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Update: fast-forward exhausted pure SPMD admissions - #2977
Late members currently observe graph arguments and enter the normal claim/close path even when every block of a pure SPMD task has already been claimed. This adds avoidable scheduler work for small tasks.
This change retires that member's local admission obligation early only when the existing strong claim-seal check confirms exhaustion and the member owns no execution slot for the task. It preserves the eight-record scan budget, epoch/order/shape/membership validation, observed/closed protocol records, and all MIX and sync-start gates. Block ownership and logical task completion are unchanged.
The production changes are in scheduler_admission.h and scheduler_dispatch.h. The fill pass counts scan-cursor advancement as progress before testing for a retained obligation, preventing bounded fast-forwarding from entering idle backoff while published work remains. The remaining files add regression coverage, protocol notes, and related investigation records.
Validation
Based on upstream main at 18e1841a274e9d3a51971914425aa133d7771943.
All 1,990 related C++ tests pass (297 admission, 213 ordered execution, 1,434 GM MIX, 27 asynchronous control, and 19 inline-service cases).
Eight new progress regressions fail on the pre-fix PR and pass after the fix. They cover cube/vector members, protocol recording enabled/disabled, a pending ninth task, and idle polling after catching up. Four of the original admission regressions also fail without the fast-forward implementation.
All changed-file pre-commit checks pass, including clang-tidy, and the strict MkDocs site build passes.
Fresh A5 onboard DEV validation on device 4 passes: four standalone Graph/async-reuse checks and four scene tests (pure/SPMD, GM MIX, sync-start, and native Graph). Four additional L4 captures pass the strict protocol audit, covering 607 physical executions and 7,178 events.
Current hardware validation provenance
The fresh run uses PR commit f8fbcd0a608a3c9b9140c1ab2f0364d3cb4ef9a6 plus the same isolated seven-file DEV compilation overlay described below. The native binding reports that exact commit; the frozen runtime loader verifies the binary hashes, and both changed scheduler headers match the PR byte for byte. All six AICore compile commands use DEV -O1 flags. Incremental runtime build time was 169.95 s, including 156.83 s for AICore.
Use SIMPLER_AICORE_BUILD_PROFILE=dev for the isolated A5 onboard HBG build. The overlay changes compilation/outline attributes only and is excluded from the PR branch. The full local build/source manifests and L4 audits are retained under logs/admission-fast-forward-pr-20261110/candidates/pr-dev-progress/ and validation-progress/. This run validates function and protocol; it does not measure a performance improvement from the progress repair.
Earlier hardware validation provenance
The earlier device-2 run tested 0d380ec41519914efb808a39ddd438e174033d5e plus a separate DEV compilation overlay, not bare upstream 20af3c1d2. That upstream commit was only the parent/base. The original wording conflated these two revisions.
The overlay is the seven src/ changes from the DEV-profile commit: the AICore CMake profile, scheduler_compile.h, and outline annotations in five scheduler headers. It selects -O1 -gline-tables-only -DSIMPLER_AICORE_DEV_OUTLINE=1; it is not part of this PR. The admission header itself is unchanged by that overlay.
The archived source manifest records scheduler_admission.h SHA-256 c786d7c1aba98df9dd413e97857d4d3ac940779f27f6dc8e822330ad92981dfc, identical to the admission header in this PR. The separate progress fix changes scheduler_dispatch.h and is covered by the fresh validation above.
That archived run passed four standalone Graph/async-reuse checks, four scene tests, and four strict L4 protocol audits (607 physical executions, 7,178 events). It is evidence for the pre-progress-fix implementation only.
Archived performance evidence
These are earlier matched measurements of this optimization, not new timing results on the rebased PR or the progress repair. Each case uses one warmup and ten measured runs; the metric is the median of the per-round maximum rank span from the first business kernel's start to the last business kernel's end, with L1 profiling enabled. This is a kernel-window measurement, not the full AICPU entry-to-exit duration; it excludes device work before the first and after the last business kernel. Aggregates sum the case medians.
Configuration
PyPTO-lib, 9 cases
DSL, 9 cases
All 18 cases
DEV
-12.48% time
+1.04% time
-6.96% time
RELEASE, historical
-1.98% time
+1.53% time
-0.50% time
The gains are workload-dependent: the historical RELEASE MoE case improved by 23.68%, while the layer case varied between the first run and the reverse-order repeat. No uniform speedup is claimed. Benchmarks use frozen zero-weight fixtures with fused-prefix numerical validation; this does not establish accuracy with trained model weights.
The resident scheduler can now retire exhausted pure SPMD obligations for late members without observing graph arguments when slot ownership and claim-exhaustion checks pass. Tests cover the protocol boundaries. Documentation records the protocol, performance measurements, and withdrawn alternative experiments.
