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Cache repeated C++ compilation with ccache and reuse the LAMMPS source in CI. Merge current master to retain its PyTorch C++20 build support.

The Read the Docs build also timed out during Sphinx execution (build 35462613); local diagnosis reproduced stalled external inventory requests. Set a 30-second connection/read-inactivity timeout so Sphinx can warn and continue when a host stops responding. This is not a deadline for a complete inventory download or the entire build.

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  • Fresh TensorFlow/PyTorch CPU native build and five focused tests passed.
  • Full Sphinx HTML build completed successfully with matching TensorFlow native operators: 1,760 pages. The build reported documentation warnings; warnings are not configured as errors in Read the Docs.
  • Ruff, formatting, whitespace checks, and commit hooks passed.

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  • Build Improvements
    • Build configuration supports using a provided LAMMPS source location, with a stable version as the default when no location is specified.
    • Continuous integration builds reuse cached LAMMPS sources and compiler outputs to reduce repeated build work. Compiler caching is enabled across supported build variants, and cache statistics are reported after each build, including when earlier steps fail.
    • The compiler-cache utility is verified before installation.
  • Documentation
    • External reference inventory requests use a 30-second connection/read-inactivity timeout.

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The C++ build workflow now caches LAMMPS source and ccache and uses ccache in both build variants. The install script selects a supplied LAMMPS source root or a stable version. Two TensorFlow files add device.h includes. The Sphinx configuration sets an intersphinx timeout.

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Configure LAMMPS source and caches
.github/workflows/build_cc.yml, source/install/build_cc.sh
The workflow configures LAMMPS and ccache settings, restores or clones the LAMMPS source, installs ccache after checksum verification, and restores ccache data. The install script passes LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT to CMake when set; otherwise, it uses stable_22Jul2025_update2.
Configure build variants
.github/workflows/build_cc.yml
Both build variants disable precompiled headers and use ccache for compilation. The workflow reports ccache statistics after the steps.

TensorFlow device includes

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Add device includes
source/api_cc/src/DataModifierTF.cc, source/api_cc/src/DeepTensorTF.cc
Both files include device.h in TensorFlow builds.

Sphinx intersphinx timeout

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Configure inventory request timeout
doc/conf.py
The Sphinx configuration sets the intersphinx request timeout to 30 seconds and comments on external inventory requests and stalled hosts.

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The title "ci: cache C++ builds and LAMMPS source" matches the main change. The PR adds caching for the C++ build (ccache, per-variant namespaces, restored cache data) and caches the pinned LAMMPS source tree, which the workflow restores from cache or shallow-clones. It is concise, uses the conventional commit prefix, and avoids vague terms. The title does not mention the build script change or the DataModifierTF/DeepTensorTF include fixes, but those are secondary to the main objective.

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Re-reviewed the new draft head. The new commits replace the previous FetchContent override with an explicit cached LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT path and teach source/install/build_cc.sh to use that source tree when provided; the fallback remains the existing pinned LAMMPS version. I checked the cache scoping, compiler-launcher wiring, generic build-script fallback, existing review thread, and exact-head CI. The old mutable ccache-action concern is now obsolete because ccache is downloaded directly with a fixed SHA256. Build C++ and Test CUDA are green on this head; the remaining exact-head workflows are still in progress. I found no new high-confidence correctness blocker. This PR remains draft, so no APPROVE/REQUEST_CHANGES disposition is submitted.

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NEEDS HUMAN REVIEW: this PR is now ready for review, so I re-checked the same head against the complete two-file diff, repository guidance, existing review threads/discussion, and exact-head CI. The implementation still looks functionally sound: the cached LAMMPS source remains version-pinned, ccache is downloaded with a fixed SHA-256, compiler launchers are scoped by build variant, and build_cc.sh preserves the existing pinned-LAMMPS fallback.

I also evaluated the new CodeRabbit thread about pinning the two newly added actions/cache uses to commit SHAs. I am not duplicating that inline finding; the repository currently uses GitHub-owned actions by major-version tags elsewhere (including actions/cache@v6), so I do not consider this alone a high-confidence PR-specific blocker under the repository's present convention.

Exact-head Build C library, Build C++, Test Python, Test CUDA, CodeQL, and PyPI workflows are green. Test C++ is still in progress, so I am not issuing a final approval disposition yet. The executing account is also the PR author, so any eventual GitHub APPROVE will need an independent reviewer/account.

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All exact-head CI has now completed successfully, including Test C++. The code review is otherwise ready for approval, but GitHub rejected the APPROVE submission because the executing account (njzjz-bot) is also the PR author (Review Can not approve your own pull request). No new blocker was found; an independent reviewer/account is required for the formal approval.

