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fix(lib): Fix intermittent crashes on parametrization file close (ATLASSIM-7031) - #110

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Port ATLASSIM-7031 crash fix from Athena main

TFCSGANXMLParameters::m_binning is a std::map<int, TH2D> — TH2D objects by value, inside an STL container, streamed to/from the parametrization ROOT file. ROOT decides whether a TObject is heap-allocated by inspecting the memory around it; for objects living inside STL node allocations that heuristic intermittently returns a false positive, leaving kIsOnHeap set. When the parametrization file is closed, ROOT then deletes a histogram it does not own — crashing, or silently corrupting a histogram that resurfaces much later as a zombie.

The fix is to make sure every such histogram (a) belongs to no TDirectory and (b) does not claim to be on the heap — both at creation time and again immediately after being read back.

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Add virtual fixHists() hook include/FastCaloSim/Core/TFCSParametrizationBase.h
Implement it; mark histograms not-on-heap at creation TFCSGANXMLParameters.{h,cxx}
Forward it; drop the diagnostics TFCSEnergyAndHitGANV2.{h,cxx}
Implement it for the slice's own copy TFCSGANEtaSlice.{h,cxx}
Call it on read; guard against a null read TFCSParametrizationChain.cxx
  • TFCSParametrizationChain::Streamer calls fixHists() on each element as it comes off the file. This is the hook that makes everything else run.
  • ReadObjectAny can return null; the pre-existing code pushed that null into the chain. Now guarded (Athena's Coverity fix).
  • The zombie guards in Print() and fillEnergy() are removed — they existed only to survive the corruption.
  • The fillEnergy mutex is removed. It was added as a guess at ATLASSIM-7031 and dropped upstream once the real cause was found. Verified re-entrant for this library before removing: GetNetworkOutputs takes randomness from the per-event simulstate.randomEngine() and builds all inputs as locals; TFCSONNXHandler::computeTemplate keeps every tensor and buffer local and reads only members that are const after setupNet(), with Ort::Session::Run documented thread-safe; both LWTNN compute() paths are const over a stateless graph; and GetNetAll/Low/High() do no lazy construction. The m_mutex member is retained, as upstream does.

Deviations from the Athena original

1. MarkTObjectAsNotOnHeap on the read path, not ResetBit.

Athena uses the real API at creation time but writes h.ResetBit(TObject::kIsOnHeap) in fixHists(), which is a no-op — ResetBit masks against kBitMask (0x00ffffff) while kIsOnHeap is 0x01000000. Demonstrated against ROOT 6.40:

genuinely heap-allocated:      IsOnHeap=1
after ResetBit(kIsOnHeap):     IsOnHeap=1  <- Athena's line: no-op
after MarkTObjectAsNotOnHeap:  IsOnHeap=0  <- actually clears it

This PR calls MarkTObjectAsNotOnHeap on both paths. Athena can call it unguarded because it builds against a single ROOT; this library cannot. The symbol exists only in ROOT >= 6.40 — the unguarded call was compiled against every ROOT this project targets and fails on all of them below 6.40:

ROOT Used by Unguarded call
6.30.06 dev container error: 'MarkTObjectAsNotOnHeap' is not a member of 'ROOT::Internal'
6.32.02 CI test_lcg LCG_106 same error
6.34.04 CI test_lcg LCG_107a same error
6.38.04 key4hep, newest release same error
6.40.02 LCG_110 / ATLAS compiles

So the call is wrapped in a file-local markNotOnHeap() helper that holds the single ROOT_VERSION_CODE >= ROOT_VERSION(6, 40, 0) guard, keeping both call sites clean. The ROOT floor stays at 6.28 and every CI job keeps building.

Below 6.40 the flag cannot be cleared at all, and SetDirectory(nullptr) is what prevents the delete — the close-time delete only walks the directory's own list, so a detached histogram is safe with the bit still set. Confirmed under ASan:

CONTROL (left in directory, kIsOnHeap=1):
  ERROR: AddressSanitizer: heap-use-after-free
SetDirectory(nullptr), bit still set:
  IsOnHeap=1 inDirList=0 -> survived close, entries=1

That is also what carries Athena's read path today, given their ResetBit is inert.

2. The slice's histograms are fixed too.

TFCSEnergyAndHitGANV2::m_slice is persistified, and TFCSGANEtaSlice holds its own TFCSGANXMLParameters m_param — so a read-back GAN object carries two copies of the binning histograms. Athena fixes only the outer one. TFCSGANEtaSlice::fixHists() is added and called from the GAN's override so both copies are treated.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Fixed histogram state after loading saved simulation parametrizations.
    • Improved reliability when restoring GAN-based energy and hit models.
    • Prevented invalid or missing chain elements from being added during loading.
    • Improved compatibility across supported ROOT versions.
    • Removed overly strict handling that could reject otherwise usable histogram data.

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The change adds a fixHists() post-deserialization hook. ROOT histogram heap flags are repaired in XML parameters and propagated through GAN parametrizations. GAN V2 also removes inference locking and the layer histogram zombie check.

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Histogram repair flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Histogram repair contract and implementation
include/FastCaloSim/Core/TFCSParametrizationBase.h, include/FastCaloSim/Core/TFCSGANXMLParameters.h, source/Core/TFCSGANXMLParameters.cxx
The base class defines a virtual fixHists() hook. XML parameters apply ROOT-version-aware heap-flag repair to created and stored histograms.
Post-read repair propagation
source/Core/TFCSParametrizationChain.cxx, include/FastCaloSim/Core/TFCSGANEtaSlice.h, source/Core/TFCSGANEtaSlice.cxx, include/FastCaloSim/Core/TFCSEnergyAndHitGANV2.h, source/Core/TFCSEnergyAndHitGANV2.cxx
Deserialized chain elements call fixHists() before insertion when non-null. GAN slices delegate repair to their parameters, and GAN V2 repairs both parameters and slices.
GAN inference path adjustments
source/Core/TFCSEnergyAndHitGANV2.cxx
GAN inference no longer uses m_mutex, and the per-layer IsZombie() check is removed.

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The change repairs histogram ownership during deserialization but can silently drop null entries, potentially causing incorrect parametrization selection or out-of-bounds access; it also removes inference serialization without fully established concurrent-use guarantees. The PR is not merge-ready until null-entry handling and the runtime safety guarantees are addressed.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant TFCSParametrizationChain
  participant TFCSGANEtaSlice
  participant TFCSGANXMLParameters
  participant ROOT
  TFCSParametrizationChain->>TFCSGANEtaSlice: read non-null element
  TFCSParametrizationChain->>TFCSGANEtaSlice: call fixHists()
  TFCSGANEtaSlice->>TFCSGANXMLParameters: call fixHists()
  TFCSGANXMLParameters->>ROOT: detach histograms and clear heap flags
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