Warn when ManagedMemoryResource is created without concurrent managed access

cuda_core/cuda/core/_memory/_managed_memory_resource.pyx

@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024-2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2024-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from cuda.bindings cimport cydriver
+
 from cuda.core._memory._memory_pool cimport _MemPool, _MemPoolOptions
 from cuda.core._utils.cuda_utils cimport (
+    HANDLE_RETURN,
     check_or_create_options,
 )
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+import threading
+import warnings
 
 __all__ = ['ManagedMemoryResource', 'ManagedMemoryResourceOptions']
 
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ cdef class ManagedMemoryResource(_MemPool):
             opts_base._type = cydriver.CUmemAllocationType.CU_MEM_ALLOCATION_TYPE_MANAGED
 
             super().__init__(device_id, opts_base)
+            _check_concurrent_managed_access()
         ELSE:
             raise RuntimeError("ManagedMemoryResource requires CUDA 13.0 or later")
 
@@ -103,3 +108,47 @@ cdef class ManagedMemoryResource(_MemPool):
     def is_host_accessible(self) -> bool:
         """Return True. This memory resource provides host-accessible buffers."""
         return True
+
+
+cdef bint _concurrent_access_warned = False
+cdef object _concurrent_access_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+
+cdef inline _check_concurrent_managed_access():
+    """Warn once if the platform lacks concurrent managed memory access."""
+    global _concurrent_access_warned
+    if _concurrent_access_warned:
+        return
+
+    cdef int c_concurrent = 0
+    with _concurrent_access_lock:
+        if _concurrent_access_warned:
+            return
+
+        # concurrent_managed_access is a system-level attribute for sm_60 and
+        # later, so any device will do.
+        with nogil:
+            HANDLE_RETURN(cydriver.cuDeviceGetAttribute(
+                &c_concurrent,
+                cydriver.CUdevice_attribute.CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_CONCURRENT_MANAGED_ACCESS,
+                0))
+        if not c_concurrent:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "This platform does not support concurrent managed memory access "
+                "(Device.properties.concurrent_managed_access is False). Host access to any managed "
+                "allocation is forbidden while any GPU kernel is in flight, even "
+                "if the kernel does not touch that allocation. Failing to "
+                "synchronize before host access will cause a segfault. "
+                "See: https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-c-programming-guide/"
+                "index.html#gpu-exclusive-access-to-managed-memory",
+                UserWarning,
+                stacklevel=3
+            )
+
+        _concurrent_access_warned = True
+
+
+def reset_concurrent_access_warning():
+    """Reset the concurrent access warning flag for testing purposes."""
+    global _concurrent_access_warned
+    _concurrent_access_warned = False

cuda_core/tests/test_build_hooks.py

@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-# build_hooks.py imports Cython at the top level, so skip if not available
+# build_hooks.py imports Cython and setuptools at the top level, so skip if not available
 pytest.importorskip("Cython")
+pytest.importorskip("setuptools")
 
 
 def _load_build_hooks():

cuda_core/tests/test_managed_memory_warning.py

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+"""
+Test that a warning is emitted when ManagedMemoryResource is created on a
+platform without concurrent managed memory access.
+
+These tests only run on affected platforms (concurrent_managed_access is False).
+"""
+
+import warnings
+
+import cuda.bindings
+import pytest
+from cuda.core import Device, ManagedMemoryResource, ManagedMemoryResourceOptions
+from cuda.core._memory._managed_memory_resource import reset_concurrent_access_warning
+
+_cuda_major = int(cuda.bindings.__version__.split(".")[0])
+
+requires_cuda_13 = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    _cuda_major < 13,
+    reason="ManagedMemoryResource requires CUDA 13.0 or later",
+)
+
+
+def _make_managed_mr(device_id):
+    """Create a ManagedMemoryResource with an explicit device preference."""
+    return ManagedMemoryResource(options=ManagedMemoryResourceOptions(preferred_location=device_id))
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def device_without_concurrent_managed_access(init_cuda):
+    """Return a device that lacks concurrent managed access, or skip."""
+    device = Device()
+    device.set_current()
+
+    if not device.properties.memory_pools_supported:
+        pytest.skip("Device does not support memory pools")
+
+    if device.properties.concurrent_managed_access:
+        pytest.skip("Device supports concurrent managed access; warning not applicable")
+
+    return device
+
+
+@requires_cuda_13
+def test_warning_emitted(device_without_concurrent_managed_access):
+    """ManagedMemoryResource emits a warning when concurrent managed access is unsupported."""
+    dev_id = device_without_concurrent_managed_access.device_id
+    reset_concurrent_access_warning()
+
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+        warnings.simplefilter("always")
+        mr = _make_managed_mr(dev_id)
+
+        concurrent_warnings = [
+            warning for warning in w if "concurrent managed memory access" in str(warning.message).lower()
+        ]
+        assert len(concurrent_warnings) == 1
+        assert concurrent_warnings[0].category is UserWarning
+        assert "segfault" in str(concurrent_warnings[0].message).lower()
+
+    mr.close()
+
+
+@requires_cuda_13
+def test_warning_emitted_only_once(device_without_concurrent_managed_access):
+    """Warning fires only once even when multiple ManagedMemoryResources are created."""
+    dev_id = device_without_concurrent_managed_access.device_id
+    reset_concurrent_access_warning()
+
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+        warnings.simplefilter("always")
+        mr1 = _make_managed_mr(dev_id)
+        mr2 = _make_managed_mr(dev_id)
+
+        concurrent_warnings = [
+            warning for warning in w if "concurrent managed memory access" in str(warning.message).lower()
+        ]
+        assert len(concurrent_warnings) == 1
+
+    mr1.close()
+    mr2.close()