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maybe_execute_in_parallel (tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/multi_stream_utils.py) runs fn1 on aux_stream and
returns its outputs to the caller, which reads them on its own stream after the event join. The tensors were allocated
in aux_stream order. When the caller drops them:

  • the caching allocator returns their blocks to aux_stream's pool at once;
  • cudaMallocAsync (PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF=backend:cudaMallocAsync) frees them in aux_stream order.

Later aux_stream work can then take and overwrite that memory while the calling stream's reads are still queued.
compute-sanitizer memcheck reports it as use-after-free on outputs returned this way: 25 and 4 records per run in
Kimi KDA verify parity tests, and 1 per rank in Kimi K3's 2-rank MoE test. With the default caching allocator the bug
is latent.

The fix:

  • Record the calling stream. After the join, every CUDA tensor fn1 returns is recorded on the calling stream:
    directly, or in nested tuples, lists and dict values. Callers should not record fn1's outputs themselves.
  • LoRA. peft/lora/layer.py's overlapped path (overlap_lora_and_base) recorded its own fn1 outputs, also
    under CUDA-graph capture. That path runs only inside the CUDA graph runner (its warm-up and capture), so the record
    ran in every capture. It is dropped, and this helper is the only place the rule is applied.
  • Memory the allocator didn't allocate. cudaMallocAsync raises in record_stream on such memory, for example a
    cudaMalloc buffer wrapped as a tensor. Only that error is caught, and that tensor is skipped, as the native allocator
    does. The matched text is the TORCH_INTERNAL_ASSERT in CudaMallocAsyncAllocator::recordStream
    (c10/cuda/CUDAMallocAsyncAllocator.cpp, torch 2.14.0a0+4fdf77b940.nv26.08); a comment says so, and the test that
    covers it always runs.
  • Nothing is recorded under CUDA-graph capture. The caching allocator would hold every recorded block freed during
    the capture until it ends, so each call's outputs would take new graph-pool memory. Under cudaMallocAsync, freeing a
    recorded output inside the capture fails it ("capturing stream has unjoined work"). A captured graph relies instead
    on later aux_stream work waiting on the calling stream, as the next call's event0.wait() does. The docstring
    states this rule.
  • Nothing is recorded under torch.compile tracing. Dynamo traces neither the capture query nor record_stream, so
    a compiled caller keeps the previous behaviour and still traces fullgraph. A caller that torch.compile traces with
    disable_on_compile=False therefore runs fn1 on aux_stream without the record, also outside CUDA graphs, and
    must order the reuse of fn1's outputs itself; the docstring says so.

Test Coverage

tests/unittest/_torch/modules/test_multi_stream_utils.py (new; GPU):

  • Eager: fn1's output is read on the calling stream behind a sleep, dropped, and a new aux_stream allocation of
    the same size is filled at once. The read must still see fn1's values. This runs for a tensor, a nested tuple / list
    and a dict; before the fix it saw the fill.
  • Foreign memory: fn1 returns a tensor over a cudaMalloc buffer (cuda.bindings is imported directly:
    cuda-python is a TensorRT-LLM requirement, so the test never skips).
  • Capture: a capture whose outputs outlive it is replayed.
  • Dropped in capture: test_aux_outputs_dropped_inside_graph_capture captures layers that drop their outputs
    inside the capture. Under the caching allocator they must use fewer blocks than layers (a record in the capture
    would hold one block per output), and the capture must succeed under cudaMallocAsync.
  • Compile: test_compiled_caller_traces_fullgraph compiles a caller with fullgraph=True.
  • cudaMallocAsync rerun: the file reruns itself in a subprocess under
    PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF=backend:cudaMallocAsync.

Results on GB200:

  • On main the file fails 4 of 8 tests: the 3 eager reads and the cudaMallocAsync rerun. With this PR, 8 passed.
  • modules/kimi_kda/ (116 passed, 2 skipped) and moe/test_kimi_k3_mlp.py give the same results with and
    without this PR.
  • LoRA (overlap_lora_and_base):
    • test_lora_forward_with_base_executes_overlap and the 4 Qwen3-0.6B overlap / CUDA-graph tests in
      test_qwen3_sanity.py pass.
    • The overlapped LoRA path was captured 8 times in one CUDA graph. With LoRA's own record: 8 LoRA output blocks
      under the caching allocator, and a failed capture under cudaMallocAsync ("capturing stream has unjoined work").
      Without it: 1 block, and the cudaMallocAsync capture replays the expected values.
    • Qwen3-0.6B with a LoRA adapter, overlap and CUDA graphs, 3 launches before and 3 after this change: base outputs
      are bit-identical across all 6. LoRA outputs vary between launches of the same tree as much as across the change,
      because LoRA's grouped GEMM split-K is autotuned per launch. Decode time is unchanged.

