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Summary

  • Add A5 host-build-graph AICore task, lifecycle, and scheduler profiling.
  • Preserve the profiling-level contract for both scheduler implementations: L1=AICore timing, L2=+Scheduler task timing, L3=+Scheduler phases, L4=+Orchestrator phases.
  • Migrate A2/A3 and A5 to one scheduler_records schema while keeping architecture-owned device ABIs and a shared host-only JSON serializer.
  • Restrict chip-swimlane extensions to fixed internal artifact slots instead of accepting arbitrary JSON section names.
  • Keep bootstrap fanin profiling on its owned cache line so it cannot overwrite completed AICore task traces on hardware.
  • Coalesce consecutive AICore Scheduler idle iterations so CPU-constrained simulation cannot overflow the fixed phase buffer.

Commit structure

  1. Refactor: rename A5 HBG Resolver to Scheduler — terminology-only rename.
  2. Support: unify chip-swimlane scheduler schema — cross-platform schema migration, shared host-only serializer, and narrowed extension API.
  3. Support: profile A5 HBG AICore scheduler — A5 HBG profiling implementation and its cache-publication/idle-capture correctness fixes.

Validation

  • Editable package/runtime build: passed.
  • Pre-commit hooks, including clang-format, clang-tidy, cpplint, and markdownlint: passed.
  • Targeted C++ chip-swimlane and A5 HBG scheduler tests: 5/5 passed.
  • Exact remote A5 HBG a5sim Level-3 smoke under one CPU: 20 consecutive passes after the idle-coalescing fix; the final commit also passed the exact command.
  • A5 HBG a5sim Level 1/2/4 single-CPU runs: 5/5 passes per level. Every level contains 35/35 AICore task records; Level 2+ contains 35/35 AICore-produced Scheduler task records; Level 3/4 report zero dropped phase records.
  • A5 HBG onboard Level 1–4: 5/5 passes per level (20/20 total). Every level contains 35/35 AICore task records; Level 2+ contains 35/35 AICore-produced Scheduler task records; Level 3/4 report zero dropped phase records; Level 4 contains all 35 host submit records.
  • A5 TMR onboard Level 1–4 regression: workload golden passed at every level with 5/5 AICore task records. Level 2+ retains producer=aicpu; Level 3/4 contain 19 scheduler phases with zero dropped records; Level 4 contains all 5 AICPU orchestrator records.

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The change adds AICore and AICPU scheduler profiling support. It introduces stream-based scheduler records, lifecycle records, chip-swimlane JSON extensions, producer-aware trace rendering, legacy input fallback, and scheduler terminology updates.

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Scheduler profiling pipeline

Layer / File(s) Summary
Chip-swimlane extension transport
src/common/platform/..., src/common/platform/onboard/..., src/common/platform/sim/...
Host APIs and runners now publish direct or deferred JSON extensions. The collector validates extensions, prevents ambiguous exports, and emits custom sections.
Scheduler profiling contracts
src/a2a3/platform/include/common/scheduler_profiling.h, src/a5/platform/include/common/scheduler_profiling.h, src/common/platform/include/common/chip_swimlane_profiling.h
A2A3 and A5 define fixed scheduler records, phase kinds, capture metrics, and per-stream JSON serialization.
A5 scheduler instrumentation
src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/*, src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/aicore/*, src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/aicpu/*
The scheduler uses renamed context fields, activity buffers, per-phase timing, scheduler-owned deferred work, and new completion and idle trace records.
AICore profiling publication
src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp, src/*/device_runner.cpp, src/*/runtime.h
The runtime publishes AICore tasks, AICPU lifecycle records, and scheduler streams through chip-swimlane extensions. Runtime names now identify the scheduler source.
Parsing, rendering, and validation
simpler_setup/tools/*, tests/*, src/*/docs/*
The tools parse scheduler_records with legacy fallback, convert lifecycle timestamps, render producer-specific scheduler lanes, and validate the new schemas and output.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 6ae3e

