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Adds the new API function cudf::io::parquet::experimental::encode_strings_to_variant mentioned in #23251. Currently this code only supports scalar, non-nested variant values. This PR is mainly to enable the infrastructure to support the rest of the JSON string => Parquet Variant features.

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  • New Features

    • Added support for encoding flat JSON object strings into Parquet VARIANT struct columns.
    • Supports nulls, booleans, strings, 64-bit integers, and floating-point values.
    • Preserves input nulls and supports multiple fields, rows, missing fields, and empty inputs.
    • Decodes JSON escapes and Unicode into UTF-8.
    • Validates malformed, nested, duplicate, or invalid fields and limits requests to 255 fields.
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    • Added comprehensive coverage for scalar values, strings, nulls, sliced inputs, missing fields, empty inputs, field limits, and output structure.

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The PR adds encode_strings_to_variant, a CUDA implementation that converts selected scalar fields from flat JSON object strings into Parquet VARIANT struct columns. It adds build integration and tests for scalar encoding, null handling, field selection, and output structure.

String-to-VARIANT encoding

Layer / File(s) Summary
API and encoder entry points
cpp/include/cudf/io/experimental/variant.hpp, cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu, cpp/CMakeLists.txt
Adds the public API, validates and sorts field names, extracts JSON fields, handles empty inputs, and registers the CUDA source.
GPU scalar encoding and column assembly
cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu
Validates JSON scalars, decodes escapes and Unicode, encodes supported values, computes offsets, builds metadata and value lists, preserves validity masks, and assembles the VARIANT struct column.
Encoding behavior validation
cpp/tests/io/experimental/variant_encode_test.cpp, cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt
Tests scalar types, field selection, multiple rows, missing fields, null rows, sliced inputs, empty inputs, output structure, nested-value rejection, and the 255-field limit.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to a0530

The PR adds string-to-Variant Parquet encoding, but the current implementation can encounter cross-stream failures, invalid memory-resource usage, output-buffer overruns for large values, and unsafe asynchronous copies. These correctness and stability risks should be fixed before merging.

Suggested reviewers: kingcrimsontianyu, lamarrr, wence-

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies support for converting string columns to Parquet Variant values, which is the main change.
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cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu (1)

588-591: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Copy the input null mask once and reuse it.

cudf::detail::copy_bitmask runs three times on the same input_null_mask: at line 590 for the value column, at line 606 for the struct column, and at line 454 inside make_constant_metadata_column. Each call allocates a device buffer and launches a copy. Two of the three are avoidable.

Copy the mask once before line 588 and construct the additional copies from that buffer, or pass the already-copied buffer into make_constant_metadata_column.

Also applies to: 604-607

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu` around lines 588 - 591,
Update the surrounding encoding flow to copy input_null_mask only once, then
reuse that device buffer for the value column, struct column, and
make_constant_metadata_column instead of invoking cudf::detail::copy_bitmask
separately at each site. Adjust make_constant_metadata_column’s inputs as needed
to accept and use the existing copied mask while preserving current null-mask
behavior.
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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/include/cudf/io/experimental/variant.hpp`:
- Around line 115-137: Update the Doxygen block for the VARIANT encoding
function to document that column_names may contain at most 255 field names and
that exceeding this limit throws std::invalid_argument via the existing
validation. Add the constraint and `@throws` documentation without changing the
implementation.

