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sampler.py had grown to 4568 lines, with TorchSampler alone accounting for ~2600 of them.
This PR splits the self-contained pieces into their own modules, following the
<Feature>Store / <Feature>Handler convention the package already uses for beam search,
penalties, token bans and top-p decay.

Pure code motion — no behavior change. sampler.py: 4568 -> 2886 lines.

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New modules

Module Contents
two_model_spec_dec.py Draft-token verification for two-model speculation (greedy / tree / rejection sampling). Only reached when the drafter runs as a separate engine; one-model speculation verifies via SpecSampler. Also absorbs get_rejected_indices / sample_rejected from ops/vanilla.py, whose only consumer this is.
seed_manager.py _SeedManager — per-slot Philox (seed, offset) for SamplingParams.seed.
sampler_features.py Small features that do not warrant a module of their own: step indexing (_PackedStepIndexer / _UnpackedStepIndexer), host-side stop criteria, logit adjustments (embedding bias, d2t, fused greedy kernel) and the async-D2H machinery (AsyncWorkerMixin, SamplerEvent, side-stream copier).

Moved into existing modules

From To
_CachingRequestGrouper + RequestGroup* sampler_strategy.py — the grouper buckets by Strategy, and the grouped samplers that consume its rows already live there
logprobs sizing + per-step device gather logprobs.py (LogProbsHandler)
beam-search metadata assembly (~60 lines) BeamSearchHandler.build_metadata, mirroring TopPDecayHandler.build_metadata
convert_logprobs_tensor_to_list beam_search.py — defined in logprobs.py but called only from finalize_beam

Dependency graph

Several types were sunk or re-homed so imports only ever point downward:

  • RequestSeeds, top_p_decay_active, _BatchedSamplingResult -> sampler_common.py
  • TopPDecayMetadata -> top_p_decay.py, so the feature owns its own metadata type
    (matching how beam_search.py owns BeamSearchMetadata)

This drops seed_manager and top_p_decay from the deepest layer to the shallowest, and lets
logprobs.py and beam_search.py drop their import-cycle workarounds (a function-local import
and a TYPE_CHECKING + string-annotation dance respectively).

There are no import cycles. The two remaining back-references to sampler.py are
TYPE_CHECKING-only, for a handler's annotation of its owning TorchSampler.

Docs

Module docstrings were audited against actual contents. Fixed: logprobs.py still claimed
sizing lived in TorchSampler; beam_search.py referenced a sampling_utils module that no
longer exists. Added a module docstring to sampler.py (noting TRTLLMSampler is slated for
removal in 1.4, after which this module should be reorganized) and a layout diagram to
__init__.py.

mypy

The three new modules are added to the explicit [tool.mypy] files list in pyproject.toml,
which is the single source of truth for the type-check file set. Code moved out of the
already-listed sampler.py would otherwise silently lose its mypy coverage.

Test Coverage

No new tests — this is code motion, and the existing suites cover the moved code. One test
call path was updated: test_draft_token_tree_verification.py now reaches
_process_draft_tokens_tree through torch_sampler._two_model_spec_dec.

Relevant existing tests:

  • tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_torch_sampler.py
  • tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_logits_logprobs.py
  • tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_beam_search.py
  • tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_beam_search_speculative_d2h.py
  • tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/test_token_ban.py, test_penalties.py, test_best_of_n.py
  • tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_torch_rejection_sampling.py
  • tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_draft_token_tree_verification.py

Ran locally on B200 (1103 passed). Caveat on the local run: it used the 1.3.0rc24 release
container's compiled bindings with this branch's sampler package overlaid, since the change is
Python-only. Its _torch/pyexecutor/ is byte-identical to this branch's base, but the C++
bindings are older, so 5 test_vbws_* cases in test_beam_search.py fail there on
get_beam_width_by_iter returning garbage. Those tests import nothing from the sampler package
and this PR touches neither llm_request.py nor test_beam_search.py. Relying on CI for a
matched-build run.

PR Checklist

  • Please check this after reviewing the above items as appropriate for this PR.

