feat(worker): add extensible chip-child control dispatch - #2116
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughChangesChip Control Extensions
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Chip-control extensions work only at the direct chip-worker level; calls from nested level-4-or-higher Workers fail instead of reaching chips. Restrict the API to level 3 or forward the command through nested Workers before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant Worker
participant ChipChild
participant Handler
Caller->>Worker: run_chip_control_extension(name, payload)
Worker->>ChipChild: Broadcast staged extension payload
ChipChild->>Handler: Resolve and invoke registered handler
Handler-->>ChipChild: Return or raise error
ChipChild-->>Worker: Send control response
Worker-->>Caller: Return or raise child failure
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In `@python/simpler/worker.py`:
- Around line 10649-10650: Update the guard in run_chip_control_extension to
require exactly level 3, while still rejecting an uninitialized _worker. Do not
admit level 4+ Workers unless _child_worker_loop gains explicit
_CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION forwarding.
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| if self.level < 3 or self._worker is None: | ||
| raise TypeError("chip control extensions require an initialized level >= 3 Worker") |
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Fix the level guard: level 4+ Workers cannot dispatch _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION to chip children.
At level 3, WorkerType.NEXT_LEVEL children are chip processes running _run_chip_main_loop, which has the new _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION branch. At level 4+, WorkerType.NEXT_LEVEL children are nested Worker instances running _child_worker_loop, whose handle_control has no _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION case. Every call on a level >= 4 Worker falls through to raise RuntimeError(f"unknown control sub-command {sub_cmd}") there, so run_chip_control_extension always fails at level 4+.
The added line _CTRL_OP_NAMES[_CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION] = "chip_extension" confirms this failure path was anticipated (it labels exactly the error _child_worker_loop raises for an unknown command), but the public check still admits level 4+ instead of rejecting it up front.
Change the guard to require exactly level 3, or add a _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION forwarding branch in _child_worker_loop that recurses into the nested Worker's own chip children.
🐛 Proposed fix (restrict to level 3 until recursive forwarding exists)
- if self.level < 3 or self._worker is None:
- raise TypeError("chip control extensions require an initialized level >= 3 Worker")
+ if self.level != 3 or self._worker is None:
+ raise TypeError(
+ "chip control extensions require an initialized level == 3 Worker; a level >= 4 "
+ "Worker's NEXT_LEVEL children are nested Workers, not chip processes"
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| if self.level < 3 or self._worker is None: | |
| raise TypeError("chip control extensions require an initialized level >= 3 Worker") | |
| if self.level != 3 or self._worker is None: | |
| raise TypeError( | |
| "chip control extensions require an initialized level == 3 Worker; a level >= 4 " | |
| "Worker's NEXT_LEVEL children are nested Workers, not chip processes" | |
| ) |
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In `@python/simpler/worker.py` around lines 10649 - 10650, Update the guard in
run_chip_control_extension to require exactly level 3, while still rejecting an
uninitialized _worker. Do not admit level 4+ Workers unless _child_worker_loop
gains explicit _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION forwarding.
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Summary
register_chip_control_extension()from thesimplerpackageWorker.run_chip_control_extension()for level-3+ workers to broadcast a named byte payload to local chip childrenMotivation
Some downstream runtimes need to initialize and control services inside the persistent chip-child process that owns the device context and HBM allocations. For example, a Mooncake-backed external KV cache must initialize its transfer client and register NPU memory in the process that owns those buffers.
The existing task APIs are intended for scheduled compute work and do not provide a lifecycle/control channel for this use case. Implementing a generic named extension keeps storage-specific dependencies and protocols out of Simpler while allowing trusted downstream integrations to run short control operations in chip children.
Design
Worker.init(), so forked chip children inherit the handler registry.run_chip_control_extension()wraps the extension name and payload in a control envelope and broadcasts it toWorkerType.NEXT_LEVELchildren.handler(chip_worker, payload, device_id).Scope
This PR only adds the generic chip-child control mechanism. Mooncake initialization, transfer state, polling, cancellation, and buffer-layout logic remain in the downstream serving integration.
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