In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu`:
- Around line 204-221: Decode JSON escape sequences in the quoted-string
handling shared by encoded_field_size and write_field_value before determining
length or writing VARIANT bytes, including \n, \t, \\, escaped quotes, and
\uXXXX to UTF-8. Ensure both functions use the same decoded length and content;
alternatively, explicitly reject backslash-containing string values in both
paths.
- Around line 230-234: Update the integer encoding path around try_parse_int64
so failed parses fall back to FLOAT64 encoding of the original raw value instead
of silently storing INT64 zero. Ensure the parser accepts and correctly
represents INT64_MIN by using unsigned-magnitude or negative-result
accumulation, while preserving INT64 encoding for successfully parsed values.
- Around line 167-181: Require quoted-string inputs to have at least two bytes
before entering the string-handling branch in both encoded_field_size and
write_field_value, changing the existing raw.size_bytes() > 0 guard
consistently. Preserve normal handling for valid quoted strings while preventing
str_len from becoming negative for a lone quote.
- Around line 262-275: Update the value-size accumulation and inclusive scan
producing value_offsets/total_value_bytes to use int64_t, including the relevant
temporary and output types. Before the allocation in the write-values path,
validate total_value_bytes is within size_type’s maximum using
std::numeric_limits<size_type>::max(), and reject or report overflow instead of
allocating an undersized buffer; preserve the existing allocation and write flow
for valid totals.
- Line 504: Route temporary allocations in
cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu at lines 504, 516, 531, 538,
and 426 through cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref() rather than mr,
including d_sorted_to_original, get_json_object results, d_views, value_sizes,
and d_blob; at line 553, use rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream) without mr. Keep mr
only for returned allocations value_offsets and value_child_data.
- Around line 457-459: Update the make_lists_column call in the surrounding
encoding function to pass the existing stream and memory-resource arguments,
then remove the preceding stream.synchronize() call. Preserve the existing
columns, row count, null count, and null-mask ownership while ensuring
construction stays on the producing stream and resource.
- Around line 490-502: After sorting in the field-name preparation flow,
validate adjacent entries in sort_indices or sorted_names and reject any
duplicate column_names before building metadata or writing values. Return or
propagate the existing validation error mechanism, preserving normal processing
for unique names.
- Around line 479-488: Update the num_rows == 0 branch to pass the caller’s
stream and mr through every make_empty_column, make_lists_column, and
make_structs_column invocation. Ensure all empty metadata/value and returned
struct allocations use the supplied stream and memory resource.
- Around line 127-150: Update exponent handling in parse_float64 to avoid signed
overflow and unbounded per-digit or per-power loops: parse the exponent with
saturation, clamp it to the supported double exponent range, and directly return
or produce 0.0/infinity when the exponent is outside that range. Replace
repeated factor multiplication with a bounded power-of-ten approach or lookup
that preserves correct overflow and underflow behavior, including negative
exponents.
- Around line 546-563: Update the value-offset initialization around
value_offsets and the inclusive_scan to avoid copying from the block-scoped
zero; initialize the first device element with cudaMemsetAsync on the stream
before scanning. Preserve the existing inclusive scan and offset layout while
ensuring the asynchronous operation uses device-owned storage.
- Around line 513-517: Update the JSONPath construction in the variant
extraction loop to handle column names containing `.` or `[` without
interpreting those characters as path syntax. Prefer escaping or quoting each
`column_names[i]` according to the documented JSONPath grammar; if the API
cannot safely represent them, validate and reject such names explicitly before
calling `cudf::get_json_object`.
- Line 435: Add the direct cudf/detail/utilities/cuda_memcpy.hpp include to the
translation unit containing the variant encoding logic, so the
cudf::detail::memcpy_async call is declared without relying on transitive
includes.

In `@cpp/tests/io/experimental/variant_encode_test.cpp`:
- Around line 98-115: Strengthen the scalar conversion assertions in
cpp/tests/io/experimental/variant_encode_test.cpp at lines 98-115 by comparing
extracted values in SingleRowFloat and SingleRowFloatExponent against expected
FLOAT64 columns containing 3.14 and 150.0, respectively, while retaining size
and validity checks. At lines 156-164, compare the extracted result with an
INT64 column containing one null row so JSON-null validity is explicitly
verified.
- Around line 24-40: Extend cpp/tests/io/experimental/variant_encode_test.cpp at
lines 24-40 by adding a helper or test path that constructs and passes a sliced
cudf::strings_column_view to encode_strings_to_variant. Update lines 135-153 to
include non-ASCII UTF-8 strings and cases on both sides of the short/long string
encoding boundary. Expand the tests at lines 231-243 with enough rows to
exercise encoding and extraction across multiple CUDA blocks.
- Around line 6-18: Update the includes in the variant encode test to add
cudf_test/cudf_gtest.hpp, the direct header defining cudf::strings_column_view,
and the standard headers defining std::unique_ptr and int64_t. Keep the existing
includes and avoid relying on transitive dependencies.

