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[FlowANN step 10/12] Add C bindings and synchronize raw Rust FFI - #2986
The complete series adds the index format, graph-building pipeline, C++/C/Python/Rust interfaces, CPU-GPU request queues, serialization, benchmarks, and tests needed to run FlowANN in cuVS. The integration reuses the CAGRA search cores through a graph provider. FlowANN is exposed as an experimental tiered graph storage mode through cuvs::neighbors::cagra, selected with index_params.graph_storage = graph_storage_kind::tiered. FlowANN is excluded from the default cuVS build.
The branch for step 10 of twelve is zhr/flowann-v3-10-c-api, with zhr/flowann-v3-09-benchmarks as its immediate dependency. The native baseline is NVIDIA/cuvs commit 3dd62c143c78f3a019eecfee9fbae11cebe0d580.
Steps 1 through 10 form a stack. Steps 11 and 12 both start directly from step 10, so Python and Rust can be reviewed in parallel.
The incremental change contains 6 files, 519 additions and 17 deletions. Compare with the immediate dependency to review this stage. A comparison with the main branch also includes any unmerged predecessors.
Refactor CAGRA traversal to accept graph providers
2/12
Add graph storage and the CUDA-copy queue runtime
3/12
Add optional GDRCopy queue transport
4/12
Add single-CTA tiered graph search for dense vectors
5/12
Add multi-CTA tiered graph search
6/12
Add dense index construction with grouping and reordering
7/12
Add VPQ vector compression to tiered construction and search
8/12
Expose owning tiered CAGRA indexes and persistence through C++
9/12
Add native benchmarks and the cuVS-bench backend
10/12
Add C bindings and synchronize raw Rust FFI
11/12
Add Python bindings and lifecycle tests
12/12
Add Rust bindings and native lifecycle tests
Scope of this PR
Add C parameter layouts and entry points for tiered construction, search and metadata access.
Use the existing C index handle and error-conversion conventions for tiered ownership and persistence.
Add C lifecycle tests and documentation, and synchronize generated Rust FFI declarations with the changed C layouts.
Implementation in cuVS
The C layer converts its parameter structures and tensor descriptors to the public C++ implementation from step 8. It retains the established resource and index-handle lifecycle. Errors cross the C boundary through the existing status mechanism. Raw Rust FFI is updated in the same PR because the C structures and declarations change here. The safe Rust API is a separate review unit based directly on this branch.
Extend existing C parameter and index types
The C header adds graph-storage selection and tiered build/search structures to the CAGRA parameter types. use_tiered_params distinguishes explicitly supplied search options. Creation functions initialize the new fields with native defaults. Metadata access reports the storage kind through the existing C index handle. Callers must use the matching headers and library because public C structure layouts change in this PR.
Translate inputs to the owning C++ lifecycle
c/src/neighbors/cagra.cpp converts the C settings and dataset descriptors to the C++ interface from step 8. Dense construction follows the existing CAGRA build entry point, while cuvsCagraBuildCompressed() accepts host vectors and compression parameters for VPQ construction. Search, save and load use the existing handle and status conventions. A loaded tiered index owns its dataset internally, so deserialization does not return a separate dataset owner for that representation. C++ exceptions are converted to C error results.
Keep raw Rust declarations compatible immediately
The generated declarations and layout checks in rust/cuvs-sys/src/bindings.rs are updated with the changed C types and functions. This keeps existing Rust consumers aligned with the C ABI before the safe tiered Rust API arrives. The C lifecycle test builds, searches and persists an owning tiered index, while the existing Rust workspace tests and Clippy check the synchronized declarations. Python and safe Rust remain independent follow-up branches based on this commit.
Behavior after this PR
C callers can exercise tiered construction, search and a persisted round trip using the existing index handle. Python and safe Rust wrappers can now be implemented independently on the same C interface. Neither wrapper is required to merge this PR.
Review focus
Check parameter defaults, tensor dtype dispatch, error conversion, C/C++ ownership agreement and exact synchronization of the raw Rust FFI layouts.
The example explicitly selects CUDA-copy transport. GDRCopy is available from step 3 and requires its development library and a working runtime driver. The builder option arrives in step 6 and benchmark options in step 9. The example enables only options present in this stage. FlowANN is disabled by default.
Testing and validation
Test results at this branch commit
The counts below come from the saved validation records for this branch commit, 88b7281aedd34c13827fa14369e2d9eaf98c0e17. Conditional skips are listed separately.
Check
Result
Conditional skips
Native library and relevant test-target build
Passed
N/A
CAGRA C API
16 passed, zero failures
0
FlowANN cold launch in a separate process
1 passed, zero failures
0
FlowANN unit and regression tests present in this stage
60 passed, zero failures
0
Compute Sanitizer memcheck
Zero errors in the non-cold FlowANN suite
N/A
Test coverage and environment
Configured CMake and completed the full native library and relevant test-target build at this branch commit.
All 61 FlowANN tests present in this stage passed. The cold-launch case ran in a separate process. 0 tests were skipped.
All 16 CAGRA C API tests passed.
After the raw FFI update, existing Rust workspace native tests and Clippy passed.
Compute Sanitizer memcheck passed for the non-cold FlowANN suite, with zero reported errors.
Native validation used CUDA 13.1, SM90 and GCC 13 with multi-GPU and CAGRA/HNSW support. Queue runtime tests used CUDA-copy transport.
