feat(dfx): profile A5 HBG AICore scheduler

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Why

#2119 established the A5 HBG Scheduler terminology, and #2127 provides the
shared chip-swimlane extension contract. A5 HBG still needs the runtime-side
producer that captures its AICore-owned scheduling timeline.

This PR contains only that A5 HBG profiling increment.

What changed

• Record AICore task timing, AICPU lifecycle events, Scheduler task intervals,
  and Scheduler phases under the existing profiling level contract:
  L1=AICore timing, L2=+Scheduler task timing, L3=+Scheduler phases,
  L4=+Orchestrator phases.
• Stage pre-kernel timestamps outside the callable live set and let the
  Scheduler consolidate each task trace before publishing it as valid.
• Keep bootstrap fanin profiling on its owned cache line so it cannot overwrite
  completed AICore task identity on hardware.
• Capture Scheduler idle intervals in a fixed-size Device buffer and reject a
  copied-back committed count that exceeds that fixed extent before Host reads
  any record.
• Publish the A5 HBG extensions locally from RuntimeMaker; the shared
  SceneTest output and return-value contracts remain unchanged, and the A5
  tests discover their generated artifacts directly.

Correctness and scope

• Rebased onto upstream/main at 5d046b193; exactly one commit remains in
  this PR.
• The shared schema, serializer, and SceneTest implementation are not part of
  this diff. The change is limited to the A5 host_build_graph producer and
  its tests/documentation.
• Device activity-buffer capacity is the compile-time
  SCHEDULER_ACTIVITY_CAPACITY; Device bounds writes by it and Host validates
  committed against the same value.

Validation after the latest rebase

• Editable A5sim package/runtime build completed successfully.
• A5 HBG Scheduler activity-buffer C++ test: 1/1 passed.
• A5 HBG profiling scene tests: 2/2 passed on a5sim at Level 3.
• Pre-commit passed, including clang-format, clang-tidy, cpplint, ruff, and
  pyright.
• A5 onboard was not rerun locally because the available host is A2/A3;
  the mandatory architecture precheck was not bypassed.

Earlier validation of the feature patch included 20/20 A5 HBG onboard runs
across profiling Levels 1-4 and A5 TMR regression coverage at every level.

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Walkthrough

The change adds AICore and AICPU scheduler profiling support. It introduces stream-based scheduler records, lifecycle records, chip-swimlane JSON extensions, producer-aware trace rendering, legacy input fallback, and scheduler terminology updates.

Changes

Scheduler profiling pipeline

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Chip-swimlane extension transport src/common/platform/..., src/common/platform/onboard/..., src/common/platform/sim/...	Host APIs and runners now publish direct or deferred JSON extensions. The collector validates extensions, prevents ambiguous exports, and emits custom sections.
Scheduler profiling contracts src/a2a3/platform/include/common/scheduler_profiling.h, src/a5/platform/include/common/scheduler_profiling.h, src/common/platform/include/common/chip_swimlane_profiling.h	A2A3 and A5 define fixed scheduler records, phase kinds, capture metrics, and per-stream JSON serialization.
A5 scheduler instrumentation src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/*, src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/aicore/*, src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/aicpu/*	The scheduler uses renamed context fields, activity buffers, per-phase timing, scheduler-owned deferred work, and new completion and idle trace records.
AICore profiling publication src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp, src/*/device_runner.cpp, src/*/runtime.h	The runtime publishes AICore tasks, AICPU lifecycle records, and scheduler streams through chip-swimlane extensions. Runtime names now identify the scheduler source.
Parsing, rendering, and validation simpler_setup/tools/*, tests/*, src/*/docs/*	The tools parse scheduler_records with legacy fallback, convert lifecycle timestamps, render producer-specific scheduler lanes, and validate the new schemas and output.

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

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 6ae3e

Profiling-enabled runs can produce corrupted or misleading artifacts, validate stale output, or fail during extension publication and cleanup. These issues should be fixed before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant AICoreScheduler
  participant RuntimeMaker
  participant HostApi
  participant ChipSwimlaneCollector
  participant SwimlaneConverter
  AICoreScheduler->>RuntimeMaker: record scheduler and lifecycle activity
  RuntimeMaker->>HostApi: publish profiling JSON extensions
  HostApi->>ChipSwimlaneCollector: store scheduler_records and lifecycle records
  ChipSwimlaneCollector->>SwimlaneConverter: provide chip_swimlane_records.json
  SwimlaneConverter->>SwimlaneConverter: parse streams and generate Chrome trace events