Dev Engineer Review

  • Refactors TorchSampler into focused modules for sampler features, seed management, speculative decoding, logprobs, beam search, and request grouping.
  • Reduces sampler.py from 4,568 to 2,886 lines.
  • Fixes embedding-bias mask indexing during speculative decoding.
  • Preserves intended sampling behavior and updates shared imports, documentation, package layout, and mypy configuration.
  • Review focus: verify import boundaries, seeded-request reproducibility, speculative-decoding behavior, asynchronous copy ordering, relocated symbol compatibility, and error handling.
  • No test-list files changed.

QA Engineer Review

  • Modifies test_draft_token_tree_verification.py to call _process_draft_tokens_tree through TorchSampler._two_model_spec_dec.
  • No test functions were added or removed.
  • No tests/integration/test_lists/ coverage entry changed.
  • Verdict: needs follow-up.

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The sampler is reorganized around dedicated feature, strategy, log-probability, seed-management, beam-search, and speculative-decoding modules. TorchSampler delegates operations to these handlers and shared helpers. Mypy coverage includes the new modules.

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Sampler handler decomposition

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared sampling infrastructure
pyproject.toml, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/{__init__,sampler_common,sampler_features,seed_manager,top_p_decay}.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/spec_sampler_base.py
Adds shared indexers, stop criteria, greedy sampling, embedding-bias handling, asynchronous copies, Philox seed management, top-p decay metadata, batched sampling results, and shared speculative stop handling.
Cached request strategy grouping
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler_strategy.py
Adds cached per-slot strategy state and vectorized grouping by strategy and probability requirements.
Log-probability and beam metadata handlers
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/{beam_search,logprobs}.py
Adds dynamic log-probability processing, ranked tensor conversion, and beam-search metadata construction.
Two-model speculative decoding
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/{ops/vanilla,two_model_spec_dec}.py, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_draft_token_tree_verification.py
Moves rejection sampling into TwoModelSpecDecHandler and adds greedy, tree-based, and rejection verification paths. The test calls the handler through TorchSampler.
TorchSampler integration
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py
Instantiates the new handlers and delegates sampling, metadata, log-probability, embedding-bias, draft-to-target, and speculative-decoding operations.

Estimated code review effort: 5 (Critical) | ~120 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to f8ff7

The refactor preserves the existing sampling structure but the current head may still fail during replacement-token sampling on rejection paths in two-model speculative decoding. Merge should wait for that correctness issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted; remaining follow-up is limited to lint, API naming, and documentation.

Suggested reviewers: bowenfu, zhaoyuanh-nvidia

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant TorchSampler
  participant RequestGrouper
  participant LogProbsHandler
  participant TwoModelSpecDecHandler
  participant BeamSearchHandler
  TorchSampler->>RequestGrouper: group active requests
  TorchSampler->>LogProbsHandler: prepare and process log probabilities
  TorchSampler->>BeamSearchHandler: build beam metadata
  TorchSampler->>TwoModelSpecDecHandler: process draft tokens
  LogProbsHandler->>TorchSampler: store request logprob results
  TwoModelSpecDecHandler->>TorchSampler: return accepted-token count
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/two_model_spec_dec.py (1)

46-51: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Mark the rejection helpers as module-private.

__all__ exposes only TwoModelSpecDecHandler. Rename get_rejected_indices and sample_rejected with a leading _, then update their local call sites. This prevents accidental API use.

As per coding guidelines, “prefix non-public names with _.”

Also applies to: 68-73

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/two_model_spec_dec.py` around lines 46
- 51, Rename the module-level helpers get_rejected_indices and sample_rejected
to _get_rejected_indices and _sample_rejected, respectively, and update every
local call site to use the underscored names while leaving
TwoModelSpecDecHandler unchanged.

Source: Coding guidelines

tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/top_p_decay.py (1)

33-54: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add TopPDecayMetadata to __all__.

TopPDecayMetadata now lives in this module, and sampler_strategy.py imports it and re-exports it through its own __all__. sampler.py then imports it from sampler_strategy. The type is part of this module's consumed surface, but __all__ lists only TopPDecayHandler and TopPDecayStore.