Validation results refer to this branch commit. GDRCopy runtime remains untested because the environment has no /dev/gdrdrv. Billion-scale throughput and a measured performance comparison against the unsplit PR were not rerun.
The final native branch also passed a full library build and existing CAGRA/C API regression checks with FlowANN disabled. That check is recorded at the final branch and is separate from this stage's own build and tests.
Performance results
Native benchmark measured during this split
The following native benchmark results were recorded at step 9 commit bbf098a0f25c177a38a51685efb65e35f4a27d7d. The table was not remeasured on this branch and does not measure the overhead of the added C, Python or Rust interfaces.
The recorded workflow uses 4,096 vectors with 32 dimensions, 64 queries and exact CPU squared-L2 ground truth at top-k=10. The input contains 16 Gaussian clusters, with queries formed by perturbing dataset rows. Construction uses graph degree 16, intermediate degree 32, VPQ dimension 8 with 8-bit codes, 64 VQ centers, four groups and a 32,768-byte resident graph budget. Search uses CUDA-copy transport, two queues, itopk=128, 128 rerank candidates and a maximum of 64 iterations. Each configuration has one warmup and three measured rounds.
Algorithm
Batch
Requested / actual queries
Median search time per batch (ms)
Median total time per batch (ms)
Median QPS
Median Recall@10
single_cta
1
0 / 64
0.631736
0.650496
1,537.288
1.000000
multi_cta
64
0 / 64
2.131919
2.615642
24,468.180
0.978125
multi_cta
64
96 / 64
1.987810
2.322291
27,558.992
0.975000
The timing columns summarize each metric independently across the three rounds. QPS includes query search and CPU reranking; loading, initial setup and warmup are excluded. query_count=0 selects all available queries, and a request for 96 queries executes the 64 available rows. Every measured round met Recall@10 >= 0.95. These are small-workload measurements of the benchmark workflow, with no unsplit-versus-split speedup claim.
Historical CAGRA API integration check
The following results are retained from the original complete PR #2675. They compare the direct FlowANN entry point with the unified CAGRA API using the same search engine and hierarchical Wiki88M index. They were not rerun at this branch commit and do not measure Python or Rust wrapper overhead.
Batch
itopk / iterations / width / candidates
Direct FlowANN QPS
CAGRA API QPS
Relative QPS
Direct Recall range
CAGRA API Recall range
1
256/32/2/32
2,018.3
2,022.7
+0.21%
0.98655
0.98565 to 0.98675
10,000
256/90/2/64
159,236.5
158,405.9
-0.52%
0.99078 to 0.99079
0.99078 to 0.99079
QPS is the median of process-level medians and includes query transfer and CPU exact reranking. Batch 1 uses 2,000 queries, multi-CTA/team32, two rerank threads, one queue and 128 seeds. One control process and two API processes each have one warmup and one measured round. Batch 10,000 uses 10,000 queries, single-CTA/team8, 90 rerank threads, 44 queues and 200 seeds. Three control processes and four API processes each have one warmup and five measured rounds, with additional large-batch runs alternating API and control. Queue statistics and persistent pollers are enabled in both paths. The representative checks showed no consistent API overhead; they do not establish equivalence for every configuration.
Historical Wiki88M FlowANN versus sharded CAGRA
The corrected September 20/23, 2026 system sweep from the original PR is retained below. It compares one GPU running FlowANN with two GPUs running sharded CAGRA, using the hardware and run environment recorded in that PR. FlowANN uses GDRCopy in this historical sweep; the current split runtime checks use CUDA-copy.
The dataset contains 87,555,327 base vectors, 10,000 queries and 768 dimensions. Both systems use graph degree 32, VPQ 192 x 8-bit codes and 10,000 VQ centers, with Recall@10 evaluated against the first ten ground-truth IDs. Their graphs, trained codebooks, sharding and entry points differ. This is a comparison of the complete systems at specified recall thresholds, rather than an experiment that changes only the search kernel.
For batch 1, the tools issue 10,000 sequential searches with multi-CTA/team32 and two CPU rerank threads. Batch 10,000 uses single-CTA/team8 and 90 rerank threads. FlowANN uses one queue and 128 seeds for batch 1, and 44 queues and 200 seeds for batch 10,000. Its remaining settings include six groups, 24-bit local IDs, a 7,529,758,208-byte resident graph budget, sync_window_scale=10 and sync_drop_threshold=51. Both systems use hashmap_min_bitlen=14.
Each selected configuration has three independent process runs. At each threshold, the table selects the highest median QPS whose minimum measured recall meets that threshold. Reported recall is that minimum; configuration means itopk / max_iterations / search_width / rerank_candidates. QPS includes query transfer, GPU search, candidate preparation and CPU exact reranking. It excludes index loading, initial JIT compilation and recall calculation. Relative QPS is the raw throughput ratio minus one, without GPU-count normalization.
