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Fixes #7830

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  • Add thread_pool_base::add_directly_executed_thread, which scheduled_thread_pool implements by counting the thread and one phase for the given worker.
  • execute_thread calls it when a child it ran directly comes back terminated, on the worker running now (a child that suspended may have resumed elsewhere). The scheduling loop still releases the leftover queue entry without counting it.
  • Regression test: children run directly (async and fork), run by a worker, and hpx::async(fork), each counted exactly once, at 1 and 4 workers.

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The fork case only affects direct futures_factory::post(launch::fork) callers; hpx::async(launch::fork) yields to the child first, so it was already counted.

The child is also counted as one phase, so the per-phase averages stay consistent with the thread count.

The test counts 0 of 100 children on master and passes with the fix at 1 and 4 workers, also with cumulative counts off, idle rates on, ITT and Tracy (Debug).

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Corrected thread execution statistics so directly executed child threads are counted accurately, including when run by a waiting parent or through fork-based asynchronous execution. Reported counts are now more consistent across child-thread execution paths.
  • Tests
    • Added regression coverage for direct child-thread counting across different execution paths, including configurations with multiple worker threads and checks for accurate cumulative counts.

When cumulative thread counts are enabled, terminated children that ran directly update their worker pool’s counters. A regression test checks direct child execution through parent waits, worker polling, and launch::fork, with one- and four-thread configurations.

Changes: Direct child thread counting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Add the direct-execution counter hook
libs/core/threading_base/include/hpx/threading_base/thread_pool_base.hpp, libs/core/thread_pools/include/hpx/thread_pools/scheduled_thread_pool.hpp, libs/core/thread_pools/include/hpx/thread_pools/scheduled_thread_pool_impl.hpp
The base thread pool declares the hook. The scheduled thread pool implements it by incrementing the selected worker’s executed-thread and executed-phase counters.
Count terminated children and add regression coverage
libs/core/futures/src/detail/execute_thread.cpp, libs/core/futures/tests/regressions/count_direct_children_7830.cpp, libs/core/futures/tests/regressions/CMakeLists.txt
Terminated directly executed children update their worker pool’s counters when cumulative counts are enabled. The regression test checks parent waits, worker polling, and launch::fork; CMake registers one- and four-thread tests.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

  • TheHPXProject/hpx#7838: Both changes use the scheduled thread pool’s counter_data_ with a pool-local worker number.

Suggested labels: type: defect

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No actionable current-head defect was identified; the change is ready for normal validation.

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Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 35.29% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 17 functions across 5 files. (1 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description check Passed The description clearly explains the directly executed child-counting fix, the new API, and the regression tests. It is directly related to the changeset.
Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: counting run_as_child children that execute directly by their parent.
Linked Issues check Passed The changes meet the coding requirements in [#7830]. execute_thread counts a directly executed child when it returns terminated and an HPX worker is available. `scheduled_thread_pool::add_directly…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within [#7830]. The hook, call site, counter updates, build registration, and regression test directly support counting directly executed children and validating the affected launch p…
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The changes meet the coding requirements in [#7830]. execute_thread counts a directly executed child when it returns terminated and an HPX worker is available. scheduled_thread_pool::add_directly_executed_thread increments the worker thread and phase counters. The scheduling loop does not count the leftover queue entry. The regression test covers direct async and fork children, worker-run children, and hpx::async(launch::fork) with one and four workers. It checks exact thread counts and direct-run phase counts.

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The changes stay within [#7830]. The hook, call site, counter updates, build registration, and regression test directly support counting directly executed children and validating the affected launch paths. No unrelated change is identified.

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Docstring coverage is 35.29% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 17 functions across 5 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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libs/core/futures/tests/regressions/count_direct_children_7830.cpp: 1

26-52: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add a phase-count check for directly run children.

The regression helpers assert only thread counts. A change that drops the phase increment on the direct-parent path would still pass. This PR targets inaccurate /threads/time/average values, which depend on phase counts, so that side of the change has no test guard.

Adding this check is not trivial. check_counted calls hpx::this_thread::yield() at least 100 times on the same worker, and those yields can add phases to that worker's counters. An exact phase comparison would be fragile. A lower bound of num_children could be met by the yields alone. Measure the phase delta on a path without the polling loop, or subtract a baseline measured around the yield loop.

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Extend the regression coverage around check_counted to verify the phase-count
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Thanks, this looks correct to me and covers both cases from #7830 (the leftover queue entry of launch::async children and launch::fork children without one).

I checked the counting against the pool: counter_data_ is indexed by the pool-local thread number (thread_func takes counter_data_[thread_num]), which is what get_local_thread_num_tss() returns, and the scheduling loop of that worker only updates these counters on the same OS thread through references, so the plain increments in add_directly_executed_thread don't race with it. Counting on the worker that runs execute_thread also matches where the scheduling loop would have counted the child had it run it.

