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closes #4748

Adds host_only_types.pass.cpp and device_only_types.pass.cpp for unique_ptr, using
test/support/host_device_types.h and following the
cuda/utilities/{optional,tuple,expected}/ pattern introduced in #3578.

What is covered

The six functions #4732 marked _CCCL_EXEC_CHECK_DISABLE:

Function Reached by
default_delete<T>::operator()(T*) scope exit of a unique_ptr<T>
default_delete<T[]>::operator()<U>(U*) (convertible-array member template) scope exit of a unique_ptr<T[]>
make_unique<T>(Args&&...) → __unique_single direct call
make_unique<T>(size_t) → __unique_array_unknown_bound direct call
make_unique_for_overwrite<T>() → __unique_single direct call
make_unique_for_overwrite<T>(size_t) → __unique_array_unknown_bound direct call

Each deleter overload is exercised both for a pointer the unique_ptr allocated itself and
for one handed to it.

Update after CI. The host test no longer calls make_unique<T[]> or
make_unique_for_overwrite<T[]>. nvcc lowers their new T[n] to an unnamed
__host__ __device__ element-construction loop that _CCCL_EXEC_CHECK_DISABLE does not
cover, so a host-only element type trips error #20011-D. Those two rows are therefore
covered by device_only_types.pass.cpp only, which passes. Both default_delete
overloads remain covered on the host side via arrays the unique_ptr takes ownership of,
including through reset. See the discussion below — this looks like a coverage hole in
the header rather than a test defect. make_unique_for_overwrite values are only asserted after a write,
since default-initialization leaves them unspecified.

Gap: main now has nine markers, not six

unique_ptr.h on main carries nine _CCCL_EXEC_CHECK_DISABLE markers. The three added
after #4732 are not covered here:

  • unique_ptr<T, D>::reset(pointer)
  • unique_ptr<T[], D>::reset(_Pp)
  • unique_ptr<T[], D>::reset(nullptr_t)

I scoped this PR to the #4732 set that the issue refers to. Happy to extend it to the three
reset overloads in this PR if you would prefer them covered together.

Placement — would like your call

I put the tests under cuda/utilities/unique_ptr/, following precedent: all 31
*_only_types.pass.cpp files and all includers of host_device_types.h live under cuda/,
and #3578 created new cuda/utilities/<type>/ directories for exactly this kind of test even
though those types already had large std/ homes.

Two things point the other way, so I may have chosen wrong:

  • The issue text points at std/utilities/memory/smartptr/unique.ptr/unique.ptr.dltr/.
  • .agent/skills/cccl-test/references/libcudacxx.md says to put CUDA-specific API tests
    under cuda/... "unless an adjacent std/... directory is clearly the established home
    for the functionality" — and with 54 files, std/.../unique.ptr/ arguably is.

Either location is a git mv away; tell me which you want and I will move it. The directory
spelling is open too (cuda/utilities/unique_ptr/ vs a deeper
cuda/utilities/memory/smartptr/unique.ptr/ mirror).

Three deliberate deviations from the sibling tests

  • // UNSUPPORTED: force-tile, not enable-tile. unique_ptr allocates, and dynamic
    allocation is unavailable in tile mode. This matches the existing make_unique /
    make_unique_for_overwrite tests, which all use force-tile only.
  • No tile_only_types.pass.cpp. The seven sibling tile tests are gated
    // REQUIRES: enable-tile, so a tile variant would run only where allocation cannot work.
  • #include <cuda/std/__memory_> rather than a non-internal header. <cuda/std/memory>
    does not declare make_unique or make_unique_for_overwrite; __memory_ is what all 54
    existing unique.ptr tests include.

I also left off optional's // UNSUPPORTED: clang-14 — that exclusion is about
cuda::std::construct_at, and unique_ptr.h never routes through it (all four factories use
plain new), which matches tuple/pair/variant/unexpected not carrying it either.