CI lists: the file joins l0_b200.yml's and l0_h100.yml's pre-merge module tests.

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maybe_execute_in_parallel records CUDA tensors returned by fn1 on the calling stream after the event join. It handles tensors nested in tuples, lists, and dictionary values. It skips recording during CUDA graph capture and torch.compile tracing. Compiled callers using disable_on_compile=False must order output reuse themselves. During capture, later auxiliary-stream work must wait for the calling stream. The helper ignores only the cudaMallocAsync record_stream error containing ptr not found in ptr_info; other errors propagate. LoRA no longer records its outputs separately.

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The new CUDA tests cover caller-stream reads, nested outputs, foreign memory, graph capture and replay, outputs dropped during capture, full-graph compilation, and cudaMallocAsync. The test file is listed in both the B200 and H100 pre-merge CI test lists. Coverage verdict: sufficient based on the described cases. Test execution results were not independently verified.

Per-File QA Perspective

  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/multi_stream_utils.py: Verify output lifetime for caller-stream reads, nested output handling, the foreign-memory error path, and the capture and tracing exclusions.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/peft/lora/layer.py: LoRA no longer records outputs separately. Verify that its callers rely on the helper’s recording behavior and preserve correct stream ordering.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/modules/test_multi_stream_utils.py: Covers eager reads, nested outputs, foreign memory, capture, dropped outputs during capture, full-graph compilation, and cudaMallocAsync. It is listed in the B200 and H100 test-db CI lists.
  • tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml: Adds the multi-stream utility test to the B200 pre-merge list.
  • tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml: Adds the multi-stream utility test to the H100 pre-merge list.

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maybe_execute_in_parallel runs fn1 on aux_stream and returns its outputs
to the caller, which uses them on its own stream after the event join.
Those tensors are allocated in aux_stream order. When the caller drops
them, the caching allocator returns their blocks to aux_stream's pool at
once and cudaMallocAsync frees them in aux_stream order, so later
aux_stream work can take and overwrite the memory while the calling
stream's reads are still queued. compute-sanitizer memcheck with
cudaMallocAsync reports this as use-after-free on the outputs Kimi K3's
KDA mixer and MoE shared expert return this way.

The CUDA tensors fn1 returns, directly or in nested tuples, lists and
dict values, are now recorded on the calling stream after the join.
cudaMallocAsync raises in record_stream on memory it did not allocate
(a buffer from outside PyTorch, wrapped as a tensor); only that error
is caught, and the tensor is skipped, as the native allocator does.

Nothing is recorded under CUDA graph capture or torch.compile tracing.
In a capture the caching allocator would hold every recorded block
freed during the capture until it ends, so each call's outputs would
take new graph pool memory, and under cudaMallocAsync freeing a
recorded output inside the capture fails it with "capturing stream has
unjoined work". A captured graph relies instead on later aux_stream work
waiting on the calling stream, as the next call's event0.wait() does.
Dynamo traces neither the capture query nor record_stream, so a
compiled caller keeps the previous behavior and still traces fullgraph.

test_multi_stream_utils.py reads fn1's output on the calling stream
behind a sleep, drops it, and fills a new aux_stream allocation of the
same size at once; the read must still see fn1's values. Before, it saw
the fill under both allocators. The file also covers a buffer from
cudaMalloc, a capture whose outputs outlive it, outputs dropped inside
a capture, and a fullgraph torch.compile of a caller. It reruns itself
under PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF=backend:cudaMallocAsync and joins the
l0_h100 and l0_b200 pre-merge module tests.

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The parallel execution helper now records returned CUDA tensors on the calling stream outside CUDA graph capture and compile tracing. The change also removes separate LoRA output recording. CUDA tests cover output lifetimes, external memory, graph capture, compilation, and the cudaMallocAsync allocator.

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Record auxiliary-stream outputs
tensorrt_llm/_torch/modules/multi_stream_utils.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/peft/lora/layer.py
Adds recursive recording of CUDA tensors in supported containers on the calling stream, with documented capture and compile-tracing conditions. Removes LoRA output recording before outputs are merged into the base result.
Test returned tensor lifetimes
tests/unittest/_torch/modules/test_multi_stream_utils.py
Tests caller-stream reads after outputs are dropped for tensor, tuple/list, and dictionary results. Also tests results backed by externally allocated CUDA memory.
Test capture, compilation, and allocator paths
tests/unittest/_torch/modules/test_multi_stream_utils.py, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml
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def test_this_file_under_cuda_malloc_async() -> None:
if torch.cuda.memory.get_allocator_backend() == "cudaMallocAsync":
pytest.skip("this process already runs under cudaMallocAsync")
env = dict(os.environ, PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF="backend:cudaMallocAsync")
result = subprocess.run(
[sys.executable, "-m", "pytest", "-q", "-p", "no:cacheprovider", __file__],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
env=env,
timeout=1200,
)
assert result.returncode == 0, result.stdout[-6000:] + result.stderr[-3000:]

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try:
    subprocess.run(
        [sys.executable, "-c", "import sys,time; print('partial-out', flush=True); print('partial-err', file=sys.stderr, flush=True); time.sleep(2)"],
        capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=0.1,
    )
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as exc:
    print("type:", type(exc).__name__)
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Include child output when the subprocess times out.

subprocess.run raises TimeoutExpired before assigning result. The exception stores partial stdout and stderr, but its string omits them. Catch it and include the captured output tails in the failure.

