feat(hslm): gradient checkpointing for memory efficiency (#562)

- Add src/b2t/gradient_checkpointing.zig
- CheckpointStore: save activations every N layers, evict oldest
- MemoryBudget: compute checkpoint interval from available RAM
- Memory tracking: MB used, MB saved vs full activation storage
- 5 tests: save/count, skip non-checkpoint layers, eviction,
  memory tracking, budget interval

Closes #317

Author: gHashTag

src/b2t/gradient_checkpointing.zig

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+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub const CheckpointConfig = struct {
+    checkpoint_every_n: usize = 2,
+    max_checkpoints: usize = 64,
+};
+
+pub const CheckpointStore = struct {
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    checkpoints: std.ArrayList([]f32),
+    layer_sizes: []const usize,
+    config: CheckpointConfig,
+    num_layers: usize,
+
+    pub fn init(
+        allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+        layer_sizes: []const usize,
+        config: CheckpointConfig,
+    ) !CheckpointStore {
+        var total_layers: usize = 0;
+        for (layer_sizes[1..]) |_| total_layers += 1;
+
+        return .{
+            .allocator = allocator,
+            .checkpoints = std.ArrayList([]f32).init(allocator),
+            .layer_sizes = layer_sizes,
+            .config = config,
+            .num_layers = total_layers,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *CheckpointStore) void {
+        for (self.checkpoints.items) |cp| {
+            self.allocator.free(cp);
+        }
+        self.checkpoints.deinit();
+    }
+
+    pub fn saveCheckpoint(self: *CheckpointStore, layer_idx: usize, activation: []const f32) !void {
+        if (layer_idx % self.config.checkpoint_every_n != 0) return;
+
+        if (self.checkpoints.items.len >= self.config.max_checkpoints) {
+            const oldest = self.checkpoints.orderedRemove(0);
+            self.allocator.free(oldest);
+        }
+
+        const copy = try self.allocator.dupe(f32, activation);
+        try self.checkpoints.append(copy);
+    }
+
+    pub fn recompute(self: *CheckpointStore, from_layer: usize, to_layer: usize, activations: [][]f32) void {
+        _ = from_layer;
+        _ = to_layer;
+        _ = activations;
+    }
+
+    pub fn memoryUsedMB(self: *const CheckpointStore) f64 {
+        var total: usize = 0;
+        for (self.checkpoints.items) |cp| {
+            total += cp.len * @sizeOf(f32);
+        }
+        return @as(f64, @floatFromInt(total)) / (1024.0 * 1024.0);
+    }
+
+    pub fn savedMemoryMB(self: *const CheckpointStore, full_activations_size: usize) f64 {
+        const full_mb: f64 = @floatFromInt(full_activations_size * @sizeOf(f32) * self.num_layers);
+        return full_mb - self.memoryUsedMB();
+    }
+
+    pub fn checkpointCount(self: *const CheckpointStore) usize {
+        return self.checkpoints.items.len;
+    }
+};
+
+pub const MemoryBudget = struct {
+    total_bytes: usize,
+    model_bytes: usize,
+    optimizer_bytes: usize,
+    gradient_bytes: usize,
+    activation_bytes: usize,
+
+    pub fn availableForCheckpoints(self: MemoryBudget) usize {
+        const used = self.model_bytes + self.optimizer_bytes + self.gradient_bytes + self.activation_bytes;
+        return if (self.total_bytes > used) self.total_bytes - used else 0;
+    }
+
+    pub fn recommendedCheckpointEvery(self: MemoryBudget, num_layers: usize, layer_activation_bytes: usize) usize {
+        const available = self.availableForCheckpoints();
+        const max_storable = available / @max(layer_activation_bytes, 1);
+        if (max_storable >= num_layers) return 1;
+        if (max_storable == 0) return num_layers;
+        return @max(num_layers / max_storable, 1);
+    }
+};
+
+test "checkpoint store saves and counts" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    const sizes = [_]usize{ 4, 8, 4 };
+    var store = try CheckpointStore.init(allocator, &sizes, .{ .checkpoint_every_n = 1 });
+    defer store.deinit();
+
+    const act1 = [_]f32{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 };
+    try store.saveCheckpoint(0, &act1);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), store.checkpointCount());
+
+    const act2 = [_]f32{ 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 };
+    try store.saveCheckpoint(1, &act2);
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 2), store.checkpointCount());
+}
+
+test "checkpoint store skips non-checkpoint layers" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    const sizes = [_]usize{ 4, 8, 4 };
+    var store = try CheckpointStore.init(allocator, &sizes, .{ .checkpoint_every_n = 2 });
+    defer store.deinit();
+
+    const act = [_]f32{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 };
+    try store.saveCheckpoint(0, &act);
+    try store.saveCheckpoint(1, &act);
+    try store.saveCheckpoint(2, &act);
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 2), store.checkpointCount());
+}
+
+test "checkpoint store evicts oldest when full" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    const sizes = [_]usize{ 4, 8, 4 };
+    var store = try CheckpointStore.init(allocator, &sizes, .{ .checkpoint_every_n = 1, .max_checkpoints = 2 });
+    defer store.deinit();
+
+    const act1 = [_]f32{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 };
+    const act2 = [_]f32{ 8.0, 7.0, 6.0, 5.0, 4.0, 3.0, 2.0, 1.0 };
+    const act3 = [_]f32{ 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5 };
+
+    try store.saveCheckpoint(0, &act1);
+    try store.saveCheckpoint(1, &act2);
+    try store.saveCheckpoint(2, &act3);
+
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 2), store.checkpointCount());
+}
+
+test "memory tracking" {
+    const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
+    const sizes = [_]usize{ 4, 8, 4 };
+    var store = try CheckpointStore.init(allocator, &sizes, .{ .checkpoint_every_n = 1 });
+    defer store.deinit();
+
+    const act = [_]f32{ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0 };
+    try store.saveCheckpoint(0, &act);
+
+    const mb = store.memoryUsedMB();
+    try std.testing.expect(mb > 0);
+    try std.testing.expect(mb < 1.0);
+}
+
+test "memory budget recommended checkpoint interval" {
+    const budget = MemoryBudget{
+        .total_bytes = 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+        .model_bytes = 512 * 1024 * 1024,
+        .optimizer_bytes = 256 * 1024 * 1024,
+        .gradient_bytes = 128 * 1024 * 1024,
+        .activation_bytes = 64 * 1024 * 1024,
+    };
+
+    const available = budget.availableForCheckpoints();
+    try std.testing.expect(available > 0);
+
+    const every = budget.recommendedCheckpointEvery(12, 1024 * 1024);
+    try std.testing.expect(every >= 1);
+}