The import resolves today because the name is defined locally rather than re-exported. Listing it keeps the declared surface consistent with TopPDecayStore and TopPDecayHandler.

As per coding guidelines: "Follow configured import ordering, never use wildcard imports, and keep __all__ updated for public interfaces."

♻️ Proposed change
-__all__ = ["TopPDecayHandler", "TopPDecayStore"]
+__all__ = ["TopPDecayHandler", "TopPDecayMetadata", "TopPDecayStore"]
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/top_p_decay.py` around lines 33 - 54,
Add TopPDecayMetadata to this module’s __all__ alongside TopPDecayHandler and
TopPDecayStore, keeping the declared public interface consistent with the
symbols consumed and re-exported by sampler_strategy.py.

Source: Coding guidelines

tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py (1)

137-141: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Drop the test-only re-exports of get_rejected_indices and sample_rejected.

These two imports are unused by sampler.py. The comment states they exist so tests can reach them through the package __getattr__. That keeps a test-only coupling inside the orchestration module and routes it through a dynamic attribute hook instead of a direct import.

Tests can import both symbols from two_model_spec_dec directly. This PR already migrated one test to torch_sampler._two_model_spec_dec, so the direct-import pattern is established.

As per coding guidelines: "Avoid reflection when ordinary explicit code is sufficient."

♻️ Proposed change
-from .two_model_spec_dec import (
-    TwoModelSpecDecHandler,
-    get_rejected_indices,  # noqa: F401  (re-exported for tests via the package __getattr__)
-    sample_rejected,  # noqa: F401
-)
+from .two_model_spec_dec import TwoModelSpecDecHandler

Then update the tests to import from the owning module:

from tensorrt_llm._torch.pyexecutor.sampler.two_model_spec_dec import (
    get_rejected_indices,
    sample_rejected,
)

Run the following script to find the affected test imports:

#!/bin/bash
# Description: Locate consumers of the two re-exported rejection helpers.
set -euo pipefail

rg -n -C 3 '\b(get_rejected_indices|sample_rejected)\b' --type=py
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py` around lines 137 - 141,
Remove the unused get_rejected_indices and sample_rejected re-exports from
sampler.py, leaving only the required TwoModelSpecDecHandler import. Update
affected tests to import these helpers directly from two_model_spec_dec rather
than accessing them through the package dynamic attribute hook.

Source: Coding guidelines

tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/seed_manager.py (1)

202-205: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Vectorize the per-row offset advance.

advance runs a Python loop and performs an indexed in-place add on self._offsets for every logits row. Each iteration costs a tensor __getitem__ plus __setitem__ through the pybind boundary. The loop runs once per row per sampling step whenever any_seeded is True.

Accumulate the per-slot counts in Python, then issue one index_add_. A slot can repeat in slots_per_row, so a plain index_put_ would drop duplicates; index_add_ accumulates them.

Based on learnings: "In files under tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor, avoid accessing torch.Tensor objects inside for-loops when iterating over requests. Convert batched tensors to Python lists beforehand using tensor.tolist(), and then iterate over those lists."

♻️ Proposed refactor: one batched `index_add_`
     def advance(self, slots_per_row: list[int]) -> None:
         """Advance each slot past the stream its rows consumed this step."""
-        for slot in slots_per_row:
-            self._offsets[slot] += self.OFFSET_STRIDE
+        counts: dict[int, int] = {}
+        for slot in slots_per_row:
+            counts[slot] = counts.get(slot, 0) + self.OFFSET_STRIDE
+        self._offsets.index_add_(
+            0,
+            torch.tensor(list(counts.keys()), dtype=torch.int64),
+            torch.tensor(list(counts.values()), dtype=torch.int64),
+        )
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/seed_manager.py` around lines 202 -
205, Update SeedManager.advance to accumulate each slot’s occurrence count in
Python, then perform a single self._offsets.index_add_ using the slot indices
and counts scaled by OFFSET_STRIDE; preserve duplicate-slot accumulation and
avoid accessing tensor elements inside the per-row loop.

