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Description

Enable opt-in confidence-guided verification for embedded DeepSeek-V4 DSpark decode batches. A trained confidence head scores the drafted positions, and in decode-only steps the runtime may verify fewer rows, choosing among budgets whose step times were measured in a cost table. Drafting still produces the full block, and target verification and acceptance are unchanged. Confidence scheduling is experimental and disabled by default.

speculative_config:
  decoding_type: DSpark
  max_draft_len: 5
  enable_confidence_scheduling: true
  confidence_cost_table_path: dspark-costs.json
  confidence_calibration_path: calibration.json   # optional
  confidence_min_predicted_gain: 0.04             # default

• Cost tables. One file can hold several K; the runtime uses the entry for max_draft_len and the captured CUDA-graph batch sizes. Startup fails with the command to generate a table if the file is missing, has no entry for this K, lacks a row for a captured batch size, or was measured on another GPU model, world size, TP/EP size or attention-DP setting. A different TensorRT LLM version only warns. Tables in the earlier single-K format still load.
• Profiler. python -m tensorrt_llm.tools.dspark_profile_costs --model <ckpt> --config <runtime.yaml> --k 3 5 --output dspark-costs.json loads the model once per K, runs a wave of requests per captured batch size (another one while a budget has too few samples; attention-DP balancing is off while profiling), cycles the verifier budget through steady decode steps and writes the median whole-step times (drafting included). Rerunning adds or replaces the profiled K and G rows in the same file, so --k 4 or --graph-batch-sizes 512 extends an existing table.
• Calibration. Per-position temperatures; a vector longer than K is truncated, so one file serves every K.
• Validate trained confidence-head weights before embedded checkpoint loading, and connect the policy to decoder inputs, metadata, graph selection and attention-DP executor scheduling, with graph-shape and padding guards.
• Remove the workload-admission receipt, live-fingerprint and iteration-drain-guard code from the planner (it had no public producer).

Scope and dependencies

PR6 of the DSpark confidence stack; builds on merged #20072. Enabled scheduling requires the embedded drafter, padded CUDA graphs and PP1/CP1; guided decoding, LoRA, per-request logits post-processors, per-layer dynamic EPLB, heuristic sparse top-k, the acceptance-rate gate and non-greedy rejection draft sampling are rejected. max_draft_len: 1 runs static. Steps that contain context requests keep full verification; mixed-step scheduling is planned as a separate opt-in.

Test Coverage

• CPU: tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_*.py (cost-table loading and checks, selection, profiler schedule, executor policy, calibration) and the DSpark cases in tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_args.py.
• GPU (8x B300, DeepSeek-V4-Pro, DEP8, FP8 KV, refill load of 10,240 requests x 768 tokens, this PR on main post-merge 3047): the profiler produced K3/K4/K5 tables in about 10 minutes per K. With the generated K5 table, BS1024 reached 50,204 tok/s vs 46,248 for the best static (K3), +8.6% (two runs each, same node); an earlier single-K table in the legacy format loaded and gave +6.6%. BS512: 34,235 vs 34,130 (K5), within noise.

PR Checklist

• Opt-in behavior and the cost-table workflow documented in examples/models/core/deepseek_v4/README.md.
• Regenerated serving schemas and the telemetry manifest.

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• examples/models/core/deepseek_v4/README.md
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• tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark.py
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• tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark_profile.py
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• tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_cuda_graph_runtime.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_executor_policy.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_profile_costs.py
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• tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_worker_confidence_state.py
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Walkthrough

This change adds opt-in DSpark confidence scheduling. It introduces measured verifier-cost tables and profiling tools, coordinates budget selection across ranks, and adds configuration, checkpoint, request, and sampling validation.

Changes

DSpark confidence scheduling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Configuration and supported runtime tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm_args.py, tensorrt_llm/schemas/*, examples/models/core/deepseek_v4/README.md, tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_args.py, tensorrt_llm/usage/llm_args_golden_manifest.json	Adds opt-in scheduling settings and runtime constraints. The schemas and guide describe decode-only budget selection, defaults, and supported configurations.
Cost-table format and budget selection tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark_planner.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/engine/runners/decoder/inputs.py, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_cost_table.py, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_cuda_graph_runtime.py	Adds schema-v3 cost tables, schema-v2 compatibility, setup and graph-size checks, and selection based on predicted gain.
Cost profiling and table generation tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark_profile.py, tensorrt_llm/tools/dspark_profile_costs.py, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_profile_costs.py, examples/models/core/deepseek_v4/README.md	Adds verifier-budget timing collection and a CLI that measures cost-table cells and merges entries for different draft lengths.
Confidence-head and sampling validation tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_speculative.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dspark.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/engine/runners/decoder/{metadata.py,runner.py,graphs.py}, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_{embedded_confidence_loading,sampling_admission,sts,worker_confidence_state,worker_stamp_wrap_cpu}.py	Validates confidence-head checkpoint names and tensor shapes, request sampling modes, calibration temperatures, and confidence-state sequence wraparound.
Distributed verifier selection and graph execution tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/{py_executor.py,cuda_graph_runner.py,_util.py}, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_{executor_policy,cuda_graph_runtime,dummy_slots_cpu}.py, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/*	Coordinates policy and graph-shape agreements across ranks, manages padding dummies, and adjusts index-slot reservations. Tests cover policy behavior, graph agreements, and cache reservations.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Suggested reviewers: juney-nvidia, brnguyen2

Merge Risk: High · previous review e20e5

Resolve the checkpoint-loading regression and stale verification state before merging: ordinary feature-off loads can fail, and enabled scheduling can retain an incompatible token layout after speculation is disabled. Profiling validation and focused regression coverage also need correction.

