[CUB] Fix GCC 8/9 segmented-sort tuning tests

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Description

Related: #9037

GCC 8 and GCC 9 reject the untyped braced return in the templated segmented-sort tuning selectors. This causes the CUB environment test translation units to fail before the tests run.

Explicitly construct cub::SegmentedSortPolicy in both the keys and pairs tuning tests. This preserves behavior while restoring compatibility with the supported compilers.

This PR extracts only the two CUB fixes originally authored by @alliepiper in #9037.

Nightly failure: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/32926367884

Testing

• CUDA 12.9 / GCC 9.4 / C++17 / SM75:
  • cub.test.device.segmented_sort_keys_env.lid_0
  • cub.test.device.segmented_sort_pairs_env.lid_0
• Standalone GCC 8 and GCC 9 regression controls
• Repository pre-commit hooks

Checklist

• New or existing tests cover these changes.
• The documentation is up to date with these changes. No documentation changes are required for this test-only compiler compatibility fix.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Refactor
  • Improved the internal construction of segmented-sort tuning policies.
  • No changes to runtime behavior or test coverage.

Walkthrough

The change explicitly constructs cub::SegmentedSortPolicy in two segmented-sort test tuning callables. Policy fields, values, runtime behavior, and test coverage remain unchanged.

Changes

Segmented-sort policy construction

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Explicit policy return construction cub/test/catch2_test_device_segmented_sort_keys_env.cu, cub/test/catch2_test_device_segmented_sort_pairs_env.cu	The tuning callables explicitly return cub::SegmentedSortPolicy objects. Existing policy fields and values remain unchanged.

Suggested reviewers: pauleonix, bernhardmgruber, gonidelis

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 2bf5d

This is a localized test-only compiler-compatibility fix that preserves behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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1. cugraph uses deleted RMM device_scalar rvalue constructor · 1 job

Explanation: cugraph initializes `device_scalar<size_t>` from a temporary `size_t{0}`, while the RMM version built from `main` deletes exactly that rvalue overload, causing every translation unit instantiating these headers to fail. The PR diff changes only two CUB test return expressions, and the log omits the external repository SHAs, so moving RAPIDS dependency drift is the likely cause rather than the PR.

Evidence:

2026-08-27T10:45:04.0790111Z /home/coder/cugraph/cpp/include/cugraph/edge_partition_device_view.cuh(560): error: function "rmm::_RMM_26_10::device_scalar<T>::device_scalar(const rmm::_RMM_26_10::device_scalar<T>::value_type &&, rmm::_RMM_26_10::cuda_stream_view, cuda::mr::__4::__version_bump_ver4_::any_resource<cuda::mr::__4::device_accessible>) [with T=size_t]" (declared at line 122 of /home/coder/rmm/cpp/include/rmm/device_scalar.hpp) cannot be referenced -- it is a deleted function
2026-08-27T10:45:04.0792147Z       rmm::device_scalar<size_t> count(size_t{0}, stream);
2026-08-27T10:47:17.4225239Z ##[error] Failures: cugraph

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Repository: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl
Workflow run: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33062955040
Failure group: cugraph uses deleted RMM device_scalar rvalue constructor
Affected jobs:
- Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx raft cuvs cugraph wholegraph: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/actions/runs/33062955040/job/98486172453

Investigate the RAPIDS cugraph build against RMM 26.10 where expressions such as `rmm::device_scalar<size_t> count(size_t{0}, stream);` select RMM's deleted rvalue constructor. Verify the exact checked-out RMM and cugraph revisions and reproduce narrowly by compiling one failing cugraph translation unit. Update all affected cugraph call sites, including `edge_partition_device_view.cuh` and `prims/vertex_frontier.cuh`, to use RMM's supported initialization API; if the const-reference constructor is canonical, introduce a named lvalue such as `size_t initial_count{0};` and pass `initial_count` instead of a temporary. Do not modify the unrelated CUB test changes. If an upstream cugraph fix already exists, update the integration to consume a compatible cugraph/RMM revision rather than duplicating it, then run a focused libcugraph configure and compile validation.

Jobs:

• Build RAPIDS (optional) / rmm ucxx raft cuvs cugraph wholegraph