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Support: cache and parallelize scene-test kernels - #1869

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Summary

  • Add a two-level scene-test cache so unchanged incore artifacts survive callable and orchestration changes.
  • Include compiler-visible source, dependency, and include-search paths in cache keys so FILE and BASE_FILE remain correct across CI runners.
  • Compile orchestration and missing incore artifacts concurrently while preserving callable assembly order.
  • Share a bounded process-wide compiler budget across class-level and per-callable work; the automatic budget reserves two logical CPUs and caps compiler fanout at eight.

Concurrency scope

The budget is intentionally process-local. It does not coordinate independent worktrees or scene-test processes; those are isolated by CI/job scheduling or can be constrained with --compile-workers.

Performance

  • Qwen3-14B 37-kernel cold compile: 69.620 s -> 19.853 s with 8 workers.
  • 3-worker cold compile: 29.214 s; complete callable hit: 8.868 s.

Testing

  • 61 focused compile-pool, cache, scene-compile, and compiler Python UTs passed after the final rebase.
  • Ruff check, Ruff format check, and git diff --check passed.
  • No NPU access is required for these cache and compiler tests.

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The change adds shared compiler concurrency control, separate callable and incore cache keys, concurrent scene-test compilation, incore artifact reuse, cache cleanup updates, and regression coverage.

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Scene-test compilation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared compiler coordination
simpler_setup/compile_pool.py, simpler_setup/tools/scene_test_compile.py, tests/ut/py/test_compile_pool.py, tests/ut/py/test_scene_test_compile.py, docs/ci.md, docs/testing.md
Compilation now uses automatic or explicit worker budgets. Process-local semaphores and host-wide file locks coordinate compiler subprocesses.
Cache identity and storage
simpler_setup/kernel_compiler.py, simpler_setup/scene_test_cache.py, docs/ci.md, docs/testing.md, simpler_setup/tools/README.md, tests/ut/py/test_scene_test_cache.py
Callable and incore artifacts use separate cache identities, path-sensitive inputs, manifest validation, atomic publication, disabled-cache handling, and retention cleanup.
Concurrent scene-test compilation
simpler_setup/scene_test.py, tests/ut/py/test_scene_test_cache.py
Orchestration and incore compilation run concurrently. Cached incore binaries are reused, and results are assembled into ordered CoreCallable instances.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to a4d06

The change adds caching and parallel compilation, but the current head can fail on supported Python 3.9 runtimes and can exceed the intended compiler concurrency limit when multiple worktrees or read-only builds are used; these issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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I’m a rabbit with tokens, neat and bright,
I bound compiler hops by day and night.
Kernels cache in paths so clear,
Callable blobs stay separate here.
Threads race, but results align—
Fresh artifacts bloom on time!

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tests/ut/py/test_scene_test_cache.py (1)

187-196: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Consider a longer barrier timeout to reduce CI flakiness.

The barrier is the real assertion here. If the orchestration compile and the incore compile do not overlap, BrokenBarrierError propagates and the test fails. That design is correct.

The 2-second timeout is the fragile part. Both threads must reach the barrier within that window. Each incore compile first acquires the entry lock in get_or_compile_incore, then acquires a process-local semaphore and a host-wide flock inside compile_slot. On a loaded runner with parallel xdist workers, that setup can exceed 2 seconds. The failure mode is a broken barrier reported as a test failure, not a hang, so the cost is flakiness only.

A larger timeout keeps the same guarantee and tolerates a slow runner.

♻️ Proposed timeout increase
-    _FakeKernelCompiler.compile_barrier = Barrier(2, timeout=2)
+    _FakeKernelCompiler.compile_barrier = Barrier(2, timeout=30)

Apply the same change to the second_finished.wait(timeout=2) calls in test_callable_preserves_spec_order_when_kernels_finish_out_of_order.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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In `@tests/ut/py/test_scene_test_cache.py` around lines 187 - 196, Increase the
barrier timeout in test_callable_compiles_orchestration_and_incore_concurrently
to tolerate loaded CI runners while preserving the overlap assertion. Apply the
same longer timeout to both second_finished.wait calls in
test_callable_preserves_spec_order_when_kernels_finish_out_of_order.
simpler_setup/kernel_compiler.py (2)

346-367: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Memoize the compiler identity and logic digests; they run once per incore.

incore_compile_cache_token calls _executable_cache_identity, which spawns a --version subprocess with a 5s timeout, and _artifact_logic_token, which reads and digests three module files. Neither helper caches its result.

simpler_setup/scene_test.py calls this method once per incore entry (line 1204), and compile_cache_token calls it again per unique core type. For the 37-kernel spec cited in the PR description, that is 37 compiler subprocess spawns and 111 file reads before any compilation starts. This work is serial and precedes the concurrent compile phase, so it adds directly to the cold-compile time this PR reduces.

