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Summary

This PR replaces the worker-chip queue's private 12-scalar L3Q2
layout with the first Region Template implementation: a bidirectional
SPSC byte queue using the SPSQ ABI 1.0.

The public Python call shape remains unchanged:

Orchestrator.create_worker_chip_queue(...)

The compatibility facade now enters a canonical Region Template
coordinator, which plans the queue layout, materializes one fresh
RegionInstance, binds the initiator and peer roles, and publishes the
result only after binding succeeds.

The L2 task receives an exact 10-scalar endpoint binding and constructs
a common SpscQueueEndpoint over an injected RegionInstanceView.

Why This PR Exists

The existing worker-chip queue had its own allocation path, native
header, queue algorithm, and 12-scalar wire layout. That made the queue
a second owner of placement, materialization, and lifecycle decisions
already handled by the Region runtime.

W6 defines an internal Region Template protocol so higher-level
structures can describe resource requirements without interpreting
placement or backend details. The SPSC queue is its first concrete
template.

This gives Python and native code one layout, one binding, one queue
state machine, and one failure model while preserving the existing
worker-chip API.

What This PR Lands

  • A generic internal template transaction:

    plan → resolve → materialize → bind → project → publish

    Planning is pure and deployment-neutral. The coordinator owns
    materialization and rollback, while the template owns its slot and
    role invariants.

  • The SPSQ ABI 1.0 endpoint binding:

    1. magic_version
    2. session_instance_id_bits
    3. transaction_id
    4. payload_base
    5. payload_bytes
    6. counter_base
    7. counter_bytes
    8. depth
    9. input_arena_bytes
    10. output_arena_bytes

    Bindings with an unsupported version, malformed layout, or zero
    transaction id fail closed. There is no legacy decoder fallback.

  • Two SPSC lanes over one RegionInstance:

    • input: L3 producer → L2 consumer, with DATA and STOP
    • output: L2 producer → L3 consumer, with DATA and ERROR

    Each lane has exact-depth descriptor capacity, an independent payload
    arena, deterministic wrap handling, and explicit ownership through
    message or reservation handles.

  • Shared publication and failure semantics:

    • payload visibility precedes descriptor publication
    • descriptor fields precede seq
    • seq precedes the tail notification
    • finite waits use the existing Region counter primitives
    • local poison is first-failure-wins and notifies the peer through an
      abort flag
    • native fatal errors correlate through
      (session_instance_id, transaction_id)
  • A deployment-neutral common native endpoint in
    common/region_template.h, injected with RegionInstanceView by the
    AICPU orchestration layer.

  • A compatibility cutover for create_worker_chip_queue:

    • the Python API name and placement remain unchanged
    • WorkerChipQueue is a thin projection over the bound queue
    • chip_task_arg_scalars() returns exactly 10 scalars
    • .region remains an escape hatch over the same RegionInstance
    • .free() is logical; physical cleanup remains owned by the
      existing Region lifecycle
    • registered HOST buffers and contiguous host byte buffers retain
      their supported behavior
  • Removal of the old Queue implementation:

    • private L3Q2 layout and scalar assembly
    • old native worker-chip queue header and endpoint
    • duplicate Python queue algorithm
    • legacy native unit-test target
    • fallback or mixed old/new ABI paths

The worker-chip message-queue example now constructs the common endpoint
from the 10-scalar binding and flushes AIV-produced output before
publication.

Queue scene tests live under:

tests/st/worker/comm_region/templates/spsc_queue/

They cover the L3→L2 success path, exact-depth backpressure, arena wrap,
zero-byte messages, application ERROR, graceful STOP, logical free,
and simulation-only malformed-binding and poison cases.

Breaking Change

L2 code that still unpacks the previous 12-scalar L3Q2 layout is not
compatible with this queue.

Rebuild L2 orchestration code against common/region_template.h and
construct SpscQueueEndpoint from the exact 10-scalar SPSQ binding.
There is intentionally no compatibility decoder or fallback.

Non-Goals

This PR intentionally does not add:

  • a public Region Template registry or plugin API
  • public raw-region bind, unbind, or rebind operations
  • MPMC queues or independent public one-way lane APIs
  • L4/two-hop, cross-node, or persistent queue lifetime
  • direct-map or Host DRAM providers
  • changes to W4 RegionInstance lifecycle or borrowed-range commit hooks
  • automatic fallback to the removed L3Q2 ABI

Introduce the region-template coordinator, Python bound queue, and
common native endpoint with a 10-scalar SPSQ binding. Route
create_worker_chip_queue through that path and correlate native queue
fatals by allocation identity so L3 no longer ships a 12-scalar L3Q2
layout.
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Walkthrough

The PR adds a shared SPSC queue ABI and runtime in C++ and Python. It migrates the worker-chip message queue to the shared implementation, changes orchestration binding to ten scalars, adds allocation-identity error routing, and expands C++ and Python tests.

