical over 200 repeats and across processes. A single perturbed entry is enough to change the trajectory: the SpMV computing r = b - A*x feeds d_h_, which becomes the constraint block of the augmented system RHS, so cuDSS is handed a different right-hand side and returns a different search direction. cuDSS itself was verified deterministic for fixed input on both 0.7.1 and 0.9.0. Select ALG2 when determinism is requested, and thread the flag through cusparse_view_t so both spmv() and transpose_spmv() use it. The default path is unchanged, so runs that do not ask for determinism keep the faster ALG1. The pre-existing note about ALG2 and beta=1 accumulate mode on cuSPARSE < 13.0 is retained for the default path; that behaviour did not reproduce on 12.5.10, where ALG2 with beta=1 matched a CPU reference to 3.6e-15. Signed-off-by: Yuwen Chen <yuwchen@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: yuwenchen95 <yuwchen@nvidia.com>
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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The deterministic solver path now uses CSR ALG2, but correctness and repeatability for normal, transpose, and beta == 1 operations remain untested. Add the requested tests before merging. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@cpp/src/barrier/barrier.cu`:
- Around line 273-274: Add unit tests under the existing test suite for the
deterministic argument passed by cusparse_Q_view_ and cusparse_view_. Cover both
false and true settings, normal and transpose SpMV paths, and beta == 1; verify
default mode retains existing selection and deterministic mode yields repeatable
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Add unit tests for deterministic view wiring and both SpMV paths.
The change forwards settings.cudss_deterministic to both sparse views, but this cohort has no unit test for the new contract. Add tests under cpp/src/tests that cover false and true, normal and transpose SpMV, and beta == 1. Verify that default mode preserves the existing selection and deterministic mode produces repeatable, correct results on supported CUDA versions.
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In `@cpp/src/barrier/barrier.cu` around lines 273 - 274, Add unit tests under the
existing test suite for the deterministic argument passed by cusparse_Q_view_
and cusparse_view_. Cover both false and true settings, normal and transpose
SpMV paths, and beta == 1; verify default mode retains existing selection and
deterministic mode yields repeatable correct results on supported CUDA versions.
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Fixes run-to-run nondeterminism in the barrier solver when
--cudss-deterministic 1is set.get_spmv_algbranches toCUSPARSE_SPMV_CSR_ALG1for cuSPARSE < 13.0, which is the path takenon CUDA 12.9. The comment justified this with "ALG1 uses a deterministic row-split algorithm …
ALG1 is safe for reproducibility", but the cuSPARSE docs say the opposite:
CUSPARSE_SPMV_CSR_ALG1CUSPARSE_SPMV_CSR_ALG2So on CUDA 12.x the solver was always using the non-deterministic algorithm. Measured on
cuSPARSE 12.5.10: ALG1 differed on 199/199 repeats (5 of 7990 entries, 1 ULP); ALG2 was
bit-identical over 200 repeats and across processes.
Select ALG2 when determinism is requested, and thread the flag through
cusparse_view_tso bothspmv()andtranspose_spmv()use it. The default path is unchanged.