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Inline comments:
In `@simpler_setup/tools/swimlane_converter.py`:
- Around line 1571-1572: Update the interval filter in read_perf_data() so a
start value of 0.0 is retained; skip only intervals whose end is not positive or
whose end precedes start, while preserving valid lifecycle intervals.
- Around line 591-593: Update the AICore-only handling in the swimlane
conversion and print_task_statistics flow to detect valid AICPU timestamps from
task rows rather than chip_swimlane_level. Do not assign or report synthetic
AICPU timings when no valid AICPU timestamps exist, and use the same task-row
timestamp condition for the AICore observed-span fallback.
- Around line 347-349: Update the metric merge in the record-processing flow to
reject any metric whose keys intersect with the fixed record_fields set, rather
than allowing those values to overwrite validated scheduler-record fields.
Preserve the existing exclusion of record_index and ensure invalid metrics are
rejected before merged_records is updated.

In `@src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_ready.h`:
- Around line 1061-1076: Move the SchedulerTaskTrace writes and both
scheduler_publish_cache_line calls in the trace_enabled block so they complete
before scheduler_gm_publish(slot->publication, ...), ensuring the dispatch trace
is published before the READY slot becomes visible. Preserve the existing trace
fields and commit_task_trace flow.

In `@src/common/platform/include/common/host_api.h`:
- Around line 260-263: Update HostApi::publish_chip_swimlane_extension in
src/common/platform/include/common/host_api.h (lines 260-263) to catch
exceptions from the callback invocation and return false while preserving the
existing null checks and success behavior. The affected wrapper call sites in
src/common/platform/onboard/host/c_api_shared.cpp (lines 209-212) and
src/common/platform/sim/host/c_api_shared.cpp (lines 193-196) require no direct
changes; they are covered by the HostApi boundary fix.

In `@src/common/platform/shared/host/chip_swimlane_collector.cpp`:
- Around line 86-103: Update ChipSwimlaneCollector::set_json_extension to parse
json_value as JSON after validating its basic boundaries, and return false when
parsing fails; only add successfully parsed values to json_extensions_. Preserve
the existing section-name and duplicate checks, and keep storing the original
JSON text for valid input.

In `@src/common/platform/sim/host/device_runner_base.h`:
- Around line 287-288: Clear deferred producer state during abandon and
finalization in both DeviceRunnerBase implementations. Add a clear-only reset
for chip_swimlane_extension_producer_ctx_ and chip_swimlane_extension_producer_,
then invoke it from every abandon and finalization path so
publish_aicore_scheduler_profiling_extension() cannot retain a destroyed Runtime
context. Update both src/common/platform/sim/host/device_runner_base.h lines
287-288 and src/common/platform/onboard/host/device_runner_base.h lines 747-748;
both sites require the same reset integration.
- Around line 284-290: Update publish_chip_swimlane_extensions to catch
exceptions thrown by the producer invocation, return false on failure, and
preserve the existing null-producer success behavior so callers use their
warning path and continue export.

In `@tests/st/a5/host_build_graph/single_core_dag/test_single_core_dag.py`:
- Line 102: The profiling assertion currently discovers output directories by
timestamp, which can select stale results when directory mtimes tie. Update
build_output_prefix() to create a unique directory for each invocation, then
pass that exact prefix through to the validator instead of filtering
_outputs_dir() with run_marker.

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• simpler_setup/tools/README.md
• simpler_setup/tools/sched_overhead_analysis.py
• simpler_setup/tools/swimlane_converter.py
• src/a2a3/platform/include/common/scheduler_profiling.h
• src/a2a3/platform/onboard/host/device_runner.cpp
• src/a2a3/platform/sim/host/device_runner.cpp
• src/a2a3/runtime/host_build_graph/docs/profiling_levels.md
• src/a2a3/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/docs/profiling_levels.md
• src/a2a3/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/runtime/runtime.h
• src/a5/platform/include/common/scheduler_profiling.h
• src/a5/platform/onboard/host/device_runner.cpp
• src/a5/platform/sim/host/device_runner.cpp
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/aicore/aicore_executor.cpp
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/aicpu/aicore_lifecycle.cpp
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/docs/profiling_levels.md
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/host/runtime_maker.cpp
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_completion.h
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_dispatch.h
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_layout.h
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_ready.h
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_topology.h
• src/a5/runtime/host_build_graph/runtime/scheduler/scheduler_types.h
• src/a5/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/docs/profiling_levels.md
• src/a5/runtime/tensormap_and_ringbuffer/runtime/runtime.h
• src/common/host_build_graph/runtime.h
• src/common/platform/include/common/chip_swimlane_profiling.h
• src/common/platform/include/common/host_api.h
• src/common/platform/include/host/chip_swimlane_collector.h
• src/common/platform/onboard/host/c_api_shared.cpp
• src/common/platform/onboard/host/device_runner_base.cpp
• src/common/platform/onboard/host/device_runner_base.h
• src/common/platform/shared/host/chip_swimlane_collector.cpp
• src/common/platform/sim/host/c_api_shared.cpp
• src/common/platform/sim/host/device_runner_base.h
• tests/st/a5/host_build_graph/single_core_dag/test_single_core_dag.py
• tests/ut/cpp/a5/test_hbg_scheduler_dispatch.cpp
• tests/ut/cpp/a5/test_hbg_scheduler_ready.cpp
• tests/ut/py/test_sched_overhead_analysis.py
• tests/ut/py/test_swimlane_converter.py