On the phase count (CodeRabbit's nitpick): I think there is a cheap way to check it in the 1-worker case. In test_run_directly the parent never yields inside the loop (each child runs inline and f.get() finds the future ready), so the parent's own phase does not end there. Reading get_executed_thread_phases(-1, false) right after the loop, before check_counted starts yielding, should give a delta of exactly num_children with one worker. With more workers, children can run on other workers, so the check would only make sense for hpx::get_os_thread_count() == 1, like the existing inlined check.

A small question on the test: check_counted expects the delta to be exactly num_children. Any other HPX thread that terminates during the measurement would make it larger. I don't think the local runtime starts any by itself in this test, so this is probably fine, just mentioning it in case the test turns out flaky on some configuration.

Unrelated to this PR, but I noticed it while checking the indexing: the log message at the end of scheduled_thread_pool<Scheduler>::thread_func reads counter_data_[global_thread_num].executed_threads_, while the vector is indexed by the local thread_num. For pools other than the first one global_thread_num can be out of range. That's for a separate fix.

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The out-of-range read of counter_data_ at the end of thread_func that I mentioned in my review is fixed separately in #7838.

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Thanks, this looks correct to me and covers both cases from #7830 (the leftover queue entry of launch::async children and launch::fork children without one).

I checked the counting against the pool: counter_data_ is indexed by the pool-local thread number (thread_func takes counter_data_[thread_num]), which is what get_local_thread_num_tss() returns, and the scheduling loop of that worker only updates these counters on the same OS thread through references, so the plain increments in add_directly_executed_thread don't race with it. Counting on the worker that runs execute_thread also matches where the scheduling loop would have counted the child had it run it.

On the phase count (CodeRabbit's nitpick): I think there is a cheap way to check it in the 1-worker case. In test_run_directly the parent never yields inside the loop (each child runs inline and f.get() finds the future ready), so the parent's own phase does not end there. Reading get_executed_thread_phases(-1, false) right after the loop, before check_counted starts yielding, should give a delta of exactly num_children with one worker. With more workers, children can run on other workers, so the check would only make sense for hpx::get_os_thread_count() == 1, like the existing inlined check.

A small question on the test: check_counted expects the delta to be exactly num_children. Any other HPX thread that terminates during the measurement would make it larger. I don't think the local runtime starts any by itself in this test, so this is probably fine, just mentioning it in case the test turns out flaky on some configuration.

Unrelated to this PR, but I noticed it while checking the indexing: the log message at the end of scheduled_thread_pool<Scheduler>::thread_func reads counter_data_[global_thread_num].executed_threads_, while the vector is indexed by the local thread_num. For pools other than the first one global_thread_num can be out of range. That's for a separate fix.

Thanks! I added the phase check like you said: it reads the count right after the loop, before check_counted, and only checks it with one worker. The test fails if the phase increment is removed.

I also added a small guard. If a plain OS thread (not an HPX thread) waits on the future, the child can run there, and there is no worker to count it on. Now it skips the count in that case instead of crashing.

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🟡 Minor · Gate this regression test on cumulative counts. · CMakeLists.txt:8-69

libs/core/futures/tests/regressions/CMakeLists.txt:8-69
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Gate this regression test on cumulative counts.

When HPX_WITH_THREAD_CUMULATIVE_COUNTS is disabled, both registrations still run. The source excludes every count assertion, so the tests only initialize and finalize HPX and can pass without checking child counts.

Suggested fix
 set(tests
-    count_direct_children_7830
     exception_from_continuation_1613
...
 )
 
+if(HPX_WITH_THREAD_CUMULATIVE_COUNTS)
+  list(APPEND tests count_direct_children_7830)
+endif()
+
 ...
 
+if(HPX_WITH_THREAD_CUMULATIVE_COUNTS)
 add_hpx_regression_test(
   "modules.futures" count_direct_children_7830_4
   EXECUTABLE count_direct_children_7830
   PSEUDO_DEPS_NAME count_direct_children_7830
   THREADS_PER_LOCALITY 4
 )
+endif()
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🟡 Minor · Gate this regression test on cumulative counts. · CMakeLists.txt:8-69

libs/core/futures/tests/regressions/CMakeLists.txt:8-69
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Gate this regression test on cumulative counts.
When HPX_WITH_THREAD_CUMULATIVE_COUNTS is disabled, both registrations still run. The source excludes every count assertion, so the tests only initialize and finalize HPX and can pass without checking child counts.

Suggested fix

 set(tests
-    count_direct_children_7830
     exception_from_continuation_1613
...
 )
 
+if(HPX_WITH_THREAD_CUMULATIVE_COUNTS)
+  list(APPEND tests count_direct_children_7830)
+endif()
+
 ...
 
+if(HPX_WITH_THREAD_CUMULATIVE_COUNTS)
 add_hpx_regression_test(
   "modules.futures" count_direct_children_7830_4
   EXECUTABLE count_direct_children_7830
   PSEUDO_DEPS_NAME count_direct_children_7830
   THREADS_PER_LOCALITY 4
 )
+endif()

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