perf(runtime): fix wide resident dispatch scaling

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Summary

• make resident DeviceTensor ownership validation O(1) instead of scanning every live buffer
• cache each immutable address-free Simpler tensor descriptor while still validating liveness on every dispatch
• add a model-free DP8 benchmark with a configurable wide tensor ABI
• add regression tests for descriptor reuse, stale-handle rejection, and non-scanning ownership lookup

Fixes #2532.

Root cause

Generated L3 orchestration calls make_tensor_arg() once per tensor per rank. For a DeepSeek-like workload with 141 resident inputs across DP8, that is 1,128 resident shards. The current no-worker_id ownership check linearly scanned the approximately 1,128-entry _device_buffers map for every shard, making dispatch descriptor packing O(N²). It also rebuilt the same immutable wire descriptor on every dispatch.

The reverse identity index preserves checks for foreign workers, freed handles, and pointer reuse (ABA), while making the ownership lookup O(1). Descriptor caching happens only after that check, and every reuse still performs the liveness check.

Standalone NPU benchmark

PTO2_RING_DEP_POOL=131072 \
PTO2_RING_TASK_WINDOW=131072 \
PTO2_RING_HEAP=536870912 \
python examples/runtime/distributed_dispatch_latency.py \
  --devices 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 --rounds 20 --tensor-args 142

revision	submit median	wait median
b10cae3d	5.209 ms	1.297 ms
bd3a477d before	64.173 ms	0.939 ms
this change	10.380 ms	0.953 ms

The DP8 first-to-last runner_run entry spread drops from about 64 ms to about 7.1 ms. The remaining difference from b10cae3d is fixed current task-graph packing/build overhead rather than allocation-count scaling.

Validation

• python -m pytest tests/ut/runtime -q: 694 passed
• ruff check on all changed Python files: passed
• ruff format --check on all changed Python files: passed
• header check: 1,096 passed
• English-only check: 1,288 passed
• standalone DP8 benchmark correctness assertion: passed

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Changes

The runtime now caches address-free wire tensor descriptors and validates tensor ownership through object-identity indexes. New tests cover cache reuse, liveness checks, allocation cleanup, and constant-time lookup. An eight-rank benchmark measures dispatch submission and wait latency.

Runtime dispatch and latency benchmark

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Cached wire tensor conversion python/pypto/runtime/device_tensor.py, python/pypto/runtime/tensor_arg.py, tests/ut/runtime/test_tensor_arg.py	DeviceTensor lazily creates and reuses wire descriptors. Tensor-argument tests verify reuse and repeated owner validation.
Identity-based ownership validation python/pypto/runtime/runtime_base.py, tests/ut/runtime/test_runtime_base.py, tests/ut/runtime/test_tensor_arg.py	The runtime tracks tensor identity in a reverse index, validates live allocations without scanning device buffers, and clears mappings after free or shutdown.
Eight-rank dispatch-latency benchmark examples/runtime/distributed_dispatch_latency.py	The benchmark generates a configurable rank-add program, runs repeated distributed dispatches, validates output, and reports submit and wait latency statistics.

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

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to fafad

The PR’s runtime change is mergeable, but the new benchmark currently places its generated script outside the examples directory, creating a bounded repository-hygiene issue that should be corrected or explicitly accepted before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Benchmark
  participant RuntimeBase
  participant DeviceTensor
  participant Buffer
  Benchmark->>RuntimeBase: allocate resident tensors
  Benchmark->>RuntimeBase: dispatch rank-add program
  RuntimeBase->>DeviceTensor: validate tensor ownership
  DeviceTensor->>Buffer: create wire descriptor on first conversion
  DeviceTensor-->>RuntimeBase: reuse cached wire descriptor
  RuntimeBase-->>Benchmark: complete submission and wait

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Poem

A rabbit packs tensors, neat and light
Eight ranks hop through the measured night
Wire shapes rest in a cache
Live owners guard each dispatch
Median clocks shine bright

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 56.52% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 23 functions across 6 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the runtime performance fix for wide resident dispatch scaling.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the ownership-validation optimization, descriptor caching, benchmark, tests, root cause, and validation results.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The changes satisfy issue #2532 by adding O(1) ownership lookup, reusable wire descriptors with liveness checks, regression tests, and a DP8 benchmark that measures improved dispatch scaling.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The benchmark, runtime changes, and regression tests are directly related to the linked performance objective. No unrelated code changes are identified.

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In `@examples/runtime/distributed_dispatch_latency.py`:
- Around line 134-135: Update the TemporaryDirectory call in the distributed
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