Changes

SPSC queue ABI and runtime

Layer / File(s) Summary
C++ SPSC ABI and endpoint runtime
src/common/platform/include/common/region_template.h, src/common/platform/include/aicpu/region_instance_view.h
Defines the SPSC layout, binding, descriptors, endpoint queues, payload operations, counters, synchronization, and error states.
C++ ABI and endpoint validation
tests/ut/cpp/common/test_region_template.cpp, tests/ut/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
Adds golden-vector, validation, ownership, timeout, abort, poisoning, ordering, and wrap-around tests.

Python SPSC implementation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Python SPSC template and materialization
python/simpler/comm_region_template.py
Adds ABI encoding, layout planning, slot resolution, single-use binding, region materialization, and cleanup handling.
Python bound queue runtime
python/simpler/comm_region_template.py, tests/ut/py/test_worker/test_comm_region_template.py
Adds queue state transitions, enqueue and dequeue operations, payload management, ownership rules, waits, abort handling, and runtime tests.

Worker-chip integration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Worker-chip queue integration
python/simpler/worker_chip_message_queue.py, python/simpler/orchestrator.py, examples/workers/l3/worker_chip_message_queue/kernels/orchestration/worker_chip_message_queue_orch.cpp, examples/workers/l3/worker_chip_message_queue/README.md, tests/ut/py/test_worker/test_worker_chip_message_queue.py, examples/workers/l3/worker_chip_message_queue/test_worker_chip_message_queue.py
Migrates queue creation and operations to the shared runtime. Orchestration decodes the ten-scalar binding and uses local payload addresses. Documentation and tests describe the SPSQ ABI 1.0 binding.

Endpoint error correlation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Endpoint error correlation
python/simpler/comm_region.py, python/simpler/worker.py, tests/ut/py/test_worker/test_comm_region.py
Routes SPSC endpoint errors by session and transaction allocation identity. Malformed, zero-transaction, unknown, and duplicate identities fail closed. Legacy region errors retain their existing path.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 85da2

This PR replaces the queue ABI and shared-memory runtime across host and AICPU components. The native consumer does not independently prove that task-supplied addresses belong to the intended allocation, and the example can publish output before asynchronous work completes; abandoned reservations also lack recovery. These issues could redirect memory access, publish incomplete data, or leave queues unusable, so the PR is not merge-ready until the security and completion/recovery contracts are fixed or explicitly accepted.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Orchestrator
  participant RegionTemplateCoordinator
  participant RegionInstance
  participant WorkerChipOrchestration
  Orchestrator->>RegionTemplateCoordinator: create queue placement
  RegionTemplateCoordinator->>RegionInstance: materialize and bind region
  RegionTemplateCoordinator-->>Orchestrator: project WorkerChipQueue
  Orchestrator->>WorkerChipOrchestration: pass ten binding scalars
  WorkerChipOrchestration->>WorkerChipOrchestration: decode binding and construct endpoint
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Poem

A rabbit packs ten scalars tight
Into the queue before first light
Descriptors hop, counters chime
Payloads wrap in orderly time
Errors find the matching plot
And shared SPSC runs the spot

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tests/ut/cpp/common/test_region_template.cpp (1)

775-776: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for the remaining fail-closed paths.

This test covers the oversize reserve path. Four documented fail-closed behaviors of the endpoint stay uncovered:

  • peek(0, handle) and reserve(nbytes, 0, out) must report BAD_ARGUMENT.
  • publish with SpscQueueOpcode::STOP must report INVALID_DESCRIPTOR.
  • An input descriptor whose payload falls outside the input arena must poison with "input payload out of arena".
  • A second nonzero input payload placed at the wrong offset must poison with "payload replay offset mismatch".

Add cases for these paths so the ABI keeps its fail-closed contract.

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In `@tests/ut/cpp/common/test_region_template.cpp` around lines 775 - 776, Add
unit-test cases in the endpoint test coverage for each remaining fail-closed
behavior: assert BAD_ARGUMENT from peek with zero length and reserve with zero
count, INVALID_DESCRIPTOR for publish with SpscQueueOpcode::STOP, poisoning with
the expected “input payload out of arena” message for an out-of-arena input
descriptor, and poisoning with “payload replay offset mismatch” for a second
nonzero input payload at the wrong offset. Reuse the existing queue setup and
assertion style around the oversize reserve case.
src/common/platform/include/aicpu/region_instance_view.h (1)

114-120: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Constrain the structural template adapters.

Both templates copy fields by name into any type that declares those names. SpscQueuePayloadView and SpscQueueCounterSample duplicate RegionPayloadView and RegionSignalTestResult. If a region struct gains a field or changes a field type, these adapters still compile and silently drop or convert data.

Add static checks so drift fails at compile time.