Batch
Recall threshold
FlowANN QPS / actual Recall / configuration
Sharded CAGRA QPS / actual Recall / configuration
FlowANN relative QPS
1
0.90
3,260.3 / 0.94275 / 512/16/2/32
4,390.2 / 0.95577 / 512/16/2/32
-25.7%
1
0.95
2,793.6 / 0.97446 / 512/20/2/32
4,390.2 / 0.95577 / 512/16/2/32
-36.4%
1
0.99
2,184.3 / 0.99036 / 512/28/2/32
2,905.4 / 0.99092 / 512/28/32/32
-24.8%
10,000
0.90
428,998.2 / 0.91498 / 512/28/2/16
418,951.8 / 0.90688 / 64/28/2/32
+2.4%
10,000
0.95
273,877.4 / 0.97549 / 512/28/4/32
271,524.2 / 0.95504 / 512/28/4/32
+0.9%
10,000
0.99
175,850.9 / 0.99085 / 512/28/8/32
Not reached; highest measured Recall: 194,866.9 / 0.97614 / 512/28/8/32
N/A
At batch 1, FlowANN reaches 74.3%, 63.6% and 75.2% of the two-GPU CAGRA QPS at the respective thresholds. At batch 10,000, the median differences are +2.4% and +0.9% at recall targets 0.90 and 0.95. The QPS ranges overlap at 0.95, so that median difference does not establish a stable advantage. CAGRA's failure to reach 0.99 within the measured settings does not imply that other settings cannot reach it. The historical measurements do not establish performance parity between the original integration and these twelve branches.
Preservation of the complete implementation
Combining the Python branch from step 11 and the Rust branch from step 12 reproduces the complete integration at commit 8a774792167759e1eb7d34942d46021730e2debc, except for the internal split documentation in cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/README.md. Incremental patch reconstruction and both application orders of the language patches have been checked. The comparison covers the final combined implementation. Intermediate stages contain their own and preceding functionality, with their build and test results recorded above.
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Review comments at @c/include/cuvs/neighbors/cagra.h:
- Around line 206-236: Document every field in cuvsCagraTieredGraphParams and
cuvsCagraTieredSearchParams using the corresponding C++ parameter descriptions.
Add the requested input, output, and return documentation to
cuvsCagraIndexGetGraphStorage, and parameter and return documentation to
cuvsCagraBuildCompressed; then regenerate the Fern page.
Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh:
- Around line 1083-1099: Update the `device_graph` construction in `build_graph`
to pass a copy of `params` with `intermediate_graph_degree` and `graph_degree`
set to the clamped local values when calling `iterative_build_graph` in both
dataset branches. This ensures `device_graph` uses the same degree as
`host_graph` before the flat copy.
Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/flowann_serialize.hpp:
- Around line 303-311: After loading source_indices with read_host_vector,
validate that every source-index value is less than n_rows and reject the index
if any value is out of range. Keep this check limited to source_indices; seed
and subgraph-layout validation is handled elsewhere.
Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh:
- Around line 366-371: Before reserving and submitting a batch in the flow that
reaches `submit_batch`, ensure `state->pending` has at least `command_count`
available slots by waiting for and consuming pending rows as needed. Preserve
partially consumed rows and release each reservation only after its candidates
are consumed, so pushing entries in this block cannot overwrite live
reservations.
Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta.cuh:
- Around line 387-401: Update the FlowANN query-addressing contract so
setup_workspace offsets each query by query_stride * query_id, and propagate
query_stride through both search kernels; this must allow batching padded
queries without assuming a dim-based stride.
Review comments at @examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt:
- Around line 64-79: Add the cuVS private source include directory,
`${CPM_cuvs_SOURCE}/cpp/src`, to both `FLOWANN_BENCHMARK` and
`FLOWANN_BUILD_BENCHMARK` using target-scoped include directories so their
FlowANN sources can resolve private headers.
Review comments at @examples/cpp/src/flowann_benchmark.cu:
- Around line 1-2: Move the cagra_adapter.hpp include below the SPDX license
header and group it with the other neighbors/detail/flowann includes; add the
standard cstring header alongside the other standard headers to provide the
declaration used by std::memcpy.
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Summary
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New Features
Added experimental tiered graph storage and search for CAGRA, with configurable build and search options.
Added compressed index building from host vectors and the ability to check an index’s graph storage mode.
Added FlowANN search benchmarking support, including latency and recall measurements.
Improvements
Tiered indexes own their reordered dataset and can be searched immediately after loading. Serialization includes the dataset.
Added opt-in build options and examples for FlowANN search and index building.
Documentation
Expanded CAGRA documentation with tiered storage, configuration, ownership, and compatibility details.
This change adds experimental tiered graph storage to CAGRA through FlowANN. It includes tiered graph building, grouping, search, serialization, C and Rust API bindings, and benchmark support. Tiered indexes own their dataset and use host queues to retrieve cross-graph rows during search.
Changes: FlowANN tiered CAGRA
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Summary
CAGRA API and tiered index integration c/include/cuvs/neighbors/cagra.h, c/src/neighbors/cagra.cpp, cpp/include/cuvs/neighbors/cagra.hpp, cpp/src/neighbors/cagra.cuh, rust/cuvs-sys/src/bindings.rs, c/tests/neighbors/ann_cagra_c.cu
Adds tiered graph and search parameters, storage-mode accessors, compressed build entry points, and index-state dispatch. The C and Rust bindings expose the updated parameter layouts.
Tiered layout, grouping, and build cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh, cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/*, cpp/src/neighbors/cagra_tiered.cu, cpp/tests/neighbors/ann_cagra/flowann_build.cu
Adds graph layout planning, grouping and capacity repair, and FlowANN build paths for padded and VPQ indexes. Tests cover layout selection, grouping, build output, and search results.
Adds host queue and search-context management, single- and multi-CTA FlowANN search, and graph-provider support in CAGRA search kernels. Tests cover queue behavior, search modes, storage, and dataset norms.
Adds tiered serialization and deserialization, including VPQ support and legacy format loaders. C API deserialization handles the tiered envelope and internal dataset ownership.
