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[TRTLLM-17679][feat] KernelBuilder and the autotuner's build state: build kernels on worker threads while the weights load - #21628
The problem. Many ops compile a GPU kernel the first time they run:
fmha_sm100, MiniMax-M3's MSA attention: one kernel per variant, tens of seconds each;
DeepGEMM's FP8 GEMMs: one kernel per shape and tactic, thousands for a DeepSeek model;
FlashInfer modules: the MXFP8 GEMM (80–90 s), sampling (60 s) and trtllm-gen FMHA (51 s);
MiniMax-M3's k2q CSR C++ extension (69 s);
CuTe DSL and Triton kernels.
On main they compile when the warmup first reaches them. That is after the checkpoint has loaded, on the main thread, mostly one at a time.
This PR starts these builds earlier and runs them on worker threads.
KernelBuilder (kernel_builder.py) is one queue of kernel builds per process, with worker threads.
An op lists the kernels its call will need, for every shape it sweeps down from the call's. Its BuildConfig of DynamicSpecs says how, as a TuningConfig does for the autotuner.
The workers build the listed kernels. The op's own later call finds a kernel built, or waits for the build in flight.
fmha_sm100 lists its variants by replaying its plan and run.
MiniMax-M3's Triton sparse decode lists, at a call, the kernels of every batch of up to max_num_requests requests; the workers compile each with Triton's compile-only warmup, on dtypes instead of tensors. In a rehearsal the call leaves its output zero.
@builds_by_running serves ops whose kernels compile inside their run; none uses it yet.
The autotuner gets a build state (autotuner.build_kernels()), beside tuning and running.
In it, choose_one queues on KernelBuilder's threads the builds of every profile, runner and tactic its tuning would time, without timing them. The op returns zeros.
Ops opt in through TuningConfig.parallel_jit_warmup. So far: DeepGEMM's FP8 block-scale GEMMs and FlashInfer's MXFP8 GEMM.
Builds from model creation. Right after ModelLoader.load creates any model, the op families in kernel_builder._FAMILIES queue the builds the configuration alone determines:
FlashInfer's sampling module, for every model;
FlashInfer's trtllm-gen FMHA module, for a model with a layer FlashInferTrtllmGenFmha serves, and for M3's dense-layer decode;
FlashInfer's trtllm_utils module, for a model whose MXFP8 linears tune through FlashInfer;
MiniMax-M3's MSA modules and k2q CSR extension.
The workers only build the FlashInfer modules, under FlashInfer's own file lock. The first call that needs a module loads it.
The rehearsal, wherever the checkpoint can load after it, whether or not an op will list kernels:
The engine first loads dummy weights.
It runs the autotuner warmup's two forwards on them, in the build state: a context batch at the maximum token count, and one generation request.
It then loads the checkpoint while the kernels build. load(defer_checkpoint=True) and load_deferred_checkpoint restore and reload the model as a weight update does.
In the rehearsal, the calls whose modules are already building (FlashInfer trtllm-gen FMHA, M3's dense decode and NVFP4 sparse prefill) launch nothing and leave zeros.
A model with nothing to list rehearses too. On Llama-3.1-8B and Qwen3-30B-A3B (TP1) the 7.5 s rehearsal costs 34 and 83 MiB of KV cache, and startup goes from 120 to 116 s and from 150 to 145 s.
flowchart LR
A["Create the model<br/>queue the builds the config determines"] --> B["Dummy weights + rehearsal<br/>ops list their kernels"]
B --> C["Load the checkpoint<br/>workers keep building"]
C --> D["Wait for the GPU builds"]
D --> E["Warmup: tuning finds<br/>its kernels built"]
E --> F["Serve"]
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The startup log shows the new phases as rehearsal, checkpoint and gpu_builds.
The rehearsal is skipped in these cases, which keep today's order but still get the builds from model creation:
MX checkpoints;
GMS, DUMMY or VISION_ONLY load formats;
host-resident (pinned) weights;
a failed meta init;
sleep mode;
the MoE load balancer;
DWDP;
multimodal encoder CUDA graphs;
Modeling V2 targets;
encoder-only, pooling, multimodal-encoder and encoder-decoder models, whose runners run no warmup forward;
launches without the KV cache estimation: TRTLLM_SKIP_KV_CACHE_ESTIMATION=1, context parallelism (such as Kimi-K3's Helix generation servers), the VANILLA backend, decode-only workers.
Not built ahead:
CuTe DSL kernels. On K3, about 12 s per worker: KDA prefill, 24 attention-residual variants, 7 low-M FP8 GEMMs, RMSNorm, KdaConv, route sort. On M3, 3.5 s: the sparse prefill and its combine. CUTLASS DSL 4.8.0 keeps one compile session per process. Compiling the same kernels on 4 threads at once failed in 10 of 10 runs, and one kernel compiled that way failed to launch. One after another, they were bitwise identical.
K3's TRTLLM-gen FMHA NVRTC kernels, 22 s per worker. No Python entry compiles them without running attention.
Environment variable
Default
Effect
TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER
1
0 turns KernelBuilder off: every kernel compiles on first use.
TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER_REHEARSAL
1
0 loads the checkpoint first. The builds a forward lists then start at the warmup; the builds from model creation still run.
TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER_AUTOTUNER
1
0 leaves the autotuned ops' kernels to the autotuner warmup.
TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER_THREADS
this rank's CPU share, up to 32
Worker threads per process.
Startup time, before and after
Launch to /health on GB300 from empty JIT caches: TRT-LLM main 70fe2b2a against this PR on that main (all 9 commits for the K3 generation servers; the first 8 for the other cases, which the 9th and 10th do not change), both over main's post-merge CI wheel 3065. Each case runs this PR, main, this PR back to back in one allocation; the table gives the third arm, which shares main's warm page cache.
Kimi-K3 16p3d, generation (one of its 3 helix16 generation servers, batch 32, 4 nodes)
567 s
497 s
−70 s (−12 %)
MiniMax-M3 ctx, rank 0:
main
This PR
Launch to /health
1,148 s
572 s (−576 s, −50 %)
Model creation + checkpoint load
64.3 s
9.9 s + 77.6 s
Rehearsal
—
22.5 s
Wait for the GPU builds
—
8.9 s
Sampling module + MSA indexer prewarm
131.7 s
0.1 s
Attention JIT warmup
288.4 s
60.2 s
General warmup
71.9 s
5.3 s
Autotuner phase
122.3 s
39.6 s
CUDA graph capture
262.3 s
127.8 s
KV cache memory, rank 0 / 1
114.07 / 114.77 GiB
114.02 / 114.72 GiB
The weights are bitwise equal to main's (2,653 tensors per rank), and the 11 greedy completions of a serving probe are identical.