Verification

Verified locally:

  • host_only_types.pass.cpp compiles and runs green at -std=c++17, c++20 and c++23.
  • Same test clean under ASan + UBSan (relevant here, since it would catch a mismatched
    new[]/delete[] in the array-deleter paths).
  • pre-commit run --files <both files> exits 0, clang-format included.

device_only_types.pass.cpp is not verified. There is no nvcc, no CUDA toolkit and no
NVIDIA GPU on the machine I wrote it on, so _CCCL_DEVICE_COMPILATION() is false and the
entire test body preprocesses away — it has never been compiled as device code, let alone
run. It needs CI to be meaningfully exercised. Two things I therefore could not check: whether
NVRTC needs an additional // UNSUPPORTED: nvrtc, and whether device-side new behaves as
expected for these types.

Checklist

  • New or existing tests cover these changes.
  • The documentation is up to date with these changes.

PR NVIDIA#4732 suppressed the execution space checks on six unique_ptr functions so
that they can be used with types whose members are callable from only one
execution space. Nothing exercised that, so the suppression could regress
silently.

These two tests cover exactly those six functions:

  default_delete<T>::operator()
  default_delete<T[]>::operator()
  make_unique<T>()
  make_unique<T[]>()
  make_unique_for_overwrite<T>()
  make_unique_for_overwrite<T[]>()

The deleters are reached through scope exit, both for pointers the unique_ptr
allocated itself and for pointers handed to it, so each deleter overload runs
against a single object and an array.

They follow the cuda/utilities/<type>/{host,device}_only_types.pass.cpp family
introduced in NVIDIA#3578, which is where every test using host_device_types.h lives.
Unlike those siblings there is no tile variant and no tile branch in the device
test: unique_ptr allocates, and dynamic allocation is not available in tile
mode, which is why the existing make_unique tests are all UNSUPPORTED on
force-tile.

Closes NVIDIA#4748
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  • Tests
    • Added host- and device-side coverage for CUDA-compatible unique_ptr smart pointers managing single objects and arrays.
    • Validated creation, default and overwrite initialization, access, ownership of externally allocated memory, resetting, and automatic cleanup.
    • Expanded testing across host-only and device-only object types, including supported host, device, and device-targeted execution paths.

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Added host-only and device-only tests for cuda::std::unique_ptr. The tests cover single objects, arrays, construction modes, access, mutation, external allocation, and deletion.

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unique_ptr host-device test coverage

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Host-only unique_ptr tests
libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/utilities/unique_ptr/host_only_types.pass.cpp
Adds host-only tests for single objects and arrays using host_only_type, including construction, overwrite construction, access, mutation, reset, and deletion.
Device-only unique_ptr tests
libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/utilities/unique_ptr/device_only_types.pass.cpp
Adds device-only tests for single objects and arrays using device_only_type, with device-targeted execution and tile-mode exclusion.

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Objective Addressed Explanation
Add host-device tests for unique_ptr implementation [#4748] ✅

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This test-only change adds focused host and device coverage, with no remaining concrete merge-blocking risk.


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Looks good to me, thanks a lot

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/ok to test a1575fd

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1. libcudacxx unique_ptr host-only test violates CUDA execution space · 59 jobs

Explanation: All 59 libcudacxx jobs have this same earliest failure in the newly added host-only unique_ptr test. A host-only constructor is instantiated through an unidentified host/device context; the logs lack an instantiation backtrace, so the precise unique_ptr operation or test expression responsible must be isolated narrowly.

