GH-42112: [Python] Array gracefully fails on non-cpu device

python/pyarrow/array.pxi

@@ -956,6 +956,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         +"two-and-a-half"
 
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         cdef c_string result
         with nogil:
             result = self.ap.Diff(deref(other.ap))
@@ -982,6 +983,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         cast : Array
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().cast(self, target_type, safe=safe,
                           options=options, memory_pool=memory_pool)
 
@@ -1000,6 +1002,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         view : Array
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         cdef DataType type = ensure_type(target_type)
         cdef shared_ptr[CArray] result
         with nogil:
@@ -1022,6 +1025,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         sum : Scalar
             A scalar containing the sum value.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         options = _pc().ScalarAggregateOptions(**kwargs)
         return _pc().call_function('sum', [self], options)
 
@@ -1034,6 +1038,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         unique : Array
             An array of the same data type, with deduplicated elements.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().call_function('unique', [self])
 
     def dictionary_encode(self, null_encoding='mask'):
@@ -1052,6 +1057,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         encoded : DictionaryArray
             A dictionary-encoded version of this array.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         options = _pc().DictionaryEncodeOptions(null_encoding)
         return _pc().call_function('dictionary_encode', [self], options)
 
@@ -1064,6 +1070,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         StructArray
             An array of  <input type "Values", int64 "Counts"> structs
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().call_function('value_counts', [self])
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -1105,6 +1112,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
                      memory_pool=memory_pool)
 
     def __reduce__(self):
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _restore_array, \
             (_reduce_array_data(self.sp_array.get().data().get()),)
 
@@ -1172,6 +1180,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
 
     @property
     def null_count(self):
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return self.sp_array.get().null_count()
 
     @property
@@ -1191,9 +1200,8 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         The dictionary of dictionary arrays will always be counted in their
         entirety even if the array only references a portion of the dictionary.
         """
-        cdef:
-            CResult[int64_t] c_size_res
-
+        self._assert_cpu()
+        cdef CResult[int64_t] c_size_res
         with nogil:
             c_size_res = ReferencedBufferSize(deref(self.ap))
             size = GetResultValue(c_size_res)
@@ -1210,16 +1218,17 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         If a buffer is referenced multiple times then it will
         only be counted once.
         """
-        cdef:
-            int64_t total_buffer_size
-
+        self._assert_cpu()
+        cdef int64_t total_buffer_size
         total_buffer_size = TotalBufferSize(deref(self.ap))
         return total_buffer_size
 
     def __sizeof__(self):
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return super(Array, self).__sizeof__() + self.nbytes
 
     def __iter__(self):
+        self._assert_cpu()
         for i in range(len(self)):
             yield self.getitem(i)
 
@@ -1252,6 +1261,8 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
             If the array should be rendered as a single line of text
             or if each element should be on its own line.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
+
         cdef:
             c_string result
             PrettyPrintOptions options
@@ -1307,6 +1318,8 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         bool
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
+        other._assert_cpu()
         return self.ap.Equals(deref(other.ap))
 
     def __len__(self):
@@ -1331,6 +1344,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         array : boolean Array
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         options = _pc().NullOptions(nan_is_null=nan_is_null)
         return _pc().call_function('is_null', [self], options)
 
@@ -1342,12 +1356,14 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         array : boolean Array
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().call_function('is_nan', [self])
 
     def is_valid(self):
         """
         Return BooleanArray indicating the non-null values.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().is_valid(self)
 
     def fill_null(self, fill_value):
@@ -1364,6 +1380,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         result : Array
             A new array with nulls replaced by the given value.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().fill_null(self, fill_value)
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):
@@ -1380,12 +1397,14 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         value : Scalar (index) or Array (slice)
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         if isinstance(key, slice):
             return _normalize_slice(self, key)
 
         return self.getitem(_normalize_index(key, self.length()))
 
     cdef getitem(self, int64_t i):
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return Scalar.wrap(GetResultValue(self.ap.GetScalar(i)))
 