♻️ Proposed static checks
         template <typename View>
         bool read(uint64_t offset, uint64_t nbytes, View &out) {
+            static_assert(sizeof(View) == sizeof(RegionPayloadView), "payload view ABI drift");
+            static_assert(std::is_same_v<decltype(out.local_addr), uint64_t>, "local_addr type drift");
+            static_assert(std::is_same_v<decltype(out.nbytes), uint64_t>, "nbytes type drift");
             RegionPayloadView view{};
         template <typename Sample>
         bool test(uint64_t offset, int32_t cmp_value, RegionWaitCmp cmp, Sample &out) {
+            static_assert(sizeof(Sample) == sizeof(RegionSignalTestResult), "sample ABI drift");
+            static_assert(std::is_same_v<decltype(out.matched), bool>, "matched type drift");
+            static_assert(std::is_same_v<decltype(out.observed), int32_t>, "observed type drift");
             RegionSignalTestResult sample{};

Also applies to: 142-148

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In `@src/common/platform/include/aicpu/region_instance_view.h` around lines 114 -
120, Constrain the structural template adapters in read and the corresponding
write path with compile-time checks that verify SpscQueuePayloadView and
SpscQueueCounterSample exactly match RegionPayloadView and
RegionSignalTestResult, including field types and structure, so added or changed
fields fail compilation instead of being silently omitted or converted.
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Inline comments:
In
`@examples/workers/l3/worker_chip_message_queue/kernels/orchestration/worker_chip_message_queue_orch.cpp`:
- Line 114: In the output handling flow, add an explicit wait for the submitted
AIV task to complete before calling cache_flush_range(dst, nbytes) and
publishing output_tensor. Ensure the barrier follows rt_submit_aiv_task and
preserves the existing flush and publish ordering.

In `@examples/workers/l3/worker_chip_message_queue/README.md`:
- Around line 8-12: Update the linked L3-L2 message queue design document to
match the SPSQ ABI 1.0 layout emitted by SpscQueueEndpointBinding.to_scalars(),
documenting the 10 endpoint-binding scalars instead of the outdated
six-descriptor/six-argument model; alternatively, explicitly mark the document
as not yet migrated.

In `@python/simpler/comm_region_template.py`:
- Around line 657-658: Update _signal_notify and _refresh_counter to convert
each masked cursor/counter operand from its uint32 bit pattern to the
corresponding signed int32 value before passing it to the counter binding’s
notify or refresh operation, preserving the underlying 32-bit pattern for values
at or above 2^31.

In `@src/common/platform/include/common/region_template.h`:
- Around line 431-436: Update the zero-timeout handling in InputQueue::peek at
src/common/platform/include/common/region_template.h#L431-L436 and
OutputQueue::reserve at
src/common/platform/include/common/region_template.h#L708-L712 to use the
peer-notifying poison path instead of set_error, preserving the existing
BAD_ARGUMENT failure and false return behavior at both sites.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@src/common/platform/include/aicpu/region_instance_view.h`:
- Around line 114-120: Constrain the structural template adapters in read and
the corresponding write path with compile-time checks that verify
SpscQueuePayloadView and SpscQueueCounterSample exactly match RegionPayloadView
and RegionSignalTestResult, including field types and structure, so added or
changed fields fail compilation instead of being silently omitted or converted.

In `@tests/ut/cpp/common/test_region_template.cpp`:
- Around line 775-776: Add unit-test cases in the endpoint test coverage for
each remaining fail-closed behavior: assert BAD_ARGUMENT from peek with zero
length and reserve with zero count, INVALID_DESCRIPTOR for publish with
SpscQueueOpcode::STOP, poisoning with the expected “input payload out of arena”
message for an out-of-arena input descriptor, and poisoning with “payload replay
offset mismatch” for a second nonzero input payload at the wrong offset. Reuse
the existing queue setup and assertion style around the oversize reserve case.
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@ccyywwen ccyywwen changed the title Add: comm region template and SPSQ message queue Add: comm region template and SPSC message queue Sep 2, 2026
Keep SPSC role proof on the plan, not the generic coordinator.
Reject zero transaction IDs before a binding is trusted. Admit exact
ints and worker-chip payloads before shared access. Align Python
replay and signed low-32 counters with native, treat zero timeout as
a live no-attempt, and track example occupancy without using
request_id as a sentinel.
Make required_slots read-only so concrete templates are protocol-
compatible, and type facade scalars as object so admission stays at
runtime. Format the queue tests the hooks already rewrote.
The worker-chip facade already binds through the SPSC template, so the
old AICPU header, 12-scalar decoder, and matching CMake target are
dead production surface.
Rewrite the L3-L2 message queue page around the 10-scalar binding
and recorded CI evidence, and report unsupported SPSQ versions
without advertising ABI 1.0.
Give the bound queue a formal L3 single-hop record covering wrap,
ERROR, STOP, and sim-only fail-closed paths, and point the channel
docs at that directory instead of claiming it is missing.
- Correct the L2 input lane to accept DATA and STOP only
- Remove development evidence and milestone wording from user docs
- Keep scene-test documentation focused on test scope
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