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[TRTLLM-17125][feat] Preempt requests on KV pressure under aggregated Helix - #21122
Adds KV-pressure handling for aggregated Helix: when prefill or decode can't get enough KV pages, the scheduler recompute-pauses (preempts) a request identically on every CP rank and re-runs its prefill later. Each rank schedules independently, so every decision reads only rank-invariant inputs. Disaggregated Helix and non-Helix behavior are unchanged.
Scheduler: aggregated Helix skips suspend (it frees nothing in a single hot GPU pool) and preempts directly. On the context path it only preempts requests behind the requester, which stops two requests from preempting each other in a loop.
Re-prefill: reset_for_recompute now resets the Helix decode counter and inactive-rank flag, so the owner rank and per-rank lengths are correct after re-prefill.
Guards: aggregated Helix rejects host/disk tiers and KV connectors and skips the auto host tier; KV pool rebalance is rejected under Helix.
Debug: TLLM_HELIX_AGG_CHECK_SCHEDULE=1 (set on every rank) compares each rank's schedule every iteration and raises on a mismatch.
Scope: this PR keeps aggregated Helix GPU-only, so preemption is the only way to free pages. Suspending to a host tier is tracked in TRTLLM-17302 and may lift the host-tier rejection and the suspend skip added here.
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test_helix_agg_preemption.py (new, GPU): a real manager and scheduler per simulated CP rank, under decode, chunked-prefill and staggered-arrival pressure. Checks identical decisions on every rank, correct replay and owner/position on every decode, bounded preemptions, and that every request finishes.
test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py: the scheduler ladder, the guards, the counter reset, and the schedule check.
test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py: the Helix generation managers pass is_disagg=True, so they keep the disaggregated path.
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Aggregated Helix now handles KV pressure through recompute pause and re-prefill. Context preemption is limited to requests behind the requester to reduce mutual preemption risk. Recompute also resets Helix decode state.
Aggregated Helix rejects lower cache tiers, KV connectors, and KV-pool rebalance, and skips the automatic host tier. These restrictions change supported configurations. Validate callers that set these options. The schedule-consistency check is opt-in and must be enabled consistently across ranks.
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tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py: Verify aggregated Helix rejects unsupported tiers, connectors, and rebalance, and synchronizes initialization status across ranks.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py: Verify execution-state initialization resets the Helix inactive-rank flag and decode-group index during recompute.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py: Verify the opt-in schedule check activates only under its documented configuration and detects rank divergence and incomplete context prompts.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/scheduler_v2.py: Verify CP Helix preemption selection, recompute-pause behavior, and runtime-state clearing under allocation pressure.
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_helix_agg_preemption.py: Covers rank-consistent scheduling and re-prefill under simulated KV pressure. Listed in the A10 CI test list.
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py: Covers cache-tier restrictions, scheduler allocation failure, schedule consistency, and recompute reset. CI or manual-QA list placement is not established.
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_kvcm2_integration.py: Covers aggregated Helix initialization synchronization and failure handling. CI or manual-QA list placement is not established.
tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py: Updates the test factory to mark managers as disaggregated and adds the rebalance option. Verify the intended manager mode.
tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_kv_transfer.py: Adds the rebalance configuration field. Verify transfer tests retain the intended default.
tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml: Adds test_helix_agg_preemption.py to the A10 PyTorch pre-merge test list.
examples/disaggregated/slurm/cache_transceiver_test/run_cache_transceiver_test.py: Adds the rebalance configuration field. Verify the example remains compatible with the cache-manager API.
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- Line 229: Update the parametrized test that builds `ranks` with `_make_rank`
to shut down every manager after the scenario. Wrap the scenario body in
`try`/`finally` or use equivalent fixture teardown, and call `shutdown()` on
each manager in `ranks` in the cleanup path so it runs even if the test fails.
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- Around line 1514-1523: In the test around _make_manager_for_cache_tier_test,
mock Distributed.get to return a mock whose allreduce returns its input,
isolating the resumable-quota collective from real distributed execution; retain
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The changes add Helix-specific KV-cache configuration checks, adjust scheduler preemption and allocation handling, and add an opt-in check for schedule consistency across context-parallel ranks. Tests cover cache initialization, preemption, recompute pause, and schedule consistency.