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Review disposition

All findings in the review document have been evaluated. The resulting decisions are below.

Accepted and addressed

• Multi-threaded AICPU Scheduler with Parallel Task Dispatch #1 — Preserve the resolved_task_count invariant. Accepted. Once a task has transitioned to DONE, failures in completion resolution, direct-refill claim, or direct-refill dispatch now publish the scheduler error first and still account for the completed task. Dedicated unit tests cover all three paths.
• Migrate AICore kernel compilation from C++ to Python and simplify DeviceRunner API #5 — Exercise the single_core_dag assertions in CI. Accepted. The A5 simulator chip-swimlane smoke now runs levels 1 and 2 for the scheduler-phase case, and level 3 for both the scheduler-phase case and mixed_multi_root_64.
• support extern func define in aicore #6 — Gate device instrumentation by profiling level. Accepted. The host passes the granular chip-swimlane level through SchedulerRunControl; AICore reads it once and applies separate task-timing, scheduling-timing, and scheduler-phase gates. Level 1 avoids level-2/3 records, and level 2 avoids level-3 phase/statistics overhead.
• Simplify AicpuExecutor API and unify naming conventions #8 — Allocate activity buffers by Scheduler count. Accepted. Activity storage is now sized by SCHEDULER_CLUSTER_CAPACITY and indexed by scheduler_index, reducing the allocation from 108 worker buffers to 36 Scheduler buffers.
• Refactor to allow example to write kernels and test #11 — Remove the unexplained task-count magic number. Accepted. The expected count is expressed as root + fanout + final + terminal dummy, with a descriptive assertion message.

Accepted assessment; no code change

• Refactor AICPU core assignment to support dynamic block distribution #2 — Shared fanin/ready-transition trace cache line. No change in this PR. The concern is limited to profiling fidelity and does not affect scheduler correctness. Separating the fields would change the trace layout and should be handled as a focused follow-up if corrupted measurements are observed.
• efactor: Rename Graph to Runtime to Better Reflect Its Responsibility #3 — Different units for capture.committed and capture.dropped. No change in this PR. Existing consumers use dropped to determine truncation rather than to calculate a generic capture rate. Renaming or redefining these schema fields could affect consumers and should be treated as a separate schema change.
• Simplify AicpuExecutor API and unify naming conventions #7 — profiling_loop_iter placement. No change in this PR. After the level-gating change, the field is written only at level 3. Moving it would alter the worker-context layout without measured evidence that the current placement materially affects profiling.
• refactor: Convert all variable/function names to snake_case #9 — Mixed worker and context.worker_index indexing. No change in this PR. Runtime context construction guarantees contexts[worker].worker_index == worker; the two forms are equivalent under the existing scheduler-state contract.
• add .clang-format and format code #10 — Reject publication when task timing is incomplete. No change in this PR. Publishing a partially consistent scheduler section would require an explicit partial-record schema and consumer contract. The current fail-closed behavior avoids exposing internally inconsistent timing data.
• Reorganize project structure and update documentation #12 — A2A3/A5 fixture divergence. No change in this PR. The divergence is intentional: A5 exercises the resident AICore Scheduler, while A2A3 follows the AICPU Scheduler path and does not require the same fanout/fanin fixture.

Declined

• Improve Type Safety: Upgrade AicpuExecute Parameter from void* to Runtime* #4 — Deduplicate the scene-test artifact discovery/assertion code. Declined for this PR. The duplication is limited to test code and has no runtime correctness impact. Moving it into shared SceneTestCase infrastructure would broaden this PR into a shared test-framework refactor and couple otherwise self-contained tests. The existing duplicate test logic is intentionally left unchanged.

Implemented changes are in d877f2db7. Local A5 onboard package compilation, the related C++ unit tests, and A5sim chip-swimlane levels 1/2/3 all pass.