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Fix nullable Array columns in partitioned DataFrameScan - #24131

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Closes #24130

Compacts nullable pl.Array slices before Arrow export in streaming DataFrameScan, avoiding invalid offset and child layouts from Polars before 1.43.2. Adds regression coverage for outer-null Array in nonzero-offset partition.

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@github-actions github-actions Bot added Python Affects Python cuDF API. cudf-polars Issues specific to cudf-polars labels Sep 11, 2026
@0guban0v 0guban0v changed the title Fix nullable Array columns in partitioned DataFrameScan fix: Fix nullable Array columns in partitioned DataFrameScan Sep 11, 2026
@0guban0v 0guban0v changed the title fix: Fix nullable Array columns in partitioned DataFrameScan Fix nullable Array columns in partitioned DataFrameScan Sep 11, 2026
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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved handling of array columns with null values during streaming DataFrame scans.
    • Fixed export issues for sliced data containing nested structures or arrays, including cases spanning partition boundaries.
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    • Added coverage for nullable fixed-size arrays with nonzero offsets and partition-spanning data.

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The streaming DataFrameScan path now detects nullable array columns and copies affected slices before Arrow export. A test covers nullable fixed-size arrays across partition boundaries and compares GPU output with Polars.

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Nullable array export

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Array slice export and streaming validation
python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/io.py, python/cudf_polars/tests/streaming/test_dataframescan.py
Array columns with nulls are detected and copied to contiguous storage before Arrow export. The test validates nullable fixed-size arrays across streaming partitions.

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The targeted nullable-array path is covered, but edge partition shapes remain untested. This is a bounded validation risk that should be considered before merge.

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Add all-null and single-element nullable Array cases.

The DataFrameScan producer copies sliced nullable Array columns before Arrow export. Add an all-null nonzero-offset partition and a final one-row null partition to cover the empty and minimal child-buffer shapes.

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In `@python/cudf_polars/tests/streaming/test_dataframescan.py` around lines 88 -
94, Add test cases in the DataFrameScan nullable Array fixture covering an
all-null partition with a nonzero slice offset and a final single-row null
partition, using the existing pl.Array(pl.Float32, 2) setup. Ensure the cases
exercise empty and minimal child-buffer shapes before Arrow export.
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In `@python/cudf_polars/cudf_polars/streaming/actor_graph/io.py`:
- Line 254: Add no-null and outer-null streaming benchmark cases to the existing
benchmark workflow, covering the affected sliced-partition copy path around
serialize_binary() and deserialize_binary(). Measure and report throughput for
both cases, including the has_struct path and pl.Array columns with outer nulls,
without changing production behavior.

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In `@python/cudf_polars/tests/streaming/test_dataframescan.py`:
- Around line 88-94: Add test cases in the DataFrameScan nullable Array fixture
covering an all-null partition with a nonzero slice offset and a final
single-row null partition, using the existing pl.Array(pl.Float32, 2) setup.
Ensure the cases exercise empty and minimal child-buffer shapes before Arrow
export.

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Comment on lines 236 to 244
has_struct = any(
isinstance(dt, pl.Struct)
for dt in pl.datatypes.unpack_dtypes(ir.df.dtypes(), include_compound=True)
for dt in pl.datatypes.unpack_dtypes(dtypes, include_compound=True)
)
array_columns = tuple(
name
for name, dtype in zip(ir.df.columns(), dtypes, strict=True)
if isinstance(dtype, pl.Array)
)

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We should be able to avoid looping over df.columns() / dtypes twice. Roughly:

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has_struct = any(
isinstance(dt, pl.Struct)
for dt in pl.datatypes.unpack_dtypes(ir.df.dtypes(), include_compound=True)
for dt in pl.datatypes.unpack_dtypes(dtypes, include_compound=True)
)
array_columns = tuple(
name
for name, dtype in zip(ir.df.columns(), dtypes, strict=True)
if isinstance(dtype, pl.Array)
)
has_struct = False
array_columns = []
for name, dtype in zip(ir.df.columns(), dtypes, strict=True):
has_struct = has_struct or isinstance(pl.datatypes.unpack_dtypes(dtype, include_compound=True), pl.Struct)
if isinstance(dtype, pl.Array):
array_columns.append(name)

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Yes, that makes sense. unpack_dtypes returns a set, I'll use any(...) for Struct check while combining both checks into one loop.

if has_struct or any(
sliced.get_column(name).null_count() > 0 for name in array_columns
):
# Copy the affected slice to contiguous storage before Arrow export.

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It's probably worth keeping the "doesn't handle the case where ..." caveat, assuming that's still true.

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I checked this with pre-sliced, nonzero-offset Struct and Array inputs. Even when streaming creates single partition, this path still serializes and deserializes the slice, which compacts input correctly. Old caveat is not true, I'd prefer not to restore it.

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[BUG] Nullable Array columns fail in partitioned DataFrameScan

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