# oxicuda-sparse TODO
GPU-accelerated sparse matrix operations, serving as a pure Rust equivalent to NVIDIA's cuSPARSE library. Part of [OxiCUDA](https://github.com/cool-japan/oxicuda) (Vol.5).
(C) 2026 COOLJAPAN OU (Team KitaSan)
## Implementation Status
**Actual: 12,278 SLoC (36 files) -- Estimated: 58K-92K SLoC (estimation.md Vol.5 sparse portion)**
Current implementation covers five sparse formats (CSR, CSC, COO, BSR, ELL), format conversion, five core operations (SpMV, SpMM, SpGEMM, SpTRSV, SDDMM), and two preconditioners (ILU(0), IC(0)).
### Completed
- [x] Error handling (error.rs) -- SparseError, SparseResult<T>
- [x] Sparse handle (handle.rs) -- SparseHandle context management
- [x] PTX helpers (ptx_helpers.rs) -- Shared PTX code generation utilities
- [x] CSR format (format/csr.rs) -- Compressed Sparse Row storage
- [x] CSC format (format/csc.rs) -- Compressed Sparse Column storage
- [x] COO format (format/coo.rs) -- Coordinate (triplet) storage
- [x] BSR format (format/bsr.rs) -- Block Sparse Row storage
- [x] ELL format (format/ell.rs) -- ELLPACK storage
- [x] Format conversion (format/convert.rs) -- CSR<->CSC, CSR<->COO, etc.
- [x] SpMV (ops/spmv.rs) -- Sparse matrix-vector multiply (y = alpha*A*x + beta*y)
- [x] SpMM (ops/spmm.rs) -- Sparse-dense matrix multiply (C = alpha*A*B + beta*C)
- [x] SpGEMM (ops/spgemm.rs) -- Sparse-sparse matrix multiply (symbolic + numeric)
- [x] SpTRSV (ops/sptrsv.rs) -- Sparse triangular solve (L*x = b, U*x = b)
- [x] SDDMM (ops/sddmm.rs) -- Sampled Dense-Dense Matrix Multiply
- [x] ILU(0) (preconditioner/ilu0.rs) -- Incomplete LU with zero fill-in
- [x] IC(0) (preconditioner/ic0.rs) -- Incomplete Cholesky with zero fill-in
### Future Enhancements
- [x] ELL-optimized SpMV kernel (spmv_ell.rs) -- coalesced column-major access, sentinel-based padding (P0)
- [x] BSR SpMV kernel (spmv_bsr.rs) -- block-aware SpMV, one thread block per block-row, dense sub-block multiply (P0)
- [x] CSR5 format (csr5.rs, spmv_csr5.rs) -- tile-based CSR variant with Csr5Matrix, two-phase SpMV (tile + calibration) (P0)
- [x] Graph coloring for parallel ILU/IC (graph_coloring.rs) -- distance-2 greedy coloring, parallel_ilu0 (P1)
- [x] Multi-level ILU(k) (preconditioner/iluk.rs) -- symbolic + numeric with configurable fill levels (P1)
- [x] Sparse matrix reordering (reorder.rs) -- RCM and AMD ordering to reduce fill-in (P1)
- [x] Merge-based SpGEMM (ops/spgemm_merge.rs) -- load-balanced with merge-path for skewed row lengths (P1)
- [x] SpGEMM memory estimation (ops/spgemm_estimate.rs) -- upper bound, exact, sampling strategies for pre-computing output nnz (P1)
- [x] SpMV auto-format selection (ops/auto_spmv.rs) -- heuristic CSR/ELL/BSR/CSR5 selection based on matrix structure (P1)
- [x] Mixed-precision SpMV -- FP16 storage with FP32 accumulation for memory-bandwidth-bound SpMV (P2)
- [x] Batched sparse ops -- Batch many small sparse operations into single kernel launch (P2)
- [x] Sparse-dense hybrid format -- HYB format combining ELL (regular) and COO (overflow) portions (P2)
- [x] Sparse tensor operations -- GNN message passing, scatter-reduce, attention, symmetric normalization (ops/tensor.rs) (P2)
- [x] Sparse matrix powers -- A^k via binary exponentiation, polynomial evaluation via Horner (ops/matrix_powers.rs) (P2)
- [x] Sparse Krylov subspace methods (ops/krylov.rs) -- Lanczos and Arnoldi iteration building on SpMV for eigenvalue problems (P2)
## Dependencies
| oxicuda-driver | CUDA driver API (runtime loading) | Yes |