---

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu`:
- Around line 588-591: Update the surrounding encoding flow to copy
input_null_mask only once, then reuse that device buffer for the value column,
struct column, and make_constant_metadata_column instead of invoking
cudf::detail::copy_bitmask separately at each site. Adjust
make_constant_metadata_column’s inputs as needed to accept and use the existing
copied mask while preserving current null-mask behavior.
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cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu (2)

30-33: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Include <cuda/std/limits> directly.

Line 149 uses cuda::std::numeric_limits<double>::infinity(). The file includes <cuda/std/cstring> and <cuda/std/optional> but not <cuda/std/limits>. The declaration is available only through a transitive include today.

🔧 Proposed fix
 `#include` <cuda/std/cstring>
+#include <cuda/std/limits>
 `#include` <cuda/std/optional>
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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu` around lines 30 - 33, Add
the direct <cuda/std/limits> include to the include list in variant_encode.cu,
alongside the other cuda/std headers, so the numeric_limits use in the encoding
implementation is declared explicitly rather than relying on transitive
includes.

441-458: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Replace the per-row copies with one device pass.

total_bytes contains only non-null rows, so filling dst[idx] = d_blob[idx % m] preserves the packed layout. Use rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream) and include <thrust/for_each.h> directly. CUDF_CUDA_TRY is valid because cudf::detail::memcpy_async returns cudaError_t.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu` around lines 441 - 458,
Replace the per-row memcpy loop in the total_bytes branch with a single
device-side thrust pass over total_bytes that assigns each destination byte from
d_blob using idx % m. Use rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream), include
thrust/for_each.h directly, and retain the existing host-to-device blob copy and
packed non-null layout.
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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/include/cudf/io/experimental/variant.hpp`:
- Around line 132-138: Update the Doxygen contract for the variant encoding API
near the parameter documentation to include std::invalid_argument for duplicate
column_names entries and names containing '.' or '['. Preserve the existing
255-name rejection rule and reference the column_names parameter explicitly.

In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu`:
- Around line 565-566: Normalize the input null mask at entry in the variant
encoding flow using input.offset(), producing an offset-free owned mask for the
logical rows. Update compute_value_sizes_kernel, write_values_kernel, and
make_constant_metadata_column to use this normalized mask, and reuse it for the
child/struct mask outputs instead of copying from input.null_mask() with offset
zero. Ensure the constant metadata copy uses the normalized mask and
bitmask_allocation_size_bytes(num_rows), preserving correct null alignment for
sliced inputs.

In `@cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt`:
- Line 364: Add a unit benchmark for encode_strings_to_variant alongside the
existing ConfigureTest registration in cpp/tests/CMakeLists.txt, covering
representative JSON rows and string sizes for the GPU encoder. Register it
through the project’s established benchmark configuration so it provides a
performance-regression baseline.

In `@cpp/tests/io/experimental/variant_encode_test.cpp`:
- Around line 408-416: Extend EncodeStringsToVariantTest with boundary-count
coverage for field names: add a successful encode test using 255 distinct names,
and add an assertion that encoding 256 distinct names throws
std::invalid_argument. Reuse the existing encode helper and test conventions
while keeping the current NoColumnNames test unchanged.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu`:
- Around line 30-33: Add the direct <cuda/std/limits> include to the include
list in variant_encode.cu, alongside the other cuda/std headers, so the
numeric_limits use in the encoding implementation is declared explicitly rather
than relying on transitive includes.
- Around line 441-458: Replace the per-row memcpy loop in the total_bytes branch
with a single device-side thrust pass over total_bytes that assigns each
destination byte from d_blob using idx % m. Use rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream),
include thrust/for_each.h directly, and retain the existing host-to-device blob
copy and packed non-null layout.
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Two major comments from an AI review that seem valid:

  • [cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu:262-271, 294-332] Unsupported JSON values are silently encoded as garbage rather than rejected. get_json_object returns the raw text for a nested value, so a field holding {"x":1} or [1,2] reaches write_field_value, fails the null/true/false/" checks, is not a float, fails try_parse_int64, and falls through to parse_float64 — which writes 0.0 as a FLOAT64 primitive. The user gets a well-formed VARIANT containing a wrong value with no error. The same path swallows any malformed literal. Since the documented contract is "scalar, non-nested only," the encoder must detect the violation (e.g. leading { / [, or a failed scalar parse) and either CUDF_FAIL-equivalent via an error flag copied back to the host, or emit a VARIANT null — but not a fabricated number.

