Place device records on the Host timeline by span containment - #2152
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR replaces offline clock-anchor alignment with containment-based placement inside Host ChangesContainment-based swimlane placement
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HostLogs->>containment: provide runner_run windows
swimlane_converter->>containment: match Rank captures
containment->>swimlane_converter: return placements and slack_ns
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146-146: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winRemove the stale level-4 requirement.
Cross-Rank merging no longer requires detail level 4. This row conflicts with the new behavior documented in
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In `@simpler_setup/tools/swimlane_converter.py`:
- Around line 4149-4156: Update the bound summary around the
rank_metadata/slacks output so the cross-Rank sentence is emitted only when at
least two Ranks are placed. Keep the per-Rank bound output for single-Rank runs,
and do not derive a cross-Rank threshold from sorted(slacks)[-2:] unless two or
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Cross-level placement came from Host/Device clock anchors, which need calibration, can be wrong under extrapolation, and cost 475-696 us per launch to sample. Every level already wraps the level below it in a Host span, and that nesting is a provable statement on its own: the inner work happened inside the outer window. A record's placement error is therefore the window's spare width, which is measured rather than estimated, and can be loose but never wrong. `simpler_setup/tools/containment.py` derives placement from that nesting and publishes the width as `slack_ns`. It replaces `clock_correlation.py`; nothing under `simpler_setup/tools` reads `metadata.clock_anchors` any more, though the runtime still collects them. The single-process views are left as they were: `strace_timing --swimlane` still parks `clk=dev` spans in `unalignedDeviceSpans`. A single-file capture loses its `timeline_metadata` key and converts device cycles at the platform's `clock_freq_hz` instead of at the rate an anchor pair implies, which was never a rate - implied-vs-nominal came out -813, +195, +2105, -631 ppm on one launch, endpoint noise over a ~10 ms baseline. A host-orchestrated level-4 capture carries both clock domains in one file, and its device block is now composited after the Host records (`layout: causal_composite`) rather than mapped through anchors: intervals inside each domain are unchanged, the seam between them is no longer positioned. - The cross-Rank merge no longer requires level-4 captures or successful calibration. It reports each Rank's `slack_ns` and the summed `cross_rank_uncertainty_ns`, and draws the L3 scheduler's own lanes beside the Ranks - Host CLOCK_MONOTONIC, so they carry no placement error at all. - Ranks pair to Host invocations by what both artifacts already name: `dispatch_identity.json` gains `host_pid`, which is the only key that separates the members of one group, while the dispatch key separates one invocation of a process from the next. The device-window fit stays as the fallback for captures without the sidecar, bounded so that it refuses rather than scoring a factorial number of assignments. - The L3 scene-test path passes its config to `Worker.run`. Without it that process bound no log directory, so its `node.*` spans went to stderr instead of to `host.<pid>.log` beside the captures, and the merge had no scheduler lane to draw. Ranks on two different Hosts are still refused. Splicing them needs the window of the level that dispatched to both, and a key joining the two hosts' artifacts: the L4 span names no run on the peer and the peer's names no dispatch on the L4 - the same gap `host_pid` closes one level down. The pair's slack itself is not what blocks it, measuring 1.81 ms P50 over 13.3 ms of work (13.6%, n=6 on a real cross-host run), which is tighter in relative terms than the host-device pair already placed this way. Refs hw-native-sys#2134
`_host_identity` gave its reason for re-parsing the dispatch key as `strace_timing` importing this module. `swimlane_converter` is the only importer of `containment`, so that reason describes no dependency. The invariant the docstring exists for — the four fields are one `snprintf`, so a partial set is not a half key — stands without it. `place()` described its capture-less form as what a host swimlane draws. `to_host_swimlane` performs no placement, and `swimlane_converter._place_rank_captures` is the only caller and always passes a capture, so that form is reached from the unit tests alone. The docstring now says which caller exists and what each form bounds. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Why
Cross-level timeline placement came from Host/Device clock anchors. Those need
calibration, can be wrong under extrapolation, and cost 475-696 us per launch to
sample — more than the placement error they were buying.
