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Initilize block_size device vector with zero for correctness of subsequent atomicMax updates on that memory.

Also avoid copying uninitialized device memory and discarding it away, avoid accessing it to begin with.

Description

closes #12097

Checklist

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

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved test handling when checking device results by limiting host output to the requested number of elements.
  • Ensured block-size test values start from a defined zero state, improving test reliability.

The test changes limit host output vector construction to the number of device output elements and initialize the tuning test’s d_block_size vector to zero.

Changes: Host output construction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Limit host output copies cub/test/catch2_test_device_set_operations_pairs_env.cu	check_pairs constructs host output vectors from ranges limited to num elements. This replaces copying the full buffers and resizing the vectors.

Tuning test initialization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Initialize block size cub/test/catch2_test_device_set_operations_pairs_env.cu	The tuning test initializes d_block_size with 0u instead of thrust::default_init.

Assessment against linked issues

Objective	Addressed	Explanation
Initialize d_block_size to zero in the tuning test [#12097]	✅

Out-of-scope changes

Code Change	Explanation
Limit host output vector construction to num elements (cub/test/catch2_test_device_set_operations_pairs_env.cu:138-141)	The linked issue concerns zero-initializing d_block_size; it does not specify changes to host output vector construction.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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1. MatX PrintTests: GCC 14 ignored-attributes warning treated as error · 1 job

Explanation: The MatX `PrintTests.cu` compilation emits GCC's `-Wignored-attributes` diagnostic, and MatX's warning-as-error policy makes it fatal. The workflow cloned MatX `main` at commit `b88d2f9698df816119ebc9f596c2d4b909312a60`; the PR changes only a CUB set-operations test and do not touch the failing source or MatX configuration.

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2026-10-20T19:01:30.3836081Z /home/coder/cccl/build/cuda13.4ext-gcc14/matx/MatX/test/00_io/PrintTests.cu:44:45: error: ignoring attributes on template argument 'int (*)(FILE*)' [-Werror=ignored-attributes]
2026-10-20T19:01:30.3837558Z cc1plus: all warnings being treated as errors
2026-10-20T18:54:59.7848930Z -- The CUDA compiler identification is NVIDIA 13.4.92 with host compiler GNU 14.3.0

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Failure group: MatX PrintTests: GCC 14 ignored-attributes warning treated as error
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Investigate the MatX third-party build failure with CUDA 13.4, GCC 14, and MatX commit `b88d2f9698df816119ebc9f596c2d4b909312a60`. Reproduce narrowly by configuring through `ci/matx/build_matx.sh` and building the `test_00_io_PrintTests` target, then inspect `MatX/test/00_io/PrintTests.cu:44` and confirm why an attributed C stdio function pointer is used as a template argument. Prefer an upstream MatX fix that replaces the attributed function-pointer template argument with an unannotated custom deleter; if CCCL needs a local compatibility workaround, narrowly append `-Xcompiler=-Wno-error=ignored-attributes` to the quoted `CMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS` value in `ci/matx/build_matx.sh` rather than disabling `-Werror` or MatX tests globally. Verify that the CUB test changes remain untouched, run the focused MatX target first, then the complete MatX build and pre-commit checks for changed files.

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