prism-q 0.11.4

PRISM-Q — Performance Rust Interoperable Simulator for Quantum
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use crate::backend::mps::MpsBackend;
use crate::backend::product::ProductStateBackend;
use crate::backend::sparse::SparseBackend;
use crate::backend::stabilizer::StabilizerBackend;
use crate::backend::statevector::StatevectorBackend;
use crate::backend::tensornetwork::TensorNetworkBackend;
use crate::backend::Backend;
use crate::circuit::{Circuit, Instruction};
use crate::error::{PrismError, Result};

#[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
use std::sync::Arc;

#[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
use crate::gpu::GpuContext;

use super::{Probabilities, SimulationResult};

pub(super) enum DispatchAction {
    Backend(Box<dyn Backend>),
    StabilizerRank,
    StochasticPauli { num_samples: usize },
    DeterministicPauli { epsilon: f64, max_terms: usize },
}

pub(super) fn max_statevector_qubits() -> usize {
    static CACHED: std::sync::OnceLock<usize> = std::sync::OnceLock::new();
    *CACHED.get_or_init(|| {
        if let Ok(val) = std::env::var("PRISM_MAX_SV_QUBITS") {
            if let Ok(n) = val.parse::<usize>() {
                return n;
            }
        }
        match detect_max_sv_qubits() {
            Some(n) => n,
            None => {
                eprintln!(
                    "warning: could not detect system memory; statevector qubit cap is disabled. \
                     Large circuits may abort on allocation. Set PRISM_MAX_SV_QUBITS to suppress."
                );
                usize::MAX
            }
        }
    })
}

#[cfg(windows)]
fn detect_max_sv_qubits() -> Option<usize> {
    #[repr(C)]
    struct MemoryStatusEx {
        dw_length: u32,
        dw_memory_load: u32,
        ull_total_phys: u64,
        ull_avail_phys: u64,
        ull_total_page_file: u64,
        ull_avail_page_file: u64,
        ull_total_virtual: u64,
        ull_avail_virtual: u64,
        ull_avail_extended_virtual: u64,
    }

    extern "system" {
        fn GlobalMemoryStatusEx(lp_buffer: *mut MemoryStatusEx) -> i32;
    }

    // SAFETY: zeroed MemoryStatusEx is valid (all-zero bit pattern is a valid repr(C) struct)
    let mut status: MemoryStatusEx = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
    status.dw_length = std::mem::size_of::<MemoryStatusEx>() as u32;
    // SAFETY: status is a valid MemoryStatusEx with dw_length set; FFI call reads/writes only within the struct
    if unsafe { GlobalMemoryStatusEx(&mut status) } == 0 {
        return None;
    }

    let budget = status.ull_total_phys / 2;
    let max_elements = budget / 16;
    if max_elements == 0 {
        return None;
    }
    let n = 63 - max_elements.leading_zeros() as usize;
    Some(n.min(33))
}

#[cfg(unix)]
fn detect_max_sv_qubits() -> Option<usize> {
    let meminfo = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/meminfo").ok()?;
    for line in meminfo.lines() {
        if let Some(rest) = line.strip_prefix("MemTotal:") {
            let kb: u64 = rest.trim().trim_end_matches(" kB").trim().parse().ok()?;
            let budget = (kb * 1024) / 2;
            let max_elements = budget / 16;
            if max_elements == 0 {
                return None;
            }
            let n = 63 - max_elements.leading_zeros() as usize;
            return Some(n.min(33));
        }
    }
    None
}

#[cfg(not(any(windows, unix)))]
fn detect_max_sv_qubits() -> Option<usize> {
    None
}

pub(super) const AUTO_MPS_BOND_DIM: usize = 256;

pub(super) const MAX_AUTO_T_COUNT_EXACT: usize = 18;

pub(super) const MAX_AUTO_T_COUNT_APPROX: usize = 28;

pub(super) const MAX_AUTO_T_COUNT_SHOTS: usize = 40;

pub(super) const MAX_STABILIZER_RANK_QUBITS: usize = 25;

pub(super) const AUTO_APPROX_MAX_TERMS: usize = 8192;

pub(super) const MIN_QUBITS_FOR_SPD_AUTO: usize = 12;

pub(super) const AUTO_SPD_MAX_TERMS: usize = 65536;

pub(super) const MIN_FACTORED_STABILIZER_QUBITS: usize = 128;

pub(super) const MIN_BLOCK_FOR_FACTORED_STAB: usize = 16;

// GPU crossover threshold and its env override live in `crate::gpu` so users
// can introspect them without depending on internal dispatch plumbing. The
// dispatch layer calls `crate::gpu::min_qubits()` directly; there is no
// private duplicate.

