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[FlowANN step 1/12] Refactor CAGRA traversal to accept graph providers
ZhaoHaoRu Oct 29, 2026
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[FlowANN step 2/12] Add graph storage and the CUDA-copy queue runtime
ZhaoHaoRu Oct 29, 2026
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[FlowANN step 3/12] Add optional GDRCopy queue transport
ZhaoHaoRu Oct 29, 2026
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[FlowANN step 4/12] Add single-CTA tiered graph search for dense vectors
ZhaoHaoRu Oct 29, 2026
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[FlowANN step 5/12] Add multi-CTA tiered graph search
ZhaoHaoRu Oct 29, 2026
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95 changes: 92 additions & 3 deletions cpp/CMakeLists.txt
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Expand Up @@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ option(DISABLE_OPENMP "Disable OpenMP" OFF)
option(CUVS_COMPILE_DYNAMIC_ONLY "Only build the shared library and skip the static library." OFF)
option(CUVS_NVTX "Enable nvtx markers" OFF)
option(CUVS_RAFT_CLONE_ON_PIN "Explicitly clone RAFT branch when pinned to non-feature branch" ON)
option(CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH "Enable experimental FlowANN tiered-graph search" OFF)
option(CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY "Use GDRCopy for FlowANN GPU-to-CPU command queues" ON)

if(CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH AND BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
message(FATAL_ERROR "CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH requires a CUDA-enabled build")
endif()
if(BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
set(BUILD_TESTS OFF)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -113,7 +118,6 @@ elseif(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
set(cuvs_compile_mode "static_only")
set(_cuvs_lib_targets cuvs_static)
endif()

# Needed because GoogleBenchmark changes the state of FindThreads.cmake, causing subsequent runs to
# have different values for the `Threads::Threads` target. Setting this flag ensures
# `Threads::Threads` is the same value across all builds so that cache hits occur
Expand All @@ -127,6 +131,8 @@ message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Build cuVS unit-tests: ${BUILD_TESTS}")
message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Build CPU only components: ${BUILD_CPU_ONLY}")
message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Build ANN benchmarks: ${BUILD_CUVS_BENCH}")
message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Build only the shared library: ${CUVS_COMPILE_DYNAMIC_ONLY}")
message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Enable FlowANN tiered-graph search: ${CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH}")
message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Use GDRCopy for FlowANN queues: ${CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY}")
message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Enable detection of conda environment for dependencies: ${DETECT_CONDA_ENV}")
message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Disable deprecation warnings " ${DISABLE_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS})
message(VERBOSE "cuVS: Disable OpenMP: ${DISABLE_OPENMP}")
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -169,6 +175,22 @@ if(NOT BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
BUILD_EXPORT_SET cuvs-exports
INSTALL_EXPORT_SET cuvs-exports
)

if(CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH AND CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY)
rapids_find_generate_module(
GDRCopy
HEADER_NAMES gdrapi.h
LIBRARY_NAMES gdrapi
BUILD_EXPORT_SET cuvs-exports
INSTALL_EXPORT_SET cuvs-exports
)
rapids_find_package(
GDRCopy REQUIRED
BUILD_EXPORT_SET cuvs-exports
INSTALL_EXPORT_SET cuvs-exports
)
set(CUVS_FLOWANN_GDRCOPY_DEPENDENCIES GDRCopy::GDRCopy CUDA::cuda_driver)
endif()
else()
add_compile_definitions(BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
endif()
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -233,6 +255,9 @@ if(NOT BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
"$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include>"
"$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>"
)
target_compile_definitions(
cuvs_cpp_headers INTERFACE $<$<BOOL:${CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH}>:CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH>
)
target_link_libraries(cuvs_cpp_headers INTERFACE raft::raft rmm::rmm)

