Fix host-source lifetime races

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Description

Fix asynchronous host-to-device copies whose host source could be destroyed or mutated before the copy completed. The CUDA 13 cudaMemcpyBatchAsync changes in rapidsai/rmm#2511 exposed these invalid lifetime assumptions as nondeterministic failures in pylibcudf, cudf-polars, and hybrid scan tests.

Synchronize affected copies at the ownership boundary, and preserve backing storage for Python buffer slices until queued copies can consume them. Also recognize cudaMemcpyBatchAsync in the stream-usage checker.

This does not introduce a new API or change source ownership semantics.

This borrows some lifetime fixes from #23517 and #23561 that we observed were necessary on GB300 but haven't been merged upstream yet.

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• Bug Fixes

  • Improved reliability of GPU-accelerated operations by ensuring data transfers and computations complete before results are used.
  • Strengthened Arrow, Parquet, ORC, JSON, grouping, merging, and transformation workflows against timing-related inconsistencies.
  • Improved host-to-device data conversion and device-buffer handling.

• Tests

  • Expanded GPU memory-operation checks for newer CUDA versions.
  • Updated hybrid-scan coverage for device-buffer input handling.

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The change adds explicit CUDA stream synchronization after asynchronous device-buffer construction, kernel execution, metadata staging, and host-to-device copies. It also updates test inputs and CUDA 13 batch-copy validation.

Changes

CUDA stream completion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Interop and buffer completion cpp/examples/parquet_inspect/..., cpp/src/interop/..., python/pylibcudf/pylibcudf/column.pyx	Arrow conversions, Python array copies, and example buffers synchronize streams before returned data is consumed. Copyright attributions were updated.
ORC and Parquet result readiness cpp/src/io/orc/..., cpp/src/io/parquet/...	ORC and Parquet paths synchronize generated offsets, statistics, masks, indices, and output columns.
Algorithm and metadata state completion cpp/src/copying/..., cpp/src/groupby/..., cpp/src/merge/..., cpp/src/row_operator/..., cpp/src/transform/...	Copying, groupby, merge, row-operator, transform, and concatenate paths synchronize device state before continuing or returning results.
Tests and stream API validation cpp/libcudf_streaming/tests/..., cpp/tests/..., python/pylibcudf/tests/io/...	Tests synchronize device fixtures, use synchronous copies where required, pass memoryview slices, and validate CUDA 13 batch-copy APIs.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 22d65

The empty row-group-offset path can return a device column before its asynchronous row-index work finishes, which may expose incomplete or invalid results. This bounded correctness issue should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merging.

Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/cudf#23691: Both PRs modify overlapping interop and Parquet utility areas and CUDA stream handling.
• NVIDIA/cudf#23706: Both PRs modify Arrow string-view conversion paths.

Suggested reviewers: kingcrimsontianyu, tomaugspurger, ttnghia

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the primary change: preventing host-source lifetime races in asynchronous host-to-device copies.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the host-source lifetime fixes, synchronization changes, Python buffer handling, and test coverage.
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cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/deletion_vectors_helpers.cu (1)

135-140: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Synchronize the empty row-group-offset branch before returning.

thrust::sequence runs asynchronously, but the empty branch returns the row-index column without synchronizing. This path is used when is_unspecified_row_group_data is true and can return a table before its index values are initialized. Add stream.sync() before the early return or use a common synchronization point.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/deletion_vectors_helpers.cu` around lines 135
- 140, Synchronize the empty row-group-offset branch before returning its
row-index column: in the is_unspecified_row_group_data path, ensure the
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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/deletion_vectors_helpers.cu`:
- Around line 135-140: Synchronize the empty row-group-offset branch before
returning its row-index column: in the is_unspecified_row_group_data path,
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In `@cpp/src/groupby/streaming_groupby/common.cuh`:
- Around line 242-243: Remove the unreachable, undeclared `return result;`
statement from `build_cross_comparators`, leaving the preceding
`make_device_uvector` return as the function’s sole return.

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