Every level already wraps the level below it in a Host span, and that nesting is
a provable statement on its own: the inner work happened inside the outer
window. So a record's placement error is the window's spare width — measured,
not estimated. It can be loose, but never wrong.
What this does
simpler_setup/tools/containment.pyderives placement from that nesting andpublishes the width as
slack_ns. It replacesclock_correlation.py; nothingunder
simpler_setup/toolsreadsmetadata.clock_anchorsany more, though theruntime still collects them. The single-process views are deliberately left
alone:
strace_timing --swimlanestill parksclk=devspans inunalignedDeviceSpans, exactly as before.--enable-chip-swimlane 4orsuccessful calibration — any capture level works, because placement now comes
from the run's Host log rather than from anchors inside the capture. It
reports each Rank's
slack_nsand the summedcross_rank_uncertainty_ns.process's host log to the same case root, so
node.*(andnetwork1.*aboveit) are already there. They are Host
CLOCK_MONOTONICand same-hostcross-process comparable, so they carry no
slack_ns— containment is adevice-clock term only.
dispatch_identity.jsongainshost_pid, which namesthe ChipWorker child that served the capture; the dispatch key
(
run_id/dispatch_id/slot_id/generation, on the rootchip.runspan)names which of that child's invocations it was.
dispatch_idcounts perworker, so the members of one group share it and
host_pidis the only keythat separates them. The device-window fit remains as the fallback for
captures without the sidecar, bounded so it refuses rather than scoring a
factorial number of assignments.
Worker.run. Without it thatprocess bound no log directory, so its
node.*spans went to stderr insteadof to
host.<pid>.logbeside the captures, and the merge had no schedulerlane to draw.
Verification
Onboard a2a3 through
task-submit:TestL3Group(2 ranks,--enable-chip-swimlane 4) — pass. The merged tracepairs by
source=capture_sidecar keys=['host_pid','dispatch'], and thescheduler lane shows
graph_build -> submit -> 2x dispatch/frame_submit -> complete -> post_fence_retirementwith itsscheduler_loops interleaved.TestVectorExampleHostBuildGraph(single card, host-orchestrated) — pass.strace_timing --swimlaneon the same run's Host logs — byte-identical to thepre-change output (
29 host spans, 18 unaligned device spans).Single-file mode does change, and this is what it changes. Every capture
loses the
timeline_metadatakey; a repo-wide grep finds no consumer of it.Device cycles are converted at the platform's
clock_freq_hzrather than at therate an anchor pair implies — that was never a rate, since implied-vs-nominal
came out -813, +195, +2105, -631 ppm on one launch, endpoint noise over a ~10 ms
baseline. Measured on two Device/AICPU captures: the origin moves 2.1 ms and
1.7 ms, which carries no meaning in a single clock domain, and interval lengths
move by up to 0.05 µs and 1.86 µs respectively.
A host-orchestrated level-4 capture carries both clock domains in one file,
so it changes more: its device block is composited after the Host records
(
layout: causal_composite) instead of mapped through anchors(
layout: clock_aligned). Measured on theTestVectorExampleHostBuildGraphcapture above — its anchors are present and calibrated, since host-orchestrated
level-4 samples them unconditionally — 21 device slices move -32.53 ms while the
6 Host slices stay put. Intervals inside each domain are unchanged; the seam
between them is no longer positioned. That seam is not read: a single-file view
is the device view, and cross-domain placement with a published bound is what
the cross-Rank merge is for.
tests/ut: 2224 passed, 0 failed.Not covered
not the bound but a key: the L4's
remote_l3span names no run on the peer,and the peer's
node.*names no dispatch on the L4 — the same gaphost_pidcloses one level down. The pair's slack itself now has a number, measured on a
real cross-host run (
Refsbelow): 1.81 ms P50 over 13.3 ms of work,13.6%, n=6 — tighter in relative terms than the host-device pair this PR
already places by containment. The 10-100 ppm rate term between two machines'
counters is inside that measurement rather than modelled.
slack_nsis wide on a capture-enabled run, becausechip.run.runner_runcloses after the collector drain rather than after thedevice work. That is a property of the outer span, not of the method, and is
being handled separately.
Refs #2134