Source: Learnings

tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/logprobs.py (1)

304-319: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The top-k grow branch is unreachable, and the class docstring documents behavior that cannot happen.

self.max_topk_logprobs is initialized to MAX_TOP_LOGPROBS and is only ever reassigned inside this branch. check_logprobs_limit("batch_max_logprobs", self.batch_max_topk_logprobs, MAX_TOP_LOGPROBS) raises when batch_max_topk_logprobs > MAX_TOP_LOGPROBS. After that call, batch_max_topk_logprobs <= MAX_TOP_LOGPROBS == max_topk_logprobs always holds, so max_topk_logprobs < batch_max_topk_logprobs is never True.

The two resize_ calls therefore never run. TOPK_LOGPROBS_SHAPE never changes after construction.

The class docstring at Line 259 states that the buffers grow "on demand in :meth:prepare when a batch asks for more than the current width". Two things are wrong there. The growth cannot occur. There is no method named prepare; the method is _prepare_log_probs.

Remove the dead branch and correct the docstring, or state explicitly that the buffers are allocated once at MAX_TOP_LOGPROBS and that check_logprobs_limit enforces the bound. Removing the branch also removes a resize_ call on a live CUDA buffer that sample_async slices concurrently.

♻️ Proposed refactor: drop the dead branch
     def _prepare_log_probs(self, requests: list[LlmRequest]) -> None:
         self.batch_max_topk_logprobs = max(
             (req.py_num_logprobs or 0 for req in requests),
             default=0,
         )
+        # Bounded by MAX_TOP_LOGPROBS, which is also the allocated buffer width,
+        # so the store never needs to grow.
         check_logprobs_limit("batch_max_logprobs", self.batch_max_topk_logprobs, MAX_TOP_LOGPROBS)
-        if self.max_topk_logprobs < self.batch_max_topk_logprobs:
-            self.max_topk_logprobs = self.batch_max_topk_logprobs
-            self.TOPK_LOGPROBS_SHAPE = (
-                self._sampler.max_num_sequences,
-                self._sampler.max_tokens,
-                self.max_topk_logprobs,
-            )
-            log_probs_store = self._sampler.store.log_probs_store
-            log_probs_store.topk_vals.resize_(self.TOPK_LOGPROBS_SHAPE)
-            log_probs_store.topk_indices.resize_(self.TOPK_LOGPROBS_SHAPE)

Then update the class docstring to drop the "grows in place" claim.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/logprobs.py` around lines 304 - 319,
Remove the unreachable growth branch in _prepare_log_probs, including the
TOPK_LOGPROBS_SHAPE reassignment and both buffer resize_ calls, while retaining
the batch limit validation. Update the class docstring to reference
_prepare_log_probs correctly and state that buffers are allocated at
MAX_TOP_LOGPROBS with check_logprobs_limit enforcing the bound.
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Inline comments:
In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/beam_search.py`:
- Around line 1219-1251: Update the stale comment reference near
convert_logprobs_tensor_to_list to use the helper’s current name,
convert_logprobs_tensor_to_list, without changing imports, the function
definition, or any API.

In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler_features.py`:
- Around line 508-520: Update the row-mask indexing in apply_embedding_bias to
track a cumulative logits-row offset across requests, using that offset rather
than the enumerate request index when marking logits_bias_masks. Advance the
offset by each request’s steps while preserving the existing bias_gather_indices
ordering and behavior.

In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/two_model_spec_dec.py`:
- Around line 74-79: Update the rejection sampling logic in the surrounding
sampler method to index target_probs through its batch dimension consistently
with the earlier squeeze(0) handling, using the draft-token position at
num_accepted. Ensure new_token is sampled from a one-dimensional vocabulary
distribution for both zero and nonzero accepted tokens, and add rejection tests
covering both cases.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/logprobs.py`:
- Around line 304-319: Remove the unreachable growth branch in
_prepare_log_probs, including the TOPK_LOGPROBS_SHAPE reassignment and both
buffer resize_ calls, while retaining the batch limit validation. Update the
class docstring to reference _prepare_log_probs correctly and state that buffers
are allocated at MAX_TOP_LOGPROBS with check_logprobs_limit enforcing the bound.

