fix: write -inf split conditions as -Infinity in json dumps

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This PR closes #12617. The issue was that since #12067 the GPU hist evaluator uses -inf for a split that sends missing values one way and every present value the other, and the JSON dump formats split conditions with operator<<, so get_dump(dump_format="json") wrote a bare -inf that neither json.loads nor XGBoost's own Json::Load accept. This PR writes non-finite split conditions the way the model JSON does (Json::Dump, so -Infinity), and finite values print exactly as before.

• Add a ToJsonStr helper next to ToStr, used for split_condition in the json generator
• Write non-finite thresholds of int features the same way, instead of casting -inf to int32_t, which is undefined behaviour
• Add Tree.DumpNonFiniteSplit for float and int features, which loads the dump back with Json::Load and fails on master

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JSON tree dumps now use a helper to format split conditions. Finite values keep their existing formatting, while non-finite values use JSON number serialization. A test checks that a JSON dump with a negative-infinity split condition parses and retains that value.

Objective	Addressed	Explanation
Make JSON tree dumps with non-finite split conditions parseable and serialize them as -Infinity, Infinity, or NaN while keeping finite values unchanged [#12617]	✅

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Priority: ➖ Normal

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 26d95

JSON tree dumps preserve negative-infinity split conditions for integer features, and the added test checks that path. No identified current-head merge-blocking risk remains.

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The change makes negative-infinity split conditions readable by the project's JSON loader without changing the dump entrypoint or adding a new access path. No security issue was established, but compatibility with other consumers remains unverified.

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• inferred — The evidenced behavioral scope is JSON tree-dump consumers encountering non-finite split conditions; broader consumer and deployment exposure was not established.

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• inferred — The changed paths serialize an existing tree value through the existing dump flow. The inspected flow shows no new credential use, privileged sink, or control bypass.

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🟠 Major · Handle non-finite conditions in JsonGenerator::Integer. · tree_model.cc:420-421

src/tree/tree_model.cc:420-421
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Handle non-finite conditions in JsonGenerator::Integer.

If a numerical split has a -Infinity condition and the caller supplies an integer feature map, SplitNode selects JsonGenerator::Integer instead of either changed ToJsonStr path. Converting std::floor(-Infinity) to int32_t has undefined behavior, so this JSON dump does not preserve the split condition. Serialize non-finite conditions with ToJsonStr(cond) in this branch, and keep integer rounding for finite conditions. Add an integer-feature-map case to the new test. The reported GPU split can have this -Infinity condition. (github.com)

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In `@src/tree/tree_model.cc` around lines 420 - 421, Update JsonGenerator::Integer
to detect non-finite split conditions and serialize them with ToJsonStr(cond)
before applying floor or integer conversion; preserve the existing integer
rounding for finite conditions. Add a test case using an integer feature map and
a -Infinity condition.

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- Around line 420-421: Update JsonGenerator::Integer to detect non-finite split
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[Jabolol]

@coderabbitai Fixed in 26d954b: non-finite thresholds of int features now skip the integer rounding and are written like the float ones (-Infinity), and Tree.DumpNonFiniteSplit covers the int feature map too.

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