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Refactor: bind the DFX collectors' per-run output separately - #2093

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Summary

Each DFX collector's initialize() / init() took two unrelated kinds of
argument: the device resources to allocate, and the current run's artifact
configuration
. Those have different lifetimes — resources belong to the device,
configuration to a run — and conflating them is part of what forces the
collectors to be torn down and rebuilt every run (#2078).

The configuration now has its own binder, set_run_output(), on the three
collectors that have one:

collector moved to set_run_output()
swimlane output_prefix, chip_swimlane_level
args_dump output_prefix, dump_args_level
pmu (a2a3 + a5) csv_path, event_type

Callers bind it before initialize(), which is where the runners already sat:
apply_call_config() runs inside simpler_prepare_run, ahead of
prepare_execution. dep_gen and scope_stats have no per-run arguments and
are untouched.

initialize() still runs once per run, so the level still reaches the device
header from the member the setter wrote. No behaviour changes.

The sizing arguments deliberately stay

An earlier revision of this PR also moved num_aicore / aicpu_thread_num to
the platform maxima, on the reasoning that a collector outliving a run cannot be
sized to that run. CI caught that, and the reason is worth recording:

num_aicore is not a capacity number — it is the addressing basis for the
shared-memory layout.
Only the first pool array starts at a fixed offset;
every one after it is derived from num_aicore:

get_aicore_buffer_states(base, num_cores)      = base + calc_perf_data_size(num_cores)
get_sched_phase_buffer_states(base, num_cores) = base + calc_perf_data_size(num_cores)
                                                      + num_cores * sizeof(AicoreTaskPool)

The AICPU side computes those same offsets from its own worker count
(chip_swimlane_collector_aicpu.cpp:333, :822). Widening only the host's basis
desynchronizes two views of one region: each side then reads and writes different
addresses in it. The symptom is silent — no error anywhere, just

PERF        count mismatch (collected=5 + dropped=0 != device_total=34, silent_loss=29)
SCHED_PHASE count mismatch (collected=2 + dropped=0 != device_total=0,  silent_loss=-2)

A negative silent_loss is the giveaway: records cannot be lost below zero,
so the two sides must be addressing different memory.

Making the layout independent of a run requires changing both sides in one
commit, and belongs with the residency work rather than here.

Testing

  • All four variants build (a2a3/a5 × onboard/sim)
  • cpput 128/128 — the collector tests call these signatures directly and
    were updated
  • a5sim full sweep: host_build_graph 18 passed, tensormap_and_ringbuffer
    46 passed
  • DFX lanes on both arches, which is what the plain sweep misses because
    it passes no diagnostic flags: a5 chip_swimlane 4 passed; a2a3 dfx 3 + 9
    passed — all with --enable-chip-swimlane --enable-dep-gen
  • clang-format, cpplint, check-headers, check-english-only,
    check-retired-names, check-kernel-wire-isolation
  • Everything above re-run after rebasing onto Refactor: confine host_build_graph orchestration to the host #2094, which touches
    dep_gen_host_graph.h and the hbg orchestration API
  • No onboard run locally — this box is a2a3 silicon; covered by CI

Step 2 of the plan in
#2078 (comment),
following #2091.

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The change separates persistent collector initialization from per-run configuration. Collectors now allocate using platform-wide limits, while DeviceRunner sets output settings before initialization. Onboard and simulator call sites and unit tests use the updated APIs.

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Collector lifecycle refactor

Layer / File(s) Summary
Collector contracts and sizing
src/common/platform/..., src/a2a3/platform/.../pmu_collector.*, src/a5/platform/.../pmu_collector.*
Collector initialization methods no longer receive run-specific dimensions or output settings. Resources use platform limits. PMU, argument-dump, and chip-swimlane output settings use separate set_run_output methods.
DeviceRunner collector wiring
src/a2a3/platform/.../device_runner.*, src/a5/platform/.../device_runner.*
Onboard and simulator runners use simplified helper signatures. Each runner sets run output before collector initialization.
Collector API test updates
tests/ut/cpp/common/test_*collector.cpp
Unit tests use separate output configuration and the updated initialization signatures.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to e73cd

The refactor separates per-run diagnostic settings from device-owned collector resources and preserves normal run ordering. A bounded risk remains if an unusual finalization-thread failure leaves collector resources active for a later run, which could misattribute diagnostic output; the PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant DeviceRunner
  participant PmuCollector
  participant DeviceHeader
  participant CsvOutput
  DeviceRunner->>PmuCollector: set_run_output(csv_path, event_type)
  DeviceRunner->>PmuCollector: init(alloc_cb, register_cb, free_cb, device_id)
  PmuCollector->>DeviceHeader: write event_type_
  PmuCollector->>CsvOutput: build header from event_type_
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With platform-wide queues for everyone.
The output path hops into place,
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In `@src/common/platform/include/host/args_dump_collector.h`:
- Around line 240-246: Update the set_run_output contract and documentation to
require callers invoke it before initialize(), since initialize() copies
dump_args_level_ into DumpDataHeader and later changes are not propagated to
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  • src/a2a3/platform/include/host/pmu_collector.h
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  • src/a2a3/platform/onboard/host/device_runner.h
  • src/a2a3/platform/shared/host/pmu_collector.cpp
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  • src/a5/platform/shared/host/pmu_collector.cpp
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  • src/a5/platform/sim/host/device_runner.h
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  • src/common/platform/include/host/chip_swimlane_collector.h
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  • src/common/platform/shared/host/chip_swimlane_collector.cpp
  • src/common/platform/shared/host/dep_gen_collector.cpp
  • src/common/platform/shared/host/scope_stats_collector.cpp
  • tests/ut/cpp/common/test_args_dump_collector.cpp
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ChaoWao force-pushed the collector-init-split branch from e73cd3e to becfd07 Compare September 2, 2026 06:28
@ChaoWao ChaoWao changed the title Refactor: give the DFX collectors device-only initialization Refactor: bind the DFX collectors' per-run output separately Sep 2, 2026
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ChaoWao force-pushed the collector-init-split branch 2 times, most recently from fc73123 to add5a54 Compare September 2, 2026 07:03
Each collector's initialize()/init() took two unrelated kinds of
argument: the device resources to allocate, and the current run's
artifact configuration. The two have different lifetimes — the resources
belong to the device, the configuration to a run — and conflating them
is part of what forces the collectors to be torn down and rebuilt for
every run (hw-native-sys#2078).

The configuration now has its own binder, set_run_output(), on the three
collectors that have one:

  swimlane   output_prefix, chip_swimlane_level
  args_dump  output_prefix, dump_args_level
  pmu        csv_path, event_type

Callers bind it before initialize(), which is where the runners already
sat: apply_call_config() runs inside simpler_prepare_run, ahead of
prepare_execution. dep_gen and scope_stats have no per-run arguments and
are untouched.

The sizing arguments deliberately stay. num_aicore is not a capacity
number, it is the addressing basis for the shared-memory layout: every
pool array after the first starts at an offset derived from it
(get_aicore_buffer_states, get_sched_phase_buffer_states), and the AICPU
side computes those same offsets from its own worker count. Widening only
the host's basis desynchronizes the two views of one region — the two
sides then read and write different addresses in it, losing swimlane
records with no error anywhere. Making the layout independent of a run
requires changing both sides together and belongs with the residency
work, not here.

Behavior is unchanged: initialize() still runs once per run, so the level
still reaches the device header from the member the setter wrote.
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ChaoWao merged commit 3bd7771 into hw-native-sys:main Sep 2, 2026
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ChaoWao deleted the collector-init-split branch September 2, 2026 09:06
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