In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py`:
- Around line 137-141: Remove the unused get_rejected_indices and
sample_rejected re-exports from sampler.py, leaving only the required
TwoModelSpecDecHandler import. Update affected tests to import these helpers
directly from two_model_spec_dec rather than accessing them through the package
dynamic attribute hook.

In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/seed_manager.py`:
- Around line 202-205: Update SeedManager.advance to accumulate each slot’s
occurrence count in Python, then perform a single self._offsets.index_add_ using
the slot indices and counts scaled by OFFSET_STRIDE; preserve duplicate-slot
accumulation and avoid accessing tensor elements inside the per-row loop.

In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/top_p_decay.py`:
- Around line 33-54: Add TopPDecayMetadata to this module’s __all__ alongside
TopPDecayHandler and TopPDecayStore, keeping the declared public interface
consistent with the symbols consumed and re-exported by sampler_strategy.py.

In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/two_model_spec_dec.py`:
- Around line 46-51: Rename the module-level helpers get_rejected_indices and
sample_rejected to _get_rejected_indices and _sample_rejected, respectively, and
update every local call site to use the underscored names while leaving
TwoModelSpecDecHandler unchanged.
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zhaoyangwang-nvidia added a commit to zhaoyangwang-nvidia/TensorRT-LLM that referenced this pull request Aug 18, 2026
apply_embedding_bias built its per-row boolean mask from the request index
rather than a running row offset:

    for i, (req, steps) in enumerate(zip(requests, request_steps_list)):
        if req_bias is not None:
            for j in range(i, i + steps):
                logits_bias_masks[j] = True

A request contributes `steps` consecutive rows to `logits`, and `steps` is
> 1 under speculative decoding, so `i` only coincides with the row offset
when every request is single-step. With two bias-carrying requests of
steps == 2 the true rows are 0,1 and 2,3, but the loop marks 0,1 and 1,2:
the mask then holds 3 True entries while bias_gather_indices holds 4, and
the final `logits[mask] += biases` raises on the shape mismatch. A biased
request near the end of the batch could also index past logits.size(0).

Track the row offset explicitly. bias_gather_indices was already built in
row order, so only the mask was wrong; the single-step path is unchanged.

Pre-existing on main -- this code is byte-identical to the version that
lived in TorchSampler._apply_embedding_bias before it moved to
sampler_features.py. Found by CodeRabbit on NVIDIA#17890.

No test is added here: there is currently no coverage of embedding bias at
all under tests/unittest/_torch/sampler, so a regression test wants a new
fixture rather than an extension of an existing one.

Signed-off-by: ZhaoyangWang <zhaoyangw@nvidia.com>

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler_features.py`:
- Around line 514-523: Update the allocation logic surrounding the request loop
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Thanks @coderabbitai — both findings point at real code, but neither is introduced by this PR, and one of them is a false positive. Details below.

1. apply_embedding_bias mask offset — valid, fixed in 5819918

Confirmed and fixed. i is the request index but the mask indexes rows of logits, and a request contributes steps rows (> 1 under speculative decoding). Your repro is right: two bias-carrying requests with steps == 2 mark rows 0,1 then 1,2, giving 3 True entries against 4 bias_gather_indices, so logits[mask] += biases raises on the shape mismatch. A biased request near the end of the batch can also index past logits.size(0).

Fixed by tracking a running row offset, as suggested. bias_gather_indices was already built in row order, so only the mask was wrong, and the single-step path is bit-identical.

Note this is pre-existing on main, not introduced here — the function is byte-identical to TorchSampler._apply_embedding_bias before it moved to sampler_features.py (verified by AST comparison against the base commit 0eeda343df). There is currently no test coverage for embedding bias anywhere under tests/unittest/_torch/sampler/, which is why it survived; a regression test needs a new fixture rather than an extension of an existing one, so it is not in this PR.

2. sample_rejected indexing target_probs — false positive, no change made

target_probs here is 2-D [steps, vocab_size], with no leading batch dimension. It is assigned in sampler.py as a slice of the per-group softmax:

requests[req_idx].py_target_probs = group_softmax_cuda[current_offset:next_offset]

So target_probs[num_accepted] already selects one step's probability vector [vocab_size], which is what torch.multinomial needs. The suggested target_probs[0, num_accepted] would index a scalar and break the call.