Changes: Pure SPMD admission fast-forward
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Late-member protocol and conditions docs/zh-cn/design/a5-hbg-graph-task/protocol.md
The protocol describes parameter consumers and the bounded path for retiring exhausted pure SPMD obligations. It retains the existing MIX and sync_start paths and states that fast-forwarding does not complete the logical task.
Scheduler retirement and validation src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_admission.h, tests/ut/cpp/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/test_hbg_admission.cpp
The refresh path retires an obligation after confirming the worker has no owned slot and a strong cursor read confirms exhaustion. Tests cover the eight-record scan bound, protocol events, MIX and sync_start exclusions, unconfirmed claims, early seals, and pending local execution.
Measurement and experiment records docs/zh-cn/design/a5-hbg-graph-task/dsv41-admission-performance.md, docs/zh-cn/investigations/2026-11-a5-hbg-admission-shortcuts.md, docs/investigations/README.md
The documents report performance results and measurement limits, record two withdrawn shortcut candidates, and add the investigation to the index.
sequenceDiagram
participant Refresh as scheduler_refresh_local_obligation
participant Cursor as Claim cursor
participant Protocol as Member protocol
participant Obligation as Local obligation
Refresh->>Cursor: Strongly confirm claim exhaustion
Cursor-->>Refresh: Return confirmed cursor
Refresh->>Protocol: Record observed and closed events
Refresh->>Obligation: Advance scan cursor and clear state
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Possibly related issues
hw-native-sys/simpler issue 2667: The change advances the A5 AICore scheduling workstream by changing late-member admission.
hw-native-sys/simpler issue 2670: The change affects resident scheduler admission within the broader AICore scheduling workstream.
hw-native-sys/simpler issue 2831: The change touches the SPMD admission path, but does not implement the issue’s MIX predicate semantics.
Possibly related PRs
hw-native-sys/simpler#2864: Both changes affect admission and graph-argument observation; this change can bypass argument observation when a pure SPMD obligation is exhausted and the worker owns no slot.
hw-native-sys/simpler#2857: This change uses the claim-seal certificate and strong cursor confirmation introduced for the admission contract.
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 0d380
The documentation build fails in strict mode, so the docs CI job stays red until the new pages are added to the nav and the broken protocol link is fixed. The scheduler behavior change has no surviving concern. Fix the docs configuration and link before merging.
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A rabbit checks the claim-seal sign, Then finds no slot and draws the line. The cursor hops; the task stays whole, No block is counted toward its goal. Eight records pass, then rests the scroll.
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@poursoul Requested your review: this fast-forwards exhausted pure SPMD admissions in A5 HBG — a late member retires its local admission obligation early once the claim-seal check confirms exhaustion and it owns no execution slot. The production change is confined to scheduler_admission.h; the remaining files add regression coverage, protocol notes, and investigation records. Head e29c31e7.
Let late members retire an exhausted pure SPMD admission before observing
graph arguments or parking ordinary payloads. Require the existing strong
claim-seal confirmation and reject the shortcut while this worker owns an
execution slot for the task.
Preserve the eight-record scan budget, epoch/order/shape/membership checks,
observed/closed protocol records, and all MIX and sync-start gates. Do not
change block ownership, logical completion counts, kernels or task graphs.
Report admission scan advancement as scheduler progress before checking for
a retained task, so bounded retirement does not trigger idle backoff while
published work remains. Preserve idle polling once the cursor catches up.
Add regression coverage for bounded scanning, protocol records, outstanding
claims, invalid seals, own executions and synchronization exclusions. Cover
progress propagation for cube/vector members with protocol recording both
enabled and disabled, including a pending ninth task and a caught-up cursor.
Document the protocol boundaries and previously rejected admission shortcuts.
The hardware-validation provenance is now corrected in the PR description. The earlier device-2 test used 0d380ec41519914efb808a39ddd438e174033d5e plus the isolated DEV compilation overlay; 20af3c1d2 was only its upstream parent. You were right that bare 20af3c1d2 does not contain this optimization.
The description now identifies the seven-file overlay from e22250ae2, its reconstruction command and SHA-256, the original source manifest and runtime hashes, and the admission-header hash matching the PR. It also records a fresh device-4 test of the current PR revision plus that same overlay: eight functional checks and four strict L4 audits pass. The native binding and frozen runtime hashes were checked against that build, and both modified scheduler headers match the PR byte for byte.
The progress defect is fixed and covered by eight red-before/green-after regression variants; all 1,990 related C++ tests pass. The PR remains one English commit. These checks establish functional/protocol coverage, not a measured performance gain from the repair.
@poursoul Re-review requested on new head f8fbcd0a; the PR description now records the hardware-validation provenance correction. CI is green (8 pass / 7 skip).