/// Automatically select the optimal backend based on circuit analysis.
///
/// Decision tree:
/// 1. No entangling gates        → ProductState (O(n))
/// 2. All Clifford gates         → Stabilizer (O(n²))
/// 3. Clifford+T, t ≤ 12        → StabilizerRank (O(2^t · n²))
/// 4. Above memory limit:
///    a. Sparse-friendly         → Sparse (O(k) where k = non-zero amplitudes)
///    b. Otherwise               → MPS (bounded bond dimension)
/// 5. Otherwise                  → Statevector (exact, general-purpose)
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
pub enum BackendKind {
    Auto,
    Statevector,
    Stabilizer,
    Sparse,
    Mps {
        max_bond_dim: usize,
    },
    ProductState,
    TensorNetwork,
    Factored,
    StabilizerRank,
    FilteredStabilizer,
    FactoredStabilizer,
    StochasticPauli {
        num_samples: usize,
    },
    DeterministicPauli {
        epsilon: f64,
        max_terms: usize,
    },
    /// Statevector backed by a CUDA GPU execution context.
    ///
    /// Circuits (or decomposed sub-blocks) with fewer than
    /// [`crate::gpu::min_qubits()`] qubits (tunable via
    /// `PRISM_GPU_MIN_QUBITS`, default [`crate::gpu::MIN_QUBITS_DEFAULT`])
    /// transparently fall back to the host-side statevector path, since
    /// small states do not survive PCIe and launch-latency overhead.
    /// Larger circuits allocate a device-resident state and route gate
    /// application through GPU kernels.
    ///
    /// Compose with [`crate::sim::run_with`] to get fusion + independent-
    /// subsystem decomposition for free; each sub-block is evaluated against
    /// the crossover independently. See [`crate::sim::run_with_gpu`] for a
    /// one-liner wrapper when you already have an `Arc<GpuContext>`.
    #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
    StatevectorGpu {
        context: Arc<GpuContext>,
    },
    /// Stabilizer backend backed by a CUDA GPU tableau.
    ///
    /// Circuits (or decomposed sub-blocks) with fewer than
    /// [`crate::gpu::stabilizer_min_qubits()`] qubits (tunable via
    /// `PRISM_STABILIZER_GPU_MIN_QUBITS`, default
    /// [`crate::gpu::STABILIZER_MIN_QUBITS_DEFAULT`]) fall back to the CPU
    /// stabilizer path. The GPU path routes gate application to device
    /// kernels. Measurement and reset stay on device, while probabilities and
    /// export-style helpers still read back to the CPU algorithms.
    ///
    /// Compose with [`crate::sim::run_with`] to pick up independent-subsystem
    /// decomposition; non-Clifford circuits are rejected at dispatch time with
    /// the same error shape as [`BackendKind::Stabilizer`].
    #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
    StabilizerGpu {
        context: Arc<GpuContext>,
    },
}

impl BackendKind {
    pub fn supports_noisy_per_shot(&self) -> bool {
        !matches!(
            self,
            BackendKind::StabilizerRank
                | BackendKind::StochasticPauli { .. }
                | BackendKind::DeterministicPauli { .. }
        )
    }

    pub fn supports_general_noise(&self) -> bool {
        match self {
            BackendKind::Auto
            | BackendKind::Statevector
            | BackendKind::Sparse
            | BackendKind::Mps { .. }
            | BackendKind::ProductState
            | BackendKind::Factored => true,
            #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
            BackendKind::StatevectorGpu { .. } => true,
            _ => false,
        }
    }

    pub(crate) fn is_stabilizer_family(&self) -> bool {
        matches!(
            self,
            BackendKind::Stabilizer
                | BackendKind::FilteredStabilizer
                | BackendKind::FactoredStabilizer
        ) || {
            #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
            {
                matches!(self, BackendKind::StabilizerGpu { .. })
            }
            #[cfg(not(feature = "gpu"))]
            {
                false
            }
        }
    }

    pub(crate) fn general_noise_backend_names() -> &'static str {
        #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
        {
            "Auto, Statevector, StatevectorGpu, Sparse, Mps, ProductState, or Factored"
        }
        #[cfg(not(feature = "gpu"))]
        {
            "Auto, Statevector, Sparse, Mps, ProductState, or Factored"
        }
    }
}