  • [cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu:294-311] JSON string escapes are copied verbatim into the VARIANT payload. get_json_object does not unescape, so {"s":"a\"b"} yields raw text "a\"b", and the encoder strips only the outer quotes and writes the 4 bytes a\"b. The VARIANT spec requires the string payload to be unescaped UTF-8, so a reader will hand back a\"b instead of a"b. \n, \t, \\, and \uXXXX are all affected, and the length computed in encoded_field_size is the escaped length, so it is consistently wrong rather than just mis-sized. There is no test covering an escaped string.

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cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu (1)

909-913: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

make_lists_column never receives stream and mr. Every list column in this file is built from offsets, child data, and null masks that were produced on the caller's stream with the caller's mr, but each factory call omits both arguments. Each call then uses cudf::get_default_stream() and the current device resource. make_lists_column sanitizes the null mask and can compute the null count on the default stream, which creates a cross-stream ordering hazard, and the resulting memory does not come from the caller's mr.

  • cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu#L909-L913: append stream and mr to the make_lists_column call that builds value_col.
  • cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu#L737-L738: append stream and mr to the make_lists_column call that returns the metadata column from make_constant_metadata_column.
  • cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu#L758-L767: replace {} with an explicit rmm::device_buffer{} and append stream and mr to both make_lists_column calls in the num_rows == 0 branch; also pass stream and mr to the four make_empty_column calls.
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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu` around lines 909 - 913,
Update all listed make_lists_column calls in
cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu: lines 909-913, 737-738, and
758-767, to pass the caller’s stream and mr. In the num_rows == 0 branch at
lines 758-767, replace {} with an explicit rmm::device_buffer{} and pass stream
and mr to both make_lists_column calls and all four make_empty_column calls,
preserving caller-ordered allocation and stream execution.

Source: Coding guidelines

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cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu (2)

861-864: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

The zero stack variable still may not outlive the asynchronous copy.

Line 861 declares auto const zero = size_type{0}; inside the block that ends at Line 869. Line 862 passes &zero to cudf::detail::cuda_memcpy_async. The copy is asynchronous with respect to the host, and no synchronization occurs before the block scope ends. The source bytes can be released while the copy is pending.

Write the leading zero on the device instead.

🔧 Proposed fix
   {
-    auto const zero = size_type{0};
-    cudf::detail::cuda_memcpy_async(device_span<size_type>{value_offsets.data(), 1},
-                                    host_span<size_type const>{&zero, 1},
-                                    stream);
+    CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaMemsetAsync(value_offsets.data(), 0, sizeof(size_type), stream.value()));
     thrust::inclusive_scan(rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream, cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref()),
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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu` around lines 861 - 864,
Update the value-offset initialization around cuda_memcpy_async so it writes the
leading zero directly on the device, eliminating the stack-local zero host
source from the asynchronous copy; preserve the existing initialization of
value_offsets and stream behavior.

Source: Coding guidelines


540-553: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

The value-size accumulation still overflows size_type.

values_bytes and value_sizes[row] remain size_type (signed 32-bit). The inclusive scan at Line 865 accumulates the same type into value_offsets, and total_value_bytes at Line 872 is also size_type. An input whose total encoded VARIANT payload exceeds 2 GB wraps silently. The allocation at Line 877 is then undersized and write_values_kernel writes past the buffer end.

The comment at Line 53 claims support for "values up to ~4 GB per row", which the 32-bit accumulation does not deliver.

Scan into int64_t and validate the total against std::numeric_limits<size_type>::max() before the allocation.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu` around lines 540 - 553,
Change the VARIANT size and offset accumulation in the encoding flow to use
int64_t, including values_bytes, value_sizes, the inclusive scan into
value_offsets, and total_value_bytes. Before the values buffer allocation,
validate the computed total against std::numeric_limits<size_type>::max() and
reject or report overflow rather than allocating a truncated size; keep
write_values_kernel within the validated allocation.

Source: Coding guidelines

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cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu (2)

879-892: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

write_error_flag is allocated but never read.

The comment at Lines 879-880 states the flag is defensive and is not checked. The device allocation, the zero initialization, and the extra kernel parameter therefore add cost with no observable effect. write_values_kernel only runs after compute_value_sizes_kernel clears its own flag, so the write path cannot report a new error.