The .squeeze(0) in get_rejected_indices is not evidence of a batch dimension: torch.squeeze(0) is a no-op unless dim 0 has extent 1, so for the usual steps > 1 case it changes nothing, and the two functions are consistent. Left unchanged.

This code is also byte-identical to main (it moved here from ops/vanilla.py, whose only consumer is this module).

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@zhaoyangwang-nvidia Thanks for the detailed analysis.

The apply_embedding_bias defect is valid. Commit 5819918 fixes the row-mask indexing correctly. I also acknowledge that the defect existed on main before this refactor. A regression test can be tracked separately because the current sampler tests have no embedding-bias fixture.

The sample_rejected finding was incorrect. target_probs has shape [steps, vocab_size], so target_probs[num_accepted] correctly produces one probability vector for torch.multinomial. Indexing it as target_probs[0, num_accepted] would produce a scalar.

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apply_embedding_bias sized its stacked bias tensor from the loop variable:

    for req, steps in zip(requests, request_steps_list):
        req_bias = req._py_embedding_bias_1d
        ...
    assert req_bias is not None  # otherwise bias_to_index is empty
    biases_tensor = torch.empty((len(bias_to_index), *req_bias.shape), ...)

req_bias holds the *last* request's bias, not any collected one, so the
stated invariant does not hold: a biased request followed by an unbiased
one leaves req_bias None while bias_to_index is populated. That trips the
assertion, or dereferences None on req_bias.shape under python -O.

Take the reference shape from bias_to_index itself. Its keys are already
the stacked tensors in index order (dict preserves insertion order and
provision_bias_index hands out 0,1,2,... on first insertion), so this also
replaces the equivalent tuple(bias_to_index.keys()) in the stack call.

Also fixes a stale comment in beam_search.py referring to
_convert_logprobs_tensor_to_list; the helper has no underscore prefix.

Both pre-existing on main, found by CodeRabbit on NVIDIA#17890.

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The stop-criteria helpers moved out of TorchSampler into module-level
functions in sampler_features.py, but spec_sampler_base.py still reached for
the old classmethod:

    if TorchSampler._handle_stop_criteria(
        req, new_token, max_seq_len=self.max_seq_len, beam_idx=beam_idx
    ):

which now raises

    AttributeError: type object 'TorchSampler' has no attribute
    '_handle_stop_criteria'

on every one-model speculative-decoding step. Caught by CI on NVIDIA#17890
(L0_Test-x86_64-Single-GPU NVIDIA#7069, test_spec_dec_stats_pairing).

Import the module-level handle_stop_criteria instead; the signature is
unchanged, so the call site only loses the class qualifier. TorchSampler is
still imported here for TorchSampler.Args.

This was missed because the caller reaches the helper as a class attribute
rather than importing it by name, so neither the package-level import sweep
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sampler.py had grown to 4568 lines, with TorchSampler alone accounting for
~2600 of them. Move the self-contained pieces into their own modules,
following the <Feature>Store / <Feature>Handler convention the package
already uses for beam search, penalties, token bans and top-p decay.

New modules:
  two_model_spec_dec.py  draft-token verification for two-model speculation
                         (greedy / tree / rejection sampling), plus the two
                         rejection-sampling ops moved out of ops/vanilla.py,
                         whose only consumer this is
  seed_manager.py        _SeedManager, per-slot Philox (seed, offset)
  sampler_features.py    step indexing, host-side stop criteria, logit
                         adjustments (embedding bias, d2t, fused greedy
                         kernel) and the async-D2H machinery

Moved into existing modules:
  _CachingRequestGrouper + RequestGroup* -> sampler_strategy.py
  logprobs sizing / per-step gather      -> logprobs.py (LogProbsHandler)
  beam-search metadata assembly          -> BeamSearchHandler.build_metadata
  convert_logprobs_tensor_to_list        -> beam_search.py (its only caller)

Also flattens the dependency graph: RequestSeeds, top_p_decay_active and
_BatchedSamplingResult sink into sampler_common.py, and TopPDecayMetadata
moves to top_p_decay.py so the feature owns its own metadata type. This
drops seed_manager and top_p_decay from the deepest layer to the shallowest
and lets logprobs.py and beam_search.py drop their import-cycle workarounds.