Adds opt-in FlowANN build options and benchmark targets, documents the tiered APIs, and registers a Python backend that runs the FlowANN search executable and parses its measurements.
Opt-in tiered CAGRA builds can silently produce a corrupted graph when degree parameters are clamped, and long searches can stall the host queue. Fix these two before merging. Padded-query throughput and loader validation of crafted files are lower-priority follow-ups.
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The description is clearly related to the changeset. It describes the step 10/12 FlowANN integration PR that adds C parameter layouts, tiered construction, search, and metadata entry points in c/include/cuvs/neighbors/cagra.h and c/src/neighbors/cagra.cpp. It also covers the raw Rust FFI synchronization in rust/cuvs-sys/src/bindings.rs, the C lifecycle tests, and the documentation updates. The description includes the scope, the build and test results, and the review focus. The check passes.
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State the GDRCopy default and its configure-time requirement.
CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY defaults to ON. When CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH is on, cpp/CMakeLists.txt calls rapids_find_package(GDRCopy REQUIRED ...). Configuration fails if GDRCopy is not installed. The text does not say this.
Add the default value and the dependency. Tell users to set -DCUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY=OFF to use the CUDA-copy transport.
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Review comment at @fern/pages/neighbors/cagra.md around lines 1465 - 1467:
Update the cuVS FlowANN build-options documentation near the CAGRA entry points
to state that CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY defaults to ON and that enabling
CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH requires GDRCopy at configure time. Explain that
users can set CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY=OFF to select the CUDA-copy transport.
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Inline comments:
Review comments at @c/include/cuvs/neighbors/cagra.h:
- Around line 206-236: Document every field in cuvsCagraTieredGraphParams and
cuvsCagraTieredSearchParams using the corresponding C++ parameter descriptions.
Add the requested input, output, and return documentation to
cuvsCagraIndexGetGraphStorage, and parameter and return documentation to
cuvsCagraBuildCompressed; then regenerate the Fern page.
Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh:
- Around line 1083-1099: Update the `device_graph` construction in `build_graph`
to pass a copy of `params` with `intermediate_graph_degree` and `graph_degree`
set to the clamped local values when calling `iterative_build_graph` in both
dataset branches. This ensures `device_graph` uses the same degree as
`host_graph` before the flat copy.
Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/flowann_serialize.hpp:
- Around line 303-311: After loading source_indices with read_host_vector,
validate that every source-index value is less than n_rows and reject the index
if any value is out of range. Keep this check limited to source_indices; seed
and subgraph-layout validation is handled elsewhere.
Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh:
- Around line 366-371: Before reserving and submitting a batch in the flow that
reaches `submit_batch`, ensure `state->pending` has at least `command_count`
available slots by waiting for and consuming pending rows as needed. Preserve
partially consumed rows and release each reservation only after its candidates
are consumed, so pushing entries in this block cannot overwrite live
reservations.
Review comments at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta.cuh:
- Around line 387-401: Update the FlowANN query-addressing contract so
setup_workspace offsets each query by query_stride * query_id, and propagate
query_stride through both search kernels; this must allow batching padded
queries without assuming a dim-based stride.
Review comments at @examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt:
- Around line 64-79: Add the cuVS private source include directory,
`${CPM_cuvs_SOURCE}/cpp/src`, to both `FLOWANN_BENCHMARK` and
`FLOWANN_BUILD_BENCHMARK` using target-scoped include directories so their
FlowANN sources can resolve private headers.
Review comments at @examples/cpp/src/flowann_benchmark.cu:
- Around line 1-2: Move the cagra_adapter.hpp include below the SPDX license
header and group it with the other neighbors/detail/flowann includes; add the
standard cstring header alongside the other standard headers to provide the
declaration used by std::memcpy.
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Nitpick comments:
Review comments at @fern/pages/neighbors/cagra.md:
- Around line 1465-1467: Update the cuVS FlowANN build-options documentation
near the CAGRA entry points to state that CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY defaults to
ON and that enabling CUVS_ENABLE_FLOWANN_SEARCH requires GDRCopy at configure
time. Explain that users can set CUVS_FLOWANN_USE_GDRCOPY=OFF to select the
CUDA-copy transport.
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Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win
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Document all four public tiered CAGRA declarations.
Add per-field Doxygen comments to cuvsCagraTieredGraphParams and cuvsCagraTieredSearchParams. Add @param[in] index, @param[out] storage, and @return tags to cuvsCagraIndexGetGraphStorage. Add @param and @return tags to cuvsCagraBuildCompressed. Copy the field descriptions from the corresponding C++ parameters, then regenerate the Fern page.
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Document every field in cuvsCagraTieredGraphParams and
cuvsCagraTieredSearchParams using the corresponding C++ parameter descriptions.
Add the requested input, output, and return documentation to
cuvsCagraIndexGetGraphStorage, and parameter and return documentation to
cuvsCagraBuildCompressed; then regenerate the Fern page.
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Size the copied graph from the graph that iterative_build_graph returns.
build_graph clamps the local intermediate_degree and graph_degree with check_graph_degree. It then calls iterative_build_graph(res, params, ...), which reads the unclamped params.graph_degree and params.intermediate_graph_degree. Suppose the user sets graph_degree > intermediate_graph_degree or graph_degree >= n_rows. CAGRA normally accepts these values with a warning. Here, device_graph has params.graph_degree columns, but host_graph has the clamped column count. The flat raft::copy of host_graph.size() elements then reinterprets rows with the wrong stride. The result is a silently corrupted graph that the tiered build uses.