pub(super) fn validate_explicit_backend(kind: &BackendKind, circuit: &Circuit) -> Result<()> {
    match kind {
        BackendKind::Stabilizer
        | BackendKind::FilteredStabilizer
        | BackendKind::FactoredStabilizer
            if !circuit.is_clifford_only() =>
        {
            return Err(PrismError::IncompatibleBackend {
                backend: "stabilizer".into(),
                reason: "circuit contains non-Clifford gates".into(),
            });
        }
        #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
        BackendKind::StabilizerGpu { .. } if !circuit.is_clifford_only() => {
            return Err(PrismError::IncompatibleBackend {
                backend: "stabilizer".into(),
                reason: "circuit contains non-Clifford gates".into(),
            });
        }
        BackendKind::ProductState if circuit.has_entangling_gates() => {
            return Err(PrismError::IncompatibleBackend {
                backend: "productstate".into(),
                reason: "circuit contains entangling gates".into(),
            });
        }
        BackendKind::StabilizerRank if !circuit.has_t_gates() => {
            return Err(PrismError::IncompatibleBackend {
                backend: "stabilizer_rank".into(),
                reason: "circuit has no T gates; use Stabilizer instead".into(),
            });
        }
        _ => {}
    }
    Ok(())
}

pub(super) fn supports_fused_for_kind(kind: &BackendKind, circuit: &Circuit) -> bool {
    match kind {
        BackendKind::Stabilizer
        | BackendKind::FilteredStabilizer
        | BackendKind::FactoredStabilizer
        | BackendKind::StabilizerRank
        | BackendKind::StochasticPauli { .. }
        | BackendKind::DeterministicPauli { .. } => false,
        #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
        BackendKind::StabilizerGpu { .. } => false,
        BackendKind::Auto => !(circuit.is_clifford_only() && circuit.has_entangling_gates()),
        _ => true,
    }
}

/// Build a `StatevectorBackend` configured for GPU execution if the circuit
/// is large enough to clear the crossover, otherwise a plain host-side
/// backend. Called from `select_dispatch` (which runs per sub-block after
/// decomposition) so small blocks transparently stay on CPU.
#[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
fn statevector_gpu_with_crossover(
    context: &Arc<GpuContext>,
    circuit: &Circuit,
    seed: u64,
) -> StatevectorBackend {
    if circuit.num_qubits >= crate::gpu::min_qubits() {
        StatevectorBackend::new(seed).with_gpu(context.clone())
    } else {
        StatevectorBackend::new(seed)
    }
}

/// Build a `StabilizerBackend` configured for GPU execution if the circuit
/// is large enough to clear the stabilizer crossover, otherwise a plain
/// host-side backend.
#[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
fn stabilizer_gpu_with_crossover(
    context: &Arc<GpuContext>,
    circuit: &Circuit,
    seed: u64,
) -> StabilizerBackend {
    if circuit.num_qubits >= crate::gpu::stabilizer_min_qubits() {
        StabilizerBackend::new(seed).with_gpu(context.clone())
    } else {
        StabilizerBackend::new(seed)
    }
}

pub(super) fn select_dispatch(
    kind: &BackendKind,
    circuit: &Circuit,
    seed: u64,
    has_partial_independence: bool,
) -> DispatchAction {
    match kind {
        BackendKind::Auto => {
            if !circuit.has_entangling_gates() {
                DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(ProductStateBackend::new(seed)))
            } else if circuit.is_clifford_only() {
                DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(StabilizerBackend::new(seed)))
            } else if circuit.num_qubits > max_statevector_qubits() {
                if circuit.is_sparse_friendly() {
                    DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(SparseBackend::new(seed)))
                } else {
                    DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(MpsBackend::new(seed, AUTO_MPS_BOND_DIM)))
                }
            } else if has_partial_independence {
                DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(crate::backend::factored::FactoredBackend::new(
                    seed,
                )))
            } else {
                DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(StatevectorBackend::new(seed)))
            }
        }
        BackendKind::Statevector => {
            DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(StatevectorBackend::new(seed)))
        }
        BackendKind::Stabilizer => DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(StabilizerBackend::new(seed))),
        BackendKind::FilteredStabilizer => DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(
            crate::backend::stabilizer::FilteredStabilizerBackend::new(seed),
        )),
        BackendKind::Sparse => DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(SparseBackend::new(seed))),
        BackendKind::Mps { max_bond_dim } => {
            DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(MpsBackend::new(seed, *max_bond_dim)))
        }
        BackendKind::ProductState => {
            DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(ProductStateBackend::new(seed)))
        }
        BackendKind::TensorNetwork => {
            DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(TensorNetworkBackend::new(seed)))
        }
        BackendKind::Factored => DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(
            crate::backend::factored::FactoredBackend::new(seed),
        )),
        BackendKind::FactoredStabilizer => DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(
            crate::backend::factored_stabilizer::FactoredStabilizerBackend::new(seed),
        )),
        BackendKind::StabilizerRank => DispatchAction::StabilizerRank,
        BackendKind::StochasticPauli { num_samples } => DispatchAction::StochasticPauli {
            num_samples: *num_samples,
        },
        BackendKind::DeterministicPauli { epsilon, max_terms } => {
            DispatchAction::DeterministicPauli {
                epsilon: *epsilon,
                max_terms: *max_terms,
            }
        }
        #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
        BackendKind::StatevectorGpu { context } => DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(
            statevector_gpu_with_crossover(context, circuit, seed),
        )),
        #[cfg(feature = "gpu")]
        BackendKind::StabilizerGpu { context } => DispatchAction::Backend(Box::new(
            stabilizer_gpu_with_crossover(context, circuit, seed),
        )),
    }
}