     def slice(self, offset=0, length=None):
@@ -1404,8 +1423,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         sliced : RecordBatch
         """
-        cdef:
-            shared_ptr[CArray] result
+        cdef shared_ptr[CArray] result
 
         if offset < 0:
             raise IndexError('Offset must be non-negative')
@@ -1436,12 +1454,14 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         taken : Array
             An array with the same datatype, containing the taken values.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().take(self, indices)
 
     def drop_null(self):
         """
         Remove missing values from an array.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().drop_null(self)
 
     def filter(self, object mask, *, null_selection_behavior='drop'):
@@ -1463,6 +1483,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
             An array of the same type, with only the elements selected by
             the boolean mask.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().filter(self, mask,
                             null_selection_behavior=null_selection_behavior)
 
@@ -1488,6 +1509,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         index : Int64Scalar
             The index of the value in the array (-1 if not found).
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _pc().index(self, value, start, end, memory_pool=memory_pool)
 
     def sort(self, order="ascending", **kwargs):
@@ -1507,16 +1529,20 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         result : Array
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         indices = _pc().sort_indices(
             self,
             options=_pc().SortOptions(sort_keys=[("", order)], **kwargs)
         )
         return self.take(indices)
 
     def _to_pandas(self, options, types_mapper=None, **kwargs):
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return _array_like_to_pandas(self, options, types_mapper=types_mapper)
 
     def __array__(self, dtype=None, copy=None):
+        self._assert_cpu()
+
         if copy is False:
             try:
                 values = self.to_numpy(zero_copy_only=True)
@@ -1566,6 +1592,8 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         array : numpy.ndarray
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
+
         cdef:
             PyObject* out
             PandasOptions c_options
@@ -1604,6 +1632,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         -------
         lst : list
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
         return [x.as_py() for x in self]
 
     def tolist(self):
@@ -1629,6 +1658,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         ArrowInvalid
         """
         if full:
+            self._assert_cpu()
             with nogil:
                 check_status(self.ap.ValidateFull())
         else:
@@ -1737,6 +1767,8 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
             A pair of PyCapsules containing a C ArrowSchema and ArrowArray,
             respectively.
         """
+        self._assert_cpu()
+
         cdef:
             ArrowArray* c_array
             ArrowSchema* c_schema
@@ -1885,6 +1917,28 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
         device = GetResultValue(ExportDevice(self.sp_array))
         return device.device_type, device.device_id
 
+    @property
+    def device_type(self):
+        """
+        The device type where the array resides.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        DeviceAllocationType
+        """
+        return _wrap_device_allocation_type(self.sp_array.get().device_type())
+
+    @property
+    def is_cpu(self):
+        """
+        Whether the array is CPU-accessible.
+        """
+        return self.device_type == DeviceAllocationType.CPU
+
+    cdef void _assert_cpu(self) except *:
+        if self.sp_array.get().device_type() != CDeviceAllocationType_kCPU:
+            raise NotImplementedError("Implemented only for data on CPU device")
+
 
 cdef _array_like_to_pandas(obj, options, types_mapper):
     cdef:

python/pyarrow/includes/libarrow.pxd

@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ cdef extern from "arrow/api.h" namespace "arrow" nogil:
         CStatus Validate() const
         CStatus ValidateFull() const
         CResult[shared_ptr[CArray]] View(const shared_ptr[CDataType]& type)
+        CDeviceAllocationType device_type()
 
     shared_ptr[CArray] MakeArray(const shared_ptr[CArrayData]& data)
     CResult[shared_ptr[CArray]] MakeArrayOfNull(

python/pyarrow/lib.pxd

@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ cdef class Array(_PandasConvertible):
     cdef void init(self, const shared_ptr[CArray]& sp_array) except *
     cdef getitem(self, int64_t i)
     cdef int64_t length(self)
+    cdef void _assert_cpu(self) except *
 
 
 cdef class Tensor(_Weakrefable):