Pass clamped parameters to the iterative builder.
Proposed fix
--- "a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh"+++ "b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh"@@ -1080,16 +1080,21 @@
if (std::holds_alternative<cagra::graph_build_params::iterative_search_params>(
knn_build_params)) {
- auto device_graph = [&]() {+ auto clamped_params = params;+ clamped_params.intermediate_graph_degree = intermediate_degree;+ clamped_params.graph_degree = graph_degree;+ auto device_graph = [&]() {
if constexpr (cuvs::neighbors::is_host_dataset_view_v<DatasetViewT>) {
auto padded = cuvs::neighbors::make_device_padded_dataset(res, dataset.view());
- auto graph = iterative_build_graph<T, IdxT>(res, params, padded->as_dataset_view());+ auto graph = iterative_build_graph<T, IdxT>(res, clamped_params, padded->as_dataset_view());
raft::resource::sync_stream(res);
return graph;
} else {
- return iterative_build_graph<T, IdxT>(res, params, dataset);+ return iterative_build_graph<T, IdxT>(res, clamped_params, dataset);
}
}();
+ RAFT_EXPECTS(device_graph.extent(1) == static_cast<int64_t>(graph_degree),+ "Iterative graph degree mismatch");
auto host_graph = raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, int64_t>(n_rows, graph_degree);
raft::copy(host_graph.data_handle(),
device_graph.data_handle(),
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auto host_graph = raft::make_host_matrix<IdxT, int64_t>(n_rows, graph_degree);
raft::copy(host_graph.data_handle(),
device_graph.data_handle(),
host_graph.size(),
raft::resource::get_cuda_stream(res));
raft::resource::sync_stream(res);
return host_graph;
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1083 - 1099:
Update the `device_graph` construction in `build_graph` to pass a copy of
`params` with `intermediate_graph_degree` and `graph_degree` set to the clamped
local values when calling `iterative_build_graph` in both dataset branches. This
ensures `device_graph` uses the same degree as `host_graph` before the flat
copy.
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Validate source-index values when loading a current-format index.
update_source_indices checks only the number of entries. It does not check that each value is below n_rows. A corrupted or crafted index file can store out-of-range source IDs, and the loader passes them through unchanged. Add the range check in the loader, where source_count == n_rows is already enforced.
The seed and subgraph-layout values are already validated by update_seeds and update_subgraph_layout. They do not need the additional checks.
Proposed validation
--- "a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/flowann_serialize.hpp"+++ "b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/flowann_serialize.hpp"@@ -300,11 +300,15 @@
auto cross_graph = read_host_matrix<std::uint32_t>(
is, n_rows, static_cast<std::uint64_t>(cross_degree) + 1, "cross graph");
std::optional<raft::host_vector<std::uint32_t, int64_t>> source_indices;
if (source_count > 0) {
source_indices.emplace(
read_host_vector<std::uint32_t>(is, source_count, "source-index mapping"));
+ for (std::uint32_t i = 0; i < source_count; ++i) {+ RAFT_EXPECTS((*source_indices)(i) < n_rows,+ "FlowANN source-index mapping contains an out-of-range ID");+ }
}
auto subgraph_offsets = read_host_vector<std::uint32_t>(is, n_subgraphs, "subgraph offsets");
auto subgraph_ids = read_host_vector<std::uint32_t>(is, n_rows, "subgraph identifiers");
std::optional<raft::host_vector<std::uint32_t, int64_t>> seeds;
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if (seed_count > 0) { seeds.emplace(read_host_vector<std::uint32_t>(is, seed_count, "seeds")); }
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Review comment at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/flowann_serialize.hpp around
lines 303 - 311:
After loading source_indices with read_host_vector, validate that every
source-index value is less than n_rows and reject the index if any value is out
of range. Keep this check limited to source_indices; seed and subgraph-layout
validation is handled elsewhere.