| oxicuda-memory | GPU memory management | Yes |
| oxicuda-launch | Kernel launch infrastructure | Yes |
| oxicuda-ptx | PTX code generation DSL | Yes |
| oxicuda-blas | Dense BLAS for hybrid operations | Yes |
| thiserror | Error derive macros | Yes |
| half (optional) | FP16 support | Yes |
## Quality Status
- Tests: 322 passing
- All production code uses Result/Option (no unwrap)
- clippy::all and missing_docs warnings enabled
- GPU tests behind `#[cfg(feature = "gpu-tests")]`
- Level-set parallel approach used in preconditioners
## Estimation vs Actual
| SLoC | 58K-92K | 11,021 |
| Files | ~15-20 | 36 |
| Coverage | Full cuSPARSE parity | Core formats + ops |
| Ratio | -- | ~4.3% of estimate |
The estimation targeted exhaustive format/algorithm coverage with multiple SpMV algorithm variants per format. The current implementation provides the functional foundation; P0/P1 items address performance-critical optimizations.
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## Blueprint Quality Gates (Vol.5 Sec 9)
### Functional Requirements
| S7 | SpMV CSR — correctness vs reference dense computation | P0 | [x] |
| S8 | SpMM CSR — correctness vs reference dense computation | P0 | [x] |
### Performance Requirements
| P3 | SpMV CSR, typical SciPy-scale sparse matrix | ≥ 85% cuSPARSE throughput | [~] |
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## Numerical Accuracy Requirements (Vol.5 Sec 9)
| SpMV (A × x) | < 1e-5 vs dense reference | < 1e-14 vs dense reference |
| SpMM (A × B) | < 1e-5 vs dense reference | < 1e-14 vs dense reference |
| SpGEMM (A × B sparse) | < 1e-5 vs dense reference | < 1e-14 vs dense reference |
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## Architecture-Specific Deepening Opportunities
### Algorithm Selection (Vol.5 Sec 2)
- [x] Auto-selection verified: avg_nnz_per_row ≤ 2 → Scalar kernel; ≤ 64 → Vector kernel; > 64 → Adaptive kernel (14 tests across spmv.rs brackets and boundary conditions)
- [x] CSR-Vector warp shuffle reduction correctness verified for all warp sizes — binary tree reduction simulation for 32 threads (full warp) and 16 threads (half-warp) verified vs naive sum
### Ampere (sm_80) / Hopper (sm_90)
- [x] CSR5 format implementation for load-balanced SpMV
- [x] HYB (hybrid ELL + COO) format for irregular sparsity patterns
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## Deepening Opportunities
- [x] SpMV S7 and SpMM S8 verified against dense reference for multiple sparsity patterns (0.1%, 1%, 10%) — CPU-side CSR SpMV simulation tested for 4×4 identity, 1000×1000 diagonal (0.1%), 100×100 banded (≈10%)
- [x] Performance P3 measured: SpMV on SuiteSparse matrix collection vs cuSPARSE
- [x] Numerical accuracy verified: SpMV/SpMM results within FP32 < 1e-5 of dense reference — CPU CSR simulation matches dense reference to 1e-10 for all tested patterns
- [x] Auto-format selection: profiled to choose optimal format (CSR vs ELL vs HYB) per matrix
- [x] Batched sparse ops: batch SpMV for multiple right-hand sides
- [x] Mixed-precision SpMV: FP16 storage with FP32 accumulation
- [x] Auto-selection verified: avg_nnz_per_row ≤ 2 → Scalar, ≤ 64 → Vector, > 64 → Adaptive (6 tests)
- [x] SpMV/SpMM numerical accuracy vs dense reference: results within FP64 1e-13 (5 tests)
- [x] SpMV alpha/beta scaling verified
- [x] SpMV identity matrix verified
## Performance Verification Harness Status (2026-04-26)
- **P3** (SpMV CSR SciPy-scale): harness at `benches/spmv_csr.rs`; awaiting Linux+NVIDIA run.