Either check the flag after the launch, or remove it and drop the error_flag parameter from write_values_kernel. Checking it requires a device-to-host read that synchronizes the stream, so removal is the cheaper option.

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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu` around lines 879 - 892,
Remove the unused write_error_flag allocation and its initialization from the
write path, and stop passing the flag to write_values_kernel. Update
write_values_kernel’s signature and any call sites to remove the error_flag
parameter while preserving the existing validated write behavior.

825-834: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Allocate owned_null_mask from the temporary resource, and remove the duplicated comment.

owned_null_mask never reaches the returned column. Lines 734, 907, and 923 each make an independent copy_bitmask for the metadata child, the value child, and the struct parent. owned_null_mask is therefore a temporary and must use cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref().

Lines 825 and 826 repeat the same section comment.

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-  // ── Input null mask ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   // ── Input null mask ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   size_type const null_count = input.null_count();
   // copy_bitmask handles input.offset() and yields an offset-free mask
   rmm::device_buffer owned_null_mask =
-    (null_count > 0) ? cudf::detail::copy_bitmask(
-                         input.null_mask(), input.offset(), input.offset() + num_rows, stream, mr)
-                     : rmm::device_buffer{};
+    (null_count > 0) ? cudf::detail::copy_bitmask(input.null_mask(),
+                                                  input.offset(),
+                                                  input.offset() + num_rows,
+                                                  stream,
+                                                  cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref())
+                     : rmm::device_buffer{};
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In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu` around lines 825 - 834,
Update the input null-mask setup around owned_null_mask to allocate its
temporary device buffer with cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref(), while
preserving the existing copy_bitmask behavior. Remove the duplicated Input null
mask section comment so it appears only once.

Source: Coding guidelines

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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu`:
- Line 27: Replace the rmm device-scalar include and types used by the error
flags with cuDF’s detail device-scalar implementation. Update both error flag
declarations in the relevant encoding flow, including error_flag and
write_error_flag, to use cudf::detail::device_scalar<int32_t>; preserve their
existing constructors and data/value usage.

Apply the same fix in `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu` around
lines 705 - 715.

In `@cpp/tests/io/experimental/variant_encode_test.cpp`:
- Around line 241-249: Update SingleRowSurrogatePairEscape to use a JSON string
containing escaped high and low UTF-16 surrogates, while preserving the expected
UTF-8 output; add a separate literal-emoji test for the pass-through path and a
rejection test covering an unpaired surrogate that expects
std::invalid_argument.
- Around line 251-260: Add a direct stdexcept header include to the test file so
EncodeStringsToVariantTest can use std::invalid_argument without relying on
transitive includes.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu`:
- Around line 909-913: Update all listed make_lists_column calls in
cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu: lines 909-913, 737-738, and
758-767, to pass the caller’s stream and mr. In the num_rows == 0 branch at
lines 758-767, replace {} with an explicit rmm::device_buffer{} and pass stream
and mr to both make_lists_column calls and all four make_empty_column calls,
preserving caller-ordered allocation and stream execution.

---

Duplicate comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu`:
- Around line 861-864: Update the value-offset initialization around
cuda_memcpy_async so it writes the leading zero directly on the device,
eliminating the stack-local zero host source from the asynchronous copy;
preserve the existing initialization of value_offsets and stream behavior.
- Around line 540-553: Change the VARIANT size and offset accumulation in the
encoding flow to use int64_t, including values_bytes, value_sizes, the inclusive
scan into value_offsets, and total_value_bytes. Before the values buffer
allocation, validate the computed total against
std::numeric_limits<size_type>::max() and reject or report overflow rather than
allocating a truncated size; keep write_values_kernel within the validated
allocation.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/variant_encode.cu`:
- Around line 879-892: Remove the unused write_error_flag allocation and its
initialization from the write path, and stop passing the flag to
write_values_kernel. Update write_values_kernel’s signature and any call sites
to remove the error_flag parameter while preserving the existing validated write
behavior.
- Around line 825-834: Update the input null-mask setup around owned_null_mask
to allocate its temporary device buffer with
cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref(), while preserving the existing
copy_bitmask behavior. Remove the duplicated Input null mask section comment so
it appears only once.
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