🐛 Suggested fix
-    result = subprocess.run(
-        [sys.executable, "-m", "pytest", "-q", "-p", "no:cacheprovider", __file__],
-        capture_output=True,
-        text=True,
-        env=env,
-        timeout=1200,
-    )
+    try:
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            [sys.executable, "-m", "pytest", "-q", "-p", "no:cacheprovider", __file__],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            env=env,
+            timeout=1200,
+        )
+    except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as exc:
+        pytest.fail(
+            f"cudaMallocAsync subprocess timed out; "
+            f"stdout={(exc.stdout or b'')[-6000:]!r} "
+            f"stderr={(exc.stderr or b'')[-3000:]!r}"
+        )
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def test_this_file_under_cuda_malloc_async() -> None:
if torch.cuda.memory.get_allocator_backend() == "cudaMallocAsync":
pytest.skip("this process already runs under cudaMallocAsync")
env = dict(os.environ, PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF="backend:cudaMallocAsync")
result = subprocess.run(
[sys.executable, "-m", "pytest", "-q", "-p", "no:cacheprovider", __file__],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
env=env,
timeout=1200,
)
assert result.returncode == 0, result.stdout[-6000:] + result.stderr[-3000:]
def test_this_file_under_cuda_malloc_async() -> None:
if torch.cuda.memory.get_allocator_backend() == "cudaMallocAsync":
pytest.skip("this process already runs under cudaMallocAsync")
env = dict(os.environ, PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF="backend:cudaMallocAsync")
try:
result = subprocess.run(
[sys.executable, "-m", "pytest", "-q", "-p", "no:cacheprovider", __file__],
capture_output=True,
text=True,
env=env,
timeout=1200,
)
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as exc:
pytest.fail(
f"cudaMallocAsync subprocess timed out; "
f"stdout={(exc.stdout or b'')[-6000:]!r} "
f"stderr={(exc.stderr or b'')[-3000:]!r}"
)
assert result.returncode == 0, result.stdout[-6000:] + result.stderr[-3000:]
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capture_output=True,
text=True,
env=env,
timeout=1200,
)
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Update test_this_file_under_cuda_malloc_async to catch subprocess.TimeoutExpired
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Leaving this as is. If the rerun ever times out, pytest still fails the test with the TimeoutExpired, which names the command; only the child's output is missing from that message, and nothing is hidden. Follow-up commits on this PR are limited to defects, so no change here.

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The fix and its capture/compile exemptions are explained in the code, and the sleep-then-refill test reproduces the race without needing compute-sanitizer. Two things to address, plus one note:

  1. LoRA caller. The description says the LoRA caller "does the same", but peft/lora/layer.py isn't in this diff. Its lora_output.record_stream(torch.cuda.current_stream()) at tensorrt_llm/_torch/peft/lora/layer.py:312 is pre-existing. It is now redundant with the record inside maybe_execute_in_parallel. It also runs unconditionally, including under CUDA-graph capture, which is the case this PR's docstring says must not record (it pins blocks under the caching allocator and fails the capture under cudaMallocAsync). Please drop that call so the helper is the only place the rule is applied, or at least gate it the same way. Also fix the description so it doesn't imply LoRA was changed here.

  2. Compiled eager callers are still exposed. With disable_on_compile=False and no graph capture, a compiled caller runs fn1 on aux_stream and gets no record. That is the bug this PR fixes, left in place for that path. The docstring is accurate about it. Please add a one-line note (or a follow-up issue) saying that callers using disable_on_compile=False outside CUDA graphs still need their own ordering, so the gap is visible.

  3. Eager overhead (no action needed). Each eager call now walks the result and records a stream on every output, and each recorded block, once freed, waits on an event before it can be reused. This should be negligible, but it is a small change to peak memory in prefill. If you have before/after numbers from the Kimi runs, include them in the description.

except RuntimeError as e:
# The cudaMallocAsync backend asserts on memory it did not
# allocate (a buffer from outside PyTorch, wrapped as a
# tensor). It never frees that memory: nothing to record.