Profiling-enabled runs can produce corrupted or misleading artifacts, validate stale output, or fail during extension publication and cleanup. These issues should be fixed before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AICoreScheduler
  participant RuntimeMaker
  participant HostApi
  participant ChipSwimlaneCollector
  participant SwimlaneConverter
  AICoreScheduler->>RuntimeMaker: record scheduler and lifecycle activity
  RuntimeMaker->>HostApi: publish profiling JSON extensions
  HostApi->>ChipSwimlaneCollector: store scheduler_records and lifecycle records
  ChipSwimlaneCollector->>SwimlaneConverter: provide chip_swimlane_records.json
  SwimlaneConverter->>SwimlaneConverter: parse streams and generate Chrome trace events
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I hop through streams where schedulers shine
I tuck lifecycle ticks in a neat little line
AICore lanes bloom with colors bright
Old records still guide me through the night
JSON carrots stack in a tidy row
The swimlane trace is ready to show

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Description check ✅ Passed The description directly covers the A5 HBG AICore scheduler profiling, unified scheduler schema, compatibility work, and validation results.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: A5 HBG AICore scheduler profiling.
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Inline comments:
In `@simpler_setup/tools/swimlane_converter.py`:
- Around line 1571-1572: Update the interval filter in read_perf_data() so a
start value of 0.0 is retained; skip only intervals whose end is not positive or
whose end precedes start, while preserving valid lifecycle intervals.
- Around line 591-593: Update the AICore-only handling in the swimlane
conversion and print_task_statistics flow to detect valid AICPU timestamps from
task rows rather than chip_swimlane_level. Do not assign or report synthetic
AICPU timings when no valid AICPU timestamps exist, and use the same task-row
timestamp condition for the AICore observed-span fallback.
- Around line 347-349: Update the metric merge in the record-processing flow to
reject any metric whose keys intersect with the fixed record_fields set, rather
than allowing those values to overwrite validated scheduler-record fields.
Preserve the existing exclusion of record_index and ensure invalid metrics are
rejected before merged_records is updated.

In `@src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_ready.h`:
- Around line 1061-1076: Move the SchedulerTaskTrace writes and both
scheduler_publish_cache_line calls in the trace_enabled block so they complete
before scheduler_gm_publish(slot->publication, ...), ensuring the dispatch trace
is published before the READY slot becomes visible. Preserve the existing trace
fields and commit_task_trace flow.

In `@src/common/platform/include/common/host_api.h`:
- Around line 260-263: Update HostApi::publish_chip_swimlane_extension in
src/common/platform/include/common/host_api.h (lines 260-263) to catch
exceptions from the callback invocation and return false while preserving the
existing null checks and success behavior. The affected wrapper call sites in
src/common/platform/onboard/host/c_api_shared.cpp (lines 209-212) and
src/common/platform/sim/host/c_api_shared.cpp (lines 193-196) require no direct
changes; they are covered by the HostApi boundary fix.

In `@src/common/platform/shared/host/chip_swimlane_collector.cpp`:
- Around line 86-103: Update ChipSwimlaneCollector::set_json_extension to parse
json_value as JSON after validating its basic boundaries, and return false when
parsing fails; only add successfully parsed values to json_extensions_. Preserve
the existing section-name and duplicate checks, and keep storing the original
JSON text for valid input.

In `@src/common/platform/sim/host/device_runner_base.h`:
- Around line 287-288: Clear deferred producer state during abandon and
finalization in both DeviceRunnerBase implementations. Add a clear-only reset
for chip_swimlane_extension_producer_ctx_ and chip_swimlane_extension_producer_,
then invoke it from every abandon and finalization path so
publish_aicore_scheduler_profiling_extension() cannot retain a destroyed Runtime
context. Update both src/common/platform/sim/host/device_runner_base.h lines
287-288 and src/common/platform/onboard/host/device_runner_base.h lines 747-748;
both sites require the same reset integration.
- Around line 284-290: Update publish_chip_swimlane_extensions to catch
exceptions thrown by the producer invocation, return false on failure, and
preserve the existing null-producer success behavior so callers use their
warning path and continue export.