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Exact-head CI is now complete: the remaining Test C++ matrix finished successfully, and the relevant Build C++, Build C library, Test Python, Test CUDA, CodeQL, and package/PyPI checks are green (with only expected skipped jobs). The previously reviewed two-file change still has no high-confidence functional or build-system blocker.

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Pass -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=ON in both the standard and clang Build C++ paths. Preserve normal build_cc.sh behavior when not using this ccache CI workflow.

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Make DataModifierTF and DeepTensorTF explicitly include device.h so CUDA
and ROCm builds no longer rely on transitive precompiled headers. Pin both
new actions/cache steps to the verified v4.3.0 commit.

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CI build-cache performance validation (2026-10-28)

Compared the wall-clock time of source/install/build_cc.sh on the latest successful master Build C++ workflow from 2026-10-27 with this PR's successful Build C++ workflow from 2026-10-28. For the PR, timing runs from the start of build_cc.sh to the subsequent ccache --show-stats step; for master, from build_cc.sh to the following file-existence check.

Build variant master (uncached) PR #6026 (warm cache) Step speedup Time reduction PR ccache hits / cacheable
CPU 5m 23s 1m 37s 3.33x 69.9% 103/129 (79.84%)
CUDA 12 6m 59s 1m 17s 5.43x 81.6% 116/142 (81.69%)
ROCm 8m 16s 2m 07s 3.90x 74.3% 112/139 (80.58%)
Clang 4m 52s 2m 26s 2.00x 50.0% 99/125 (79.20%)

Cache evidence: all four PR jobs restored the pinned LAMMPS source cache (the clone step was skipped) and a prior per-variant ccache archive. All four Build C++ matrix jobs completed successfully.

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Interpretation / limitation: these are observed build-step timings, not full-workflow speedups and not a controlled same-commit A/B test. The master and PR runs have different SHAs, dates, and potentially runner/toolchain conditions, so the entire delta should not be attributed exclusively to caching. However, the ~79–82% ccache hit rates and LAMMPS source cache hits directly confirm that the new reuse paths are working. A same-source cache-on/off benchmark would quantify isolated impact more precisely.

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Reviewed commit 1cca091.

The cache configuration and verified ccache download are reasonable, but the new explicit LAMMPS source override has two reproducible build-script defects: a previously cached LAMMPS_VERSION takes precedence over the requested source, and a source path containing whitespace is split into multiple CMake arguments. Please address the two inline findings and add small argument/source-selection regressions.

Validation: I ran the exact build script with real Bash and CMake 3.28.3 against a minimal project containing the production LAMMPS source-selection block; only FetchContent's download operations were replaced with stand-ins. A fresh no-space override works, a reused build ignores it, and clearing only LAMMPS_VERSION restores it. A whitespace-containing path is truncated even in a fresh build. Workflow YAML/matrix/cache/launcher checks, shell syntax, changed Python lint and whitespace checks passed, and the ccache asset SHA-256 matches the official release.

These are reproducible configuration/argument-handling findings, not a claim that every clean CI run fails. I did not run the full native build, GPU validation, documentation build, hosted CI or cache-performance measurements.

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if [ -n "${LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT:-}" ]; then
LAMMPS_ARGS="-D LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT=${LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT}"

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[P2] Clear the cached version when selecting an explicit source

This script reuses source/build. After one default invocation, its CMake cache contains LAMMPS_VERSION=stable_22Jul2025_update2. A later invocation with LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT only adds the source-root definition; it does not remove that version. The existing plugin CMake selection enters the download branch whenever LAMMPS_VERSION is defined and overwrites LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT with the downloaded tree. Thus the caller's explicit source is silently ignored on a reused build, potentially selecting a different LAMMPS version than intended.

The configuration probe reproduces this: fresh explicit source succeeds; default configuration followed by an explicit source in the same build directory still selects _deps/lammps_download-src; adding only -ULAMMPS_VERSION restores the requested source. Clear the mutually exclusive cached setting or establish equivalent explicit-source precedence, and cover this transition.

-D USE_PT_PYTHON_LIBS=TRUE \
${CUDA_ARGS} \
-D LAMMPS_VERSION=stable_22Jul2025_update2 \
${LAMMPS_ARGS} \

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[P2] Preserve the source directory as one CMake argument

LAMMPS_ARGS is assembled as a scalar string and expanded unquoted here, so a valid external source path containing whitespace is split by the shell. For example, setting LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT="/opt/lammps source" passes LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT=/opt/lammps plus a separate source argument instead of the intended directory. The exact-script configuration probe confirms the truncated root even with an empty build directory.

Keep the CMake arguments as separate positional arguments (or a shell array if the script explicitly uses Bash), and pass the complete LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT=... definition as one argument. Quoting the entire combined "-D LAMMPS_SOURCE_ROOT=..." string is not equivalent. Add a whitespace-path case alongside the normal source-root case.

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