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set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- queue and provider declarations ---'
sed -n '1,180p' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh
printf'%s\n''--- submit and drain control flow ---'
sed -n '300,535p' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh
printf'%s\n''--- all queue-related references ---'
rg -n -C3 -F -e 'pending_capacity' -e 'pending_mask' -e 'struct pending_queue' -e 'pending.push' -e 'pending.pop' -e 'pending.front' -e 'pending.available' -e 'pending.size' -e 'release_deferred' -e 'reclaim_released' -e 'try_reserve_deferred' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann
Repository: NVIDIA/cuvs
Length of output: 31464
Script executed:
set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- deferred queue implementation ---'
sed -n '1,225p' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/queue.cuh
printf'%s\n''--- provider entry and finalize ---'
sed -n '180,330p' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh
sed -n '535,625p' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh
printf'%s\n''--- width and provider call sites ---'
rg -n -C4 -F -e 'max_search_width' -e 'tiered_graph_provider' -e '.expand(' -e 'provider.expand' -e 'finalize(' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra
printf'%s\n''--- changed-file diff against supplied merge base ---'
git diff --stat 3dd62c143c78f3a019eecfee9fbae11cebe0d580 88b7281aedd34c13827fa14369e2d9eaf98c0e17 -- cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh
git diff --unified=20 3dd62c143c78f3a019eecfee9fbae11cebe0d580 88b7281aedd34c13827fa14369e2d9eaf98c0e17 -- cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh | sed -n '1,260p'
Repository: NVIDIA/cuvs
Length of output: 41162
Script executed:
set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- FlowANN parameter and iteration declarations ---'
rg -n -C5 -F -e 'max_iterations' -e 'max_iter' -e 'max_iterations' -e 'search_width' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/jit_lto_kernels
printf'%s\n''--- complete JIT single-CTA search loop ---'
sed -n '115,430p' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/jit_lto_kernels/search_single_cta_jit.cuh
printf'%s\n''--- FlowANN search invocation and parameter validation ---'
sed -n '300,430p' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta.cuh
Repository: NVIDIA/cuvs
Length of output: 42384
Script executed:
set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- FlowANN parameter declarations and plan bounds ---'
rg -n -C8 -F -e 'struct search_params' -e 'max_iterations' -e 'min_iterations' -e 'max_iteration' -e 'sync_drop_threshold' cpp/include cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann
printf'%s\n''--- graph and cross-degree assignments ---'
rg -n -C8 -F -e 'cross_graph_degree' -e 'graph_degree' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann | sed -n '1,320p'printf'%s\n''--- queue service and context ownership ---'
rg -n -C5 -F -e 'result_sequence' -e 'command_words' -e 'gpu_tail' -e 'reclaim_released' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann --glob '*.{cu,cuh,cpp,hpp}'
Repository: NVIDIA/cuvs
Length of output: 42690
Script executed:
set -o pipefail
printf'%s\n''--- public iteration parameters ---'
rg -n -C12 -F -e 'max_iterations' cpp/include/cuvs cpp/include/raft 2>/dev/null | sed -n '1,220p'printf'%s\n''--- single-CTA iteration planning ---'
rg -n -C12 -F -e 'automatic_max_iterations' -e 'params.max_iterations' -e 'plan.max_iterations' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta.cuh
printf'%s\n''--- candidate capacity and launch arguments ---'
nl -ba cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh | sed -n '150,160p;358,475p;488,532p;590,605p'
nl -ba cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta.cuh | sed -n '315,330p;438,458p'
Repository: NVIDIA/cuvs
Length of output: 24418
Prevent pending-ring overflow before submitting a batch.
pending_queue has only 511 usable entries, but push() has no capacity check. search_width may be 8, so one expansion can add eight entries. The drain can consume fewer than eight entries when the candidate budget is exhausted or a row is partial. Because pending entries persist across expansions, a later push can execute with pending.available() < command_count and overwrite live reservations.
The overwritten reservations are not released. reclaim_released() then stops at the first unreleased sequence, and later deferred reservations on that queue can fail. The submission path silently drops cross-graph requests when reservation fails.
Before calling try_reserve_deferred, wait for and consume pending rows until pending.available() >= command_count. Preserve partial rows, and release each reservation only after its candidates are consumed. Alternatively, add a checked guard and prove an invariant that prevents the ring from reaching this state.
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minimal, and validate.
Review comment at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta_jit.cuh
around lines 366 - 371:
Before reserving and submitting a batch in the flow that reaches `submit_batch`,
ensure `state->pending` has at least `command_count` available slots by waiting
for and consuming pending rows as needed. Preserve partially consumed rows and
release each reservation only after its candidates are consumed, so pushing
entries in this block cannot overwrite live reservations.
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#!/bin/bashset -o pipefail
sed -n '1,185p' cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/jit_lto_kernels/setup_workspace_impl.cuh
Repository: NVIDIA/cuvs
Length of output: 7625
Batch padded queries without losing the query-stride contract.
Both FlowANN search paths launch one kernel and perform host filter setup for each padded query. This can materially reduce throughput for large query batches.
Do not only replace the std::size_t{1} fallback. Update the query-addressing contract so setup_workspace receives query_stride and advances by query_stride * query_id, then propagate it through both FlowANN kernels. Alternatively, repack padded queries into a contiguous layout that matches the current dim * query_id contract.
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Review comment at @cpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/search_single_cta.cuh around
lines 387 - 401:
Update the FlowANN query-addressing contract so setup_workspace offsets each
query by query_stride * query_id, and propagate query_stride through both search
kernels; this must allow batching padded queries without assuming a dim-based
stride.
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printf'%s\n''--- cuvs header target ---'
nl -ba cpp/CMakeLists.txt | sed -n '250,285p'printf'%s\n''--- cuvs object/library include properties ---'
nl -ba cpp/CMakeLists.txt | sed -n '1685,1830p'printf'%s\n''--- in-tree FlowANN benchmark definitions ---'
nl -ba cpp/CMakeLists.txt | sed -n '1835,1890p'printf'%s\n''--- examples README and dependency setup ---'
nl -ba examples/README.md | sed -n '1,80p'
nl -ba examples/cmake/thirdparty/get_cuvs.cmake | sed -n '1,180p'
Repository: NVIDIA/cuvs
Length of output: 16007
Add the cuVS source include path to the FlowANN example targets.
The FlowANN sources include private headers under cpp/src. cuvs::cuvs exports only the public include directories, and the example targets do not add cpp/src. Enabling either FlowANN option can therefore fail with a missing-header error.
Use the cuVS source path provided by get_cuvs.cmake:
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Review comment at @examples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt around lines 64 - 79:
Add the cuVS private source include directory, `${CPM_cuvs_SOURCE}/cpp/src`, to
both `FLOWANN_BENCHMARK` and `FLOWANN_BUILD_BENCHMARK` using target-scoped
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Minor · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win
Move the include below the license header and add <cstring>.