Evidence:

2026-09-14T07:08:48.9249280Z /home/coder/cccl/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/utilities/unique_ptr/host_only_types.pass.cpp(101): error #20011-D: calling a __host__ function("host_only_type::host_only_type(int)") from a __host__ __device__ function("<unknown>") is not allowed
2026-09-14T07:08:48.9228626Z FAIL: libcu++ :: cuda/utilities/unique_ptr/host_only_types.pass.cpp (793 of 3856)
2026-09-14T07:08:48.9252796Z 2 errors detected in the compilation of "/home/coder/cccl/libcudacxx/test/libcudacxx/cuda/utilities/unique_ptr/host_only_types.pass.cpp".
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Workflow run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945
Failure group: libcudacxx unique_ptr host-only test violates CUDA execution space
Affected jobs:
- libcu++ nvcc NVHPC / [CTK13.2 NVHPC26.5 C++20] Build(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945/job/103886460786
- libcu++ nvcc MSVC / [CTK12.9 MSVC14.29 C++17] Build(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945/job/103886460989
- libcu++ nvcc MSVC / [CTK12.0 MSVC14.39 C++20] Build(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945/job/103886460993
- libcu++ nvcc MSVC / [CTK12.9 MSVC14.44 C++20] Build(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945/job/103886461021
- libcu++ nvcc MSVC / [CTK13.3 MSVC14.29 C++17] Build(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945/job/103886461026
- (54 additional affected jobs omitted from this prompt)

Reproduce `cuda/utilities/unique_ptr/host_only_types.pass.cpp` with a targeted libcudacxx lit precompile. Minimize the test to identify whether the host/device context comes from `make_unique`, `make_unique_for_overwrite`, `default_delete`/`reset`, or the test's direct `T{...}` expressions. Preserve the test's purpose: do not globally suppress execution-space diagnostics. If a unique_ptr operation is responsible, correct `_CCCL_EXEC_CHECK_DISABLE` coverage in `libcudacxx/include/cuda/std/__memory/unique_ptr.h`; otherwise restructure only the host-only test so its verification expressions remain exclusively host-side under `NV_IF_TARGET`. Also replace the internal `<cuda/std/__memory_>` include with the appropriate public memory header. Validate both new host-only and device-only tests with focused lit precompile and runtime commands, using representative old and current NVCC configurations where available, then run pre-commit on the touched files.

Jobs:

2. RAPIDS cuVS and cuDF reference missing rmm::cuda_stream_view · 3 jobs

Explanation: Both cuVS jobs and the cuDF job build current RAPIDS main branches against the same current RMM dependency, whose visible namespace no longer supplies the referenced stream type. This is downstream dependency-version skew rather than a failure caused by the two-file PR diff; the logs do not identify the exact RMM removal commit.

Evidence:

2026-09-14T07:11:26.0643496Z /home/coder/cuvs/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_rabitq/jit_lto_kernels/../gpu_index/initializer_gpu.cuh(84): error: namespace "rmm" has no member "cuda_stream_view"
2026-09-14T07:09:33.5034521Z /home/coder/cudf/cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_dict_transcode.cu(197): error: namespace "rmm" has no member "cuda_stream_view"
2026-09-14T07:09:20.1045307Z /home/coder/cuvs/cpp/src/neighbors/ivf_rabitq/jit_lto_kernels/../gpu_index/initializer_gpu.cuh(84): error: namespace "rmm" has no member "cuda_stream_view"
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Failure group: RAPIDS cuVS and cuDF reference missing rmm::cuda_stream_view
Affected jobs:
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx raft cuvs cugraph wholegraph: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945/job/103886491364
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx kvikio rapidsmpf cudf cudf_kafka: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945/job/103886491415
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx raft cuvs nvforest cuml: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945/job/103886491475

Reproduce one focused cuVS build and the failing cuDF parquet object using the exact RAPIDS main revisions reported by CI. Verify the current RMM replacement for `rmm::cuda_stream_view`, then update the downstream declarations to the supported stream type—likely `cuda::stream_ref`—and adjust includes or conversions as required. If the downstream repositories cannot be changed here, update the RAPIDS CI dependency overrides to use mutually compatible pinned revisions until their main branches contain the migration; do not restore a removed RMM alias in CCCL merely to mask version skew. Validate the focused cuVS IVF-RaBitQ target and cuDF parquet target, followed by their normal targeted integration builds.