The 11th commit (M3's sparse decode) on its own, M3 ctx on the same wheel with and without it: startup 572 → 562 s, and the main thread's sparse decode compiles 13.6 → 2.3 s per rank. Weights and probe completions are again equal.
Kimi-K3, main → this PR (medians over the 16 workers, except the load):
Case
Sampling module prewarm
Warmup, first pass
Model + checkpoint load, slowest worker
Kimi-K3 ctx16
61.3 → 0.0 s
321.6 → 269.0 s
391.6 → 400.1 s
Kimi-K3 gen16
61.1 → 0.0 s
257.6 → 194.3 s
523.4 → 522.1 s
Kimi-K3 16p3d, context
60.5 → 0.0 s
316.4 → 254.5 s
388.3 → 381.0 s
Kimi-K3 16p3d, generation
61.7 → 0.0 s
190.8 → 126.6 s
292.4 → 285.2 s
The context servers run DWDP and the generation servers Helix context parallelism, so none of them rehearses: they load the checkpoint first, as on main. With the first 8 commits the generation servers still deferred their checkpoint, though their rehearsal could not run, and their KV cache came out 0.82 GiB smaller per rank; the 9th commit loads the checkpoint first there, and their KV cache is now the size main gives it. In every case the gain is mostly FlashInfer's sampling module, which now builds on a worker during the weight load. Every rank builds its own copy, four per node at once; the slowest worker's load changes by −7.3 to +8.5 s. On the context servers, the first arm on a fresh allocation runs its attention JIT phase about 25 s slower, whichever tree it runs; the tables use the third arm. 16p3d is a disaggregated deployment with 16 context workers and 3 generation servers; each role runs here on its own 4 nodes.
an MSA model queues its modules, the k2q extension and the trtllm-gen FMHA module.
tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/msa/test_minimax_m3_sparse_attn_decode.py (SM100): one call in a rehearsal launches nothing and has the workers compile the kernels of every batch size; each batch then launches without a compile and matches the reference.
a deferred load is bitwise equal to a direct load;
the module tree is restored;
there is no deferral with the rehearsal off, nor for a runner that does not rehearse (encoder-only, pooling, multimodal-encoder, encoder-decoder);
the dummy values are bounded.
tests/unittest/_torch/models/test_minimax_m3.py: the NVFP4 scale-buffer reload, with the buffer created in inference mode.
On GB300, this branch on main c0468112 over post-merge wheel 3067 runs all of the above, plus:
main's decoder test_warmup.py;
test_autotuner.py (98 passed). Its test_cutedsl_nvfp4_heuristic_matches_full_sweep fails in 2 of the 5 runs on this PR, with the CuteDSL kernel 1.1001× and 1.106× the cuBLAS one against a 1.10 bound. The PR changes neither kernel nor the tuning of that op, which sets no parallel_jit_warmup;
test_mxfp8_linear.py (56 passed).
The 9th commit: the Kimi-K3 generation server runs in the table above. None defers its checkpoint, and the KV cache is the size main gives it.
The 10th commit: Llama-3.1-8B and Qwen3-30B-A3B, which no op family claimed, now rehearse. Their weights are bitwise equal to those of the PR without the 10th commit (289 and 483 tensors). The serving probe's 11 greedy completions are identical on Llama-3.1-8B; on Qwen3-30B-A3B the autotuner picks different MoE tactics from run to run, also between two runs of the same code, and 2 of 11 completions differ in one run.
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This change adds a worker-thread kernel builder, connects it to decoder warmup and MiniMax-M3 MSA kernel planning and execution, and documents its settings. Tests cover builder scheduling and MSA build listing.
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Parallel Kernel Builds During Warmup
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KernelBuilder queue and build-pass lifecycle tensorrt_llm/_torch/kernel_builder.py, tests/unittest/_torch/test_kernel_builder.py, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml, docs/source/llm-api/index.md
KernelBuilder registers and queues builds, tracks build states and statistics, and waits for pending work at the end of the outermost pass. CPU tests cover enabled, disabled, and failure cases. Documentation describes the environment settings.
The MSA integration installs wrappers for planning, execution, and kernel lookups. Eligible runs register module builds and discover variants through replay. Tests cover variant listing and repeated build calls.
Parallel kernel builds during warmup are mostly safe, with first-use compilation kept as the fallback. A rare worker failure could hang startup, and an unexpected MSA package mismatch could now fail a path that worked before. Harden both and add the missing tests before merging.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to f2b51
Compilation remains within startup warmup and existing package-controlled build paths; no new externally reachable authority was established. The main concern is recovery: queued compilation can continue after warmup fails. Incomplete coverage also limits confidence in unusual deployment configurations.
Retained concerns
Medium · reliability · observed: An escaping warmup exception closes the build pass without joining or cancelling its queued compilation. Workers can therefore continue consuming compilation resources and holding shared-cache locks after engine initialization has failed. This introduces incomplete recovery containment in persistent worker processes. Normal completion drains pending work, and asymmetric distributed failures may trigger process termination, but those controls do not cover every failed-engine recovery path.
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Security Blast Radius
inferred — The demonstrated incremental exposure is compilation resource use and package-cache activity within a worker process, with contention extending to processes sharing those cache locations. The inspected callers do not establish a new remote submission path, tenant identity transition, or additional compilation privilege.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — The observed callbacks select package-derived cache locations, acquire package file locks, check for an existing library, and release locks in finally blocks. These coordinate background compilation with existing package cache ownership; the package-internal atomic publication behavior was not verified.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — The existing distributed warmup guard can terminate peers after asymmetric failure, but deliberately avoids that action for symmetric crashes and teardown signals. Its documentation identifies persistent rank processes that can outlive failed engines, so process termination is not a universal substitute for build-pass cleanup.
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Add a unit test for linear_prebuild_fp8_block_scale_shapes.
No test in tests/unittest reaches this hook. The fake _TextModel in test_linear_prebuild.py returns a fixed shape and does not run the Kimi selection logic. A change to the guard, the attention-DP gate_up_proj gating, the fused KDA shape, or the MoE MLP targets would not fail any test. The warmup then builds the missed kernels, and the startup gain is lost.
Add a small test that calls KimiLinearForCausalLM.linear_prebuild_fp8_block_scale_shapes on a SimpleNamespace model. Cover these cases:
The SM100f or Rubin MXFP8 guard returns []. Patch is_sm_100f and _rubin_mxfp8_is_available in modeling_kimi_linear.
_fp8_weight_read_moe_mlp is off. The result has no MoE MLP shapes.
_fp8_weight_read_moe_mlp is on with enable_attention_dp off. The shared gate_proj, up_proj, and down_proj shapes are included, and gate_up_proj is not.
_fp8_weight_read_moe_mlp is on with enable_attention_dp on. The shared gate_up_proj shape is also included.
A KDA layer stubs fused_fp8_qkvg_shape to return (sum(out), in) for four FP8 projections. Assert that this fused entry is in the result.
