Add: allocate Qwen args in pinned host memory

[yanghaoran29]

Summary

• expose worker-owned page-locked host allocations backed by aclrtMallocHost
• generate HBG Qwen args directly in their final pinned storage, without a pageable-to-pinned bounce copy
• retain ordinary pageable generation for non-opt-in callers and reclaim pinned allocations with tensor/worker lifetime
• report best-effort pinned-buffer cleanup failures to stderr

Testing

• editable build succeeds for all runtime binaries
• targeted CPU unit tests: 17 passed
• pre-commit hooks pass (headers, lint, format, clang-tidy, cpplint, pyright)
• a2a3 onboard Qwen pageable-vs-pinned bind-phase A/B; no local sim run

Onboard args H2D A/B

Five interleaved main → pinned groups, each within one task-submit device allocation. Every arm used 6 rounds, dropped its cold bind, skipped device execution, and staged 19 tensors / 40,859,999,040 bytes. Groups 1–2 used pinned commit 6d75478a; groups 3–5 used 4108912f, whose only additional change is destructor error logging outside the measured path.

group	pageable min	pinned min	latency reduction	effective throughput
1	958.855 ms	739.550 ms	22.87%	42.61 → 55.25 GB/s
2	1842.728 ms	734.871 ms	60.12%	22.17 → 55.60 GB/s
3	744.665 ms	721.582 ms	3.10%	54.87 → 56.63 GB/s
4	989.635 ms	747.659 ms	24.45%	41.29 → 54.65 GB/s
5	2141.872 ms	734.758 ms	65.70%	19.08 → 55.61 GB/s

All five paired groups agree in direction. Pinned minima stay within 721.6–747.7 ms (54.65–56.63 GB/s), while pageable minima range from 744.7–2141.9 ms (19.08–54.87 GB/s). The paired median latency reduction is 24.45%; the most conservative observed reduction is 3.10%.

Tasks: task_20260823_201923_285134031480 (groups 1–2, device 3) and task_20260823_203006_125703031098 (groups 3–5, device 1).

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Walkthrough

Changes

The change adds pinned host-memory allocation across the runtime, ChipWorker, Python wrappers, and PyTorch interoperability. Qwen3 decode input generation can use worker-backed storage. Scene tests provide the worker to an overridable argument-generation hook. Unit tests cover allocation, lifetime, tensor construction, and integration.

Pinned host-memory lifecycle

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Runtime pinned-memory lifecycle src/common/worker/runtime_c_api.h, src/common/worker/chip_worker.h, src/common/worker/chip_worker.cpp, src/common/platform/.../host/c_api_shared.cpp	The runtime exposes pinned host allocation and release APIs. ChipWorker resolves these callbacks, tracks allocations, releases them during finalization, and handles allocation and release errors.
Python pinned-buffer and tensor allocation python/bindings/task_interface.cpp, python/simpler/task_interface.py, python/simpler/worker.py, simpler_setup/torch_interop.py, simpler_setup/__init__.py	Python exposes pinned host allocation through ChipWorker and Worker. PinnedHostBuffer manages lifetime. PinnedTorchAllocator maps allocated storage to contiguous PyTorch tensors and validates worker level and shapes.
Worker-aware Qwen3 input generation simpler_setup/scene_test.py, simpler_setup/goldens/qwen3_14b_decode.py, examples/a2a3/host_build_graph/qwen3_14b_decode/test_qwen3_14b_decode.py	Level-2 scene execution uses a worker-aware argument hook. Qwen3 generation uses allocator-backed metadata, weights, caches, RoPE tables, hidden states, and outputs when an allocator is provided.
Pinned allocation and generation tests tests/ut/py/test_qwen3_pinned_inputs.py, tests/ut/py/test_scene_test_golden_hooks.py, tests/ut/py/test_task_interface.py	Tests verify allocator ownership, tensor contents, duplicated weights, zeroed output, buffer lifetime, worker-aware hooks, allocation sizing, and rejection of non-level-2 workers.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 6d754

The change adds pinned host-memory allocation and lifetime management for Qwen arguments. It is mergeable with owner awareness that cleanup failures are currently silent, which could make resource-release issues harder to diagnose.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant SceneTestCase
  participant Qwen3DecodeTest
  participant PinnedTorchAllocator
  participant Worker
  participant ChipWorker
  participant HostRuntime

  SceneTestCase->>Qwen3DecodeTest: generate_args_for_worker(worker, params)
  Qwen3DecodeTest->>PinnedTorchAllocator: create allocator(worker)
  Qwen3DecodeTest->>PinnedTorchAllocator: generate_inputs(params, allocator)
  PinnedTorchAllocator->>Worker: alloc_pinned_host(byte_count)
  Worker->>ChipWorker: alloc_pinned_host(byte_count)
  ChipWorker->>HostRuntime: alloc_pinned_host_ctx(context, size)
  HostRuntime-->>ChipWorker: pinned host pointer
  ChipWorker-->>Worker: pointer
  Worker-->>PinnedTorchAllocator: PinnedHostBuffer
  PinnedTorchAllocator-->>SceneTestCase: allocator-backed TaskArgsBuilder

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Poem

I’m a rabbit with tensors tucked tight,
Pinned buffers hop through the night.
Workers lend memory,
Qwen inputs grow merry,
Then cleanup makes everything right.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: allocating Qwen arguments in pinned host memory.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly covers pinned allocations, direct Qwen input generation, lifetime management, and testing for the changeset.

