Add work around for string split with empty input.

integration_tests/src/main/python/array_test.py

@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ def test_make_array(data_gen):
                 'array(b, a, null, {}, {})'.format(s1, s2),
                 'array(array(b, a, null, {}, {}), array(a), array(null))'.format(s1, s2)))
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('empty_type', all_empty_string_types)
+def test_make_array_empty_input(empty_type):
+    data_gen = mk_empty_str_gen(empty_type)
+    assert_gpu_and_cpu_are_equal_collect(
+            lambda spark : binary_op_df(spark, data_gen).selectExpr(
+                'array(a)',
+                'array(a, b)'))
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('data_gen', single_level_array_gens, ids=idfn)
 def test_orderby_array_unique(data_gen):
@@ -795,4 +802,4 @@ def test_map_from_arrays_length_exception():
         lambda spark: gen_df(spark, gen).selectExpr(
             'map_from_arrays(array(1), a)').collect(),
         conf={'spark.sql.mapKeyDedupPolicy':'EXCEPTION'},
-        error_message = "The key array and value array of MapData must have the same length")
+        error_message = "The key array and value array of MapData must have the same length")

integration_tests/src/main/python/data_gen.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import copy
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from decimal import *
+from enum import Enum
 import math
 from pyspark.context import SparkContext
 from pyspark.sql import Row
@@ -744,8 +745,8 @@ def contains_ts(self):
 
 class NullGen(DataGen):
     """Generate NullType values"""
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__(NullType(), nullable=True)
+    def __init__(self, dt = NullType()):
+        super().__init__(dt, nullable=True)
 
     def start(self, rand):
         def make_null():
@@ -1044,6 +1045,22 @@ def gen_scalars_for_sql(data_gen, count, seed=None, force_no_nulls=False):
     spark_type = data_gen.data_type
     return (_convert_to_sql(spark_type, src.gen(force_no_nulls=force_no_nulls)) for i in range(0, count))
 
+class EmptyStringType(Enum):
+    ALL_NULL = 1
+    ALL_EMPTY = 2
+    MIXED = 3
+
+all_empty_string_types = EmptyStringType.__members__.values()
+
+empty_string_gens_map = {
+  EmptyStringType.ALL_NULL : lambda: NullGen(StringType()),
+  EmptyStringType.ALL_EMPTY : lambda: StringGen("", nullable=False),
+  EmptyStringType.MIXED : lambda: StringGen("", nullable=True)
+}
+
+def mk_empty_str_gen(empty_type):
+    return empty_string_gens_map[empty_type]()
+
 byte_gen = ByteGen()
 short_gen = ShortGen()
 int_gen = IntegerGen()

integration_tests/src/main/python/map_test.py

@@ -440,6 +440,16 @@ def test_str_to_map_expr_with_all_regex_delimiters():
         ), conf={'spark.sql.mapKeyDedupPolicy': 'LAST_WIN'})
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('empty_type', all_empty_string_types)
+def test_str_to_map_input_all_empty(empty_type):
+    data_gen = mk_empty_str_gen(empty_type)
+    assert_gpu_and_cpu_are_equal_collect(
+        lambda spark : unary_op_df(spark, data_gen).selectExpr(
+            'str_to_map(a) as m0',
+            'str_to_map(a, ",") as m1',
+            'str_to_map(a, ",", ":") as m2'
+        ), conf={'spark.sql.mapKeyDedupPolicy': 'LAST_WIN'})
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not is_before_spark_330(),
                     reason="Only in Spark 3.1.1+ (< 3.3.0) + ANSI mode, map key throws on no such element")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('data_gen', [simple_string_to_string_map_gen], ids=idfn)

integration_tests/src/main/python/string_test.py

@@ -30,6 +30,18 @@
 def mk_str_gen(pattern):
     return StringGen(pattern).with_special_case('').with_special_pattern('.{0,10}')
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('empty_type', all_empty_string_types)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('num_splits', ['-1', '0', '1', '2'])
+def test_split_input_all_empty(empty_type, num_splits):
+    data_gen = mk_empty_str_gen(empty_type)
+    assert_gpu_and_cpu_are_equal_collect(
+            lambda spark : unary_op_df(spark, data_gen).selectExpr(
+                'split(a, "AB", ' + num_splits + ')',
+                'split(a, "C", ' + num_splits + ')',
+                'split(a, ">>", ' + num_splits + ')',
+                'split(a, "_", ' + num_splits + ')'),
+                conf=_regexp_conf)
+
 def test_split_no_limit():
     data_gen = mk_str_gen('([ABC]{0,3}_?){0,7}')
     assert_gpu_and_cpu_are_equal_collect(

sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/rapids/stringFunctions.scala

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.jni.RegexRewriteUtils
 import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.shims.{ShimExpression, SparkShimImpl}
 
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.GenericArrayData
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.vectorized.ColumnarBatch
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String
@@ -1791,6 +1792,22 @@ case class GpuStringSplit(str: Expression, regex: Expression, limit: Expression,
 
   override def doColumnar(str: GpuColumnVector, regex: GpuScalar,
       limit: GpuScalar): ColumnVector = {
+    // TODO when https://github.com/rapidsai/cudf/issues/16453 is fixed remove this workaround
+    withResource(str.getBase.getData) { data =>
+      if (data == null || data.getLength <= 0) {
+        // An empty data for a string means that all of the inputs are either null or an empty
+        // string. CUDF will return null for all of these, but we should only do that for a
+        // null input. For all of the others it should be an empty string.
+        withResource(GpuScalar.from(null, dataType)) { nullArray =>
+          withResource(GpuScalar.from(
+            new GenericArrayData(Array(UTF8String.EMPTY_UTF8)), dataType)) { emptyStringArray =>
+            withResource(str.getBase.isNull) { retNull =>
+              return retNull.ifElse(nullArray, emptyStringArray)
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
     limit.getValue.asInstanceOf[Int] match {
       case 0 =>
         // Same as splitting as many times as possible
@@ -1802,11 +1819,10 @@ case class GpuStringSplit(str: Expression, regex: Expression, limit: Expression,
       case 1 =>
         // Short circuit GPU and just return a list containing the original input string
         withResource(str.getBase.isNull) { isNull =>
-          withResource(GpuScalar.from(null, DataTypes.createArrayType(DataTypes.StringType))) {
-            nullStringList =>
-              withResource(ColumnVector.makeList(str.getBase)) { list =>
-                  isNull.ifElse(nullStringList, list)
-              }
+          withResource(GpuScalar.from(null, dataType)) { nullStringList =>
+            withResource(ColumnVector.makeList(str.getBase)) { list =>
+              isNull.ifElse(nullStringList, list)
+            }
           }
         }
       case n =>