Both helpers are pure for a fixed toolchain within one process. Cache them.

⚡ Proposed memoization for both helpers

Add the import near the top of simpler_setup/kernel_compiler.py:

import functools

Then cache both helpers:

+@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1)
 def _artifact_logic_token() -> str:
     """Digest the modules that decide a compiled artifact's bytes.
+@functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
 def _executable_cache_identity(executable: str) -> dict[str, object]:
     """Return stable compiler identity without embedding runner-local paths."""

_executable_cache_identity returns a mutable dict. With lru_cache every caller shares one dict instance. The current call sites only embed it in a key payload and never mutate it, but confirm that before merging, or return an immutable mapping instead.

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@simpler_setup/kernel_compiler.py` around lines 346 - 367, Memoize the pure
helpers _executable_cache_identity and _artifact_logic_token so repeated
incore_compile_cache_token calls reuse compiler identity and logic digests
within the process. Add the required functools-based caching at those helper
definitions, and ensure the mutable identity result is not exposed for mutation
by callers, using an immutable representation if necessary.

324-344: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Selecting index 0 for shared incore identity is correct, but make the invariant explicit.

incore_compile_cache_token picks the toolchain only from self.platform.endswith("sim"). The identity and linker fields therefore do not depend on core_type, so incore_tokens[0] is safe, and the empty-list guard covers an empty core_types. A future change that selects a different compiler per core type would silently drop that difference from identity/linker while variants still records the flags.

Consider asserting the invariant so a later toolchain split fails loudly instead of producing a stale cache hit.

♻️ Optional guard for the shared-identity assumption
         incore_tokens = [self.incore_compile_cache_token(core_type) for core_type in sorted(set(core_types))]
+        assert len({(str(token["identity"]), str(token["linker"])) for token in incore_tokens}) <= 1, (
+            "incore identity/linker must be shared across core types"
+        )
         incore_identity = incore_tokens[0]["identity"] if incore_tokens else None
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In `@simpler_setup/kernel_compiler.py` around lines 324 - 344, In
compile_cache_token, make the shared incore identity/linker assumption explicit
by validating that all incore_tokens have the same identity and linker as the
first token before populating the incore result. Preserve the empty-list
behavior, and fail loudly if incore_compile_cache_token later returns
toolchain-specific values.
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Inline comments:
In `@simpler_setup/compile_pool.py`:
- Line 25: Update COMPILE_LOCK_DIR and the related lock-management flow to use a
configurable, host-stable writable directory outside PROJECT_ROOT, preserving
the existing compiler-limit coordination across worktrees and when the build
directory is read-only.

In `@simpler_setup/scene_test.py`:
- Around line 1230-1236: Remove the strict=True keyword from all three zip()
calls in the affected test setup, including the calls near the artifact mapping
and orchestration-unit construction, so the code remains compatible with Python
3.9; use plain zip() without adding unrelated changes.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@simpler_setup/kernel_compiler.py`:
- Around line 346-367: Memoize the pure helpers _executable_cache_identity and
_artifact_logic_token so repeated incore_compile_cache_token calls reuse
compiler identity and logic digests within the process. Add the required
functools-based caching at those helper definitions, and ensure the mutable
identity result is not exposed for mutation by callers, using an immutable
representation if necessary.
- Around line 324-344: In compile_cache_token, make the shared incore
identity/linker assumption explicit by validating that all incore_tokens have
the same identity and linker as the first token before populating the incore
result. Preserve the empty-list behavior, and fail loudly if
incore_compile_cache_token later returns toolchain-specific values.

In `@tests/ut/py/test_scene_test_cache.py`:
- Around line 187-196: Increase the barrier timeout in
test_callable_compiles_orchestration_and_incore_concurrently to tolerate loaded
CI runners while preserving the overlap assertion. Apply the same longer timeout
to both second_finished.wait calls in
test_callable_preserves_spec_order_when_kernels_finish_out_of_order.
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doraemonmj force-pushed the feat/scene-test-kernel-cache branch 2 times, most recently from 0877f48 to 06fd849 Compare August 18, 2026 12:46
- Cache independently compiled incore artifacts with path-safe keys
- Share a bounded compiler budget across classes and callables in one process
- Compile callable artifacts concurrently while preserving assembly order
- Reserve two logical CPUs from the automatic compiler budget
- Compile from checkout-relative paths for reusable cache artifacts
- Include compiler search paths in artifact keys
- Cover invalidation, concurrency, corruption, and read-only fallbacks
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