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Helix KV-cache scheduling
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KV-cache constraints and quotas tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_kv_transfer.py, examples/disaggregated/slurm/cache_transceiver_test/run_cache_transceiver_test.py, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_kvcm2_integration.py
Helix rejects KV-pool rebalancing. Non-disaggregated Helix rejects lower cache tiers and connectors, skips host-tier creation, and synchronizes initialization status. The cache config gains a default enable_kv_pool_rebalance field. Tests cover these constraints and initialization status handling.
The scheduler records context-request positions and limits Helix page-preemption candidates to requests later in the list. The new simulated-rank tests exercise aggregated preemption scenarios and are added to the A10 pre-merge test list.
Generation allocation and recompute pause tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/scheduler_v2.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py
When recompute pause is enabled, Helix allocation failures use the eviction path and clear runtime state if allocation still fails. Execution-state initialization resets Helix decode fields. Tests cover allocation outcomes and recompute-pause behavior.
An opt-in executor check gathers schedule summaries across context-parallel ranks and raises when summaries differ or a context request lacks the full prompt. Tests cover matching and divergent summaries, sliced prompts, and recompute reset.
The new tests need reliable cleanup and distributed-call isolation before merge; the initialization test may fail or stall instead of checking Helix startup behavior.
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The existing Helix schedule tests call _check_helix_schedule_consistency directly. They do not verify that _prepare_and_schedule_batch() invokes it after _schedule() when TLLM_HELIX_AGG_CHECK_SCHEDULE=1 is enabled. Add a focused executor scheduling test with a divergent CP summary in tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py.
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Add a focused test for the opt-in Helix scheduling path that enables
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- Line 1956: Update the GPU-only allocation path guarded by _has_cp_helix and
is_disagg to synchronize KV cache manager initialization status across Helix
ranks when allocation fails, before any rank can reach the PyExecutor startup
barrier. Add a two-rank regression test that injects an allocation failure on
one rank and verifies the failure is coordinated.
Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py:
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`self.dist.mapping`, so the check is disabled when `pp_size > 1` and the
existing warning path runs when `check_requested` is true.
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- Around line 4483-4484: Add a focused test for the opt-in Helix scheduling path
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Approving — the comments below are optional touch-ups, not blockers.
The rank-invariance argument checks out against the manager: the GPU quota is allreduce(MIN)-synced in token units at construction and the superblock ledger makes every rank spend the same page count per request, so independent per-rank schedulers reach the same verdict. The new GPU test driving two real managers and schedulers is the right level of test for this.
Two things the description and docs do not cover:
User-visible scheduling semantics. Under aggregated helix a context request that is the newest in the active list has an empty victim range, so a fresh arrival never preempts anything and waits for completions. Non-helix MAX_UTILIZATION on a GPU-only pool behaves differently. docs/source/features/helix.md says nothing about KV pressure handling, the new rejections (host/disk tier, KV connector, KV pool rebalance), the skipped auto host tier, or TLLM_HELIX_AGG_CHECK_SCHEDULE. A short "KV memory pressure" section there would save the next person from reading the scheduler to learn why their host_cache_size is rejected.
Description omissions. The init-status sync extension and the _detect_deadlock remedy text change are in the diff but not in the description.
One design question is inline on the requester-index bound: the thrash it prevents does not look helix-specific, so either apply it to every GPU-only pool or record why non-helix is exempt.
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… Helix
When prefill or decode runs out of KV pages under aggregated Helix,
recompute-pause a request identically on every CP rank and re-run its
prefill later, instead of raising.
- Scheduler: aggregated Helix goes straight to recompute-pause, since
suspending frees nothing in its single hot GPU pool, and the context
path only preempts requests behind the requester. Disaggregated Helix
still raises.
- Request: the Helix decode counter and inactive-rank flag are reset with
the rest of the execution state, so a re-prefilled request decodes from
its new prompt end.
- KV cache manager: aggregated Helix rejects host/disk tiers and KV
connectors and skips the automatic host tier; KV pool rebalance is
rejected under Helix.
- Executor: TLLM_HELIX_AGG_CHECK_SCHEDULE=1 compares every CP rank's
schedule each iteration and raises on a mismatch.
- Tests: an end-to-end test with a real manager and scheduler per
simulated CP rank under decode and chunked-prefill pressure, plus unit
tests for the guards, the scheduler ladder, the counter reset and the
schedule check.
Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
- Scheduler: under Helix, a generation request that sits out a step
without being suspended now has its batch index cleared, so the
overlap scheduler does not read a stale slot on its next step.
- Scheduler: the context path passes the requester's index to
_try_preempt_for_pages instead of scanning requests_list for it.
- Scheduler: the allocation-failure error under Helix describes the
disabled recompute pause rather than assuming a disaggregated server.
- KV cache manager: log when aggregated Helix disables the host tier.
- Executor: warn when TLLM_HELIX_AGG_CHECK_SCHEDULE=1 is set but the
schedule check does not apply.
Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
Sync KV cache manager init status across CP ranks on the GPU-only aggregated Helix path so a failed allocation aborts every rank instead of hanging peers. Require pp_size == 1 for the opt-in schedule check, since the PP loop never calls it. Register the Helix preemption test in l0_a10 and mark the new init-sync test cpu_only.
Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
- Scheduler: under aggregated Helix, log at debug level when a generation
request finds no pages and no victim and sits out the step.
- Test: when a request is preempted again, forget its earlier re-prefill
so the replayed prompt is checked on every re-prefill, not just the
first, and the request must decode after its latest one.
Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
…V2 stubs
KVCacheManagerV2 now reads kv_cache_config.enable_kv_pool_rebalance to
reject pool rebalance under Helix, so every duck-typed KvCacheConfigV2
stub must carry it. Add it with the KvCacheConfig default (False) to the
two stubs that lacked it, fixing test_kv_cache_config_v2_stub_covers_manager_reads.
Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
Covered: Helix constructor rejections, the generation allocation-failure ladder, cross-rank schedule consistency, and the Helix decode-state reset.
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…it-sync test
Isolates the resumable-quota allreduce from the real communicator, matching
the other multi-rank tests in this file.
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Description
Adds KV-pressure handling for aggregated Helix: when prefill or decode can't get enough KV pages, the scheduler recompute-pauses (preempts) a request identically on every CP rank and re-runs its prefill later. Each rank schedules independently, so every decision reads only rank-invariant inputs. Disaggregated Helix and non-Helix behavior are unchanged.
Scope: this PR keeps aggregated Helix GPU-only, so preemption is the only way to free pages. Suspending to a host tier is tracked in TRTLLM-17302 and may lift the host-tier rejection and the suspend skip added here.
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Aggregated Helix now handles KV pressure through recompute pause and re-prefill. Context preemption is limited to requests behind the requester to reduce mutual preemption risk. Recompute also resets Helix decode state.
Aggregated Helix rejects lower cache tiers, KV connectors, and KV-pool rebalance, and skips the automatic host tier. These restrictions change supported configurations. Validate callers that set these options. The schedule-consistency check is opt-in and must be enabled consistently across ranks.
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The supplied change summary reports coverage for aggregated Helix preemption, cache-manager restrictions, schedule consistency, initialization synchronization, and recompute-state reset. It also reports changes to disaggregated cache-transceiver tests and their configuration fixtures.
test_helix_agg_preemption.pyis listed intests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml. List placement for the other changed tests is not established. Test execution results are unavailable. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py: Verify aggregated Helix rejects unsupported tiers, connectors, and rebalance, and synchronizes initialization status across ranks.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py: Verify execution-state initialization resets the Helix inactive-rank flag and decode-group index during recompute.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py: Verify the opt-in schedule check activates only under its documented configuration and detects rank divergence and incomplete context prompts.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/scheduler_v2.py: Verify CP Helix preemption selection, recompute-pause behavior, and runtime-state clearing under allocation pressure.tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_helix_agg_preemption.py: Covers rank-consistent scheduling and re-prefill under simulated KV pressure. Listed in the A10 CI test list.tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py: Covers cache-tier restrictions, scheduler allocation failure, schedule consistency, and recompute reset. CI or manual-QA list placement is not established.tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/test_kvcm2_integration.py: Covers aggregated Helix initialization synchronization and failure handling. CI or manual-QA list placement is not established.tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py: Updates the test factory to mark managers as disaggregated and adds the rebalance option. Verify the intended manager mode.tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_kv_transfer.py: Adds the rebalance configuration field. Verify transfer tests retain the intended default.tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml: Addstest_helix_agg_preemption.pyto the A10 PyTorch pre-merge test list.examples/disaggregated/slurm/cache_transceiver_test/run_cache_transceiver_test.py: Adds the rebalance configuration field. Verify the example remains compatible with the cache-manager API.