Shared MLP stubs must be nn.Linear, or TrtllmLinear with tp_size == 1. The targets iterator skips TP-sharded TrtllmLinear children.
Place the test in tests/unittest/_torch/modeling/test_kimi_linear_checkpoint.py, or in a new file next to test_linear_prebuild.py.
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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py around
lines 3722 - 3750:
Add focused unit coverage for
KimiLinearForCausalLM.linear_prebuild_fp8_block_scale_shapes using a
SimpleNamespace model and patch the guard functions in modeling_kimi_linear.
Verify guard exits, MoE shapes are omitted when disabled, shared projection
shapes and attention-DP gate_up_proj gating when enabled, and the fused KDA
shape is included. Use supported shared MLP stubs (nn.Linear or TrtllmLinear
with tp_size == 1) so the targets iterator exercises the intended paths.
Cover positive FlashInfer MXFP8 plan selection and the build group.
The added tests cover token counts, FP8 shape and sweep planning, hook discovery, and DeepGEMM prebuild. Existing MXFP8 tests cover backend construction and forward behavior, but not this linear-prebuild plan.
Add a parameterized _uses_flashinfer_mxfp8() test for use_cutlass=False, flashinfer, auto, trtllm, and unset overrides with and without cuda_graph_config. Use a stub model module with _use_flashinfer_mxfp8_decode_graph_default, and account for the backend helper’s FlashInfer-only GPU guard. Add an actual MXFP8 fixture that makes collect() select FlashInfer and exercises the resulting build_flashinfer_mxfp8() group.
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Review comment at @tests/unittest/_torch/modules/test_linear_prebuild.py at line
87:
Add positive coverage for the linear-prebuild FlashInfer MXFP8 plan:
parameterize `_uses_flashinfer_mxfp8()` across the listed backend overrides and
CUDA-graph configurations using a stub model module with
`_use_flashinfer_mxfp8_decode_graph_default`, while respecting the backend
helper’s FlashInfer-only GPU guard. Add an MXFP8 fixture that makes `collect()`
select FlashInfer and verify the resulting `build_flashinfer_mxfp8()` build
group.
Monkeypatch lp.build_deep_gemm to raise for the planned item. Call start_linear_prebuild and wait(), then assert that the DeepGEMM group records failed == 1 and that no linear-prebuild thread remains alive. The current success-only test does not detect a regression in _Group.run's recovery path.
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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap.py around lines
149 - 159:
Add a regression test for `_Group.run`’s per-item failure recovery: monkeypatch
`lp.build_deep_gemm` to raise for the planned item, call `start_linear_prebuild`
and `wait()`, then assert the DeepGEMM group records `failed == 1` and no
linear-prebuild thread remains alive. Retain the existing success-path test.
Add a test for the zero-thread DeepGEMM memory fallback.
_deep_gemm_threads returns 0 when free device memory is below _LOADER_RESERVE_BYTES plus one DeepGEMM footprint. In that case start_linear_prebuild starts no DeepGEMM workers. The existing linear-prebuild test uses the host's real free memory and asserts only the roomy-device path. A regression that drops the loader reserve or the zero floor would start DeepGEMM workers under memory pressure and still pass. A focused test should patch torch.cuda.mem_get_info to report little free memory, assert the zero result, and assert that no deep_gemm worker thread starts.
Suggested fix
assert not any(thread.is_alive() for thread in warmup_overlap._linear_threads)
+++@pytest.mark.skipif(not is_sm_100f(), reason="DeepGEMM swap-AB GEMMs run on SM100f")+def test_deep_gemm_threads_fall_back_when_loader_reserve_is_not_free(monkeypatch):+ monkeypatch.setattr(torch.cuda, "mem_get_info", lambda *args, **kwargs: (1 << 20, 1 << 40))+ monkeypatch.setattr(warmup_overlap, "_linear_groups", [])+ monkeypatch.setattr(warmup_overlap, "_linear_threads", [])+ monkeypatch.setattr(warmup_overlap, "_released", False)+ monkeypatch.setattr(warmup_overlap, "_thread", None)+ plan = lp.collect(_model(), _llm_args(8192, 8), _Mapping(False))+ assert warmup_overlap._deep_gemm_threads(plan) == 0+ warmup_overlap.start_linear_prebuild(_model(), _llm_args(8192, 8), _Mapping(False))+ warmup_overlap.wait()+ assert not any("deep_gemm" in thread.name for thread in warmup_overlap._linear_threads)
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176 - 181:
Add a focused test for the zero-thread fallback in `_deep_gemm_threads`: mock
`torch.cuda.mem_get_info` to report free memory below the loader reserve plus a
DeepGEMM footprint, then assert the result is zero and `start_linear_prebuild`
starts no `deep_gemm` worker. Keep the test isolated from shared warmup state
and retain any applicable hardware skip.
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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py:
- Around line 3722-3750: Add focused unit coverage for
KimiLinearForCausalLM.linear_prebuild_fp8_block_scale_shapes using a
SimpleNamespace model and patch the guard functions in modeling_kimi_linear.
Verify guard exits, MoE shapes are omitted when disabled, shared projection
shapes and attention-DP gate_up_proj gating when enabled, and the fused KDA
shape is included. Use supported shared MLP stubs (nn.Linear or TrtllmLinear
with tp_size == 1) so the targets iterator exercises the intended paths.
Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap.py:
- Around line 149-159: Add a regression test for `_Group.run`’s per-item failure
recovery: monkeypatch `lp.build_deep_gemm` to raise for the planned item, call
`start_linear_prebuild` and `wait()`, then assert the DeepGEMM group records
`failed == 1` and no linear-prebuild thread remains alive. Retain the existing
success-path test.
- Around line 176-181: Add a focused test for the zero-thread fallback in
`_deep_gemm_threads`: mock `torch.cuda.mem_get_info` to report free memory below
the loader reserve plus a DeepGEMM footprint, then assert the result is zero and
`start_linear_prebuild` starts no `deep_gemm` worker. Keep the test isolated
from shared warmup state and retain any applicable hardware skip.
Review comments at @tests/unittest/_torch/modules/test_linear_prebuild.py:
- Line 87: Add positive coverage for the linear-prebuild FlashInfer MXFP8 plan:
parameterize `_uses_flashinfer_mxfp8()` across the listed backend overrides and
CUDA-graph configurations using a stub model module with
`_use_flashinfer_mxfp8_decode_graph_default`, while respecting the backend
helper’s FlashInfer-only GPU guard. Add an MXFP8 fixture that makes `collect()`
select FlashInfer and verify the resulting `build_flashinfer_mxfp8()` build
group.
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_deep_gemm_threads decides how many DeepGEMM threads run, based on torch.cuda.mem_get_info() and the 8-GiB loader reserve. It can return 0. When it does, _linear_groups passes an empty item list to the group and logs a message. The only visible test uses a small shape that always fits, so the cap and the 0 result are untested. An arithmetic error here could cause OOM during weight loading, or silently skip all DeepGEMM builds.
