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Follow-up to #22532 (direct Parquet-dict → DICTIONARY32 transcode). That PR's fast transcode path built the output dictionary with cudf::dictionary::detail::concatenate, which was the bottleneck for columns spanning many row groups, as it materialized the per-chunk keys one make_strings_column launch at a time, and its general-purpose implementation re-copied the already-contiguous decoded indices into a fresh buffer before remapping them.

This PR rewrites that path to do the same work with far less overhead, while producing the same compact, unique-keyed output.

  • All string's dictionary keys are now materialized with a single make_strings_column.
  • Instead of using concatenate, we now stack all the keys, deduplicate them, and remap the indices.
  • When a column's per-chunk key ranges are already contiguous (e.g. a single string column), the stacked keys are a zero-copy slice of the batched column.

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  • New Features

    • Improved Parquet dictionary handling for string data across multiple row groups and columns.
    • Consolidated duplicate dictionary keys to reduce redundant storage.
    • Correctly remapped dictionary indices, including interleaved dictionary values.
    • Preserved optimized processing for single-row-group data.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved row-count validation during dictionary processing.
    • Ensured dictionary-encoded strings decode correctly to their original values.
    • Added coverage for repeated dictionary values and multiple string columns.

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The Parquet reader now deduplicates dictionary keys across row groups and remaps decoded indices into a global dictionary. Tests cover key uniqueness, value preservation, and multiple string columns.

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Parquet dictionary transcoding

Layer / File(s) Summary
Device-side index remapping
cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_dict_transcode.cu
Adds a CUDA/Thrust helper that maps per-chunk dictionary indices into the compact global key space.
Multi-row-group dictionary assembly
cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_dict_transcode.cu
Builds stacked keys from contiguous or interleaved ranges, deduplicates them, validates row counts, remaps indices in place, and constructs the DICTIONARY32 output.
Dictionary transcoding validation
cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_dict_test.cpp
Adds tests for unique bounded keys, decoded values, and multiple independently seeded string columns.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 9d50c

The batched dictionary remap can read beyond its mapping buffer when a chunk has no dictionary keys, potentially producing incorrect dictionary output or a runtime memory fault. This concrete edge case should be fixed before merging.

Suggested labels: improvement, non-breaking

Suggested reviewers: wence-, vyasr

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Description check ✅ Passed The description clearly explains the DICT32 transcoding optimization and its performance changes.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the DICT32 transcoding optimization and its batched-key and index-remapping changes.
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cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_dict_test.cpp (1)

536-548: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert key uniqueness for both columns.

This test targets the strided (concatenate) branch of the multi-row-group assembly. Decoded equality alone still passes when the strided branch stacks keys without deduplicating, because duplicate keys decode to the same values. Add the same uniqueness check that MultiRowGroupKeysAreUnique uses, for each column.

💚 Proposed assertions
   auto const read_a = read_table->view().column(0);
   auto const read_b = read_table->view().column(1);
   ASSERT_EQ(read_a.type().id(), cudf::type_id::DICTIONARY32);
   ASSERT_EQ(read_b.type().id(), cudf::type_id::DICTIONARY32);
 
+  for (auto const& read_col : {read_a, read_b}) {
+    auto const keys = cudf::dictionary_column_view(read_col).keys();
+    EXPECT_EQ(
+      cudf::distinct_count(keys, cudf::null_policy::INCLUDE, cudf::nan_policy::NAN_IS_VALID),
+      keys.size());
+    EXPECT_LE(keys.size(), cardinality);
+  }
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   auto const decoded_a = cudf::dictionary::decode(cudf::dictionary_column_view(read_a));
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In `@cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_dict_test.cpp` around lines 536 - 548, In the
strided multi-row-group test around read_table, add the same key-uniqueness
assertions used by MultiRowGroupKeysAreUnique for both dictionary columns,
read_a and read_b, before or alongside the decoded equality checks. Preserve the
existing type and decoded-value assertions.
cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_dict_transcode.cu (1)

359-359: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Fix three comment defects.

  • Line 359: "output_columns vectoris now empty" is missing a space, and only the entry at out_idx is emptied, not the vector.
  • Line 386: "deduplicate the ( key set once" contains a stray (.
  • Lines 414-415: the owner of the batched keys is all_keys, not all_string_column_keys.
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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_dict_transcode.cu` at line 359, Correct the
three nearby comments: state that the entry at out_idx is emptied rather than
claiming output_columns is empty, remove the stray parenthesis in the
deduplication comment, and identify all_keys as the owner of the batched keys
instead of all_string_column_keys.
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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_dict_transcode.cu`:
- Around line 401-433: Add a host-side validation immediately after the existing
row-count expectation in the chunk-key stacking path, requiring every value in
chunk_key_counts to be greater than zero before computing key_counts_prefix or
calling key_offset_of. Use the existing validation mechanism and provide a clear
message identifying the invalid empty dictionary-key chunk.
- Around line 465-479: Use synchronous device-vector construction for the local
host vectors chunk_row_offsets and key_counts_prefix in the
remap_dict_indices_by_chunk setup, replacing their asynchronous
make_device_uvector_async calls with make_device_uvector so the host data
remains valid until copied. Keep the existing device spans and stream-based
remapping unchanged.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_dict_transcode.cu`:
- Line 359: Correct the three nearby comments: state that the entry at out_idx
is emptied rather than claiming output_columns is empty, remove the stray
parenthesis in the deduplication comment, and identify all_keys as the owner of
the batched keys instead of all_string_column_keys.

In `@cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_dict_test.cpp`:
- Around line 536-548: In the strided multi-row-group test around read_table,
add the same key-uniqueness assertions used by MultiRowGroupKeysAreUnique for
both dictionary columns, read_a and read_b, before or alongside the decoded
equality checks. Preserve the existing type and decoded-value assertions.
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358-358: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Correct the spelling in this comment.

Replace vectoris with vector is.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_dict_transcode.cu` at line 358, Correct the
spelling in the ownership comment by changing “vectoris” to “vector is”; do not
modify the surrounding code.

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y2kiran force-pushed the ykiran-batched-keys branch from 21b085f to b2f7014 Compare August 18, 2026 20:50
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y2kiran force-pushed the ykiran-batched-keys branch from b2f7014 to 9d50c0c Compare August 19, 2026 00:10
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