Support Series/DataFrame.mean with decimals; allow cudf.pandas PDSH benchmarks to run with fallback-as-error

[mroeschke]

Description

Towards #23629

@galipremsagar I mistakenly thought these benchmarks ran with fallback-as-error by default, so turning that on uncovered issues to fix

1. Support Series/DataFrame.mean with decimal data for Q22
2. Disable cudf.pandas when using DuckDB to generat validation data (as it converts to pandas)
3. Ensure our validation uses pandas' assertion function instead the proxy's assertion function (may be a problem at larger scale factors but OK for now)

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved accuracy and consistency of Series.mean() for decimal data types.
  • Decimal means now support various precision and scale configurations.
  • Missing values are ignored by default when calculating decimal means.
  • When null skipping is disabled, decimal means return NaN if missing values are present.
  • Improved consistency when validating query results involving pandas-compatible workflows.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for decimal mean calculations and null-handling behavior.

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Decimal mean reductions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Decimal mean reduction and coverage python/cudf/cudf/core/column/decimal.py, python/cudf/cudf/tests/series/methods/test_reductions.py, python/cudf/cudf/pandas/scripts/pandas-testing-plugin.py	Decimal means convert values to float64. Tests cover multiple decimal dtypes and null handling. Expected-failure annotations record float results.

Benchmark validation isolation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
DuckDB execution and result validation python/cudf/cudf/pandas/_benchmarks/utils.py	DuckDB setup and queries disable the module accelerator. Validation applies casts in place and uses fallback objects when proxies are unavailable.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3f742

The benchmark validation path can fail when a configured cast column is absent, causing validation iterations to terminate instead of completing. The change is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or follow-up to handle this missing-column case.

Suggested reviewers: galipremsagar, vyasr

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the two main changes: decimal support for mean reductions and fallback-as-error support for cuDF pandas benchmarks.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the decimal mean support, DuckDB accelerator disablement, and pandas-based validation changes.
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python/cudf/cudf/tests/series/methods/test_reductions.py (1)

637-640: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add boundary cases for decimal mean.

The new test covers one partially-null Decimal128Dtype series only. Add explicit empty, all-null, and single-element cases. Run null-handling coverage across representative Decimal32Dtype, Decimal64Dtype, and Decimal128Dtype values.

As per coding guidelines, Python tests must cover empty, all-null, single-element, and mixed-type edge cases.

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In `@python/cudf/cudf/tests/series/methods/test_reductions.py` around lines 637 -
640, Add boundary-focused decimal mean tests alongside test_mean_decimal_skipna:
cover empty, all-null, and single-element series, and exercise null-handling
with representative Decimal32Dtype, Decimal64Dtype, and Decimal128Dtype values
while preserving the expected skipna and skipna=False behavior.

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Inline comments:
In `@python/cudf/cudf/pandas/_benchmarks/utils.py`:
- Around line 784-786: Update the result-side casting loop in
run_pandas_query_iteration to check whether each col exists in result.columns
before accessing result[col]. Only apply astype for present columns, allowing
missing result_casts entries to proceed to assert_frame_equal without raising
KeyError.
- Around line 787-795: The validation flow around execute_query must handle
native pandas DataFrames when run_config.executor is "cpu" instead of
unconditionally accessing result._fsproxy_slow. Use the appropriate proxy or
native frame for validation, or reject CPU execution with validation before
benchmark iterations begin, and add a regression test covering the selected
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Nitpick comments:
In `@python/cudf/cudf/tests/series/methods/test_reductions.py`:
- Around line 637-640: Add boundary-focused decimal mean tests alongside
test_mean_decimal_skipna: cover empty, all-null, and single-element series, and
exercise null-handling with representative Decimal32Dtype, Decimal64Dtype, and
Decimal128Dtype values while preserving the expected skipna and skipna=False
behavior.

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