In `@tests/st/a5/host_build_graph/single_core_dag/test_single_core_dag.py`:
- Line 102: The profiling assertion currently discovers output directories by
timestamp, which can select stale results when directory mtimes tie. Update
build_output_prefix() to create a unique directory for each invocation, then
pass that exact prefix through to the validator instead of filtering
_outputs_dir() with run_marker.

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  • simpler_setup/tools/README.md
  • simpler_setup/tools/sched_overhead_analysis.py
  • simpler_setup/tools/swimlane_converter.py
  • src/a2a3/platform/include/common/scheduler_profiling.h
  • src/a2a3/platform/onboard/host/device_runner.cpp
  • src/a2a3/platform/sim/host/device_runner.cpp
  • src/a2a3/runtime/host_build_graph/docs/profiling_levels.md
  • src/a2a3/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/docs/profiling_levels.md
  • src/a2a3/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/runtime/runtime.h
  • src/a5/platform/include/common/scheduler_profiling.h
  • src/a5/platform/onboard/host/device_runner.cpp
  • src/a5/platform/sim/host/device_runner.cpp
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/aicore/aicore_executor.cpp
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/aicpu/aicore_lifecycle.cpp
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/docs/profiling_levels.md
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_completion.h
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_dispatch.h
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_layout.h
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_ready.h
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_topology.h
  • src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_types.h
  • src/a5/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/docs/profiling_levels.md
  • src/a5/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/runtime/runtime.h
  • src/common/host_build_graph/runtime.h
  • src/common/platform/include/common/chip_swimlane_profiling.h
  • src/common/platform/include/common/host_api.h
  • src/common/platform/include/host/chip_swimlane_collector.h
  • src/common/platform/onboard/host/c_api_shared.cpp
  • src/common/platform/onboard/host/device_runner_base.cpp
  • src/common/platform/onboard/host/device_runner_base.h
  • src/common/platform/shared/host/chip_swimlane_collector.cpp
  • src/common/platform/sim/host/c_api_shared.cpp
  • src/common/platform/sim/host/device_runner_base.h
  • tests/st/a5/host_build_graph/single_core_dag/test_single_core_dag.py
  • tests/ut/cpp/a5/test_hbg_scheduler_dispatch.cpp
  • tests/ut/cpp/a5/test_hbg_scheduler_ready.cpp
  • tests/ut/py/test_sched_overhead_analysis.py
  • tests/ut/py/test_swimlane_converter.py

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zhusy54 force-pushed the split/a5-hbg-aicore-scheduler-profiling branch 6 times, most recently from 456f5b0 to d52229c Compare September 3, 2026 11:23
Use Scheduler consistently for the resident AICore worker role.

Rename its state, helpers, constants, and tests without changing behavior.
Move A2/A3 and A5 scheduler record ABIs into their architecture trees.

Share host-only JSON serialization while preserving schema version 1.

Restrict runtime extensions to fixed artifact slots and select their publishers when each host runtime is linked.

Keep the converter compatible with legacy scheduler artifacts.
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zhusy54 force-pushed the split/a5-hbg-aicore-scheduler-profiling branch from d52229c to 769f1b6 Compare September 4, 2026 00:45
Record AICore task timing, AICPU lifecycle, and real Scheduler intervals.

Stage pre-kernel timestamps outside the callable live set and let the Scheduler consolidate each task trace before publishing valid. Keep bootstrap fanin writes on their owned cache line so they cannot overwrite completed task identity on hardware.

Provide the A5 HBG runtime publisher for resident scheduler state. Coalesce consecutive idle iterations so fixed-capacity phase capture remains bounded when host simulation is CPU constrained.
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zhusy54 force-pushed the split/a5-hbg-aicore-scheduler-profiling branch from 769f1b6 to 5ba271d Compare September 4, 2026 01:38
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