Line 1 includes cagra_adapter.hpp before the SPDX header. The header check expects the license block at the top of the file. The include also splits from the other includes at lines 10-12.
The file calls std::memcpy at lines 119-120 but does not include <cstring>. It currently depends on a transitive include.
Proposed fix
--- "a/examples/cpp/src/flowann_benchmark.cu"+++ "b/examples/cpp/src/flowann_benchmark.cu"@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@-#include <neighbors/detail/flowann/cagra_adapter.hpp>
/*
* 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
Then add #include <neighbors/detail/flowann/cagra_adapter.hpp> next to the other neighbors/detail/flowann includes. Add #include <cstring> to the standard headers.
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Review comment at @examples/cpp/src/flowann_benchmark.cu around lines 1 - 2:
Move the cagra_adapter.hpp include below the SPDX license header and group it
with the other neighbors/detail/flowann includes; add the standard cstring
header alongside the other standard headers to provide the declaration used by
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Overview
This series integrates FlowANN from our OSDI 2026 paper Disentangling Graph Dependencies for Efficient Billion-Scale GPU Vector Search into cuVS. FlowANN keeps a compressed subset of graph edges on the GPU, stores the remaining edges in CPU memory, and fetches CPU-resident edges asynchronously during search.
The complete series adds the index format, graph-building pipeline, C++/C/Python/Rust interfaces, CPU-GPU request queues, serialization, benchmarks, and tests needed to run FlowANN in cuVS. The integration reuses the CAGRA search cores through a graph provider. FlowANN is exposed as an experimental tiered graph storage mode through
cuvs::neighbors::cagra, selected withindex_params.graph_storage = graph_storage_kind::tiered. FlowANN is excluded from the default cuVS build.co-author: Haoru Zhao zhaohaoru@sjtu.edu.cn, Jingkai He hjk020101@sjtu.edu.cn, Jingyao Zeng zengjingyao@sjtu.edu.cn, Shenghan Gao gsh20040816@gmail.com
Role in the series
The branch for step 10 of twelve is
zhr/flowann-v3-10-c-api, withzhr/flowann-v3-09-benchmarksas its immediate dependency. The native baseline is NVIDIA/cuvs commit3dd62c143c78f3a019eecfee9fbae11cebe0d580.Steps 1 through 10 form a stack. Steps 11 and 12 both start directly from step 10, so Python and Rust can be reviewed in parallel.
The incremental change contains 6 files, 519 additions and 17 deletions. Compare with the immediate dependency to review this stage. A comparison with the main branch also includes any unmerged predecessors.
The series follows the split discussed in PR #2932. See the original complete PR #2675 for the full integration background.
Scope of this PR
Implementation in cuVS
The C layer converts its parameter structures and tensor descriptors to the public C++ implementation from step 8. It retains the established resource and index-handle lifecycle. Errors cross the C boundary through the existing status mechanism. Raw Rust FFI is updated in the same PR because the C structures and declarations change here. The safe Rust API is a separate review unit based directly on this branch.
Extend existing C parameter and index types
The C header adds graph-storage selection and tiered build/search structures to the CAGRA parameter types.
use_tiered_paramsdistinguishes explicitly supplied search options. Creation functions initialize the new fields with native defaults. Metadata access reports the storage kind through the existing C index handle. Callers must use the matching headers and library because public C structure layouts change in this PR.Translate inputs to the owning C++ lifecycle
c/src/neighbors/cagra.cppconverts the C settings and dataset descriptors to the C++ interface from step 8. Dense construction follows the existing CAGRA build entry point, whilecuvsCagraBuildCompressed()accepts host vectors and compression parameters for VPQ construction. Search, save and load use the existing handle and status conventions. A loaded tiered index owns its dataset internally, so deserialization does not return a separate dataset owner for that representation. C++ exceptions are converted to C error results.Keep raw Rust declarations compatible immediately
The generated declarations and layout checks in
rust/cuvs-sys/src/bindings.rsare updated with the changed C types and functions. This keeps existing Rust consumers aligned with the C ABI before the safe tiered Rust API arrives. The C lifecycle test builds, searches and persists an owning tiered index, while the existing Rust workspace tests and Clippy check the synchronized declarations. Python and safe Rust remain independent follow-up branches based on this commit.Behavior after this PR
C callers can exercise tiered construction, search and a persisted round trip using the existing index handle. Python and safe Rust wrappers can now be implemented independently on the same C interface. Neither wrapper is required to merge this PR.
Review focus
Check parameter defaults, tensor dtype dispatch, error conversion, C/C++ ownership agreement and exact synchronization of the raw Rust FFI layouts.
Build and usage scope
The example explicitly selects CUDA-copy transport. GDRCopy is available from step 3 and requires its development library and a working runtime driver. The builder option arrives in step 6 and benchmark options in step 9. The example enables only options present in this stage. FlowANN is disabled by default.
Testing and validation
Test results at this branch commit
The counts below come from the saved validation records for this branch commit,
88b7281aedd34c13827fa14369e2d9eaf98c0e17. Conditional skips are listed separately.Test coverage and environment
Configured CMake and completed the full native library and relevant test-target build at this branch commit.
All 61 FlowANN tests present in this stage passed. The cold-launch case ran in a separate process. 0 tests were skipped.
All 16 CAGRA C API tests passed.
After the raw FFI update, existing Rust workspace native tests and Clippy passed.
Compute Sanitizer memcheck passed for the non-cold FlowANN suite, with zero reported errors.