generate_inst_matrix(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -959,6 +984,44 @@ if(NOT BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated_kernels/cagra/search_single_cta"
KERNEL_LINK_LIBRARIES jit_lto_kernel_usage_requirements
)
if(CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH)
set(flowann_ns "cuvs::neighbors::cagra::experimental::flowann::detail")
generate_jit_lto_kernels(
jit_lto_files
NAME_FORMAT
"flowann_search_single_cta_@topk_by_bitonic_sort_str@_@bitonic_sort_and_merge_multi_warps_str@_data_@data_abbrev@"
MATRIX_JSON_FILE
"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_matrix.json"
KERNEL_INPUT_FILE
"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_kernel.cu.in"
FRAGMENT_TAG_FORMAT
"${flowann_ns}::fragment_tag_search_single_cta<${neighbors_ns}::tag_@data_abbrev@, ${neighbors_ns}::tag_index_@source_index_abbrev@, ${neighbors_ns}::tag_index_@index_abbrev@, ${cagra_ns}::tag_dist_@distance_abbrev@, @topk_by_bitonic_sort@, @bitonic_sort_and_merge_multi_warps@>"
FRAGMENT_TAG_HEADER_FILES
"<cuvs/detail/jit_lto/flowann/flowann_fragments.hpp>"
"<cuvs/detail/jit_lto/common_fragments.hpp>"
"<cuvs/detail/jit_lto/cagra/cagra_fragments.hpp>"
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated_kernels/flowann/search_single_cta"
KERNEL_LINK_LIBRARIES jit_lto_kernel_usage_requirements
KERNEL_EXTRA_COMPILE_OPTIONS --maxrregcount=64
)
generate_jit_lto_kernels(
jit_lto_files
NAME_FORMAT "flowann_search_multi_cta_data_@data_abbrev@"
MATRIX_JSON_FILE
"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_multi_cta_matrix.json"
KERNEL_INPUT_FILE
"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_multi_cta_kernel.cu.in"
FRAGMENT_TAG_FORMAT
"${flowann_ns}::fragment_tag_search_multi_cta<${neighbors_ns}::tag_@data_abbrev@, ${neighbors_ns}::tag_index_@source_index_abbrev@, ${neighbors_ns}::tag_index_@index_abbrev@, ${cagra_ns}::tag_dist_@distance_abbrev@>"
FRAGMENT_TAG_HEADER_FILES
"<cuvs/detail/jit_lto/flowann/flowann_fragments.hpp>"
"<cuvs/detail/jit_lto/common_fragments.hpp>"
"<cuvs/detail/jit_lto/cagra/cagra_fragments.hpp>"
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/generated_kernels/flowann/search_multi_cta"
KERNEL_LINK_LIBRARIES jit_lto_kernel_usage_requirements
KERNEL_EXTRA_COMPILE_OPTIONS --maxrregcount=64
)
endif()
generate_jit_lto_kernels(
jit_lto_files
NAME_FORMAT
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1486,6 +1549,8 @@ if(NOT BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
src/neighbors/brute_force.cu
src/neighbors/brute_force_serialize.cu
src/neighbors/cagra.cpp
$<$<BOOL:${CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH}>:src/neighbors/flowann.cu>
$<$<BOOL:${CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH}>:src/neighbors/flowann_queue.cpp>
${cagra_build_inst_files}
${cagra_extend_inst_files}
src/neighbors/cagra_optimize.cu
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1592,6 +1657,12 @@ if(NOT BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
"$<$<AND:$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>,$<CONFIG:Debug>>:${CUVS_DEBUG_CUDA_FLAGS}>"
)

target_compile_definitions(
cuvs_objs
PRIVATE
$<$<AND:$<BOOL:${CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH}>,$<BOOL:${CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY}>>:CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY>
)

