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Fix SimpleCPUOffload load-path race — add cross-stream sync (WAR) - #47324

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Fix SimpleCPUOffload load-path race — add cross-stream sync (WAR)#47324
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Fixes #47282

Root cause: After #46278 fixed the store-side compute-vs-store race, a second independent race remained on the load path. When a GPU block is freed and immediately reallocated as a load destination, the load DMA (on the dedicated low-priority load_stream) can begin overwriting that block while a previous request attention computation is still reading it on the compute stream. No event bridges the two streams, so a write-after-read (WAR) hazard window opens.

Fix: Record a compute-done event once (shared between load and store) and have both paths wait_event on it before launching DMA. This is the symmetric barrier the store path already had, applied to loads too.

Verified by the issue author: garble rate 4.3% baseline → 0% with fix (Fisher exact p≈5e-41). No measurable throughput cost in healthy regimes.

Changes:

  • Rename _store_compute_done_compute_done (shared event)
  • Record once before both load and store launches
  • Pass wait_event=self._compute_done to load path as well
  • Updated docstring to reflect both paths are synced

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Signed-off-by: ZAID646 <zaidhussain646@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: ZAID646 <zaidhussain646@gmail.com>

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This pull request has merge conflicts that must be resolved before it can be
merged. Please rebase the PR, @zaid646.

https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/syncing-a-fork

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