Add a unit test that monkeypatches torch.cuda.mem_get_info and lp.deep_gemm_footprint. Pass a SimpleNamespace(fp8=[...]) plan. Assert the result for three cases:
free memory below the reserve gives 0;
free memory for two operands gives 2;
free memory above the requested count gives the requested count.
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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap.py around lines
151 - 152:
Add a unit test for _deep_gemm_threads that monkeypatches
torch.cuda.mem_get_info and lp.deep_gemm_footprint, using a SimpleNamespace plan
with fp8 operands. Verify it returns 0 when free memory is below the 8-GiB
loader reserve, 2 when only two operands fit, and the requested thread count
when memory can accommodate more than requested.
Add a CUDA-gated body-exception test for warmup_overlap.
When the with body raises, the except BaseException branch in warmup_overlap.py (lines 215-219) sets group.stop and re-raises. It does not join the threads. The inspected test excerpt covers only the success path and the disabled no-op path. A regression could join the threads on error and delay the original exception. It could also drop the stop signal, so workers keep taking queued items after the body fails.
The proposed CPU-only test cannot reach this branch with live groups. groups is populated only when torch.cuda.is_available() is true. Mocking that gate is not enough, because _Group._run still calls torch.cuda.set_device and torch.cuda.Stream(). Gate the test on CUDA and stub the build functions instead:
This test sets the stop flag, lets blocked workers finish their current item, and then checks that they exit. Add import threading if the file does not already import it.
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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap.py around lines
215 - 219:
Add a CUDA-gated test for the body-exception path in warmup_overlap: stub
_warmup_steps and _run_step so workers can be held during a step, then verify
the original body exception propagates promptly, the group’s stop signal is set,
and workers exit after the held step is released. Keep the test focused on live
groups and avoid relying on mocking CUDA availability alone.
The branch that leaves Linear GEMM builds to the warmup has no test. The existing disabled test turns off all overlap, so it does not reach this branch. The new test must run only with CUDA, because warmup_overlap builds no groups without it. A CPU-only test cannot check sampling prewarm here.
The test sets TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM=1 and TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM_LINEAR=0. It uses the same wide Linear as the enabled test. It asserts that sampling still prewarms and that warmup_steps is present. It also asserts that no deep_gemm or flashinfer_mxfp8 group exists.
Suggested test
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not torch.cuda.is_available(), reason="warmup_overlap builds groups only with CUDA")+def test_warmup_overlap_leaves_linear_builds_to_warmup_when_linear_disabled(monkeypatch):+ monkeypatch.setenv("TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM", "1")+ monkeypatch.setenv("TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM_LINEAR", "0")+ sampled = []+ monkeypatch.setattr(sampler_ops, "warmup_sampling_module", lambda: sampled.append(True))+ with torch.device("meta"):+ model = nn.Module()+ model.wide = Linear(+ NO_LOW_M[1], NO_LOW_M[0], bias=False, dtype=torch.bfloat16, quant_config=FP8+ )+ model_config = SimpleNamespace(pretrained_config=None)++ with warmup_overlap(model, model_config, _llm_args(14, 2, draft=6), _Mapping(True)) as groups:+ pass++ names = {group.name for group in groups}+ assert sampled == [True]+ assert "warmup_steps" in names+ assert "deep_gemm" not in names+ assert "flashinfer_mxfp8" not in names
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Add a CUDA-only test beside the existing warmup_overlap tests for
TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM=1 and TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM_LINEAR=0, using the same wide
Linear setup as the enabled test. Verify sampling prewarm occurs, warmup_steps
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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap.py:
- Around line 151-152: Add a unit test for _deep_gemm_threads that monkeypatches
torch.cuda.mem_get_info and lp.deep_gemm_footprint, using a SimpleNamespace plan
with fp8 operands. Verify it returns 0 when free memory is below the 8-GiB
loader reserve, 2 when only two operands fit, and the requested thread count
when memory can accommodate more than requested.
- Around line 215-219: Add a CUDA-gated test for the body-exception path in
warmup_overlap: stub _warmup_steps and _run_step so workers can be held during a
step, then verify the original body exception propagates promptly, the group’s
stop signal is set, and workers exit after the held step is released. Keep the
test focused on live groups and avoid relying on mocking CUDA availability
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Review comments at @tests/unittest/_torch/modules/test_linear_prebuild.py:
- Around line 125-129: Add a CUDA-only test beside the existing warmup_overlap
tests for TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM=1 and TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM_LINEAR=0, using the
same wide Linear setup as the enabled test. Verify sampling prewarm occurs,
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The idea is sound and the Kimi hook plus the dummy-operand layout match what transform_weights / _Fp8BlockScaleWeightReadLinear._prepare_weights produce. Two whole-PR concerns before this goes default-on for every model on main:
Memory._deep_gemm_threads samples mem_get_info once, before the loader allocates any staging buffers or runs conversions, and the only guard is a fixed 8 GiB. The repo already records a ~22 GiB load-time transient peak on one Kimi config. A build that fails is caught and left to the warmup; a loader OOM caused by the dummy operands is not, and the error will not mention the overlap. Please describe how the reserve was sized and add a run on the tightest supported config (DEP8 context rank or similar) to the PR evidence. See the inline note for a cheap mitigation.
Policy drift.linear_prebuild re-derives what DecoderWarmup decides (token counts, MXFP8 backend, autotuner on/off) by hand, and nothing observes a mismatch: wasted builds just lengthen the with, missed builds just compile mid-warmup as before. Consider one shared derivation both callers import, or at least have the warmup log any DeepGEMM compile it still performs so the gap is visible.
Smaller items:
Title carries [None]. This is a user-visible perf feature with three env vars; it should have a JIRA.
The three env vars (TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM, _LINEAR, _DEEP_GEMM_THREADS) are undocumented, and the description names only two. docs/source/llm-api/index.md already has an env var table.
Default is 4 concurrent nvcc per rank, so 32 per node racing the loader's I/O. Worth a sentence in the description on how that was chosen.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/utils.py:448 says DeepGEMM forks nvcc while holding the GIL; the new docstring says it runs with the GIL released. One of them is stale; please fix whichever in this PR.
Tests cover planning and one happy build, not a failing build, zero threads, or the body raising. All three are cheap monkeypatch tests.
Add a test for the shared MoE-MLP target enumerator.
_moe_mlp_fp8_weight_read_targets now has two consumers: _convert_moe_mlps_to_fp8_weight_read and the load-time shape planner in warmup_overlap/linear.py. test_kimi_k3_load_time_gemms sets _fp8_weight_read_moe_mlp = False. No test covers the enumerator.
