Refactor: merge the hbg task table into one ChipTaskStorage array

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What

A task's descriptor, slot state and payload were three shared-memory segments
indexed in parallel, while an in-graph task already held the same three in one
container. Both kinds of hbg task now live in a ChipTaskStorage, so their
relative positions are that type's layout rather than data any of them stores.

before   [TaskDescriptor x N][TaskPayload x N][ChipTaskSlotState x N][flags x N][pools]
after    [ChipTaskStorage x N][flags x N][pools]

completion_flags deliberately stays its own dense byte array: a fanin scan
reads many producers' flags at once, which one cache line answers there and
would take one line per producer inside the 320-byte storage stride.

Why it is correct

• The restack no longer re-takes a slot's bindings. compact_live_image
  changed the pitch between the mirror and the shipped image, so a slot's
  delta to its payload had to be re-derived. Inside one ChipTaskStorage that
  distance is the type's layout, so it survives the change of pitch and the
  three segment copies collapse into one.
• Binding checks go with the bindings. A slot's descriptor is always
  present now, so every task == nullptr screen is unreachable. Where such a
  screen was also doing a second job, that job is kept explicitly: the one in
  append_fanin_or_fail was the only thing rejecting a producer id this run
  never submitted, so it is now a bound against active_count() — the old
  form only approximated it, and get_slot_state_by_task_id does not
  bounds-check.
• The A5 AICore graph view resolves from one base. It addressed a
  descriptor and a payload from two bases at their own strides, which only
  held while the three records were parallel arrays. Both now come from the
  storage array — one base, one 320-byte stride, a fixed offset per record.
• args_dump_aicpu.h no longer forces one member spelling on both
  runtimes. It took a slot state and reached the records from it, which only
  worked while tensormap_and_ringbuffer and host_build_graph spelled that
  relation identically. It now takes the records; dump_running_task_outputs
  takes a per-slot callback. tensormap_and_ringbuffer's data structures are
  untouched — only its six call sites pass *slot.task / *slot.payload
  explicitly.

Cost

TaskDescriptor is padded to the 64-byte line the storage places the slot
state on. offsetof(packed_buffer_base) is unchanged, which is what AICore
reads, but the size is not free everywhere:

	before	after
in-graph task	320 B	320 B — the padding already existed in the container
GLOBAL task in SM	296 B	320 B (+8%), and this region is H2D'd

Also worth knowing: TaskDescriptor::reserved[24] and
ChipTaskSlotState::reserved[16] are never written, and the SM mirror is not
zero-filled (init-on-write), so 40 bytes per task of uninitialized host memory
travel to the device. Functionally inert — nothing reads them — but it would
show up in any future hash or byte-compare of the image.

Layout guarantees

Three asserts hold the invariant the sibling accessors rest on:

static_assert(std::is_standard_layout_v<ChipTaskStorage>);
static_assert(offsetof(ChipTaskStorage, slot) == sizeof(TaskDescriptor));
static_assert(offsetof(ChipTaskStorage, payload)
              == offsetof(ChipTaskStorage, slot) + sizeof(ChipTaskSlotState));

to_slot / to_descriptor / to_payload (all six directions, const and
non-const) are each one function-local constexpr displacement. None of the
three types may be instantiated outside a ChipTaskStorage — the UTs that
held bare records were changed to hold whole entries, so that invariant is
true in-tree rather than merely stated.

The A5 wire constants stay literals because the AICore .o cannot include
runtime_types.h. test_hbg_scheduler_contracts reverse-looks-up all three
through offsetof, where the types are visible, so a layout change fails the
build instead of silently mis-addressing.

Testing

Verified on this branch with #2074 applied on top, since that fix is what makes
test_hbg_submit_poison compile at all (see below). All judged by exit code.

	exit	result
full build	0	6 runtime variants (a2a3/a5 × onboard/sim/dispatcher) + nanobind binding
cpput	0	126/126
ST a5sim	0	no failures
ST a2a3sim	0	no failures

ST sim needs an explicit device pool (--device 0-3); some L3 cases declare
device_count=2 and the default pool holds one.

