Fix Parquet page-index read ranges for optional indexes

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Description

Reading a selected row group from a Parquet file with BYTE_ARRAY columns and offset indexes but no column indexes currently starts the page-index read at byte 0. This loads nearly the entire file before reading the selected data.

Compute the enclosing byte range from all column and offset indexes with positive offsets and lengths, and share this calculation with hybrid scan. Inspecting every column chunk handles mixed index presence, so missing indexes in the first or last chunk cannot exclude other indexes from the buffer. The regular reader skips page-index I/O when no offset indexes are available, since the decode paths cannot use column indexes alone. Reject index end offsets that would overflow int64_t before computing or requesting the range, and reject short page-index buffers before parsing them.

read_parquet_footers shares the regular metadata path: for files with column indexes but no offset indexes, the returned FileMetaData retains index offsets and lengths but leaves parsed column_index fields unset, preserving the behavior before this PR. Hybrid scan can still explicitly load column-only indexes.

Add datasource-tracked coverage for regular and chunked reads with no indexes, column-only indexes, offset-only indexes, both indexes, and mixed index presence. Check the decoded data, the requested index range (or absence of an index read), and the total bytes read when selecting one of four row groups. Additional tests cover an index extending past EOF, overflowing column/offset index end offsets in regular, chunked, and hybrid readers, and hybrid-scan range calculation, index setup, and materialization with optional indexes, including missing indexes in the first and last chunks.

Add parquet_page_index_metadata to the existing metadata NVBench target. It measures metadata latency and logical host-read bytes for regular and hybrid readers with no indexes, offset-only indexes, mixed index presence, and both indexes. Host-buffer inputs exclude storage and page-cache effects; input generation and footer rewriting are outside the timed section.

Closes #24000.

Validation

• Built libcudf, PARQUET_TEST, HYBRID_SCAN_TEST, and PARQUET_READER_METADATA_NVBENCH from upstream main (base 60436a822fce7c34908a4352a31e69a97b8f52f8) on NVIDIA GB10 / Linux aarch64, using an isolated dependency environment: CUDA 13.3, GCC 14.4, RMM and KvikIO 26.10 nightlies from 2026-09-05, and nvCOMP 5.3.0.16.
• PARQUET_TEST: 564 passed, 1 skipped, 4 disabled. This includes 10 index-presence cases and 6 malformed-range cases (past EOF, column-index overflow, offset-index overflow) for regular and chunked readers.
• HYBRID_SCAN_TEST: all 105 passed, including 6 optional-index cases and 2 overflow cases.
• Restoring the previous regular-reader range calculation makes 4 of the 10 index-presence cases fail, including both offset-only cases. Restoring the previous hybrid-scan range calculation makes both mixed-presence cases fail. Restored the fix before running the complete test binaries above.
• parquet_page_index_metadata: all 32 configurations completed with 20 samples each (--stopping-criterion sample-count --target-samples 20), covering 4 index layouts, 2 readers, 4/16 columns, and 10/100 row groups. Logical host bytes and latency were recorded for every configuration.
• Local C++ pre-commit checks pass.

The compiler/linker configuration and runtime library paths were checked to exclude the existing Theseus 26.08 environment.

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• Bug Fixes

  • Improved Parquet page-index handling when column or offset indexes are missing or partially available.
  • Corrected metadata reads to use relevant index ranges rather than assuming indexes are contiguous.
  • Added validation for truncated data and invalid or overflowing index ranges.

• Performance

  • Reduced unnecessary Parquet I/O by skipping page-index reads when no valid ranges are available and limiting reads to required byte ranges.

Walkthrough

The Parquet readers now compute page-index ranges from valid column and offset indexes. They skip page-index reads when no valid range exists, validate host-read sizes, and reject overflowing ranges. Tests and benchmarks cover malformed metadata and index layouts.

Changes

Parquet page-index range handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Page-index range helper cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.hpp, cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp	The page_index_byte_range helper combines valid column-index and offset-index ranges and rejects unrepresentable end offsets.
Reader page-index loading cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp, cpp/src/io/parquet/experimental/hybrid_scan_helpers.cpp	The standard reader uses the shared range, skips empty reads, validates host-read sizes, and the hybrid reader imports the helper.
Malformed metadata coverage and benchmark cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_test.cpp, cpp/tests/io/experimental/hybrid_scan_test.cpp, cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/parquet_reader_metadata.cpp	Tests cover past-EOF and overflowing index ranges for regular and chunked readers. The benchmark compares index layouts, reader modes, host-read volume, and processing time.

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Parquet page-index loading now handles optional indexes without unnecessary reads and rejects invalid index ranges. The covered reader paths are ready to merge with no outstanding current-head risk identified.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue [#24000] by computing ranges from valid column and offset indexes, supporting mixed index presence, skipping reads without offset indexes, protecting against invalid ranges, …
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The code, regression tests, hybrid-scan updates, and metadata benchmark all support the linked issue and stated PR objectives. No unrelated code changes are evident.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: correcting Parquet page-index read ranges when optional indexes are absent.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the page-index range fix, overflow handling, skipped reads, shared hybrid-scan logic, tests, benchmarks, and validation results.

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139-241: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add a page-index unit benchmark.

The tests validate correctness and bounded reads. Add a unit benchmark for no-index, offset-only, and mixed-index layouts so the page-index range scan and read reduction remain measurable.

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In `@cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_test.cpp` around lines 139 - 241, Add a unit
benchmark alongside ParquetPageIndexReadTest covering no-index, offset-only, and
mixed-index layouts. Benchmark the page-index range scan and resulting read
reduction for both relevant reader paths, reusing the existing fixture/data
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Inline comments:
In `@cpp/src/io/parquet/reader_impl_helpers.cpp`:
- Line 58: Guard the page-index range update in the surrounding helper before
computing offset + length: reject the footer index when length would exceed the
representable int64_t range, then perform the existing max_offset update only
for valid values. Add a regression test covering a malformed footer with an
offset near INT64_MAX and an overflowing length.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@cpp/tests/io/parquet_reader_test.cpp`:
- Around line 139-241: Add a unit benchmark alongside ParquetPageIndexReadTest
covering no-index, offset-only, and mixed-index layouts. Benchmark the
page-index range scan and resulting read reduction for both relevant reader
paths, reusing the existing fixture/data setup where practical while preserving
the current correctness and bounded-read tests.

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