Main merge release/26.08

README.md

@@ -132,8 +132,12 @@ cuvsResourcesCreate(&res);
 cuvsCagraIndexParamsCreate(&index_params);
 cuvsCagraIndexCreate(&index);
 
-cuvsCagraBuild(res, index_params, dataset, index);
+cuvsDataset_t dataset_view;
+cuvsDatasetMakeStandardView(res, dataset, &dataset_view);
 
+cuvsCagraBuild(res, index_params, dataset_view, index);
+
+cuvsDatasetDestroy(dataset_view);
 cuvsCagraIndexDestroy(index);
 cuvsCagraIndexParamsDestroy(index_params);
 cuvsResourcesDestroy(res);

c/include/cuvs/core/all.h

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <cuvs/core/c_config.h>
 #include <cuvs/core/export.h>
 #include <cuvs/core/c_api.h>
+#include <cuvs/core/dataset.h>
 
 #include <cuvs/cluster/kmeans.h>
 

c/include/cuvs/core/dataset.h

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cuvs/core/c_api.h>
+
+#include <dlpack/dlpack.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief Generic dataset layout kind for C API dataset handles.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+  CUVS_DATASET_LAYOUT_STANDARD = 0,
+  CUVS_DATASET_LAYOUT_PADDED   = 1
+} cuvsDatasetLayout_t;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Memory space holding a C API dataset handle's data.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+  CUVS_DATASET_MEM_TYPE_HOST   = 0,
+  CUVS_DATASET_MEM_TYPE_DEVICE = 1
+} cuvsDatasetMemType_t;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Dataset handle representing owning storage or a non-owning view.
+ *
+ * `addr` points to C++ dataset storage or view metadata managed by the C API. `mem_type`
+ * identifies the memory space, `layout` identifies the data layout, and `is_owning` indicates
+ * whether the handle owns its backing data.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+  uintptr_t addr;
+  void (*destroy_addr)(void*);
+  DLDataType dtype;
+  cuvsDatasetMemType_t mem_type;
+  cuvsDatasetLayout_t layout;
+  bool is_owning;
+} cuvsDataset;
+typedef cuvsDataset* cuvsDataset_t;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create an empty owning dataset handle.
+ *
+ * The dataset storage, memory type, layout, and dtype are populated by the operation that fills
+ * this handle.
+ */
+CUVS_EXPORT cuvsError_t cuvsDatasetCreate(cuvsDataset_t* dataset);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create an owning padded dataset in the requested memory space.
+ *
+ * The source tensor may reside in host- or device-accessible memory. Its contents are copied into
+ * newly allocated padded storage in `target_mem_type`.
+ *
+ * @param[in] res cuVS resources
+ * @param[in] dataset source tensor
+ * @param[in] target_mem_type memory space in which to allocate the padded dataset
+ * @param[out] padded_dataset newly allocated owning padded dataset
+ */
+CUVS_EXPORT cuvsError_t cuvsDatasetMakePadded(cuvsResources_t res,
+                                              DLManagedTensor* dataset,
+                                              cuvsDatasetMemType_t target_mem_type,
+                                              cuvsDataset_t* padded_dataset);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create a non-owning padded dataset view from a host- or device-resident tensor.
+ *
+ * Memory residency is inferred from the tensor.
+ */
+CUVS_EXPORT cuvsError_t cuvsDatasetMakePaddedView(cuvsResources_t res,
+                                                  DLManagedTensor* dataset,
+                                                  cuvsDataset_t* padded_dataset);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create a non-owning standard dataset view from a host- or device-resident tensor.
+ *
+ * Memory residency is inferred from the tensor.
+ */
+CUVS_EXPORT cuvsError_t cuvsDatasetMakeStandardView(cuvsResources_t res,
+                                                    DLManagedTensor* dataset,
+                                                    cuvsDataset_t* standard_dataset);
+
+/** @brief Destroy a dataset handle created by a `cuvsDatasetMake*` function. */
+CUVS_EXPORT cuvsError_t cuvsDatasetDestroy(cuvsDataset_t dataset);
+
+/** @brief Get the memory residency of a dataset handle. */
+CUVS_EXPORT cuvsError_t cuvsDatasetGetMemType(cuvsDataset_t dataset,
+                                              cuvsDatasetMemType_t* mem_type);
+
+/** @brief Get the layout of a dataset handle. */
+CUVS_EXPORT cuvsError_t cuvsDatasetGetLayout(cuvsDataset_t dataset, cuvsDatasetLayout_t* layout);
+
+/** @brief Get whether a dataset handle owns its backing storage. */
+CUVS_EXPORT cuvsError_t cuvsDatasetGetIsOwning(cuvsDataset_t dataset, bool* is_owning);
+
+/** @brief Get the element dtype of a dataset handle. */
+CUVS_EXPORT cuvsError_t cuvsDatasetGetDtype(cuvsDataset_t dataset, DLDataType* dtype);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif