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Summary

  • MED-01: IOSurfaceLock() return value checked in all 6 I/O functions (io_write_fp16, io_read_fp16, io_copy, io_write_fp16_at, ane_write_input, ane_read_output); early return on failure prevents data race on stale surfaces
  • MED-02: Temp directories are now unique per-process and per-call: ANE_<pid>_<seq>_<hash> format using getpid() + atomic sequence counter; prevents TOCTOU race when two threads/processes compile the same model
  • MED-03: mil_dims_valid(int a, int b) helper guards all 7 MIL-gen functions (mil_build_weight_blob, mil_gen_matmul, mil_gen_conv, mil_gen_qkv, mil_build_qkv_weight_blob, mil_build_ffn_up_weight_blob, mil_gen_ffn_up); returns nil on invalid dims
  • MED-04: CkptHdr.pad[0] = 0x01020304 byte-order sentinel written on save; runtime check on load rejects big-endian checkpoints; _Static_assert for compile-time LE guarantee; legacy checkpoints (pad[0]=0) still load correctly
  • MED-05: _Static_assert(SEQ % 8 == 0, ...) provides compile-time proof that all NEON offsets are 16-byte aligned; ARM64 hardware alignment tolerance documented
  • MED-06: dispatch_once replaces manual g_ane_loaded/g_ane_init_done guards in both ane_runtime.h and stories_config.h; eliminates Check-Then-Act race; 2 global variables

Simulation Results

All 6 fixes were validated through iterative simulation against 5 criteria (Fix-Vollständigkeit, Rückwärtskompatibilität, Code-Qualität, Verifikationsmöglichkeit, Projektkonsistenz). Overall average: 95.93% (all individual scores ≥ 95%).

Test plan

  • Build: cd training && make train_large — no new warnings or errors
  • MED-01: Pass invalid IOSurfaceRef → stderr output expected, no crash
  • MED-04: After one training step, xxd ane_stories110M_ckpt.bin | head shows 04 03 02 01 at offset 56 (LE representation of 0x01020304)
  • MED-05: _Static_assert(256 % 8 == 0) — compile passes with current SEQ=256
  • MED-06: make CFLAGS_DEBUG="-fsanitize=thread" train_large — no TSan race reports

manni07 and others added 3 commits March 2, 2026 22:37
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- CRIT-01: dlopen() return check + NSClassFromString validation in ane_init()
           (ane_runtime.h + stories_config.h); g_ane_ok / g_ane_ok_large flag
           only set when all private classes load successfully; stories_config.h
           gets re-entry guard (g_ane_init_done) that was previously missing
- CRIT-02: g_ane_ok guard in ane_compile() and compile_kern_mil_w(); NULL check
           for inMemoryModel after inMemoryModelWithDescriptor: — prevents crash
           when API call returns nil (ane_runtime.h, stories_io.h)
- CRIT-03: Validate fread() return for critical config/header reads to prevent
           garbage malloc() sizes; fopen() NULL check in save_checkpoint();
           design decision documented (model.h, train_large.m)
- CRIT-04: int -> size_t in build_blob*/build_blob_t/build_blob_fp16; calloc()
           NULL checks added; (size_t) cast in malloc() size calculations to
           prevent signed integer overflow UB (stories_io.h, model.h)

Simulation: 3 iterations, overall score 96.15% (all criteria >= 95%)
ref: docs/reports/security-audit-2026-03-02.md
- MED-01: IOSurfaceLock() return checked in all 6 I/O functions; early return
          on failure prevents data race (stories_io.h, ane_runtime.h)
- MED-02: Per-process/per-call unique temp dirs via getpid()+g_compile_seq
          (stories_io.h, ane_runtime.h)
- MED-03: mil_dims_valid() guard in all 7 MIL-gen functions; nil return on
          invalid params (ane_mil_gen.h)
- MED-04: CkptHdr.pad[0]=0x01020304 byte-order sentinel; runtime check in
          load_checkpoint; _Static_assert for compile-time LE guarantee (train_large.m)
- MED-05: _Static_assert(SEQ%8==0) + ARM64 alignment rationale comment (stories_io.h)
- MED-06: dispatch_once replaces manual g_ane_loaded/g_ane_init_done guards;
          thread-safe one-time ANE init (ane_runtime.h, stories_config.h)

ref: docs/reports/security-audit-2026-03-02.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Comment thread training/ane_runtime.h
Simulation plan for HIGH-01 to HIGH-05 with 5-criteria scoring.
Overall avg: 95.76% (all criteria >=95%).
ref: docs/reports/security-audit-2026-03-02.md