These branches stay untested:
the include_fused_gate_up split
the skip for TP-sharded TrtllmLinear
the routed latent nn.Linear targets
A regression here has no visible symptom. The planner builds the wrong DeepGEMM shapes. A missed shape then compiles inline during warmup or serving, and a stray shape wastes build time.
Smallest test: add a case to tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_warmup_overlap.py.
Build a fake MoE layer with shared_experts and routed_expert_{down,up}_proj on the meta device.
Set _fp8_weight_read_moe_mlp = True.
Assert that _load_time_fp8_shapes returns the expected shapes for both values of enable_attention_dp.
Assert that a TrtllmLinear shared projection with tp_size != 1 is excluded.
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lines 1094 - 1123:
Add a focused test in the warmup-overlap tests for the shared MoE target
enumeration used by _load_time_fp8_shapes. Enable _fp8_weight_read_moe_mlp,
build a fake meta-device MoE layer with shared experts and routed down/up
projections, and verify the expected shapes for both values of
enable_attention_dp, covering the include_fused_gate_up split. Also verify that
a shared TrtllmLinear projection with tp_size other than 1 is excluded.
Add a test for the DeepGEMM thread and memory gating.
_deep_gemm_threads decides how many builders run next to the loader. It computes (free_bytes - _LOADER_RESERVE_BYTES) // largest. It returns 0 when the dummy operands do not fit.
No test covers this logic. The integration test runs with ample free memory and the default thread count. A regression could cause either of two failures:
Too many threads allocate dummy operands and OOM the loader.
DeepGEMM prebuilds are silently disabled.
Smallest test: add a case to tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_warmup_overlap.py.
Monkeypatch torch.cuda.mem_get_info.
Use a Plan with one known fp8 item.
Assert 0 threads when free memory is below _LOADER_RESERVE_BYTES + footprint.
Assert the TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM_DEEP_GEMM_THREADS cap when memory is abundant.
Assert the exact quotient in between.
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around lines 243 - 252:
Add focused coverage for _deep_gemm_threads using a Plan with one fp8 item and a
monkeypatched torch.cuda.mem_get_info result. Verify it returns zero below the
loader reserve plus the item’s footprint, the configured thread cap when memory
is abundant, and the exact memory-limited quotient for an intermediate amount of
free memory.
This function derives three arguments for prewarm_split_proxy_variants: the dtype, the sharded index-head count, and the page size. DecoderWarmup later makes the same call with its own arguments. The call is lru_cached and keyed on those arguments. If the arguments differ, the overlapped build warms a variant the warmup does not use. The warmup then compiles inline, which stalls every rank.
No test covers these branches:
implementation != "msa" returns None.
use_kv_cache_manager_v2 is false and returns None.
Smallest test: add a case to tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_warmup_overlap.py.
Build a MiniMaxM3SparseAttentionConfig and a kv_cache_config namespace.
Call forward_free_steps.
Assert that the msa_indexer step is present or absent.
Monkeypatch prewarm_split_proxy_variants to capture its arguments.
Compare the captured arguments with what DecoderWarmup computes.
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lines 23 - 45:
Add focused coverage for _msa_indexer_params through forward_free_steps: verify
the msa_indexer step is absent for non-MSA implementations and when
use_kv_cache_manager_v2 is false, and verify fp8 dtype and tokens_per_block are
passed through when enabled. Capture the prewarm_split_proxy_variants arguments
and compare them with the arguments DecoderWarmup uses, ensuring both paths warm
the same variant.
BuildGroup._run counts an item whose build raises as failed and continues with the next item. No test exercises this branch. The existing warmup_overlap tests assert only failed == 0.
A CPU-only test cannot reach this branch. _run calls torch.cuda.set_device(device) and torch.cuda.Stream() before its loop. Without CUDA, the worker thread fails there before any item is built, so failed stays 0.
Add a CUDA-gated test with one worker thread. The single thread processes the items in order.
Suggested test
from tensorrt_llm._torch.modules.linear import Linear
from tensorrt_llm._torch.pyexecutor.warmup_overlap import warmup_overlap
+from tensorrt_llm._torch.pyexecutor.warmup_overlap.group import BuildGroup
Append to the end of tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_warmup_overlap.py:
++@pytest.mark.skipif(not torch.cuda.is_available(), reason="BuildGroup starts CUDA streams")+def test_build_group_counts_a_failed_item_and_runs_the_rest():+ def build(item):+ if item == 2:+ raise RuntimeError("boom")+ return 1++ group = BuildGroup("test", [1, 2, 3], build, threads=1)+ group.start(torch.cuda.current_device())+ group.join()+ assert (group.count, group.failed, group.launches) == (3, 1, 2)+ assert not any(t.is_alive() for t in group.threads)
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lines 63 - 69:
Add a CUDA-gated test for the failed-build fallback in BuildGroup._run. With one
worker and an item whose build raises between successful items, start and join
the group, then assert all items were processed, the failure and launch counts
are correct, and the worker has stopped; skip the test when CUDA is unavailable.
tuning token counts, including Helix CP and draft tokens
DeepGEMM shape and sweep planning with the low-M rule
Kimi K3 load-time attention and qkvg shapes
background DeepGEMM builds, with launch counts equal to the sweep
thread termination
TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM=0
Test list: the file is listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_b200.yml. Four tests skip unless is_sm_100f(), which matches that list.
Gaps (inline comments elsewhere in this review):
_deep_gemm_threads memory gating
_msa_indexer_params
the MoE-MLP target enumerator with _fp8_weight_read_moe_mlp=True
the failed-build and body-exception paths
_uses_flashinfer_mxfp8 and the FlashInfer group. The integration test only asserts count == 0 for that group.
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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_kimi_linear.py:
- Around line 1094-1123: Add a focused test in the warmup-overlap tests for the
shared MoE target enumeration used by _load_time_fp8_shapes. Enable
_fp8_weight_read_moe_mlp, build a fake meta-device MoE layer with shared experts
and routed down/up projections, and verify the expected shapes for both values
of enable_attention_dp, covering the include_fused_gate_up split. Also verify
that a shared TrtllmLinear projection with tp_size other than 1 is excluded.
Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap/group.py:
- Around line 63-69: Add a CUDA-gated test for the failed-build fallback in
BuildGroup._run. With one worker and an item whose build raises between
successful items, start and join the group, then assert all items were
processed, the failure and launch counts are correct, and the worker has
stopped; skip the test when CUDA is unavailable.
Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap/linear.py:
- Around line 243-252: Add focused coverage for _deep_gemm_threads using a Plan
with one fp8 item and a monkeypatched torch.cuda.mem_get_info result. Verify it
returns zero below the loader reserve plus the item’s footprint, the configured
thread cap when memory is abundant, and the exact memory-limited quotient for an
intermediate amount of free memory.
Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap/steps.py:
- Around line 23-45: Add focused coverage for _msa_indexer_params through
forward_free_steps: verify the msa_indexer step is absent for non-MSA
implementations and when use_kv_cache_manager_v2 is false, and verify fp8 dtype
and tokens_per_block are passed through when enabled. Capture the
prewarm_split_proxy_variants arguments and compare them with the arguments
DecoderWarmup uses, ensuring both paths warm the same variant.
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[None][perf] Build warmup kernels while the weights load
[TRTLLM-17679][feat] Build warmup kernels while the weights load
Nov 6, 2026
@brnguyen2, thanks for the review. On the points in your review summary:
Memory. The 8 GiB was a fixed margin, not derived from the loader's peak.
Each DeepGEMM sweep now re-checks free memory before it starts, so the loader's own allocations count.
A failed load drains the builders, and an OOM logs a hint.
The lowest free memory is logged. On Kimi-K3 ctx, every rank had at least 99.2 GiB free each time a sweep started, with the four threads running.
Main's Kimi-K3 context recipes are the DWDP16 workers measured here, and I don't have a DEP8 context config to run. The ~22.6 GiB in modeling_kimi_linear.py is the peak that repointing the fused rows avoids. If you can point me to a DEP8 context config, I'll add a run.
Policy drift. I mirrored the conditions you listed; details are in the inline threads. A derivation shared with DecoderWarmup would change the warmup, which this PR deliberately leaves untouched (its only runtime change is the one with), so I'd do that as a follow-up.
Title. It is now [TRTLLM-17679][feat].
Env vars. The three variables are documented in docs/source/llm-api/index.md under Startup Metrics, and the description names all three.
4 threads. This is a moderate default; I didn't sweep it. On GB300 (4 ranks per node) it means 16 concurrent nvcc per node. On Kimi-K3 ctx, the 9 sweeps finish in 190–200 s, inside the ~300–390 s of weight loading. Construction and loading took 8–13 s longer, and the copy loop above slowed from 17 to 20 µs. TLLM_OVERLAP_PREWARM_DEEP_GEMM_THREADS overrides it.
GIL comment. The comment in _torch/utils.py was the stale one, and it is fixed; details are in that thread.
Tests. Added for a failing build, zero threads, a skipped sweep, the body raising, and the autotuner off.
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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap/__init__.py:
- Around line 79-94: Guard torch.cuda.empty_cache() in the exception handler so
a cache-cleanup failure cannot replace the original loading exception or skip
the OOM hint; log the cleanup failure and continue to the existing OOM handling
and re-raise.
Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/warmup_overlap/linear.py:
- Around line 304-311: Coordinate the memory check in the build_deep_gemm sweep
across concurrent build threads by tracking outstanding sweep reservations under
a lock and including them when deciding whether enough memory remains above
_LOADER_RESERVE_BYTES. Avoid counting reservations that mem_get_info() already
reflects, and release each reservation on every exit path, including failures
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[TRTLLM-17679][feat] Build warmup kernels while the weights load
[TRTLLM-17679][feat] KernelBuilder: build fmha_sm100 kernel variants on worker threads during warmup
Nov 9, 2026
Add tests for the build_pass exception path and nested passes.
build_pass keeps a pass counter that drives active(). On an exception from the body, the counter must be decremented without a join. Only the outermost pass may join and report.
If this logic regresses, active() stays true after a failed warmup. Every later prebuild call then replays and submits builds during serving.
tests/unittest/_torch/test_kernel_builder.py covers only the normal exit and the disabled case.
Add two CPU tests in that file:
Raise inside with builder.build_pass(...). Assert that the exception propagates and not builder.active().
Nest two passes. Submit a slow build in the inner pass. Assert that the inner exit does not join (builder.state(...) == "queued") and the outer exit does. Use a threading.Event to hold the build.
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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/kernel_builder.py around lines 106 - 127:
Add two CPU tests for KernelBuilder.build_pass: verify an exception from the
pass body propagates and leaves builder.active() false, and verify nested passes
defer joining until the outermost exit. For the nested-pass test, hold the
submitted build with a threading.Event, assert it remains queued after the inner
exit, then release it and confirm the outer exit joins.
96-102: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Test the wrapped plan-to-run path during a build pass.
The direct helper tests do not check that _Package.run finds the plan tag and lists a signature. A regression could leave kernels to compile on first use.
Add an SM100 test in test_msa_kernel_builds.py that calls the installed plan and run entry points inside build_pass("test"). Compare the output with the unwrapped call and assert that stats("fmha_sm100").signatures == 1.
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around lines 96 - 102:
Add an SM100 integration test in test_msa_kernel_builds.py that exercises the
installed plan and run entry points inside build_pass("test"), compares its
output with the unwrapped call, and asserts stats("fmha_sm100").signatures == 1.
Use the existing test setup and APIs; leave the plan wrapper unchanged.
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- Around line 242-246: Update the exception handling in install around _Package
construction so package-surface mismatches that raise ordinary exceptions do not
propagate and prevent the MSA backend from being used; retain the existing
warning with the exception type and message.
Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/kernel_builder.py:
- Around line 267-268: Move torch.cuda.set_device into the worker’s per-item
guarded block and catch BaseException for device setup and build failures.
Ensure every dequeued item reaches the _pending decrement so build_pass cannot
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- Around line 96-102: Add an SM100 integration test in test_msa_kernel_builds.py
that exercises the installed plan and run entry points inside
build_pass("test"), compares its output with the unwrapped call, and asserts
stats("fmha_sm100").signatures == 1. Use the existing test setup and APIs; leave
the plan wrapper unchanged.
Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/kernel_builder.py:
- Around line 106-127: Add two CPU tests for KernelBuilder.build_pass: verify an
exception from the pass body propagates and leaves builder.active() false, and
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test, hold the submitted build with a threading.Event, assert it remains queued
after the inner exit, then release it and confirm the outer exit joins.
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[TRTLLM-17679][feat] KernelBuilder: build fmha_sm100 kernels on worker threads while the weights load
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[TRTLLM-17679][feat] KernelBuilder: build fmha_sm100 kernels on worker threads while the weights load
[TRTLLM-17679][feat] KernelBuilder and the autotuner's build state: build kernels on worker threads while the weights load
Nov 10, 2026
Could you please rebase this branch onto the latest upstream main to include the CI hang fix in #22101 (6edbe383497a)? The current branch still contains the regression that can cause pipelines to hang for an extended period and worsen CI queueing
…on worker threads during warmup
KernelBuilder (tensorrt_llm/_torch/kernel_builder.py) queues the kernel builds of ops that
compile on first use without going through the autotuner, and runs them on worker threads.
The decoder warmup is a build pass: an op lists, on the first sight of each call signature,
the kernels the signature reaches over its runtime shapes, and the pass waits for the builds
at its end.