target_compile_definitions(
cuvs_objs
PRIVATE CUVS_CUTILE_ENABLED=${CUVS_CUTILE_ENABLED}
Expand All @@ -1608,6 +1679,7 @@ if(NOT BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
nvidia::cutlass::cutlass
rtcx::rtcx
${CUVS_CTK_MATH_DEPENDENCIES}
${CUVS_FLOWANN_GDRCOPY_DEPENDENCIES}
$<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX>
$<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:hnswlib::hnswlib>
kvikio::kvikio
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1687,10 +1759,26 @@ if(NOT BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
$<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:$<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:NCCL::NCCL>>
$<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:$<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:hnswlib::hnswlib>>
$<$<BOOL:${CUVS_NVTX}>:CUDA::nvtx3>
PRIVATE $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX> $<COMPILE_ONLY:nvidia::cutlass::cutlass>
$<COMPILE_ONLY:cuco::cuco> CUDA::nvJitLink CUDA::nvrtc rtcx::rtcx kvikio::kvikio
PRIVATE $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX>
$<COMPILE_ONLY:nvidia::cutlass::cutlass>
$<COMPILE_ONLY:cuco::cuco>
CUDA::nvJitLink
CUDA::nvrtc
rtcx::rtcx
kvikio::kvikio
${CUVS_FLOWANN_GDRCOPY_DEPENDENCIES}
INTERFACE $<LINK_ONLY:kvikio::kvikio>
)
if(CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH)
target_link_libraries(cuvs INTERFACE $<LINK_ONLY:$<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX>>)
endif()
if(CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH AND CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY)
# Consumers must resolve this runtime dependency even when it is installed outside the
# linker's default search paths. Its headers remain private to the queue implementation.
target_link_libraries(
cuvs INTERFACE $<LINK_ONLY:GDRCopy::GDRCopy> $<LINK_ONLY:CUDA::cuda_driver>
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Major · Stability & Availability · Heavy lift

Supported by static analysis

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set -e
echo "== RPATH settings =="
rg -n -F -e 'RPATH' -e 'rpath' -- cpp/CMakeLists.txt || test "$?" -eq 1
echo "== GDRCopy / CUDA driver references =="
rg -n -F -e 'GDRCopy' -e 'gdrapi' -e 'CUDA::cuda_driver' -e 'LINK_ONLY' -- cpp/CMakeLists.txt || test "$?" -eq 1
echo "== cuvs target linkage =="
rg -n -F -e 'add_library(cuvs ' -e 'target_link_libraries(' -e 'cuvs SHARED' -e 'cuvs_objs' -- cpp/CMakeLists.txt || test "$?" -eq 1
echo "== Lines 1740-1800 =="
sed -n '1740,1800p' cpp/CMakeLists.txt | cat -n

Repository: NVIDIA/cuvs

Length of output: 4894

Make the installed GDRCopy runtime library discoverable.

With CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH=ON and CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY=ON, the shared cuvs target links GDRCopy as a private dependency. The installed libcuvs then depends on the GDRCopy shared library at load time. Its install RPATH is $ORIGIN only. The LINK_ONLY interface entries apply to consumer link lines and do not add a search path to the installed library.

If GDRCopy is installed outside the loader's default search paths, the installed libcuvs can fail to load unless the environment supplies the path. Either package the GDRCopy runtime library beside libcuvs, or provide a supported runtime search path for the installed library. Then verify the installed artifact in a build that uses GDRCopy from a non-default directory.

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Review comment at @cpp/CMakeLists.txt around lines 1776 - 1779:
Update the installed shared cuvs target’s runtime handling so GDRCopy is
discoverable when installed outside default loader paths, by packaging its
runtime library beside libcuvs or configuring a supported install RPATH; verify
the installed artifact with GDRCopy from a non-default directory.

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)
endif()

endif()

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1735,6 +1823,7 @@ if(NOT BUILD_CPU_ONLY)
CUDA::nvJitLink
CUDA::nvrtc
rtcx::rtcx
${CUVS_FLOWANN_GDRCOPY_DEPENDENCIES}
$<$<BOOL:${CUVS_NVTX}>:CUDA::nvtx3>
$<COMPILE_ONLY:nvidia::cutlass::cutlass>
$<COMPILE_ONLY:cuco::cuco>
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24 changes: 24 additions & 0 deletions cpp/include/cuvs/detail/jit_lto/flowann/flowann_fragments.hpp
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/*
* SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*
* FlowANN is described in "Disentangling Graph Dependencies for Efficient
* Billion-Scale GPU Vector Search" (OSDI 2026).
*/

#pragma once

namespace cuvs::neighbors::cagra::experimental::flowann::detail {

template <typename DataTag,
typename SourceIndexTag,
typename IndexTag,
typename DistanceTag,
bool TopkByBitonicSort,
bool BitonicSortAndMergeMultiWarps>
struct fragment_tag_search_single_cta {};

template <typename DataTag, typename SourceIndexTag, typename IndexTag, typename DistanceTag>
struct fragment_tag_search_multi_cta {};

} // namespace cuvs::neighbors::cagra::experimental::flowann::detail
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