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Guard against nullptr dereference when checking concurrent solver status - #1845

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If dual simplex or barrier did not set their solution pointers (e.g. on early termination, error, or limit), dereferencing sol_dual_simplex_ptr or sol_barrier_ptr directly causes a null pointer dereference.

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If dual simplex or barrier did not set their solution pointers (e.g. on early
termination, error, or limit), dereferencing sol_dual_simplex_ptr or
sol_barrier_ptr directly causes a null pointer dereference.
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The concurrent solver now handles missing dual-simplex and barrier results without null dereferences. Concurrent MIP tests cover null solver pointers, halt handling, and OpenMP thread restoration.

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Concurrent solver status handling

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Guard concurrent solver status reads
cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu
The status path checks result pointers before reading dual-simplex and barrier results. Missing results use CONCURRENT_LIMIT. Fallback logic uses dual-simplex solution data only when available. The concurrent solver also has API documentation.
Test concurrent solver null-result handling
cpp/tests/linear_programming/pdlp_test.cu
The tests add OpenMP and scope-guard includes. They cover null solver pointers, pre-set halt handling, optimal termination, and restoration of the previous OpenMP thread count.

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Change: Bug fix

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preventing nullptr dereferences while checking concurrent solver status.
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In `@cpp/src/pdlp/solve.cu`:
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in cpp/src/tests for concurrent solves with dual simplex inactive and barrier
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sol_dual_simplex_ptr is still unconditionally dereferenced in the later PDLP ConcurrentLimit branch. If dual simplex produced no result, the new status guard maps it to CONCURRENT_LIMIT, but this branch then does *sol_dual_simplex_ptr anyway and can still crash. Please guard/fallback there too and add a null-result ConcurrentLimit regression.

…ion tests

- Guard sol_dual_simplex_ptr dereference in run_concurrent's ConcurrentLimit branch
  when dual simplex produced no result.
- Add Doxygen docstring to run_concurrent.
- Add regression tests in pdlp_test.cu:
  - concurrent_null_solver_ptrs_inside_mip: verifies concurrent solves when both
    dual simplex and barrier are inactive/disabled.
  - concurrent_null_dual_simplex_concurrent_limit: verifies ConcurrentLimit handling
    when dual simplex produced no result.
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In `@cpp/tests/linear_programming/pdlp_test.cu`:
- Around line 198-200: Update the test setup around solve_lp and the existing
prev_threads value to use an RAII cleanup guard that restores the OpenMP thread
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Thanks, appreciate the quick turnaround. The null ConcurrentLimit dereference I flagged is fixed, and the new regression exercises the no-dual-simplex path. I see the separate RAII test-cleanup comment as well; that's independent of my concern.

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@hlinsen hlinsen added bug Something isn't working non-breaking Introduces a non-breaking change labels Sep 11, 2026

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/ok to test 21baba7

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Thanks @vitor1001!

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/ok to test bf40ede

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