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Per team naming discussion: CUOPT_DISTRIBUTED_PDLP_PARTITIONER -> CUOPT_MULTIGPU_PDLP_PARTITIONER (avoids confusion with the existing D-PDLP solver), and CUOPT_USE_DISTRIBUTED_PDLP is removed entirely since it was never meant to be user-facing (already hidden from --help). Dispatch is now purely method == PDLP && (num_gpus == -1 || num_gpus > 1); the internal use_distributed_pdlp C++ field stays as implementation bookkeeping. Also fixes the already-merged Java bindings (#1961), which referenced both constants directly.

Breaking change to the C/C++/CLI surface (introduced ~2 months ago in #1391, author-described as internal). #1957, #1962, and #1981 alias to the old names and will need a follow-up once this merges.

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…ITIONER; remove CUOPT_USE_DISTRIBUTED_PDLP

Per team decision (Chris Maes, Bulle Mostovoi):
- CUOPT_DISTRIBUTED_PDLP_PARTITIONER -> CUOPT_MULTIGPU_PDLP_PARTITIONER
  (avoids confusion with the existing D-PDLP solver name). Renames the
  parameter string, the three enum-value constants, the C++ enum type
  (distributed_pdlp_partitioner_t -> multigpu_pdlp_partitioner_t), and
  the pdlp_solver_settings_t field.
- CUOPT_USE_DISTRIBUTED_PDLP removed entirely. It was never meant to be
  user-facing (already hidden from --help) - the C++ struct field
  (use_distributed_pdlp) stays as an internal implementation detail
  that pdlp.cu/solve.cu/cuopt_cli.cpp use for their own bookkeeping,
  but it is no longer part of the settable-parameter registry, so it
  can no longer be read/set via cuOptSetParameter, set_parameter, or
  any CLI flag. Multi-GPU PDLP dispatch is controlled solely by
  method == PDLP && (num_gpus == -1 || num_gpus > 1).

Also fixes the Java bindings (already merged via NVIDIA#1961), which
referenced both removed/renamed constants directly: drops
setUseDistributedPdlp (no longer has a backing parameter) and renames
setDistributedPdlpPartitioner to setMpdlpPartitioner.

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PDLP dispatch now uses the method and GPU count to select multi-GPU solving. The separate distributed-PDLP enable setting is removed. The partitioner setting and Java API use multi-GPU names.

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Multi-GPU PDLP

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Multi-GPU partitioner settings
cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/constants.h, cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/pdlp/solver_settings.hpp, cpp/src/math_optimization/solver_settings.cu
The partitioner constants, enum, and settings field use multi-GPU names. The separate enable parameter is removed.
GPU-count-based PDLP dispatch
cpp/cuopt_cli.cpp, cpp/src/pdlp/pdlp.cu, cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu, cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cuh, cpp/tests/linear_programming/pdlp_distributed_test.cu, docs/cuopt/source/convex-settings.rst
The CLI and MPS-based solve path select multi-GPU PDLP when the method is PDLP and num_gpus is -1 or greater than 1. Problem-object calls use one GPU for those requests. Solver branches use distributed-master state. The documentation describes the dispatch condition and current linear-program support.
API names and supported entry points
java/cuopt/src/main/java/com/nvidia/cuopt/mathematicaloptimization/SolverSettings.java, docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-java/convex/convex-api.rst, java/cuopt/src/test/java/com/nvidia/cuopt/mathematicaloptimization/NativeIntegrationTest.java, docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-c/convex/convex-c-api.rst
The Java API replaces the distributed-PDLP controls with setMpdlpPartitioner. Documentation describes partitioner values and states that Java solve() uses one GPU. The integration test checks the renamed setting.

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In `@cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/constants.h`:
- Line 98: Add migration guidance to the C, C++, and CLI parameter documentation
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Comment thread cpp/include/cuopt/mathematical_optimization/constants.h
Comment thread docs/cuopt/source/cuopt-java/convex/convex-api.rst Outdated
@@ -26,16 +26,12 @@ void settingsExposeTypedValues() {
settings.setSetting(CuOptConstants.CUOPT_TIME_LIMIT, 12.5);
settings.setOptimalityTolerance(1.0e-6);
settings.setNumGpus(-1);

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This is unrelated to this PR. But do we want specific APIs like setNumGpus? That creates a big API burden. I think we should stick with setSetting(CuOptConstants.CUOPT_NUM_GPUS, -1)

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Fair point, and out of scope for this rename PR since setNumGpus/setMpdlpPartitioner already shipped in #1961. Happy to open a follow-up if we want to trim these named wrappers in favor of setSetting.

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It would be great to have this fixed, could you open an issue ?