MiniMax-M3's MSA attention (fmha_sm100) is the first op. Its plan and run are wrapped once,
at import. The first run of each call signature in the warmup replays the package's plan and
run for one query segment of every length up to 129 and of 256, with the variant lookup
recording the variant instead of compiling it. Workers compile each variant in the directory
and under the file lock the package's own lookup uses; the first run also queues the plan,
split-KV reduction and sparse top-k modules. TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER=0 turns it off.
Signed-off-by: chenfeiz0326 <203214996+chenfeiz0326@users.noreply.github.com>
… checkpoint loads
For a model a KernelBuilder op family reaches (today fmha_sm100, for
MiniMax-M3's MSA attention), the model is first built on dummy weights,
a rehearsal runs the warmup's MSA indexer prewarm and attention forwards
on them so the ops list and submit their kernels, and the checkpoint then
loads while the kernels build.
- ModelLoader.load(defer_checkpoint=True) loads what LoadFormat.DUMMY
loads into the tensors materialized from meta; load_deferred_checkpoint
restores the module tree as created, restores the creation layout with
pre_reload_weights, checks every parameter against its creation shape
and dtype, and runs load's AUTO fill, post-load hooks and finalization.
- ModelEngine.rehearse / load_deferred_checkpoint (the torch.compile
wrapper is removed for the load and put back after, as for a weight
update); DecoderWarmup.rehearse; pyexecutor/rehearsal.py runs it on
throwaway estimation-sized KV cache managers.
- KernelBuilder.rehearsal(): a build pass that does not wait;
wants_rehearsal() over the _FAMILIES table. fmha_sm100 runs in a
rehearsal are replays that compile and launch nothing.
- msa_prefill: refresh the NVFP4 K/V scale buffer in inference mode when
a forward created it there.
- TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER_REHEARSAL=0 loads the checkpoint first.
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…ts from plain memory
The rehearsal's eager forwards grew the NCCL window pool with buffers
the compiled warmup could not reuse, which left 0.8 GiB less for the KV
cache on MiniMax-M3 TP2. Run them under nccl_window_allocation_suppressed(),
as the autotuner's parallel profiling does, so the pool grows only with
the warmup that sizes it.
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…the forward's, as the autotuner does
An op declares the dimensions its kernels depend on in a BuildConfig of
DynamicSpecs, as a TuningConfig declares DynamicTensorSpecs. A call supplies
the shape; the op lists the kernels of the shapes its dimensions sweep from
it that its call signature has not listed yet.
fmha_sm100 sweeps query lengths up to the call's longest segment (1-129, and
256); the MSA indexer's maximum-score pass also sweeps KV splits (1, 2).
The rehearsal runs the autotuner warmup's two forwards (a context batch at
the maximum token count and one generation request) in place of the
attention warmup's batches and the MSA indexer prewarm.
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… kernels while the weights load
An op that calls choose_one now has three states. Inside autotune() it
tunes; inside the new build_kernels() (the rehearsal) choose_one queues on
KernelBuilder's worker threads the builds of every profile, runner and
tactic its tuning will time, without timing them (AutoTuner.prebuild), and
the op returns zeros of its output shape; otherwise it runs its tuned
tactic.
A runner builds a tactic with TunableRunner.build (by default, it runs it
once) and says which builds compile the same kernels with build_key. Only
ops that opt in with TuningConfig.parallel_jit_warmup build: DeepGEMM's FP8
block-scale GEMMs, and FlashInfer's MXFP8 GEMM, whose CUTLASS build loads
its JIT module without running it. The parallel JIT warmup shares the
per-profile build and the interleaved order, and skips builds this process
ran. The creator waits for these builds (the autotuner_builds phase) before
the KV cache estimation measures free memory.
A model whose FP8 block-scale linears run DeepGEMM now rehearses too (the
deep_gemm KernelBuilder family; families receive the model). KernelBuilder
sizes its threads as the parallel JIT warmup does, and join() can wait for
the ops of one prefix. TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER_AUTOTUNER=0 leaves the autotuned
ops' kernels to the autotuner warmup.
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… swept shape
builds_by_running(config, dims, output) decorates an op whose kernels
compile inside its own run. In a rehearsal, each call queues on
KernelBuilder's workers one run of the op for every shape its BuildConfig
sweeps from the call's, on the call's arguments cut or tiled to that shape
along the dimensions that dims names, and returns output (zeros) instead
of running. Such an op needs no list of its own.
Builds that run kernels say so when submitted (uses_gpu), and the creator
waits for those, the autotuner's included, before the KV cache estimation
(the gpu_builds phase, formerly autotuner_builds). The workers' CUDA stream
is kernel_builder.worker_stream().
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…ion-only batch where the warmup does
Decode-only workers (sparse KV cache offload) now warm up generation
shapes only, as Helix CP workers do. The rehearsal takes the same
decision from the same function as the warmup, so it never runs a
context batch the warmup does not.
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… determines from model creation
KernelBuilder's op families now run for every model as soon as it is created, not only on the
rehearsal path, and queue the builds the configuration alone determines on the worker threads:
- FlashInfer's sampling module (every model's warmup loads it);
- FlashInfer's trtllm-gen FMHA module, for a model with a layer FlashInferTrtllmGenFmha serves
and for MiniMax-M3's dense-layer decode;
- FlashInfer's trtllm_utils module, when an MXFP8 linear tunes through FlashInfer;
- MiniMax-M3's k2q CSR extension, with the MSA modules.
Workers only build the FlashInfer modules, under FlashInfer's own lock; the first call loads them.
In a rehearsal, the trtllm-gen FMHA calls and the NVFP4 sparse prefill run nothing and leave
zeros, so the rehearsal does not wait for these builds.
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…t where the KV cache estimation is off
Without the estimation the rehearsal has no KV cache to run on, so a
deferred checkpoint only makes the model load twice. With
TRTLLM_SKIP_KV_CACHE_ESTIMATION=1, context parallelism, the VANILLA
attention backend or a decode-only worker, the model engine now loads
its checkpoint first, as without KernelBuilder. On Kimi-K3's Helix
generation servers the deferred load held 1.02 GiB more memory outside
torch per rank, which left the KV cache 0.82 GiB smaller.
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…heckpoint can load after it
The rehearsal ran only for a model an op family claimed (MSA attention, DeepGEMM linears). It now
runs wherever the checkpoint can load after it, unless TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER_REHEARSAL=0, so every op
that lists its kernels from a forward builds ahead without registering, the autotuner's build state
included (FlashInfer's MXFP8 GEMM). The checkpoint is deferred only for a model whose runner
rehearses (a decoder runner with context warmups): not for encoder-only, pooling,
multimodal-encoder or encoder-decoder models, whose rehearsal would run nothing.
The op families only queue the builds the configuration alone determines (KernelBuilder.model_created,
for every model as it is created); deep_gemm's family only answered whether to rehearse and goes.
