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Fixes #7774

Proposed Changes

• route NUMA scheduling hints to worker threads on the requested domain
• share the NUMA-aware selection path across thread creation and rescheduling
• add deterministic selection coverage and runtime tests for both work-requesting schedulers

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The scheduler previously treated every non-thread hint as an unspecified hint. If the requested domain has no worker in the pool, the new selection path preserves the existing round-robin fallback.

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• libs/core/schedulers/include/hpx/schedulers/local_workrequesting_scheduler.hpp
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• libs/core/schedulers/tests/unit/workrequesting_numa_hint.cpp
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• Bug Fixes
  • NUMA scheduling hints now select workers from the requested domain when available, while preserving explicit thread hints and fallback behavior for supported hint types.
  • High-priority tasks are matched only with workers that have high-priority queues. If no eligible worker is found in the requested domain, scheduling falls back to the round-robin-selected worker.
• Tests
  • Added coverage for NUMA-based worker selection with both local work-requesting scheduler variants, including fallback and high-priority worker selection.

The work-requesting scheduler records each worker’s NUMA domain and uses NUMA scheduling hints to select workers during thread creation and scheduling. A new test checks worker selection and task placement with the FIFO and MC schedulers.

Changes: NUMA hint support

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Record domains and select workers libs/core/schedulers/include/hpx/schedulers/local_workrequesting_scheduler.hpp	The scheduler records each worker’s NUMA domain and selects a matching worker for NUMA hints. If no worker matches, it uses the round-robin starting worker.
Apply worker selection to scheduling libs/core/schedulers/include/hpx/schedulers/local_workrequesting_scheduler.hpp	Thread creation, normal scheduling, and last-place scheduling use the shared selection logic. Scheduling preserves allow_fallback for thread and NUMA hints and clears it for other hint modes.
Test NUMA selection and scheduling libs/core/schedulers/tests/unit/workrequesting_numa_hint.cpp, libs/core/schedulers/tests/unit/CMakeLists.txt	The test checks worker selection and task placement for FIFO and MC work-requesting schedulers. The test configuration sets four threads per locality.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 326b6

No confirmed issue blocks merging after normal checks.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 41.67% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 12 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: honoring NUMA hints in work-requesting schedulers.
Description check		The description directly explains the NUMA routing change, fallback behavior, affected scheduler paths, and added regression tests.
Linked Issues check		Issue #7774 requires NUMA hints in create_thread, schedule_thread, and schedule_thread_last. The selector records worker NUMA domains, selects a worker in the requested domain, and preserves rou…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue #7774. The scheduler changes implement NUMA-aware worker selection and fallback. The test and CMake changes provide regression coverage for the affected schedulers. No un…

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Explanation

Issue #7774 requires NUMA hints in create_thread, schedule_thread, and schedule_thread_last. The selector records worker NUMA domains, selects a worker in the requested domain, and preserves round-robin fallback when no worker matches. All three paths use the selector. The added test covers deterministic selection, fallback, priority filtering, and runtime execution with both work-requesting schedulers.

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The changes stay within issue #7774. The scheduler changes implement NUMA-aware worker selection and fallback. The test and CMake changes provide regression coverage for the affected schedulers. No unrelated functionality is identified.

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Performance test report

HPX Performance

Comparison

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HPX Commit	36d11de	6bb6776
Clustername	rostam	rostam
Compiler	/opt/apps/llvm/18.1.8/bin/clang++ 18.1.8	/opt/apps/llvm/18.1.8/bin/clang++ 18.1.8
Hostname	medusa08.rostam.cct.lsu.edu	medusa08.rostam.cct.lsu.edu
Datetime	2026-10-14T13:06:52.713280-05:00	2026-10-18T13:51:53.871099-05:00
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Comparison

BENCHMARK	NO-EXECUTOR
Future Overhead - Create Thread Hierarchical - Latch	(=)

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Property	Before	After
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HPX Commit	36d11de	6bb6776
Clustername	rostam	rostam
Compiler	/opt/apps/llvm/18.1.8/bin/clang++ 18.1.8	/opt/apps/llvm/18.1.8/bin/clang++ 18.1.8
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Stream Benchmark - Add	(=)	--	-
Stream Benchmark - Scale	(=)	(=)	(=)
Stream Benchmark - Triad	(=)	-	=
Stream Benchmark - Copy	(=)	+	+

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HPX Commit	36d11de	6bb6776
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Compiler	/opt/apps/llvm/18.1.8/bin/clang++ 18.1.8	/opt/apps/llvm/18.1.8/bin/clang++ 18.1.8
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@libs/core/schedulers/include/hpx/schedulers/local_workrequesting_scheduler.hpp:
- Around line 2041-2043: Update select_worker’s NUMA selection path so a missing
domain advances curr_queue_ only once across the fallback flow; preserve the
round-robin sequence by returning the initial queue position as the fallback or
advancing the counter only after a worker match.
- Line 721: Update `select_worker` in the high-priority scheduling path to
search NUMA matches only among workers eligible for high-priority queues when
`num_high_priority_queues_` is less than `num_queues_`. If no eligible worker
matches the requested domain, preserve the existing round-robin fallback.

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HPX Performance

Comparison

BENCHMARK	FORK_JOIN_EXECUTOR	FORK_JOIN_EXECUTOR_NOSTACK	PARALLEL_EXECUTOR	PARALLEL_SCHEDULER	SCHEDULER_EXECUTOR
For Each	(=)	=	(=)	(=)	(=)

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Envfile
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Comparison

BENCHMARK	NO-EXECUTOR
Future Overhead - Create Thread Hierarchical - Latch	(=)

Info

Property	Before	After
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HPX Commit	36d11de	aee795d
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Comparison

BENCHMARK	FORK_JOIN_EXECUTOR_DEFAULT_FORK_JOIN_POLICY_ALLOCATOR	PARALLEL_EXECUTOR_DEFAULT_PARALLEL_POLICY_ALLOCATOR	SCHEDULER_EXECUTOR_DEFAULT_SCHEDULER_EXECUTOR_ALLOCATOR
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Clustername	rostam	rostam
Envfile
Datetime	2026-10-14T13:09:05.868380-05:00	2026-10-18T14:20:39.372363-05:00
Hostname	medusa08.rostam.cct.lsu.edu	medusa08.rostam.cct.lsu.edu

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++/--	Large performance improvement/degradation (≤10%)
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?	Probably no change, but quite large uncertainty (confidence interval with ±5%)
??	Unclear result, very large uncertainty (±10%)
???	Something unexpected…

[hkaiser]

Thanks! This overlaps with the NUMA changes in #7756 and #7779 (per-worker NUMA domains, shared NUMA helpers), so I'll wait with the review until #7756 is merged, to keep the review surface small. I'll then look at this together with the rebased #7779.