jgrusewski eb0e4b6328 perf(ml-alpha): full zero-alloc training step (#3 foundation)
Eliminates ALL per-step allocations from the training hot path —
foundation for CUDA Graph capture (next commit). Before this commit,
each step_batched call allocated:

  Mamba2 forward:    input_2d view, x, a_proj, b_proj, h_s2, h_enriched_seq
  Mamba2 backward:   d_a_per_channel/d_b_per_channel/d_w_c/d_h_s2 (#2 covered)
                     d_a_proj_flat, d_b_proj_flat, dw_c
                     LinearGrads.{dw,db,dx} × 3 projections (cuBLAS internal)
                     d_x_from_a + d_x_from_b + d_x (elementwise add)
                     dw_out, db_out (zero-init shells)
  Trainer wrapper:   window_tensor, h_enriched_seq_t, grad_h_enriched_seq_t,
                     grad_h_enriched_seq

~20-25 cudaMalloc / GpuTensor::zeros calls per step × 2000 steps/epoch =
40-50K allocations per epoch.

This commit adds zero-alloc `_into` variants throughout the chain:

  ml-core/cuda_autograd/linear.rs:
    OwnedGpuLinear::forward_with_slices_into
    OwnedGpuLinear::backward_with_slices_into
    reduce_sum_axis0_into

  ml-core/cuda_autograd/elementwise.rs + gpu_tensor.rs:
    ElementwiseKernels::binary_into
    GpuTensor::add_into

  ml-alpha/mamba2_block.rs:
    Mamba2BlockForwardScratch (pre-allocated forward cache)
    Mamba2BackwardGradsBuffers (pre-allocated backward outputs)
    Mamba2Block::forward_train_seq_into (zero-alloc forward)
    Mamba2Block::backward_from_h_enriched_seq_full_into (zero-alloc backward)
    Mamba2AdamW::step_from_buffers (reads grads_buffers directly)

  ml-alpha/trainer/perception.rs:
    PerceptionTrainer pre-allocates: window_tensor_d, h_enriched_seq_t_d,
      grad_h_enriched_seq_t_d, grad_h_enriched_seq_d, mamba2_fwd_scratch,
      mamba2_grads_buffers
    step_batched + evaluate_batched fully wired through _into variants

Original `forward_with_slices` / `backward_with_slices` / `binary` / `add` /
`backward_from_h_enriched_seq` paths preserved unchanged — Phase E.3
ml/examples callers unaffected.

The captured-graph commit (next) only needs to wrap this zero-alloc
training step in cuGraph capture/replay; no further refactoring of
buffer management.

77 ml-alpha tests pass. Synthetic overfit converges identically
(0.29 → 0.0007 in 250 steps) — gradients are bit-identical to the
allocating path.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-17 13:34:56 +02:00

Foxhunt

Production HFT trading system in Rust.

Architecture

The workspace contains 32 crates organized as follows:

Core Libraries (16)

Crate Purpose
trading_engine Order processing, FIX 4.4, IB TWS, SIMD, RDTSC timing
risk VaR, Kelly, circuit breakers, kill switches, compliance
risk-data Risk data types and shared structures
trading-data Trading data types
ml DQN Rainbow, PPO, TFT, Mamba2, ensemble inference
ml-data ML data types and feature definitions
data Market data ingestion and storage
backtesting Replay engine, strategy tester
adaptive-strategy Ensemble execution, microstructure analysis
common Shared types, resilience, error handling
storage S3 and local model storage
model_loader Model serialization and loading
market-data Market data feed handlers
database PostgreSQL access layer (SQLx)
config Configuration management
tli CLI commands and tooling

Services (8)

Service Purpose
backtesting_service gRPC backtesting service
broker_gateway_service FIX routing, broker connectivity
trading_service Core trading operations
ml_training_service Model training orchestration
data_acquisition_service Market data acquisition
trading_agent_service Autonomous trading agents
api_gateway gRPC API gateway with auth
web-gateway Axum REST + WebSocket gateway

Frontend

web-dashboard/ -- React 19 + TypeScript + Vite + TradingView charts.

Building

# Check compilation (no PostgreSQL required)
SQLX_OFFLINE=true cargo check --workspace

# Run tests for a specific crate
SQLX_OFFLINE=true cargo test -p <crate> --lib

# Clippy
SQLX_OFFLINE=true cargo clippy --workspace

ML Models

Four production model architectures on Candle v0.9.1 with CUDA:

  • DQN Rainbow -- Deep Q-Network with prioritized replay, dueling heads, noisy nets
  • PPO -- Proximal Policy Optimization with GAE and LSTM policies
  • TFT -- Temporal Fusion Transformer for multi-horizon forecasting
  • Mamba2 -- State space model for sequence prediction

Each model has a standalone trainer and a UnifiedTrainable adapter for the hyperopt pipeline.

Infrastructure

  • Git: Gitea at git.fxhnt.ai (Tailscale-only), Scaleway DEV1-S
  • Observability: OpenTelemetry OTLP (env OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT)
  • Database: PostgreSQL with SQLx offline mode for CI

License

Proprietary. All rights reserved.

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