Jobs:

3. cuOpt calls missing cuda::stream_ref::synchronize · 1 job

Explanation: cuOpt main calls `synchronize()` repeatedly on `cuda::stream_ref`, while the checked-out CCCL API provides `sync()` instead. The first barrier compilation fails at all seven such calls before the integration wrapper reports the cuOpt failure.

Evidence:

2026-09-14T07:05:56.4491722Z /home/coder/cuopt/cpp/src/barrier/sparse_cholesky.cuh(488): error: class "cuda::__4::stream_ref" has no member "synchronize"
2026-09-14T07:05:56.4492637Z           handle_ptr_->get_stream().synchronize();
2026-09-14T07:05:56.4507940Z 7 errors detected in the compilation of "/home/coder/cuopt/cpp/src/barrier/barrier.cu".
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Failure group: cuOpt calls missing cuda::stream_ref::synchronize
Affected jobs:
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / cuopt: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34815898945/job/103886491425

Reproduce the cuOpt barrier compilation against this CCCL revision. Replace each `handle_ptr_->get_stream().synchronize()` call in `sparse_cholesky.cuh` with the supported `sync()` API, checking for any other `cuda::stream_ref::synchronize()` uses in cuOpt and updating them consistently. If cuOpt cannot be patched in this repository, pin or override the cuOpt integration revision to one containing that migration rather than adding a new CCCL compatibility method without an explicit compatibility requirement. Run a focused build of the barrier object or target, then the targeted cuOpt C++ integration build.

Jobs:

nvcc lowers new T[n] inside make_unique<T[]> and make_unique_for_overwrite<T[]>
to an unnamed __host__ __device__ element construction loop, and
_CCCL_EXEC_CHECK_DISABLE on the enclosing function does not extend to that
generated helper:

  host_only_types.pass.cpp(101): error #20011-D: calling a __host__ function
  ("host_only_type::host_only_type(int)") from a __host__ __device__
  function("<unknown>") is not allowed

Exactly two such sites, exactly two errors. The three single object factories
use a direct new-expression and are fine.

The host test now reaches default_delete<T[]>::operator() through arrays the
unique_ptr takes ownership of, including via reset, so both deleter overloads
stay covered. device_only_types.pass.cpp is unchanged and already passes: its
helpers are __device__, so no cross execution space call arises.
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Thanks for the review and for running CI. It found a genuine gap, and I think it is worth your opinion.

device_only_types.pass.cpp passed. host_only_types.pass.cpp failed with exactly two errors:

error #20011-D: calling a __host__ function("host_only_type::host_only_type(int)")
from a __host__ __device__ function("<unknown>") is not allowed

Both come from the two array factories. make_unique<T[]> and make_unique_for_overwrite<T[]> allocate with new T[n], which nvcc lowers to an unnamed __host__ __device__ element-construction loop, and _CCCL_EXEC_CHECK_DISABLE on the enclosing function does not extend to that generated helper — hence the "<unknown>" caller. Two such sites, two errors. The three single-object factories use a direct new-expression and are fine.

The device test is unaffected because its helpers are __device__ rather than __host__ __device__, so no cross-execution-space call arises.

So 39ad9be drops those two calls from the host test only and documents why. The host test still reaches both default_delete overloads through arrays the unique_ptr takes ownership of, including via reset.

The question: this looks like a real hole in the #4732 coverage rather than a test problem — make_unique<T[]> cannot be used with a host-only type at all from host code. If you would rather see the header fixed so the array factories work (constructing elements explicitly instead of relying on array-new, say), I am happy to take that on and restore the coverage here. Your call on whether that belongs in this PR or a separate one.

Also, for the record on the analyzer's other suggestion: <cuda/std/memory> does not declare unique_ptr, make_unique, make_unique_for_overwrite or default_delete — I compile-checked all four — so the <cuda/std/__memory_> include has to stay, matching the other 54 tests under unique.ptr/.

Could I get a fresh /ok to test?

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