The three new modules are added to the explicit `[tool.mypy] files` list in
pyproject.toml, which is the single source of truth for the type-check file
set: code moved out of the already-listed sampler.py would otherwise silently
lose its mypy coverage.

sampler.py: 4568 -> 2886 lines. Pure code motion; no behavior change.
There are no import cycles; the two remaining back-references to sampler.py
are TYPE_CHECKING-only, for a handler's annotation of its owner.

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apply_embedding_bias built its per-row boolean mask from the request index
rather than a running row offset:

    for i, (req, steps) in enumerate(zip(requests, request_steps_list)):
        if req_bias is not None:
            for j in range(i, i + steps):
                logits_bias_masks[j] = True

A request contributes `steps` consecutive rows to `logits`, and `steps` is
> 1 under speculative decoding, so `i` only coincides with the row offset
when every request is single-step. With two bias-carrying requests of
steps == 2 the true rows are 0,1 and 2,3, but the loop marks 0,1 and 1,2:
the mask then holds 3 True entries while bias_gather_indices holds 4, and
the final `logits[mask] += biases` raises on the shape mismatch. A biased
request near the end of the batch could also index past logits.size(0).

Track the row offset explicitly. bias_gather_indices was already built in
row order, so only the mask was wrong; the single-step path is unchanged.

Pre-existing on main -- this code is byte-identical to the version that
lived in TorchSampler._apply_embedding_bias before it moved to
sampler_features.py. Found by CodeRabbit on NVIDIA#17890.

No test is added here: there is currently no coverage of embedding bias at
all under tests/unittest/_torch/sampler, so a regression test wants a new
fixture rather than an extension of an existing one.

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…ted biases

apply_embedding_bias sized its stacked bias tensor from the loop variable:

    for req, steps in zip(requests, request_steps_list):
        req_bias = req._py_embedding_bias_1d
        ...
    assert req_bias is not None  # otherwise bias_to_index is empty
    biases_tensor = torch.empty((len(bias_to_index), *req_bias.shape), ...)

req_bias holds the *last* request's bias, not any collected one, so the
stated invariant does not hold: a biased request followed by an unbiased
one leaves req_bias None while bias_to_index is populated. That trips the
assertion, or dereferences None on req_bias.shape under python -O.

Take the reference shape from bias_to_index itself. Its keys are already
the stacked tensors in index order (dict preserves insertion order and
provision_bias_index hands out 0,1,2,... on first insertion), so this also
replaces the equivalent tuple(bias_to_index.keys()) in the stack call.

Also fixes a stale comment in beam_search.py referring to
_convert_logprobs_tensor_to_list; the helper has no underscore prefix.

Both pre-existing on main, found by CodeRabbit on NVIDIA#17890.

Signed-off-by: ZhaoyangWang <zhaoyangw@nvidia.com>
The stop-criteria helpers moved out of TorchSampler into module-level
functions in sampler_features.py, but spec_sampler_base.py still reached for
the old classmethod:

    if TorchSampler._handle_stop_criteria(
        req, new_token, max_seq_len=self.max_seq_len, beam_idx=beam_idx
    ):

which now raises

    AttributeError: type object 'TorchSampler' has no attribute
    '_handle_stop_criteria'

on every one-model speculative-decoding step. Caught by CI on NVIDIA#17890
(L0_Test-x86_64-Single-GPU NVIDIA#7069, test_spec_dec_stats_pairing).

Import the module-level handle_stop_criteria instead; the signature is
unchanged, so the call site only loses the class qualifier. TorchSampler is
still imported here for TorchSampler.Args.

This was missed because the caller reaches the helper as a class attribute
rather than importing it by name, so neither the package-level import sweep
nor a grep for the symbol as an imported name found it.

Signed-off-by: ZhaoyangWang <zhaoyangw@nvidia.com>
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler_strategy.py (1)

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Sort __all__ to satisfy Ruff RUF022.