Depends on #2074

test_hbg_submit_poison does not compile on main:
tests/ut/cpp/a2a3/test_hbg_submit_poison.cpp:196,198,218,220 use orch.fatal
and header->orch_error_code, both retired by #2068, in two tests added by
#2063. The two changes touch different regions of the file, so git merged them
without a conflict and the disagreement only surfaces at compile time.

The failing region is byte-identical between this branch and upstream/main,
and this branch does not touch tests/ut/cpp/CMakeLists.txt. #2074 fixes it in
four lines; this PR rebases cleanly once that lands.

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Walkthrough

The runtime consolidates task descriptors, payloads, and slot states into ChipTaskStorage. Accessor APIs replace direct pointer bindings across graph execution, shared-memory handling, schedulers, argument dumping, and unit tests.

Changes

Chip task storage consolidation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Unified storage contract src/common/host_build_graph/runtime_types.h, src/common/host_build_graph/shared_memory.h, src/common/host_build_graph/graph_execution.h, src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_graph.h	ChipTaskStorage now co-locates task, slot, and payload records. The layout uses 64-byte descriptors and fixed accessor offsets.
Runtime and graph integration src/common/host_build_graph/device/graph_execution.cpp, src/common/host_build_graph/shared/*, src/a2a3/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp, src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp	Graph execution, orchestration, shared-memory setup, validation, and heap alignment checks use the unified storage layout.
Scheduler accessor migration src/a2a3/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/*, src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/*	Scheduler paths use to_descriptor() and to_payload() instead of direct task and payload pointers. Redundant null checks are removed.
Argument dump interface src/common/platform/include/aicpu/args_dump_aicpu.h, src/a2a3/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/runtime/scheduler/*, src/a5/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/runtime/scheduler/*	Argument-dump APIs accept task data and active masks separately. Running-task collection uses caller-provided dump callbacks.
Storage and runtime validation tests/ut/cpp/a2a3/*, tests/ut/cpp/a5/*, tests/ut/cpp/common/*	Tests construct, poison, compact, copy, and validate ChipTaskStorage entries and accessor relationships.

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

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to e3552

The refactor changes shared task storage and scheduler addressing, but the current head still has a task-addressing mismatch that can read the wrong records and dependency validation that can create waits on unsubmitted tasks, potentially causing incorrect execution or non-termination; a stale adapter may also fail compilation when used. These concrete correctness issues should be fixed before merging.

Poem

A rabbit sees three records share one bed
Descriptors, payloads, and slots are neatly led
Accessors hop where old pointers ran
Tests copy the nest as only rabbits can
The scheduler follows each storage trail
And shared-memory layouts set sail

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: merging HBG task descriptors, slot states, and payloads into one ChipTaskStorage array.
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Inline comments:
In `@src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_graph.h`:
- Line 28: Update the scheduler graph addressing helpers and view contract to
use ChipTaskStorage’s 320-byte record stride, with TaskDescriptor at offset 0
and TaskPayload at offset 128, replacing the separate 64-byte descriptor and
192-byte payload strides. Ensure addressing remains correct for multiple tasks,
and add coverage using at least two in-graph tasks.

In `@src/common/host_build_graph/shared/orchestrator.cpp`:
- Around line 1318-1321: Update append_fanin_or_fail() to reject explicit GLOBAL
dependencies whose referenced slot is in range but unallocated, before writing
fanin_slots or updating last_consumer_local_id. Preserve valid allocated GLOBAL
dependencies and existing local dependency handling.

In `@src/common/platform/include/aicpu/args_dump_aicpu.h`:
- Around line 286-290: Fix the stale forwarding overload for
dump_running_task_outputs so it no longer passes six arguments to the
four-argument overload; either construct and forward the required dump_one
callback or remove the adapter when unused, while preserving valid callers.

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