Perf: reuse L2 IN args across SceneTest rounds for Qwen

[yanghaoran29]

Summary

• Shrink the previous retained-staging / host_content_generation design down to a SceneTest-only optimization.
• When --rounds > 1 and REUSE_L2_IN_ACROSS_ROUNDS = True, L2 SceneTest pre-uploads orchestration IN tensors once (worker.malloc + copy_to) and passes device views on later rounds so bind skips repeated H2D.
• Opt-in is enabled only on Qwen3-14B decode (a2a3/a5 × HBG/TRB). Default cases stay identical to main even with --rounds > 1.
• No DeviceRunner / bind / ABI / generation / lazy-mapping changes.

Design

	rounds == 1	rounds > 1 + Qwen opt-in	rounds > 1 + default
Behavior	same as main	pin stable IN once; OUT/INOUT still host-stage each round	same as main (no pin)

Device-pinned IN has no host mapping. HBG orch that data_as / host-reads IN (e.g. bgemm config, paged-attention) must leave the flag off (default).

Performance

Qwen3-14B decode, A2/A3 host_build_graph, GraphExecutionBatch16Seq3500, 10 rounds, --skip-golden, same-box onboard.

Per-round e2e uses chip.run Host wall from [STRACE]; overall is process wall time for the case.

	Main	This PR	Change
First round (e2e)	3.784 s	1.438 s	-62.0%
Later rounds avg (e2e)	1.666 s	0.786 s	-52.8%
Overall wall e2e	42.948 s	34.466 s	-19.7%

Validation

• Python UT: scene_test pin opt-in + golden hooks.
• A2/A3sim bgemm rounds=1 / rounds=2 (default, no opt-in).
• A2/A3 onboard Qwen HBG --rounds 10 --skip-golden PASSED with opt-in pin.

Test plan

• CI green on the shrunk diff.
• Optional: A2/A3 TRB Qwen smoke with --rounds > 1.

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Host tensor staging now uses retained, aligned device-buffer slices. Compatible runs skip repeated H2D copies. Zero-byte tensors avoid allocation. Cleanup frees only run-owned device allocations.

Changes

Retained host tensor staging

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Staging release contract src/a2a3/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/runtime.h, src/a2a3/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp	TensorReleaseKind distinguishes device allocations from retained slices. TensorPair::release_kind defaults to Free.
Retained buffer management src/a2a3/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp	RetainedTempBump grows retained storage, allocates aligned slices, tracks tensor layouts, and synchronizes reuse metadata.
Run staging and cleanup src/a2a3/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp	Runs use retained slices, skip compatible H2D copies, handle zero-byte tensors without allocation, and preserve retained slices during cleanup.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to ed7e5

This change reuses retained staging buffers and skips host-to-device copies, but the current implementation can execute with stale tensor data or produce out-of-range device slices, and failed repopulation may preserve invalid reuse state. The PR is not merge-ready until these correctness and lifecycle issues are fixed.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Runtime as Runtime run
  participant Host as Host tensors
  participant Staging as RetainedTempBump
  participant Device as Device memory
  Runtime->>Staging: initialize staging and compare layout
  Staging->>Device: grow or reuse retained storage
  Runtime->>Host: read non-OUT tensor data
  Runtime->>Device: copy H2D when reuse is unavailable
  Runtime->>Device: preserve retained slices during cleanup

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Possibly related PRs

• hw-native-sys/simpler#1695: Both changes modify host tensor staging and cleanup in host/runtime_maker.cpp.

Poem

A rabbit hops through buffers bright,
Slices stay ready, aligned just right.
Old copies vanish when layouts agree,
Zero-byte tensors hop allocation-free.
Owned blocks leave when runs are done—
Retained staging stays for the next run.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

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✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: reusing L2 input arguments across SceneTest rounds for Qwen. This matches the described optimization.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the SceneTest-only optimization, Qwen opt-in behavior, performance impact, design constraints, and validation status.

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Inline comments:
In `@src/a2a3/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp`:
- Around line 311-356: Update align_up, begin, and acquire to detect size_t
overflow before alignment and addition operations: reject values that cannot be
safely aligned, accumulate required staging bytes with checked arithmetic, and
validate aligned plus bytes before comparing with capacity or returning a slice.
On overflow, fail safely without allocating or exposing an out-of-range device
slice.
- Around line 380-417: Release staging layout metadata when the runner-owned
retained buffer is finalized. Update the DeviceRunner retained-buffer
finalization path to call forget_staging_meta() for the buffer before or as it
is freed, ensuring staging_meta() cannot retain entries across runner
lifecycles.
- Around line 881-883: Update the H2D skip logic using
RetainedTempBump::staging_populated_for so an address-and-size Layout alone
cannot establish freshness. Require a producer-supplied content generation or
dirty version matching the staged data before skipping H2D; otherwise keep H2D
enabled, including when IN or INOUT tensors were modified in place between
binds.
- Around line 952-953: Update the staging-population flow around
RetainedTempBump::mark_staging_populated so existing metadata is invalidated
before any H2D copy or tensor_access.add() can modify retained staging when
skip_h2d is false, including the no-growth path. Only mark the staging buffer
populated after the complete staging sequence succeeds, preventing later binds
from trusting a partially overwritten buffer.

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