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Opened #1998 to track it.

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…ves to 1 GPU, reject QP/QCQP in distributed dispatch, document new partitioner constant, correct Java docs

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looks good to me, thanks for the work !

@@ -101,11 +101,11 @@ The settings API also includes:
* the static setting accessors;
* ``setMethod`` and ``setPDLPSolverMode``;

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Not for this PR. But all of these special case method (e.g setMethod, setPDLPSolverMode, setNumGpus, and setMpdlpPartinioner) should be removed from the API.

The only one I think we can keep is setOptimalityTolerance.

Comment thread docs/cuopt/source/convex-settings.rst Outdated
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` controls the number of GPUs to use for the solve. This setting is only relevant for LP problems that uses concurrent mode and supports up to 2 GPUs at the moment. Using this mode will run PDLP and barrier in parallel on different GPUs to avoid sharing single GPU resources.
``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` controls the number of GPUs to use for the solve. In concurrent mode, this

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In concurrent mode -> When solving an LP in concurrent mode

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Done.

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With ``CUOPT_METHOD`` set to PDLP, ``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` set to ``-1`` (all GPUs visible to the
process) or a value greater than 1 instead dispatches to multi-GPU PDLP, which shards the
problem across GPUs. See ``CUOPT_MULTIGPU_PDLP_PARTITIONER`` below for how the problem is
partitioned. Multi-GPU PDLP requires the C API's MPS/QPS-model solve entry point and does not

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I would remove the sentence beginning with
'Multi-GPU PDLP requires the '

This may be true now, but won't be in the future.

It would be fine to replace it with. Multi-GPU PDLP currently only support linear programs.

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Done.

Comment thread docs/cuopt/source/convex-settings.rst Outdated
``0`` Auto (default; RoundRobin on 1 GPU, KaMinPar otherwise), ``1`` KaMinPar (multi-threaded
graph partitioner, better balanced shards at the cost of extra partitioning time), or ``2``
RoundRobin (no partitioning graph built). This constant was previously named
``CUOPT_DISTRIBUTED_PDLP_PARTITIONER``; the separate ``CUOPT_USE_DISTRIBUTED_PDLP`` toggle has

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Remove the rest of the sentence after "; the separate CUOPT_USE_DISTRIBUTED_PDLP toggle has been removed ... "

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Done.

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public SolverSettings setDistributedPdlpPartitioner(int partitioner) {
return setSetting(CuOptConstants.CUOPT_DISTRIBUTED_PDLP_PARTITIONER, partitioner);
public SolverSettings setMpdlpPartitioner(int partitioner) {

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Don't add special case code that can be handled by existing settings framework. Please remove all of this from the Java API.

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Tracked in #1998 along with setMethod/setPDLPSolverMode/setNumGpus, not touching this in the current PR per your other comment.

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@chris-maes, apart from removing java APIs (will be taken care in follow-up PR), all other reviews have been addressed. May I get another round of review.

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``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` controls the number of GPUs to use for the solve. When solving an LP in
concurrent mode, this supports up to 2 GPUs, running PDLP and barrier in parallel on different
GPUs to avoid sharing single GPU resources.

With ``CUOPT_METHOD`` set to PDLP, ``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` set to ``-1`` (all GPUs visible to the
process) or a value greater than 1 instead dispatches to multi-GPU PDLP, which shards the
problem across GPUs. See ``CUOPT_MULTIGPU_PDLP_PARTITIONER`` below for how the problem is
partitioned. Multi-GPU PDLP currently only supports linear programs.

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Scope the multi-GPU claim to supported entry points.

cuOptSolve and Python Problem.solve() materialize a problem object. That path resets PDLP requests with num_gpus == -1 or num_gpus > 1 to one GPU. Only the MPS overload dispatches these requests to distributed PDLP. The current unqualified text therefore promises multi-GPU solving for C and Python calls that run single-GPU. Limit this paragraph to CLI/MPS entry points or document the C/Python limitation here.