Ruff reports that __all__ is not sorted. The four newly prepended entries (BEAM_SEARCH_PAD_TOKEN, RequestSeeds, TopPDecayMetadata, top_p_decay_active) break the isort-style order of the remaining list. If RUF022 runs in CI, lint fails.

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 __all__ = [
     "BEAM_SEARCH_PAD_TOKEN",
-    "RequestSeeds",
-    "TopPDecayMetadata",
-    "top_p_decay_active",
     "GREEDY_TEMPERATURE_THRESHOLD",
     "BeamHistory",
     "BeamSearchEarlyStop",
     "BeamSearchMetadata",
     "BeamSearchStore",
     "CBAState",
     "Fusions",
+    "RequestSeeds",
     "StrategyMetadata",
+    "TopPDecayMetadata",
     "beam_search_sampling_batch_cba",
     "greedy_search_sampling_batch",
     "sampling_from_probs_op",
     "softmax_op",
     "top_k_mask_logits_op",
     "top_k_sampling_from_probs_op",
     "top_k_top_p_sampling_batch",
     "top_k_top_p_sampling_from_logits_op",
     "top_k_top_p_sampling_from_probs_op",
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Rename the log-probs handler entry points to a public API.

TorchSampler calls _return_log_probs, _prepare_log_probs, and _process_logprobs on LogProbsHandler. The leading underscore marks them as non-public, but they are now the cross-module interface of the handler. Rename them to return_log_probs, prepare, and process in logprobs.py and update these three call sites. This keeps the new handler boundary explicit.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/sampler/sampler.py`:
- Around line 1375-1381: Rename LogProbsHandler methods _return_log_probs,
_prepare_log_probs, and _process_logprobs to return_log_probs, prepare, and
process respectively, then update all three corresponding TorchSampler call
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* beam_search.py said the logic was "originally split out of ops.vanilla";
* seed_manager.py explained unseeded requests by contrast with a
  "pre-existing batch-wide generator stream" -- now stated directly: they are
  deterministic per sequence slot, but their token stream is not stable
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The test_spec_dec_stats_pairing failure from the previous run is fixed (f8ff7ed). The remaining failure is the DeepSeek-V3-Lite host-perf sanity case, and I believe it is noise rather than a regression from this PR. Evidence:

1. The failure shape is a stall, not a slowdown.

metric value / baseline ratio
d_p99_ttft 2427.12 / 112.23 21.6x
d_p99_e2el 3751.29 / 1355.07 2.77x
d_mean_ttft 210.18 / 105.03 2.00x
d_mean_itl 5.24 / 4.65 1.13x
d_token_throughput 1325.06 / 1554.54 0.85x

A host-overhead regression raises steady-state cost uniformly. Here p99_ttft is 21.6x while mean_itl moves 13% — i.e. a single request waited ~2.4 s for its first token, which then drags mean TTFT and the aggregate throughput numbers. That is the signature of a one-off scheduling/contention event on the node, not of extra Python work per iteration.

2. This config does not exercise the changed code.

v3lite_fp8_bs8_128_256 runs plain greedy decode: no logprobs, no embedding_bias, no beam search, no speculative decoding. The handlers this PR introduces for those features are constructed once and never entered on this path.

3. The code on the hot path is byte-identical to main.

Verified by AST comparison against origin/main:

  • fast_greedy_sample_kernel — identical
  • apply_d2t — identical
  • _process_logprobs — identical after the mechanical self.X → self._sampler.X rewrite (0 diff lines)

The only functions that differ are apply_embedding_bias (two bug fixes in 1b295a4/6264cf3, on a path this config never takes). The rest of the PR is code motion: no loop, allocation, .item() or .tolist() was added. The added indirection is one attribute lookup per handler call, on paths that are per-step at most.

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Thanks — fair point, and the phrasing was mine to fix. Corrected in 6db7cef (comments only, no code change). I also swept the rest of the PR's added lines for the same pattern and found one more in sampler.py, where the note about the planned TRTLLMSampler removal said the remaining classes "no longer need to share a file"; it now describes the end state directly.

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zhaoyangwang-nvidia merged commit 38c25ce into NVIDIA:main Aug 24, 2026
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