Schur complement solver

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added the Generalized Schur sparse solver for CSR and BSR systems, available in C++ and Python. It automatically eliminates independent state blocks and solves the reduced system.
  • Added guidance on selecting and using the solver, including its supported systems and limitations.
  • Updated bundle-adjustment examples to use the new solver.
• Tests
  • Added coverage for solver accuracy, varied matrix structures, repeated solves, and failure cases.

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📝 Walkthrough

This pull request adds a CUDA generalized Schur sparse solver for CSR and BSR matrices. It exposes the solver in C++ and Python, adds tests and benchmark support, and updates examples and documentation to select and describe the backend.

Changes: Generalized Schur Solver

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Solver API and registration cunls/linear_solver/generalized_schur_solver.h, cunls/linear_solver/sparse_linear_solver.*, python/src/bind_types.cpp, python/pycunls/_pycunls_core.pyi, docs/sphinx/api/linear_solver.rst	Adds the public CSR and BSR solver interface and the GeneralizedSchur solver type. Registers the solver in the factory and Python binding, and documents its API.
Schur solver implementation cunls/linear_solver/generalized_schur_solver.cu, cunls/linear_solver/CMakeLists.txt	Adds block mapping and validation, Schur construction and application, reduced-system direct and iterative solves, coordinate recovery, and residual checks with up to three refinement corrections.
Solver validation and benchmark support tests/generalized_schur_solver_test.cpp, python/tests/test_minimizer.py, tests/sba_minimizer_test.cpp, tests/synthetic_sba_test.cpp, tests/utils.h, CMakeLists.txt, .gitignore	Adds solver and minimizer tests, backend selection through the test environment, and optional benchmark output and repeated-solve measurements. Adds test-source build wiring and ignore patterns.
Examples and solver documentation docs/sphinx/generalized_schur.rst, docs/sphinx/api/linear_solver.rst, docs/sphinx/index.rst, cunls/linear_solver/llms.txt, README.md, examples/sparse_bundle_adjustment/*, python/examples/*	Adds the solver guide and references, and updates C++ and Python examples to select GeneralizedSchur.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~50 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant CreateSparseLinearSolver
  participant GeneralizedSchurSolver
  participant CUDAKernels
  Caller->>CreateSparseLinearSolver: Select GeneralizedSchur
  CreateSparseLinearSolver->>GeneralizedSchurSolver: Create solver
  Caller->>GeneralizedSchurSolver: Initialize matrix structure
  GeneralizedSchurSolver->>CUDAKernels: Build block mappings and factors
  Caller->>GeneralizedSchurSolver: Solve right-hand side
  GeneralizedSchurSolver->>CUDAKernels: Solve reduced system and recover coordinates
  GeneralizedSchurSolver-->>Caller: Return solution or failure

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a979a

The new Schur solver looks mergeable. One small fix remains in the optional synthetic benchmark: it can print or crash on a null solver name when benchmark repeats are enabled without selecting a solver. This affects only benchmark runs, not library users.

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Review comments at @tests/synthetic_sba_test.cpp:
- Around line 377-378: In the benchmark records in the synthetic SBA test, avoid
passing a null result from std::getenv("CUNLS_SOLVER") to `%s`. Define a solver
label once with the existing BlockSparsePCG fallback and reuse it in the
SBA_SYMBOLIC, SBA_LINEAR, SBA_MEMORY, SBA_RESIDUAL, and SBA_WARM printf calls.

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• .gitignore
• CMakeLists.txt
• README.md
• cunls/linear_solver/CMakeLists.txt
• cunls/linear_solver/generalized_schur_solver.cu
• cunls/linear_solver/generalized_schur_solver.h
• cunls/linear_solver/llms.txt
• cunls/linear_solver/sparse_linear_solver.cpp
• cunls/linear_solver/sparse_linear_solver.h
• docs/sphinx/api/linear_solver.rst
• docs/sphinx/generalized_schur.rst
• docs/sphinx/index.rst
• examples/sparse_bundle_adjustment/README.md
• examples/sparse_bundle_adjustment/main.cpp
• python/examples/imu_bundle_adjustment.py
• python/examples/sparse_bundle_adjustment.py
• python/pycunls/_pycunls_core.pyi
• python/src/bind_types.cpp
• python/tests/test_minimizer.py
• tests/generalized_schur_solver_test.cpp
• tests/sba_minimizer_test.cpp
• tests/synthetic_sba_test.cpp
• tests/utils.h

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Guard std::getenv("CUNLS_SOLVER") before passing it to %s.

CUNLS_BENCHMARK_REPEATS can be set without CUNLS_SOLVER. In that case SolverTypeFromEnv() falls back to BlockSparsePCG, and std::getenv("CUNLS_SOLVER") returns nullptr. Passing nullptr to a %s conversion is undefined behavior. glibc prints (null), but other C runtimes can crash. Line 446 already guards this case. The SBA_SYMBOLIC, SBA_LINEAR, SBA_MEMORY, SBA_RESIDUAL, and SBA_WARM records do not. Compute the solver label once and use that label in every record.

🐛 Proposed fix

   if (const char *repeat_env = std::getenv("CUNLS_BENCHMARK_REPEATS")) {
     int repeats = std::max(1, std::atoi(repeat_env));
+    const char *solver_label =
+        std::getenv("CUNLS_SOLVER") ? std::getenv("CUNLS_SOLVER") : "BlockSparsePCG";
 ...
-    std::printf("SBA_SYMBOLIC scale=%s solver=%s ms=%.6f\n", params.label,
-                std::getenv("CUNLS_SOLVER"), init_ms);
+    std::printf("SBA_SYMBOLIC scale=%s solver=%s ms=%.6f\n", params.label, solver_label,
+                init_ms);

Apply the same replacement to the SBA_LINEAR, SBA_MEMORY, SBA_RESIDUAL, and SBA_WARM printf calls. For the second repeats block, use a shared solver_label defined before both blocks.

Also applies to: 389-390, 395-397, 425-426, 463-466

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Review comment at @tests/synthetic_sba_test.cpp around lines 377 - 378:
In the benchmark records in the synthetic SBA test, avoid passing a null result
from std::getenv("CUNLS_SOLVER") to `%s`. Define a solver label once with the
existing BlockSparsePCG fallback and reuse it in the SBA_SYMBOLIC, SBA_LINEAR,
SBA_MEMORY, SBA_RESIDUAL, and SBA_WARM printf calls.

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