perf(ci): precompile the L3 system tests off the cards - #2561
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- perf(ci): precompile the L3 system tests off the cards
`dist-system-tests` was the longest job in the workflow (~12 min) despite holding only ~100 cases. Profiling the serial suite showed why: of ~620s, only ~126s (20%) was device dispatch. ~277s (45%) was compilation that needs no card at all -- `ir.compile` plus the per-chip ptoas/ccec build -- and the remaining ~198s was per-test worker fork/init/close. Two NPUs sat locked for the compile. Split the run so the cards only do device work: pass 1 pytest ... -n 16 --precompile-dir=D --precompile-only (no card) pass 2 pytest ... --precompile-dir=D --device=$TASK_DEVICE (2 cards) Pass 1 compiles each test's program into a slot under D and builds its chip binaries there, then stops at the first device edge; pass 2 rebinds each slot via `DistributedCompiledProgram.from_dir` and never recompiles. Measured on a two-card box: 746s -> 370s on the cards, with pass 1 adding ~38s that holds no card. Card-seconds roughly halve. A codegen regression now fails in pass 1, in ~40s, without claiming an NPU. This works because a build directory does not depend on the cards it will run on: `ir.compile` consumes `distributed_config` only after codegen, so the ids reach only the metadata sidecar, which pass 2 overrides. Verified directly -- the 67 generated sources are byte-identical across device_ids [0,1], [4,5] and [12,13], and the suite passes with artifacts built under `--device=0,1` running on cards 1 and 5. Pieces: - `DistributedCompiledProgram.build_binaries()` runs the device-independent half of setup (ptoas/ccec + g++ into each sub-build's `cache/`), so binaries can be warmed ahead of borrowing a device -- useful beyond tests, e.g. a serving worker's startup. A warm chip sub-build then costs ~0.05s against ~1.6s cold. - `_assemble_chip_callables` builds a program's chip sub-builds concurrently. They own separate work dirs and locks, and the per-sub-build cost is dominated by toolchain process startup, so a 4-sub-build host collective drops 6.6s -> 1.6s. This is what makes pass 1 cheap, and it shortens any L3 program's first prepare(). - `tests/st/conftest.py` partitions `--device` across pytest-xdist workers, so `-n` on a device run gives each worker its own cards instead of silently double-booking one. Card-free sessions (`--codegen-only`, `--precompile-only`) are exempt so they can fan out past the card count. CI does not use `-n` for the device pass, but the option is now safe if it is ever wanted. Two constraints, documented at each site: the store is keyed by test id rather than by content, which is sound only because both passes run from one checkout (CI builds it in RUNNER_TEMP and deletes it after); and a missing slot falls back to compiling in place, so pass 2 is correct on its own, just slower.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change adds card-free distributed binary precompilation, parallel chip assembly, xdist device partitioning, artifact reuse, CI two-pass execution, cleanup, tests, and English and Chinese documentation. ChangesDistributed binary assembly
System-test precompilation
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Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The PR changes system-test execution to reuse precompiled artifacts, but incomplete artifacts can fail at dispatch, malformed stored artifacts can abort execution instead of recompiling, and some device configurations can silently omit devices. Persisted artifacts also rely on the storage directory being correctly isolated. These bounded correctness and integration risks should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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CI->>pytest: run card-free precompile pass
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pytest->>NPU: execute with partitioned device IDs
CI->>PrecompileStore: remove temporary store
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100-105: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winFall back when an existing slot cannot load.
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distributed_meta.json.DistributedCompiledProgram.from_dir()can still reject a malformed or schema-incompatible artifact. That exception aborts pass 2 instead of compiling in place.Catch the loader errors, remove the unusable slot, and call
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In `@python/pypto/runtime/distributed_runner.py`:
- Line 374: Update the next-level artifact discovery around next_levels_dir so
every expected chip name has a corresponding directory containing
kernel_config.py; raise a clear validation error for any missing configuration
instead of silently filtering it out, then register only the validated complete
artifacts for dispatch.
In `@tests/st/conftest.py`:
- Around line 451-452: The worker device assignment around config.option.device
currently drops trailing devices when len(devices) is not divisible by
worker_count. Update the per-worker allocation to include every device by
distributing the remainder across workers, or explicitly reject non-divisible
counts with pytest.UsageError; do not silently omit devices.
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In `@tests/st/conftest.py`:
- Around line 100-105: Update the distributed compiled-program loading path
around DistributedCompiledProgram.from_dir() to catch errors from malformed or
schema-incompatible artifacts, remove the unusable slot, and invoke
real_compile() so compilation falls back in place instead of aborting.
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Reject incomplete chip artifacts instead of omitting them.
The backend emits one next_levels/<name>/ directory for each chip-level orchestration, while generated dispatch indexes callables["<name>"]. Line 374 registers only directories containing kernel_config.py; if another sub-build is valid, dispatch later raises KeyError for the omitted callable. Validate the expected chip names and fail on missing configuration before registration.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@python/pypto/runtime/distributed_runner.py` at line 374, Update the
next-level artifact discovery around next_levels_dir so every expected chip name
has a corresponding directory containing kernel_config.py; raise a clear
validation error for any missing configuration instead of silently filtering it
out, then register only the validated complete artifacts for dispatch.
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Do not discard remainder devices.
When len(devices) is not divisible by worker_count, these slices omit the trailing devices. For example, --device=0,1,2 -n 2 assigns only 0 and 1.
Distribute the remainder across workers, or reject a non-divisible device count with pytest.UsageError. Do not silently reduce the available device pool.
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@tests/st/conftest.py` around lines 451 - 452, The worker device assignment
around config.option.device currently drops trailing devices when len(devices)
is not divisible by worker_count. Update the per-worker allocation to include
every device by distributing the remainder across workers, or explicitly reject
non-divisible counts with pytest.UsageError; do not silently omit devices.
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