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Late members currently observe graph arguments and enter the normal claim/close path even when every block of a pure SPMD task has already been claimed. This adds avoidable scheduler work for small tasks.
This change retires that member's local admission obligation early only when the existing strong claim-seal check confirms exhaustion and the member owns no execution slot for the task. It preserves the eight-record scan budget, epoch/order/shape/membership validation, observed/closed protocol records, and all MIX and sync-start gates. Block ownership and logical task completion are unchanged.
The production changes are in
scheduler_admission.handscheduler_dispatch.h. The fill pass counts scan-cursor advancement as progress before testing for a retained obligation, preventing bounded fast-forwarding from entering idle backoff while published work remains. The remaining files add regression coverage, protocol notes, and related investigation records.Validation
mainat18e1841a274e9d3a51971914425aa133d7771943.Current hardware validation provenance
The fresh run uses PR commit
f8fbcd0a608a3c9b9140c1ab2f0364d3cb4ef9a6plus the same isolated seven-file DEV compilation overlay described below. The native binding reports that exact commit; the frozen runtime loader verifies the binary hashes, and both changed scheduler headers match the PR byte for byte. All six AICore compile commands use DEV-O1flags. Incremental runtime build time was 169.95 s, including 156.83 s for AICore.7ada880f74026f6349b0532fb9cd42c97ad0dc51cf8b098024cd0372af9f0035c786d7c1aba98df9dd413e97857d4d3ac940779f27f6dc8e822330ad92981dfc9b17ebe26bd33dc86336cc9e3329021cc628562de6c50d56c6b129eb46c7246a2663b889d313ae754ca19fe424a1e54b8a4f4ae5960599a50b23d35015305697a4c0040c5fae4d7044bb818435462c117201f67d66cceda70686bfcd32a9e360b5f561f77579d77279469f047a8de87838eefa649e92acf0fe735ae6102313e9The source overlay can be reconstructed separately from the PR:
git diff e22250ae2^ e22250ae2 -- src/ > dev-profile.patch git apply dev-profile.patchUse
SIMPLER_AICORE_BUILD_PROFILE=devfor the isolated A5 onboard HBG build. The overlay changes compilation/outline attributes only and is excluded from the PR branch. The full local build/source manifests and L4 audits are retained underlogs/admission-fast-forward-pr-20261110/candidates/pr-dev-progress/andvalidation-progress/. This run validates function and protocol; it does not measure a performance improvement from the progress repair.Earlier hardware validation provenance
The earlier device-2 run tested
0d380ec41519914efb808a39ddd438e174033d5eplus a separate DEV compilation overlay, not bare upstream20af3c1d2. That upstream commit was only the parent/base. The original wording conflated these two revisions.The overlay is the seven
src/changes from the DEV-profile commit: the AICore CMake profile,scheduler_compile.h, and outline annotations in five scheduler headers. It selects-O1 -gline-tables-only -DSIMPLER_AICORE_DEV_OUTLINE=1; it is not part of this PR. The admission header itself is unchanged by that overlay.The archived source manifest records
scheduler_admission.hSHA-256c786d7c1aba98df9dd413e97857d4d3ac940779f27f6dc8e822330ad92981dfc, identical to the admission header in this PR. The separate progress fix changesscheduler_dispatch.hand is covered by the fresh validation above.Archived build identity:
476811e9131baac06f3288072be7aa386d5e6d1e4fa0df0b31dcc00c8e95bec4ab67e3e7814609f94900ce8ada5df794baa67d468e33e0eaa74151128e874d45b488081af3df2e3ab38b0037c4408a9fc101d44249e7afc45766cf7e5dd11161a4c0040c5fae4d7044bb818435462c117201f67d66cceda70686bfcd32a9e3604062892947ffabb80a425d6ff27c5b522eb3c906250c1453aa811f33112d87e2That archived run passed four standalone Graph/async-reuse checks, four scene tests, and four strict L4 protocol audits (607 physical executions, 7,178 events). It is evidence for the pre-progress-fix implementation only.
Archived performance evidence
These are earlier matched measurements of this optimization, not new timing results on the rebased PR or the progress repair. Each case uses one warmup and ten measured runs; the metric is the median of the per-round maximum rank span from the first business kernel's start to the last business kernel's end, with L1 profiling enabled. This is a kernel-window measurement, not the full AICPU entry-to-exit duration; it excludes device work before the first and after the last business kernel. Aggregates sum the case medians.
The gains are workload-dependent: the historical RELEASE MoE case improved by 23.68%, while the layer case varied between the first run and the reverse-order repeat. No uniform speedup is claimed. Benchmarks use frozen zero-weight fixtures with fused-prefix numerical validation; this does not establish accuracy with trained model weights.