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tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_dspark_cute_dsl_attention.py (1)

569-603: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Restore the kernel cache after the shared-scratch test.

This test clears _dspark_attention_kernel_cache and leaves eight compiled entries in it. test_self_jit_reuses_one_kernel_across_runtime_shapes_and_scales clears the cache before it runs, so test order does not cause a failure now. Other tests in the module do not reset the cache. Those tests can see a hot cache depending on order, so a cache-miss path can go untested. Use a fixture that saves the cache and restores it on teardown.

Coverage summary: the reference, graph-replay, batched-fallback, self-JIT, and capture-rejection tests are parameterized over K=1..8. The changes add zero-length scratch-row cases and use nonzero draft padding to check masking. These tests need SM100/SM103 GPUs. The l0_* lists do not show which GPU list runs this file. Verdict: needs follow-up.

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Update test_attention_cache_isolates_all_k_with_shared_dummy_scratch to save the
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tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_fused_attention_route.py (1)

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Mark this module as CPU-only.

The file is collected by both l0_cpu.yml and the broad l0_h100.yml subtree. It does not load CUDA or GPU runtimes, and neighboring hardware-agnostic CPU tests use pytest.mark.cpu_only. Add the module marker so the H100 not cpu_only selection does not schedule this test there.

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 import math
 import unittest
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
+import pytest
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 _ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[5]
 _OPS = _ROOT / "tensorrt_llm/_torch/custom_ops"
 _ATTENTION = _OPS / "dspark_attention_custom_op.py"
 _PREPARATION = _OPS / "dspark_rmsnorm_rope_custom_op.py"
 _KERNELS = _ROOT / "tensorrt_llm/_torch/cute_dsl_kernels/blackwell/dspark"
 _MODEL = _ROOT / "tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_dspark.py"
 _PHYSICAL_KS = tuple(range(1, 9))
 
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Mark the test module containing the DSpark routing contracts as CPU-only by
importing pytest and setting the module-level pytest marker to
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py (1)

3894-3931: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Add direct tests for _dspark_confidence_draft_len orchestration.

The new tests cover the wire helpers, _can_queue reuse, and _handle_dynamic_draft_len with this function mocked. No test runs _dspark_confidence_draft_len itself. These behaviors are untested:

• When agreement.can_queue is false, the function clears agreed_ragged_bucket, ragged_pad_verify_len, ragged_zero_real_high_rows, and every py_verify_len.
• When mixed.apply returns True, the function replaces the agreement with all_can_graph=False, ragged_bucket=None, and reuse_graph_shape=False, then stages confidence.
• When there is no exact allocation (selected_verifier_budget == 0 or the secondary dummy is not ready), stale py_verify_len values must be cleared.
• When reuse_graph_shape is true and the exact G differs from common_padded_batch_size, the function must raise.

A regression in any of these can replay a stale ragged bucket or a rank-local full graph. That can desynchronize ADP collectives.

Smallest practical test: in tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_executor_policy.py, build a PyExecutor.__new__ stub. Give it a fake planner, a fake runner, and dist.tp_allgather_int64 returning crafted payloads. Assert the runner state and py_verify_len for the can_queue=False case and the mixed-apply case.

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Add direct tests that execute `_dspark_confidence_draft_len` using a stubbed
`PyExecutor`, fake planner and runner, and crafted `dist.tp_allgather_int64`
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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/cuda_graph_runner.py:
- Around line 672-679: Update agreement validation in
CUDAGraphRunner.maybe_get_cuda_graph and _get_padded_batch to pass the
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agreement.iteration, and clear adp_shape_agreement after the step consumes it so
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- Around line 5856-5865: Validate requests with py_logits_post_processors before
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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark.py:
- Around line 399-410: Update bump_draft_seq to wrap _draft_seq_host within the
positive int32 range before filling _draft_seq_cuda, keeping 0 out of the cycle.
Preserve returning the previous sequence value and the existing equality-based
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- Around line 19-38: Update the CPU allocation patches in the test around
DSv4DSparkWorker._lazy_init to also route torch.empty and torch.full allocations
to CPU, alongside torch.zeros, so CUDA-only allocations created during
initialization work on CPU runners.

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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py:
- Around line 3894-3931: Add direct tests that execute
`_dspark_confidence_draft_len` using a stubbed `PyExecutor`, fake planner and
runner, and crafted `dist.tp_allgather_int64` results. Cover `can_queue=False`
clearing ragged state and `py_verify_len`, `mixed.apply` replacing the agreement
and staging confidence, no exact allocation clearing stale `py_verify_len`, and
the error when reused graph shape has a mismatched exact G.

Review comments at
@tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_dspark_fused_attention_route.py:
- Around line 1-9: Mark the test module containing the DSpark routing contracts
as CPU-only by importing pytest and setting the module-level pytest marker to
pytest.mark.cpu_only. This ensures the broad H100 selection excludes the tests
without changing their behavior.

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- Around line 569-603: Update
test_attention_cache_isolates_all_k_with_shared_dummy_scratch to save the
existing _dspark_attention_kernel_cache before clearing it and restore that
cache during teardown, including when the test fails. Keep the test’s
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