pub(super) fn select_backend(
    kind: &BackendKind,
    circuit: &Circuit,
    seed: u64,
    has_partial_independence: bool,
) -> Box<dyn Backend> {
    match select_dispatch(kind, circuit, seed, has_partial_independence) {
        DispatchAction::Backend(b) => b,
        _ => unreachable!("non-backend dispatch should be handled by caller"),
    }
}

#[inline]
pub(super) fn min_clifford_prefix_gates(num_qubits: usize) -> usize {
    (num_qubits * 2).max(16)
}

pub(super) fn has_temporal_clifford_opportunity(kind: &BackendKind, circuit: &Circuit) -> bool {
    if !matches!(kind, BackendKind::Auto) {
        return false;
    }
    if circuit.num_qubits > max_statevector_qubits() {
        return false;
    }
    let min_gates = min_clifford_prefix_gates(circuit.num_qubits);
    let mut prefix_gates = 0;
    for inst in &circuit.instructions {
        match inst {
            Instruction::Gate { gate, .. } => {
                if !gate.is_clifford() {
                    break;
                }
                prefix_gates += 1;
            }
            Instruction::Measure { .. }
            | Instruction::Reset { .. }
            | Instruction::Conditional { .. } => break,
            Instruction::Barrier { .. } => {}
        }
    }
    prefix_gates >= min_gates && prefix_gates < circuit.instructions.len()
}

pub(super) fn try_temporal_clifford(
    kind: &BackendKind,
    circuit: &Circuit,
    seed: u64,
) -> Option<Result<SimulationResult>> {
    if !matches!(kind, BackendKind::Auto) {
        return None;
    }
    if circuit.num_qubits > max_statevector_qubits() {
        return None;
    }
    let (prefix, tail) = circuit.clifford_prefix_split()?;
    if prefix.gate_count() < min_clifford_prefix_gates(circuit.num_qubits) {
        return None;
    }

    let mut stab = StabilizerBackend::new(seed);
    if let Err(e) = stab.init(prefix.num_qubits, prefix.num_classical_bits) {
        return Some(Err(e));
    }
    stab.enable_lazy_destab();
    for inst in &prefix.instructions {
        if let Err(e) = stab.apply(inst) {
            return Some(Err(e));
        }
    }

    let state = match stab.export_statevector() {
        Ok(s) => s,
        Err(e) => return Some(Err(e)),
    };

    let mut sv = StatevectorBackend::new(seed);
    if let Err(e) = sv.init_from_state(state, tail.num_classical_bits) {
        return Some(Err(e));
    }

    let fused_tail = crate::circuit::fusion::fuse_circuit(&tail, sv.supports_fused_gates());
    for inst in &fused_tail.instructions {
        if let Err(e) = sv.apply(inst) {
            return Some(Err(e));
        }
    }

    let probs = sv.probabilities().ok().map(Probabilities::Dense);

    Some(Ok(SimulationResult {
        classical_bits: sv.classical_results().to_vec(),
        probabilities: probs,
    }))
}

#[cfg(all(test, feature = "gpu"))]
mod gpu_crossover_tests {
    use super::*;
    use crate::gates::Gate;
    use crate::sim::run_with;

    fn stub_kind() -> BackendKind {
        BackendKind::StatevectorGpu {
            context: GpuContext::stub_for_tests(),
        }
    }