Native validation used CUDA 13.1, SM90 and GCC 13 with multi-GPU and CAGRA/HNSW support. Queue runtime tests used CUDA-copy transport.
Validation results refer to this branch commit. GDRCopy runtime remains untested because the environment has no
/dev/gdrdrv. Billion-scale throughput and a measured performance comparison against the unsplit PR were not rerun.The final native branch also passed a full library build and existing CAGRA/C API regression checks with FlowANN disabled. That check is recorded at the final branch and is separate from this stage's own build and tests.
Performance results
Native benchmark measured during this split
The following native benchmark results were recorded at step 9 commit
bbf098a0f25c177a38a51685efb65e35f4a27d7d. The table was not remeasured on this branch and does not measure the overhead of the added C, Python or Rust interfaces.The recorded workflow uses 4,096 vectors with 32 dimensions, 64 queries and exact CPU squared-L2 ground truth at
top-k=10. The input contains 16 Gaussian clusters, with queries formed by perturbing dataset rows. Construction uses graph degree 16, intermediate degree 32, VPQ dimension 8 with 8-bit codes, 64 VQ centers, four groups and a 32,768-byte resident graph budget. Search uses CUDA-copy transport, two queues,itopk=128, 128 rerank candidates and a maximum of 64 iterations. Each configuration has one warmup and three measured rounds.single_ctamulti_ctamulti_ctaThe timing columns summarize each metric independently across the three rounds. QPS includes query search and CPU reranking; loading, initial setup and warmup are excluded.
query_count=0selects all available queries, and a request for 96 queries executes the 64 available rows. Every measured round met Recall@10 >= 0.95. These are small-workload measurements of the benchmark workflow, with no unsplit-versus-split speedup claim.Historical CAGRA API integration check
The following results are retained from the original complete PR #2675. They compare the direct FlowANN entry point with the unified CAGRA API using the same search engine and hierarchical Wiki88M index. They were not rerun at this branch commit and do not measure Python or Rust wrapper overhead.
256/32/2/32256/90/2/64QPS is the median of process-level medians and includes query transfer and CPU exact reranking. Batch 1 uses 2,000 queries, multi-CTA/team32, two rerank threads, one queue and 128 seeds. One control process and two API processes each have one warmup and one measured round. Batch 10,000 uses 10,000 queries, single-CTA/team8, 90 rerank threads, 44 queues and 200 seeds. Three control processes and four API processes each have one warmup and five measured rounds, with additional large-batch runs alternating API and control. Queue statistics and persistent pollers are enabled in both paths. The representative checks showed no consistent API overhead; they do not establish equivalence for every configuration.
Historical Wiki88M FlowANN versus sharded CAGRA
The corrected September 20/23, 2026 system sweep from the original PR is retained below. It compares one GPU running FlowANN with two GPUs running sharded CAGRA, using the hardware and run environment recorded in that PR. FlowANN uses GDRCopy in this historical sweep; the current split runtime checks use CUDA-copy.
The dataset contains 87,555,327 base vectors, 10,000 queries and 768 dimensions. Both systems use graph degree 32, VPQ 192 x 8-bit codes and 10,000 VQ centers, with Recall@10 evaluated against the first ten ground-truth IDs. Their graphs, trained codebooks, sharding and entry points differ. This is a comparison of the complete systems at specified recall thresholds, rather than an experiment that changes only the search kernel.
For batch 1, the tools issue 10,000 sequential searches with multi-CTA/team32 and two CPU rerank threads. Batch 10,000 uses single-CTA/team8 and 90 rerank threads. FlowANN uses one queue and 128 seeds for batch 1, and 44 queues and 200 seeds for batch 10,000. Its remaining settings include six groups, 24-bit local IDs, a 7,529,758,208-byte resident graph budget,
sync_window_scale=10andsync_drop_threshold=51. Both systems usehashmap_min_bitlen=14.Each selected configuration has three independent process runs. At each threshold, the table selects the highest median QPS whose minimum measured recall meets that threshold. Reported recall is that minimum; configuration means
itopk / max_iterations / search_width / rerank_candidates. QPS includes query transfer, GPU search, candidate preparation and CPU exact reranking. It excludes index loading, initial JIT compilation and recall calculation. Relative QPS is the raw throughput ratio minus one, without GPU-count normalization.512/16/2/32512/16/2/32512/20/2/32512/16/2/32512/28/2/32512/28/32/32512/28/2/1664/28/2/32512/28/4/32512/28/4/32512/28/8/32512/28/8/32At batch 1, FlowANN reaches 74.3%, 63.6% and 75.2% of the two-GPU CAGRA QPS at the respective thresholds. At batch 10,000, the median differences are +2.4% and +0.9% at recall targets 0.90 and 0.95. The QPS ranges overlap at 0.95, so that median difference does not establish a stable advantage. CAGRA's failure to reach 0.99 within the measured settings does not imply that other settings cannot reach it. The historical measurements do not establish performance parity between the original integration and these twelve branches.
Preservation of the complete implementation
Combining the Python branch from step 11 and the Rust branch from step 12 reproduces the complete integration at commit
8a774792167759e1eb7d34942d46021730e2debc, except for the internal split documentation incpp/src/neighbors/detail/flowann/README.md. Incremental patch reconstruction and both application orders of the language patches have been checked. The comparison covers the final combined implementation. Intermediate stages contain their own and preceding functionality, with their build and test results recorded above.Co-authored-by: Jingkai He hjk020101@sjtu.edu.cn