Move RTX2080 PR coverage to T4 and L4 runners

[jrhemstad]

Description

RTX2080 queues are delaying PR feedback: the Aug 27–Sep 10 CI analysis found a Linux RTX2080 queue p95 of about 3h43m. Move routine PR work to other GPU pools while retaining RTX2080 functional coverage in nightly.

• Route all Linux RTX2080 jobs in the full PR and PR-lite matrices, plus the compile-time benchmark, to T4. Both GPUs target SM75, so sm: gpu and native compile-time targets retain their architecture coverage.
• Route the Windows c.parallel v2 PR job to the existing L4 pool.
• Change the default GPU to T4 and update the override and compile-time examples so implicit PR jobs also avoid RTX2080.
• Add the missing nightly RTX2080 variants for latest-compiler NVRTC, CUDA 13.X cudax and NVBench Helper, and c.parallel v2. Existing nightly and weekly jobs remain covered.

The full PR matrix still has 528 jobs and PR-lite still has 90. This changes runner routing rather than dropping PR checks. Nightly increases from 1,354 to 1,362 jobs; the extra cudax consumers reuse existing builds.

Validation

• Expanded the actual workflow generator before and after the change for full PR, all-lite PR, mixed full/lite PR, nightly, and weekly. PR variants have zero RTX2080 runners; commands, images, environments, and dependency edges are preserved apart from GPU names/runner selection. Weekly is unchanged and nightly retains all existing jobs.
• Parsed the compile-time PR matrix and verified that only its GPU changed.
• python3 -m unittest discover -s ci/compile_time -p 'test_*.py': 31 tests passed.
• pre-commit run --files ci/matrix.yaml ci/compile_time/README.md and git diff --check: passed.

GPU execution and queue improvements will be measured in CI. After rollout, compare PR feedback p95 and T4/L4 queue p95 against the existing baseline to ensure the backlog has not simply moved pools.

Checklist

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

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📝 Summary

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated automated validation to use T4 GPUs for standard pull-request coverage.
  • Expanded scheduled testing across additional GPU configurations and workflows.
  • Added extra parallel-processing validation for GCC and MSVC environments.
  • Retained RTX2080 coverage in selected nightly tests to preserve broader compatibility checks.
  • Updated compile-time benchmark documentation to reflect the current GPU configuration.
  • Updated default GPU settings and examples to use T4.

Walkthrough

The CI configuration moves implicit PR GPU coverage from RTX2080 to T4, expands c.parallel lanes, and adds scheduled RTX2080 coverage. Compile-time documentation now reflects the T4 assignment.

Changes

CI GPU routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Pull-request GPU routing ci/compile_time/README.md, ci/matrix.yaml	Implicit PR jobs and override examples now use T4. c.parallel coverage adds T4, L4, H100, and separate v2 GCC/MSVC lanes.
Scheduled GPU routing ci/matrix.yaml	Nightly cudax and NVBench coverage includes T4 and RTX2080. Nightly RTX2080 NVRTC and c.parallel v2 lanes are added.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Change: Other

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e2ac3

The GPU routing changes have no identified unresolved merge-blocking risk.

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😬 CI Workflow Results

🟥 Finished in 2h 52m: Pass: 99%/528 | Total: 9d 08h | Max: 2h 42m | Hits: 78%/1021369

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1. CUB WarpReduce unsigned __int128 stringification ambiguity under NVHPC · 1 job

Explanation: Catch2's generic stringifier tries to insert an unsigned 128-bit value into std::ostream, but NVHPC cannot select an overload. The global 128-bit stream operators in cub/test/test_util.h are insufficient for Catch2's template lookup, so the WarpReduce unsigned-type assertion fails to compile.

Evidence:

2026-09-11T23:52:41.1848528Z "/home/coder/cccl/build/cuda13.2-nvhpc26.5/cub-nolid/_deps/catch2-src/src/catch2/../catch2/internal/catch_reusable_string_stream.hpp", line 46: error: more than one operator "<<" matches these operands:
2026-09-11T23:52:41.1866690Z             operand types are: std::ostream << const unsigned __int128
2026-09-11T23:52:41.1825676Z FAILED: cub/test/CMakeFiles/cub.test.warp.reduce.dir/warp/catch2_test_warp_reduce.cu.o 

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Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl
Workflow run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34658990986
Failure group: CUB WarpReduce unsigned __int128 stringification ambiguity under NVHPC
Affected jobs:
- CUB nvcc NVHPC / [CTK13.2 NVHPC26.5 C++20] BuildNoLaunch(amd64): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34658990986/job/103457446828

Reproduce the NVHPC C++20 compilation failure narrowly for the cub.test.warp.reduce target. Add robust Catch::StringMaker specializations for __uint128_t and __int128_t in the shared CUB test utilities, using an explicit helper conversion rather than relying on ambiguous stream insertion from Catch2; retain the existing decimal formatting behavior. Verify the existing catch2_test_printing coverage and compile cub.test.warp.reduce with the NVHPC/CUDA 13.2 configuration, then run focused formatting or pre-commit checks for the changed files.