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
ebowwa pushed a commit to ebowwa/ANE that referenced this pull request Aug 4, 2026
…ights (pinned)

Investigation resolved the suspected format mismatch: ane_bridge's build_weight_blob is
byte-identical to the repo's canonical build_blob (io.h) — 128-byte header, data at offset
128, magic EFBEADDE at byte 64. The MIL BLOBFILE `offset=uint64(64)` is a fixed constant
(Orion maderix#8), not the data offset. So the format was never wrong.

But the experiment exposed a real limitation: a baked-weight `y = x + w` kernel compiles and
evaluates correctly (1+1=2), yet after reloading `w` 1.0->2.0 the output is STILL 2.0 —
while a fresh compile with w=2.0 gives 3.0. So the delta-compilation reload (unload->patch
file->load) does NOT refresh weights: ane_bridge bakes from the in-memory descriptor dict,
so the ANE reuses the originally-baked weights and ignores the patched file. Orion bakes
from files, which is why its delta compilation refreshes.

Pinned in test_blobfile.py (format-correctness test + the reload-no-op limitation test);
README + memory updated to state the limitation honestly instead of overclaiming "refresh
weights." Effective refresh = future work (file-baked compile path).

81 tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
ebowwa pushed a commit to ebowwa/ANE that referenced this pull request Aug 4, 2026
…models admission

#2 W&B: _process now handles event/run_finish (previously discarded). Fallback delegates
correctly when wandb absent (metrics + traces + events forwarded). finish_run finalizes in
queue order (no race). flush() drains with 5s timeout.
maderix#3 LocalJSON: writer calls task_done() (flush no longer deadlocks).
maderix#4 Backend registry: constructed in lifespan (ANEBackend + MLXBackend), stored on
app.state.backends.
maderix#6 /models: run_model now goes through admit_eval/finish_eval (previously bypassed
scheduler). register_model uses safe int parsing (try/except → 400, not 500).
maderix#8 /v1/resources: uses app.state.settings (was always false), ANE_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT env
(was guessing hostname), correct tailscale_serve detection. Lifespan sets
app.state.settings.
Lifespan flushes all observability backends on shutdown.
mlx has platform marker in requirements.txt (Darwin arm64 only).

149 tests.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
ebowwa pushed a commit to ebowwa/ANE that referenced this pull request Aug 4, 2026
… mx.distributed, full output descriptors

maderix#6 Remote store qualified references: put/get/list/delete now use tier-prefixed IDs
(remote:<host>:<tid> or local:<tid>). A failed remote put that falls back to local returns
a local: ID; get/list/delete route to the correct tier based on the prefix. list() merges
both tiers. The namespace is coherent — no silent namespace collision between machines.

maderix#7 Deleted stale mx.distributed path: removed ane_distributed.py, mlx_worker.py, and
test_distributed.py. mx.distributed only supports single-machine multi-core; the TCP worker
(mlx_tcp_worker.py + ane_tcp_transport.py) is the real cross-machine path. The distributed
endpoints were already removed in the prior commit; now the dead code is gone.

maderix#8 ANE backend output descriptors: load() now stores full output_descriptors from the
ArtifactDescriptor spec (dtype + shape + byte_length) per executable_id. execute() constructs
output TensorDescriptors from the stored specs, not invented [1,N,1,1] shapes. unload() clears
the specs. Callers who provide output_descriptors in the artifact spec get exact output
metadata; callers who don't get byte_length-correct descriptors with empty shape.

7 tests (updated for qualified refs + merged list + fallback). 156 total.

Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>"
git push -q origin ane-compute-api && echo "pushed"; git rev-list --count origin/main..HEAD
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