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In `@python/simpler/worker.py`:
- Around line 4318-4326: Update _PinnedHostAllocation.__del__ to write a
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continuing to suppress the exception and preserve the existing cleanup behavior.

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• examples/a2a3/host_build_graph/qwen3_14b_decode/test_qwen3_14b_decode.py
• python/bindings/task_interface.cpp
• python/simpler/task_interface.py
• python/simpler/worker.py
• simpler_setup/__init__.py
• simpler_setup/goldens/qwen3_14b_decode.py
• simpler_setup/scene_test.py
• simpler_setup/torch_interop.py
• src/common/platform/onboard/host/c_api_shared.cpp
• src/common/platform/sim/host/c_api_shared.cpp
• src/common/worker/chip_worker.cpp
• src/common/worker/chip_worker.h
• src/common/worker/runtime_c_api.h
• tests/ut/py/test_qwen3_pinned_inputs.py
• tests/ut/py/test_scene_test_golden_hooks.py
• tests/ut/py/test_task_interface.py

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总体评价

扎实的 PR。pinned 分配链路（C ABI → ChipWorker 登记表 + finalize 兜底回收 → ctypes exporter 生命周期 token → torch 分配器）设计良好，所有权闭环完整（finalize 之后的迟到 __del__ 不存在任何 double-free 路径），A/B 方法学（交错分组、6 轮取 min、丢冷启动、附 task id 可复查）比大多数 PR 诚实——包括主动报告了 3.10% 最保守组。结论：approve with comments；第 1 条希望合并前处理。

Should fix

1. golden 双路径把 19-tensor fixture 整段重复了一遍。
generate_inputs（pageable）与 _generate_direct_inputs（pinned）各自维护一份近乎相同的 19 项 tensors dict，且操作习语不同（rn/s0 + .to(bf16) + torch.cat vs normal/stacked + out=/原地）。今后 fixture 任何变更（加 tensor、改 std）都要以两种写法各改一遍，两路径会静默漂移——它们的 bf16 填充顺序已经不同（fp32 采样后转 bf16 vs 直接 bf16 normal_），今天 CPU 上恰好等值，但这成了一个没有测试守护的不变量（新增 UT 只验结构）。
pinned 侧已经有了正确的抽象（empty/normal/stacked 三个闭包）。请把 pageable 侧也移植到同一策略接口（默认策略用普通 torch 算子），dict 只留一份。这同时应吸收掉 _paged_block_table_slot_mapping 里 empty=torch.empty 的默认参数注入——现在的写法是同一个函数按调用方不同从两种分配来源静默分配。

2. 新公开 API 面没有文档。
Worker.alloc_pinned_host / PinnedTorchAllocator / SceneTestCase.generate_args_for_worker 都是新的用户可见面，但 docs/user/reference/python-api.md 的 Memory 表（create_buffer 等所在）和 docs/testing.md 的 SceneTestCase 钩子说明都没有它们。按仓库的 doc-consistency 规则应同一 commit 补齐。

3. pinned_host_allocations_ 无同步。
两个线程并发调 alloc_pinned_host 会在 unordered_set 上竞争（并发 insert 是 UB）。_operation_lease 只隔离 close()/teardown，不隔离彼此。要么给 set 加一把轻量锁，要么在 API 上明确标注非线程安全。当前唯一调用方（scene test 的 arg 生成）是单线程的，所以这是契约缺口而非现行 bug。

4. onboard 实现无视 ctx 且绕过了 DeviceRunnerBase。
alloc_pinned_host_ctx 校验 ctx != NULL 后直接调 aclrtMallocHost——实际绑定的是进程当前的 ACL context，不是传入的 device context。多 worker 进程中会挂错设备。这也违背了该文件自己声明的设计约定（"everything else routes through DeviceRunnerBase"）：这是第一批不走的 *_ctx 入口点。请改为经 runner 虚函数，或至少注释说明单 context 前提。

Consider / nits

5. 裸指针 Python API 是脚枪。 ChipWorker.alloc_pinned_host(size) -> int / free_pinned_host(ptr: int) 把裸指针暴露成 Python API，且任意整数都被接受（未登记指针静默 no-op 而不报错）。建议裸指针形态收为内部，公开面只留 PinnedHostBuffer 一种形态。

6. 测试放错文件。 PinnedTorchAllocator / PinnedHostBuffer 的测试放在 test_task_interface.py::TestTorchInterop，而该文件 module docstring 写明测的是 _task_interface 扩展。它们实际测的是 simpler_setup.torch_interop 和 simpler.worker；建独立测试文件才符合仓库的文件约定。

7. level 守卫不一致。 PinnedTorchAllocator 用 int(worker.level) != 2；Worker.alloc_pinned_host 用 self.level != 2。同一约束两种写法——请统一。

8. 示例 override 重复默认参数。 test_qwen3_14b_decode.py 的 generate_args 和 generate_args_for_worker 各重复一遍 params.get("seed", 1234) / params.get("seq_len", 3500)；override 应共享参数解析。

9. free_pinned_host 里的死分支。 先查 set 再查 initialized_ 的顺序使后者抛错不可达（set 非空意味着 worker 已初始化，且 finalize() 会清空 set）。删掉或调整顺序以利阅读。

10. sim 后端语义未注明。 runtime_c_api.h 的文档注释没有说明 sim 实现是普通 malloc/free——没有锁页。对 sim 无碍，但行为差异应在声明契约处写明。