DuelingWeightSet and BranchingWeightSet fields changed from owned
CudaSlice<f32> to raw u64 device pointers + usize element counts.
This enables zero-copy views directly into the flat params_buf for
the training hot path (no D2D copies, no shadow allocations).
Key changes:
- Weight sets store u64 + usize pairs instead of CudaSlice<f32>
- from_flat_buffer() creates zero-copy views into params_buf
- from_slices() creates pointer views from owned CudaSlice allocations
- DuelingWeightBacking/BranchingWeightBacking hold owned CudaSlice
arrays for callers that need independent allocations (experience
collector, ensemble heads, tests)
- flatten/unflatten become no-ops when weight sets point into params_buf
- extract functions return (Backing, WeightSet) tuples
- KernelWeightPack::build() uses u64 fields directly (no raw_device_ptr)
- All sync functions updated for pointer-based signatures
- Ensemble clone functions return backing + pointer view pairs
- gradient_budget tests updated (7/7 pass)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>