    /// `run_with_gpu` must compose identically to constructing the variant
    /// manually. Uses the stub context at a small circuit so crossover fires
    /// and proves the composition is side-effect equivalent.
    #[test]
    fn run_with_gpu_wraps_statevector_gpu_variant() {
        let ctx = GpuContext::stub_for_tests();
        let mut circuit = Circuit::new(4, 0);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::H, &[0]);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::Cx, &[0, 1]);

        let direct = crate::sim::run_with_gpu(&circuit, 42, ctx.clone())
            .expect("run_with_gpu must honor crossover and route to CPU");
        let manual = run_with(stub_kind(), &circuit, 42).expect("manual variant reference");

        let dp = direct.probabilities.expect("direct probs").to_vec();
        let mp = manual.probabilities.expect("manual probs").to_vec();
        assert_eq!(dp, mp);
    }

    /// A 4q circuit is far below the default 14q threshold. If the dispatch
    /// layer were to build a GPU backend anyway, `GpuState::new` on the stub
    /// context would return `BackendUnsupported`. Success proves the
    /// crossover in `select_dispatch` is routing small circuits to the host
    /// path.
    #[test]
    fn small_circuit_routes_to_cpu() {
        let mut circuit = Circuit::new(4, 0);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::H, &[0]);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::Cx, &[0, 1]);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::H, &[2]);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::Cx, &[2, 3]);

        let result = run_with(stub_kind(), &circuit, 42)
            .expect("stub context must not be touched for a 4q circuit");
        let probs = result
            .probabilities
            .expect("probabilities missing")
            .to_vec();

        let mut expected = [0.0_f64; 16];
        expected[0b0000] = 0.25;
        expected[0b0011] = 0.25;
        expected[0b1100] = 0.25;
        expected[0b1111] = 0.25;
        for (i, (p, e)) in probs.iter().zip(&expected).enumerate() {
            assert!((p - e).abs() < 1e-10, "p[{i}] = {p}, expected {e}");
        }
    }

    /// `independent_bell_pairs(8)` spans 16 qubits but decomposes into 8
    /// independent 2q blocks. With `BackendKind::StatevectorGpu`, each
    /// sub-block is below the 14q threshold and must route to CPU. If
    /// decomposition failed to fire, the 16q monolithic path would attempt
    /// `GpuState::new` through the stub and return `BackendUnsupported`.
    /// Success here proves decomposition survives across the GPU dispatch.
    #[test]
    fn decomposable_16q_circuit_runs_per_block_on_cpu() {
        let circuit = crate::circuits::independent_bell_pairs(8);
        assert_eq!(circuit.num_qubits, 16);

        let cpu = run_with(BackendKind::Statevector, &circuit, 42).expect("cpu baseline");
        let gpu = run_with(stub_kind(), &circuit, 42).expect("stub must stay out of the way");

        let cpu_p = cpu.probabilities.expect("cpu probs").to_vec();
        let gpu_p = gpu.probabilities.expect("gpu probs").to_vec();
        assert_eq!(cpu_p.len(), gpu_p.len());
        for (i, (c, g)) in cpu_p.iter().zip(gpu_p.iter()).enumerate() {
            assert!(
                (c - g).abs() < 1e-10,
                "prob[{i}] cpu={c}, gpu={g}, diff={}",
                (c - g).abs()
            );
        }
    }

    fn stabilizer_stub_kind() -> BackendKind {
        BackendKind::StabilizerGpu {
            context: GpuContext::stub_for_tests(),
        }
    }

    /// A 4q Clifford circuit is far below the stabilizer GPU threshold, so the
    /// stub context must never be touched. Produces the same measurement bits
    /// as a plain CPU stabilizer run.
    #[test]
    fn stabilizer_gpu_small_circuit_routes_to_cpu() {
        let mut circuit = Circuit::new(4, 4);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::H, &[0]);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::Cx, &[0, 1]);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::Cx, &[1, 2]);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::Cx, &[2, 3]);
        circuit.add_measure(0, 0);
        circuit.add_measure(1, 1);
        circuit.add_measure(2, 2);
        circuit.add_measure(3, 3);

        let cpu_run = run_with(BackendKind::Stabilizer, &circuit, 42).expect("cpu baseline");
        let gpu_run = run_with(stabilizer_stub_kind(), &circuit, 42)
            .expect("stub must stay out of the way for small circuits");
        assert_eq!(cpu_run.classical_bits, gpu_run.classical_bits);
    }

    /// Non-Clifford circuits are rejected at dispatch time with the same error
    /// shape as `BackendKind::Stabilizer`.
    #[test]
    fn stabilizer_gpu_rejects_non_clifford_at_dispatch() {
        let mut circuit = Circuit::new(2, 0);
        circuit.add_gate(Gate::T, &[0]);
        let err = run_with(stabilizer_stub_kind(), &circuit, 42).unwrap_err();
        assert!(matches!(err, PrismError::IncompatibleBackend { .. }));
    }
}