Guard against nullptr dereference when checking concurrent solver status - #1845
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If dual simplex or barrier did not set their solution pointers (e.g. on early termination, error, or limit), dereferencing sol_dual_simplex_ptr or sol_barrier_ptr directly causes a null pointer dereference.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe concurrent solver now checks dual-simplex and barrier result pointers before reading them. Missing results return ChangesConcurrent solver status handling
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In `@cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu`:
- Around line 1706-1713: Add regression tests under the existing gtest patterns
in cpp/src/tests for concurrent solves with dual simplex inactive and barrier
disabled, including early-termination or limit scenarios. Verify null
sol_dual_simplex_ptr and sol_barrier_ptr paths produce
simplex::lp_status_t::CONCURRENT_LIMIT and complete without dereferencing null
pointers, covering the status-selection logic in the solve flow.
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sol_dual_simplex_ptr is still unconditionally dereferenced in the later PDLP ConcurrentLimit branch. If dual simplex produced no result, the new status guard maps it to CONCURRENT_LIMIT, but this branch then does *sol_dual_simplex_ptr anyway and can still crash. Please guard/fallback there too and add a null-result ConcurrentLimit regression.
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- Guard sol_dual_simplex_ptr dereference in run_concurrent's ConcurrentLimit branch
when dual simplex produced no result.
- Add Doxygen docstring to run_concurrent.
- Add regression tests in pdlp_test.cu:
- concurrent_null_solver_ptrs_inside_mip: verifies concurrent solves when both
dual simplex and barrier are inactive/disabled.
- concurrent_null_dual_simplex_concurrent_limit: verifies ConcurrentLimit handling
when dual simplex produced no result.
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In `@cpp/tests/linear_programming/pdlp_test.cu`:
- Around line 198-200: Update the test setup around solve_lp and the existing
prev_threads value to use an RAII cleanup guard that restores the OpenMP thread
count on every exit path, including uncaught exceptions. Preserve the current
normal-path restoration while ensuring the guard is released only after
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| const int prev_threads = omp_get_max_threads(); | ||
| omp_set_num_threads(1); | ||
| #endif |
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Restore the OpenMP thread setting on every exit path.
omp_set_num_threads(1) changes the test's OpenMP setting. Cleanup runs only when solve_lp(&handle_, op_problem, settings) returns normally. The bound solve_lp catches only cuopt::logic_error and std::bad_alloc; other exceptions can propagate and leave later tests with one thread. Use an RAII guard.
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In `@cpp/tests/linear_programming/pdlp_test.cu` around lines 198 - 200, Update the
test setup around solve_lp and the existing prev_threads value to use an RAII
cleanup guard that restores the OpenMP thread count on every exit path,
including uncaught exceptions. Preserve the current normal-path restoration
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Other exceptions will cause the test to fail and CI to fail.
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@hlinsen, CI will report the failure, but GoogleTest can catch an exception from a test body and continue with later tests in the same process. In that case, omp_set_num_threads(1) remains active and can affect later tests.
The RAII guard is still needed for test isolation on exceptional paths. The impact is limited to failures where the test process continues.
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@vitor1001 This is only an edge case, but we already have cuopt::scope_guard to make the restoration exception safe. Could you use it here to restore the OpenMP setting? Thanks for the PR!
#include <utilities/scope_guard.hpp>
const int prev_threads = omp_get_max_threads();
omp_set_num_threads(1);
const cuopt::scope_guard restore_threads{
[prev_threads] { omp_set_num_threads(prev_threads); }};
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Thanks, appreciate the quick turnaround. The null ConcurrentLimit dereference I flagged is fixed, and the new regression exercises the no-dual-simplex path. I see the separate RAII test-cleanup comment as well; that's independent of my concern. |
| #include <utility> | ||
| #include <vector> | ||
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| #ifdef _OPENMP |
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OpenMP is a hard requirement you can skip the macro check
| // inside_mip skips dual simplex. Setting threads to 1 ensures barrier is also disabled | ||
| // (< CUOPT_CONCURRENT_LP_BARRIER_REQUIRED_THREAD_COUNT), leaving both sol_dual_simplex_ptr | ||
| // and sol_barrier_ptr null. | ||
| #ifdef _OPENMP |
| const int prev_threads = omp_get_max_threads(); | ||
| omp_set_num_threads(1); | ||
| #endif |
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Other exceptions will cause the test to fail and CI to fail.
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If dual simplex or barrier did not set their solution pointers (e.g. on early termination, error, or limit), dereferencing sol_dual_simplex_ptr or sol_barrier_ptr directly causes a null pointer dereference.
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