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…kernels for every batch size ahead
MiniMax-M3's Triton sparse decode compiles one kernel for each launch
geometry the GB300-measured tables pick per local batch (split-K
chunks, softmax recurrence, warps and stages, the paired producer),
plus the split-K merge. They compiled on the main thread at each
batch's first launch: 20 compiles and 12.4 s per rank on M3 ctx, most
of them during CUDA graph capture.
In a KernelBuilder build pass, a call of the op now lists the compiles
of every batch of up to max_num_requests requests with its other
arguments, and KernelBuilder's workers compile each one with Triton's
compile-only warmup, given dtypes for the tensors. In a rehearsal the
call then leaves its output zero. MsaDecodeFmha passes the metadata's
max_num_requests.
On M3 ctx (GB300, TP2), the main thread's sparse decode compiles drop
from 13.6 s to 2.3 s per rank, and startup from 572 s to 562 s.
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Description
Design doc, with diagrams and the code map: KernelBuilder and the autotuner's build state (source: gist).
The problem. Many ops compile a GPU kernel the first time they run:
fmha_sm100, MiniMax-M3's MSA attention: one kernel per variant, tens of seconds each;On main they compile when the warmup first reaches them. That is after the checkpoint has loaded, on the main thread, mostly one at a time.
This PR starts these builds earlier and runs them on worker threads.
KernelBuilder (
kernel_builder.py) is one queue of kernel builds per process, with worker threads.BuildConfigofDynamicSpecs says how, as aTuningConfigdoes for the autotuner.fmha_sm100lists its variants by replaying its plan and run.max_num_requestsrequests; the workers compile each with Triton's compile-onlywarmup, on dtypes instead of tensors. In a rehearsal the call leaves its output zero.@builds_by_runningserves ops whose kernels compile inside their run; none uses it yet.The autotuner gets a build state (
autotuner.build_kernels()), beside tuning and running.choose_onequeues on KernelBuilder's threads the builds of every profile, runner and tactic its tuning would time, without timing them. The op returns zeros.TuningConfig.parallel_jit_warmup. So far: DeepGEMM's FP8 block-scale GEMMs and FlashInfer's MXFP8 GEMM.Builds from model creation. Right after
ModelLoader.loadcreates any model, the op families inkernel_builder._FAMILIESqueue the builds the configuration alone determines:FlashInferTrtllmGenFmhaserves, and for M3's dense-layer decode;trtllm_utilsmodule, for a model whose MXFP8 linears tune through FlashInfer;The workers only build the FlashInfer modules, under FlashInfer's own file lock. The first call that needs a module loads it.
The rehearsal, wherever the checkpoint can load after it, whether or not an op will list kernels:
load(defer_checkpoint=True)andload_deferred_checkpointrestore and reload the model as a weight update does.The startup log shows the new phases as
rehearsal,checkpointandgpu_builds.The rehearsal is skipped in these cases, which keep today's order but still get the builds from model creation:
TRTLLM_SKIP_KV_CACHE_ESTIMATION=1, context parallelism (such as Kimi-K3's Helix generation servers), the VANILLA backend, decode-only workers.Not built ahead:
KdaConv, route sort. On M3, 3.5 s: the sparse prefill and its combine. CUTLASS DSL 4.8.0 keeps one compile session per process. Compiling the same kernels on 4 threads at once failed in 10 of 10 runs, and one kernel compiled that way failed to launch. One after another, they were bitwise identical.TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER10turns KernelBuilder off: every kernel compiles on first use.TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER_REHEARSAL10loads the checkpoint first. The builds a forward lists then start at the warmup; the builds from model creation still run.TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER_AUTOTUNER10leaves the autotuned ops' kernels to the autotuner warmup.TLLM_KERNEL_BUILDER_THREADSStartup time, before and after
Launch to
/healthon GB300 from empty JIT caches: TRT-LLM main70fe2b2aagainst this PR on that main (all 9 commits for the K3 generation servers; the first 8 for the other cases, which the 9th and 10th do not change), both over main's post-merge CI wheel 3065. Each case runs this PR, main, this PR back to back in one allocation; the table gives the third arm, which shares main's warm page cache.MiniMax-M3 ctx, rank 0:
/healthThe weights are bitwise equal to main's (2,653 tensors per rank), and the 11 greedy completions of a serving probe are identical.
The 11th commit (M3's sparse decode) on its own, M3 ctx on the same wheel with and without it: startup 572 → 562 s, and the main thread's sparse decode compiles 13.6 → 2.3 s per rank. Weights and probe completions are again equal.
Kimi-K3, main → this PR (medians over the 16 workers, except the load):
The context servers run DWDP and the generation servers Helix context parallelism, so none of them rehearses: they load the checkpoint first, as on main. With the first 8 commits the generation servers still deferred their checkpoint, though their rehearsal could not run, and their KV cache came out 0.82 GiB smaller per rank; the 9th commit loads the checkpoint first there, and their KV cache is now the size main gives it. In every case the gain is mostly FlashInfer's sampling module, which now builds on a worker during the weight load. Every rank builds its own copy, four per node at once; the slowest worker's load changes by −7.3 to +8.5 s. On the context servers, the first arm on a fresh allocation runs its attention JIT phase about 25 s slower, whichever tree it runs; the tables use the third arm. 16p3d is a disaggregated deployment with 16 context workers and 3 generation servers; each role runs here on its own 4 nodes.
Test Coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/test_kernel_builder.py(CPU), checking that:@builds_by_runningruns at each swept shape.tests/unittest/_torch/misc/test_autotuner.py(GPU), checking that:build/build_keydedup works;tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/msa/test_msa_kernel_builds.py(SM100), checking that:tests/unittest/_torch/attention/sparse/msa/test_minimax_m3_sparse_attn_decode.py(SM100): one call in a rehearsal launches nothing and has the workers compile the kernels of every batch size; each batch then launches without a compile and matches the reference.tests/unittest/_torch/attention/test_flashinfer_trtllm_gen_fmha.py(CPU), checking that:tests/unittest/_torch/modules/test_mxfp8_linear.py(CPU): thetrtllm_utilsbuild is queued only for a model that tunes through FlashInfer.tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_deferred_checkpoint.py(GPU), checking that:tests/unittest/_torch/models/test_minimax_m3.py: the NVFP4 scale-buffer reload, with the buffer created in inference mode.c0468112over post-merge wheel 3067 runs all of the above, plus:test_warmup.py;test_autotuner.py(98 passed). Itstest_cutedsl_nvfp4_heuristic_matches_full_sweepfails in 2 of the 5 runs on this PR, with the CuteDSL kernel 1.1001× and 1.106× the cuBLAS one against a 1.10 bound. The PR changes neither kernel nor the tuning of that op, which sets noparallel_jit_warmup;test_mxfp8_linear.py(56 passed).PR Checklist
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