Jobs:

• CUB nvcc NVHPC / [CTK13.2 NVHPC26.5 C++20] BuildNoLaunch(amd64)

2. HostJIT three-way partition shared library lacks exported entry point · 1 job

Explanation: The v2 HostJIT build produces and loads a shared library, but dlsym cannot find the requested C-linkage three-way-partition wrapper. It occurs in the free-threaded pytest-run-parallel sweep after the ordinary suite passed, indicating a concurrency-sensitive entry-point preservation, compilation, linking, or loading defect; retained JIT artifacts are needed to identify the exact stage.

Evidence:

2026-09-12T01:28:02.1261232Z EXCEPTION in cccl_device_three_way_partition_build_ex(): CubCall function lookup failed: Failed to find function 'cccl_jit_three_way_partition': /tmp/hostjit_5587_617283/libcuda_code.so: undefined symbol: cccl_jit_three_way_partition
2026-09-12T01:28:02.1255564Z E   RuntimeError: Failed building three_way_partition, error code: 999
2026-09-12T01:28:02.1172324Z compute/test_select.py::test_select_none_pass[int8] PARALLEL FAILED      [ 79%]

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Failure group: HostJIT three-way partition shared library lacks exported entry point
Affected jobs:
- Python (cuda.compute on v2/HostJIT) nvcc GCC / XI / [CTK13.3 GCC13 py3.14t] Test cuda.compute(amd64, L4): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34658990986/job/103464082250

Reproduce repeatedly with the v2 backend on free-threaded Python 3.14 using `python -m pytest -n 0 -v --parallel-threads=2 compute/test_select.py::test_select_none_pass[int8]`, clearing the compute and PCH caches between cold attempts. Preserve HostJIT artifacts and inspect the generated source, optimized LLVM IR, object, and `nm -D` output to determine where `cccl_jit_three_way_partition` disappears. Fix entry-point preservation if internalization removes it; if concurrent libnvcc compilation or linking corrupts output, serialize the smallest unsafe stage with a process-wide mutex. Add a focused concurrent cold-build regression for three-way partition and run the narrow test under both serial and two-thread execution.

Jobs:

• Python (cuda.compute on v2/HostJIT) nvcc GCC / XI / [CTK13.3 GCC13 py3.14t] Test cuda.compute(amd64, L4)

3. CUDA STF multi-GPU Numba task aborts during context finalization · 1 job

Explanation: The two-GPU Numba placement test reaches ctx.finalize(), where STF aborts through cuda_safe_call while destroying a stream_and_event resource. The log does not contain the CUDA status printed immediately before abort, so it cannot distinguish cleanup on the wrong current device from a sticky error caused by launching against a device-1 stream while Numba retains a device-0 context.

Evidence:

2026-09-12T00:06:13.1145475Z Fatal Python error: Aborted
2026-09-12T00:06:13.1174092Z   File "/home/coder/cccl/python/cuda_stf/tests/stf/interop/test_numba.py", line 431 in test_numba_places
2026-09-12T00:06:13.1302683Z   Binary file "/home/coder/.cccl-stf-venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages/cuda/stf/_experimental/cu13/cccl/libcccl.c.experimental.stf.so", at _ZN4cuda12experimental3stf8reserved6handleINS1_16stream_and_eventELNS2_12handle_flagsE0EE7DerivedIS4_ED2Ev+0x6c [0x73867f27a2ec]

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Failure group: CUDA STF multi-GPU Numba task aborts during context finalization
Affected jobs:
- Python nvcc GCC / Zo / [CTK13.3 GCC13 py3.14] Test cuda.stf._experimental(amd64, H100 2-GPU): https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/34658990986/job/103461103013

Reproduce `tests/stf/interop/test_numba.py::test_numba_places` alone with `-n 0` on two GPUs and capture unbuffered stderr so the failing CUDA API and status are visible. Verify that each `cuda.external_stream` and kernel launch executes with the Numba context matching the STF task stream's owning device; make the final task's execution place explicit if necessary. Also inspect `stream_and_event` destruction and switch to the event's owning device or context before `cudaEventDestroy` if cleanup is the failing operation. Implement the confirmed root fix, add a focused two-GPU regression, and rerun the isolated test plus the STF Python test target.

Jobs:

• Python nvcc GCC / Zo / [CTK13.3 GCC13 py3.14] Test cuda.stf._experimental(amd64, H100 2-GPU)