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This depends on PyTorch's internal error text ("ptr not found in ptr_info"). If a future torch release rewords it, the foreign-memory case will start raising in production under cudaMallocAsync, with no clear link to this code. test_aux_output_over_memory_torch_did_not_allocate will catch it in CI only when cuda.bindings is installed, since it importorskips. Please add a comment naming the torch source location or version this string comes from, so the next torch upgrade knows to re-check it.

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Done.

  • 77a450e: the comment now names the source, the TORCH_INTERNAL_ASSERT in
    CudaMallocAsyncAllocator::recordStream (c10/cuda/CUDAMallocAsyncAllocator.cpp:625 in the torch 2.14 build we test
    with), so a torch upgrade has one place to re-check.
  • c3ced8d: the test imports cuda.bindings directly instead of importorskip. cuda-python is in
    requirements.txt, so the test always runs.

layer_stack()
torch.cuda.current_stream().wait_stream(side)
addresses.clear()
with torch.cuda.graph(graph):

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len(set(addresses)) == 1 relies on the native allocator handing the same block back to each successive fn1 allocation during capture. That's how it behaves today, but the test is checking allocator internals, not this PR's contract. If it turns out flaky across torch versions, assert a bound instead (e.g. < layers), which still catches the 'every recorded block is held' regression.

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Done in c3ced8d: the check is now len(set(addresses)) < layers, the contract, instead of the native allocator's
block choice. A record inside the capture would hold one block per output, so 8 for 8 layers. The capture test passes
3/3 with the native allocator and 3/3 with cudaMallocAsync, and the whole file passes, including its cudaMallocAsync
rerun.

…_parallel

forward_with_base recorded the calling stream on each LoRA output of the
overlapped path. maybe_execute_in_parallel now records fn1's outputs
itself, outside CUDA graph capture and torch.compile tracing, so there
the LoRA record only repeated it.

The overlapped path runs only inside the CUDA graph runner, which turns
multi-stream on for its eager warm-up steps and for the capture. During
the capture the LoRA record still ran, which is what the helper avoids:
the caching allocator holds a recorded block freed in the capture until
the capture ends, so each overlapped LoRA call took new graph pool
memory, and under cudaMallocAsync a recorded output freed inside the
capture breaks it.

maybe_execute_in_parallel is now the only place the rule is applied.
lora_aux_stream is used only through it, so in a capture each overlapped
call's fn1 waits on the calling stream (event0) before it allocates,
after the previous call's outputs were read.

Signed-off-by: Vasanth Sabavat <vsabavat@nvidia.com>
…s source

Two notes in maybe_execute_in_parallel, no behavior change:
- The docstring says that callers should not record fn1's outputs
  themselves, and that a caller torch.compile traces with
  disable_on_compile=False runs fn1 on aux_stream without the record,
  outside CUDA graphs too, so it must order the reuse of fn1's outputs
  itself.
- The comment on the caught cudaMallocAsync error names where its text
  comes from: the TORCH_INTERNAL_ASSERT in
  CudaMallocAsyncAllocator::recordStream
  (c10/cuda/CUDAMallocAsyncAllocator.cpp, torch
  2.14.0a0+4fdf77b940.nv26.08), to be re-checked on torch upgrades.

Signed-off-by: Vasanth Sabavat <vsabavat@nvidia.com>
- test_aux_outputs_dropped_inside_graph_capture asserted that every
  output in the capture reused one block. That is the native allocator's
  choice today, not this code's contract. It now asserts fewer blocks
  than outputs: recording in the capture would hold every output's block
  until the capture ends.
- test_aux_output_over_memory_torch_did_not_allocate imports
  cuda.bindings instead of importorskip-ing it. cuda-python is a
  TensorRT-LLM requirement (requirements.txt), so the check of the
  cudaMallocAsync error text always runs.

Signed-off-by: Vasanth Sabavat <vsabavat@nvidia.com>
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@juney-nvidia could you please /bot run on the current head (67d93e9)? It has never run CI and it unblocks #19834. Thanks!

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@juney-nvidia could you please /bot run on the current head (c3ced8d)? Head moved since the last ask; it has never run CI and it unblocks #19834. Thanks!

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On review 5422179989:

  1. LoRA's own record_stream is removed in a0509b3, so the helper's record is the only one, and none runs under
    capture. With the native allocator, the captured LoRA outputs are now reused instead of held (8 blocks -> 1 for 8
    calls). With cudaMallocAsync, the capture no longer fails. The description now says that LoRA's record is removed
    here.
  2. 77a450e adds the note to the docstring: a compiled caller with disable_on_compile=False runs fn1 on
    aux_stream without the record, outside graphs too.
  3. We have no isolated before / after peak-memory numbers for this change from the Kimi runs, so none are added.

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Superseded by the consolidated draft PR: #19988. Source commits and follow-ups are retained; prior reviews remain historical evidence, not approval of the replacement heads.

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