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-With ``CUOPT_METHOD`` set to PDLP, ``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` set to ``-1`` (all GPUs visible to the
-process) or a value greater than 1 instead dispatches to multi-GPU PDLP, which shards the
-problem across GPUs. See ``CUOPT_MULTIGPU_PDLP_PARTITIONER`` below for how the problem is
-partitioned. Multi-GPU PDLP currently only supports linear programs.
+For CLI and MPS-based entry points, ``CUOPT_METHOD`` set to PDLP and ``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` set to
+``-1`` (all GPUs visible to the process) or a value greater than 1 dispatches to multi-GPU PDLP,
+which shards the problem across GPUs. The C ``cuOptSolve`` and Python ``Problem.solve`` entry
+points materialize problem objects and use one GPU for PDLP. See
+``CUOPT_MULTIGPU_PDLP_PARTITIONER`` below for how the problem is partitioned. Multi-GPU PDLP
+currently only supports linear programs.
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``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` controls the number of GPUs to use for the solve. When solving an LP in
concurrent mode, this supports up to 2 GPUs, running PDLP and barrier in parallel on different
GPUs to avoid sharing single GPU resources.
With ``CUOPT_METHOD`` set to PDLP, ``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` set to ``-1`` (all GPUs visible to the
process) or a value greater than 1 instead dispatches to multi-GPU PDLP, which shards the
problem across GPUs. See ``CUOPT_MULTIGPU_PDLP_PARTITIONER`` below for how the problem is
partitioned. Multi-GPU PDLP currently only supports linear programs.
``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` controls the number of GPUs to use for the solve. When solving an LP in
concurrent mode, this supports up to 2 GPUs, running PDLP and barrier in parallel on different
GPUs to avoid sharing single GPU resources.
For CLI and MPS-based entry points, ``CUOPT_METHOD`` set to PDLP and ``CUOPT_NUM_GPUS`` set to
``-1`` (all GPUs visible to the process) or a value greater than 1 dispatches to multi-GPU PDLP,
which shards the problem across GPUs. The C ``cuOptSolve`` and Python ``Problem.solve`` entry
points materialize problem objects and use one GPU for PDLP. See
``CUOPT_MULTIGPU_PDLP_PARTITIONER`` below for how the problem is partitioned. Multi-GPU PDLP
currently only supports linear programs.
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// count; -1 selects all visible GPUs. See use_distributed_pdlp.
// Concurrent LP/MIP: 1–2 GPUs. Multi-GPU PDLP (method=PDLP): up to the visible device
// count; -1 selects all visible GPUs, which dispatches to the multi-GPU PDLP engine
// whenever num_gpus == -1 or num_gpus > 1.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Limit the dispatch description to the MPS-model entry point.

Line 354 says these GPU counts dispatch to multi-GPU PDLP. For a problem-object solve, cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu instead changes either count to 1. State that only the MPS-model solve_lp entry point dispatches to multi-GPU PDLP, so C++ callers do not expect a problem-object solve to use multiple GPUs.

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Update the num_gpus parameter description in the solver settings to clarify that
multi-GPU PDLP dispatch applies only to the MPS-model solve_lp entry point;
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distributed_settings.use_distributed_pdlp = true;
return solve_lp_distributed_from_mps(
handle_ptr, mps_data_model, distributed_settings, use_pdlp_solver_mode);
handle_ptr, mps_data_model, settings, use_pdlp_solver_mode);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Preserve model validation on the distributed MPS path.

When problem_checking=true, method=PDLP, num_gpus=2, and presolver=None, the MPS overload dispatches directly to solve_lp_distributed_from_mps without forwarding problem_checking. The regular path checks representation and crossing bounds, but the distributed path only validates MPS array sizes before constructing the solver. Its constructor checks the shape-0 placeholder, not the MPS model. Invalid representation or crossing bounds can therefore reach the distributed solver.

Run equivalent representation and crossing-bounds checks before the distributed presolve and solve when problem_checking is enabled.

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Update the MPS overload’s distributed dispatch to run the equivalent
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Comment on lines +86 to +87
* gRPC service), which these Java bindings do not yet expose; {@code solve()} here always
* solves on a single GPU, regardless of {@link #setNumGpus}.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Scope the single-GPU statement to PDLP.

Line 86 says Java solve() always uses one GPU. With method=Concurrent and num_gpus=2, cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu can run Barrier on a second GPU. Say instead that the Java problem-object path runs PDLP on one GPU; do not imply that setNumGpus has no effect on other methods.

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Revise the `SolverSettings` documentation to scope the single-GPU statement to
PDLP on the Java problem-object path; do not imply that `setNumGpus` has no
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@ramakrishnap-nv ramakrishnap-nv added this to the 26.10 milestone Sep 29, 2026
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…ner wrappers (#2000)

Removes the named setting wrappers Chris flagged as unnecessary API surface, keeping only setOptimalityTolerance. Callers now use setSetting(CuOptConstants.CUOPT_METHOD, ...) etc. directly, same as every other parameter.

Stacked on #1984 since it touches the same lines, so the diff currently includes #1984's changes too; it'll shrink once #1984 merges and this rebases onto main. Addresses #1998.

Authors:
  - Ramakrishna Prabhu (https://github.com/ramakrishnap-nv)

Approvers:
  - Trevor McKay (https://github.com/tmckayus)
  - Chris Maes (https://github.com/chris-maes)

URL: #2000
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