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[#21912][perf] Avoid full priority-queue scans for bounded peeks - #21913
Priority scheduling with KV-balanced attention-DP admission calls PriorityWaitingQueue.peek_requests every admitting iteration. The existing heapq.nsmallest implementation scans the entire waiting queue even though the admission window is normally 32 requests.
Use a best-first frontier over the existing min-heap for bounded peeks. It visits only the relevant heap branches, reducing the bounded path from O(n log k) to O(k log k) without mutating or copying the source heap. Requests for at least one quarter of the queue retain the existing nsmallest path.
Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y, Python 3.11.18, CPU only. The harness loaded the real queue module and used identical randomized heaps. Each process ran 5 warmups and 31 timed calls; values below are the median of five process medians.
Queued requests
Peek size
Before
After
Speedup
2,048
32
0.093 ms
0.021 ms
4.4x
8,192
32
0.349 ms
0.022 ms
15.9x
8,192
64
0.367 ms
0.046 ms
8.0x
8,192
256
0.534 ms
0.214 ms
2.5x
8,192
2,048
2.377 ms
2.373 ms
unchanged
At the normal 32-request admission window, an 8,192-request queue saves about 0.33 ms per admitting iteration.
Test Coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_waiting_queue.py: 51 passed. The source checkout has no compiled bindings, so this was run with a local import stub limited to the queue module.
pre-commit run --files tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/waiting_queue.py tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_waiting_queue.py: passed.
Added coverage compares bounded and large peeks with a fully sorted snapshot and verifies that peeking does not mutate the heap.
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PriorityWaitingQueue.peek_requests uses a best-first heap frontier when the requested count is less than one quarter of the queue. Larger peeks retain heapq.nsmallest. The method returns up to k requests in priority order without modifying the source heap. The change is limited to this method and its unit tests.
QA Engineer Review
The modified unit test file adds parameterized checks for five queue-size and peek-limit combinations. These tests compare results with a sorted snapshot and verify that the heap remains unchanged. A separate test uses a heap that rejects iteration, copying, and slicing, and checks that a 32-request peek from a 1,000-request queue reads at most the root and two children per returned entry. Existing tests cover priority order, admission groups, zero-length peeks, and pop order. No test-list files changed. Integration test-list registration does not apply to this unit test. Coverage verdict: sufficient.
Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/waiting_queue.py: Verify priority order, source-heap preservation, and behavior for empty queues and non-positive limits. The method uses the frontier for small peeks and retains heapq.nsmallest when the requested count is at least one quarter of the queue.
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_waiting_queue.py: Covers result equivalence, heap preservation, and avoidance of full scans for bounded peeks. This unit test is not listed in the integration test lists; CI and manual-QA registration do not apply.
Use a best-first heap frontier to enumerate small PriorityWaitingQueue
windows without scanning every queued request. Preserve nsmallest for
large result sets.
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peek_requests(k) returns up to k requests in priority order. It uses heap-frontier traversal for smaller results and heapq.nsmallest for larger results. Tests check result order and confirm that peeking leaves the heap unchanged.
The method caps the result count and returns an empty list when the count is zero. For counts below one quarter of the heap, it traverses heap-child indices with a frontier heap; otherwise, it uses heapq.nsmallest. The documentation updates the bounded-peek complexity. Tests compare results with sorted queue iteration, check that the heap is unchanged, and limit heap index reads during a bounded peek.
NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#21073: Adds PriorityWaitingQueue.peek_requests(k), the method changed in this pull request.
Suggested reviewers: lancelly
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 0fba0
No actionable merge-blocking risk is established for bounded priority peeks. The change is ready to merge after normal checks.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to 0fba0
The optimization preserves queue ownership and normal priority ordering without adding a public interface. No introduced security vulnerability was established. Invalid priorities accepted through the existing native API leave some uncertainty about admission behavior.
Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.
Security review details
Security Blast Radius
inferred — The inspected influence path is request priority to heap ordering, admission candidates and rank placement within an executor. Whether an untrusted remote caller can supply an invalid native priority is not established by the inspected evidence.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — Priority validation differs between existing input paths: the Python request constructor rejects values outside the inclusive zero-to-one range, including NaN, while the native priority setter assigns its argument directly. The native request adapter delegates attribute reads without adding priority validation. These mechanisms predate this PR.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
inferred — The new peek introduces no shared-state commit or cleanup obligation: its frontier and result list are local, and it only reads the source heap. Admission still relies on equivalent peek/pop identities before reinserting unchosen requests. The inspected code supports that equivalence for comparable priority keys, but native NaN behavior and concurrent interruption were not runtime-verified.
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The title names the main change: bounded peeks in PriorityWaitingQueue no longer perform a full-queue scan. It also carries the issue reference and the [perf] type, matching the repository template. T…
Description check
The description covers the problem, the approach, benchmark results, and test coverage, so it is mostly complete. It states the problem (full queue scan on every admitting iteration), the solution (be…
Linked Issues check
Directly linked issue #21912 has these coding requirements: (1) a bounded peek avoids a full scan of the waiting queue; (2) a bounded peek uses best-first traversal of the existing heap with O(k log k…
Out of Scope Changes check
The whole-PR diff against merge base c6bc8fd changes two files. - tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/waiting_queue.py: changes peek_requests to the bounded frontier path with the nsmallest fall…
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The title names the main change: bounded peeks in PriorityWaitingQueue no longer perform a full-queue scan. It also carries the issue reference and the [perf] type, matching the repository template. The change matches the raw summary, which describes a bounded heap traversal for small k and a retained nsmallest path for large k.
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The description covers the problem, the approach, benchmark results, and test coverage, so it is mostly complete. It states the problem (full queue scan on every admitting iteration), the solution (best-first frontier over the min-heap with nsmallest retained for large peeks), and the complexity change from O(n log k) to O(k log k). It reports benchmark tables and the tests that were run. Gaps: the Test Coverage section lists the test file and pre-commit run but names no GPU or integration coverage, and the template's Test Coverage prompt asks for clear relevant tests, which the description provides only in summary form. The PR checklist is checked, but the template's items (CODING_GUIDELINES, documentation, reviewers) are summarized in one line rather than individually reviewed. The title follows the template pattern [#21912][perf]. The description does not explicitly say whether the change needs a label, but it states that no API change is introduced. Overall the description is mostly complete and clear.
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Directly linked issue #21912 has these coding requirements: (1) a bounded peek avoids a full scan of the waiting queue; (2) a bounded peek uses best-first traversal of the existing heap with O(k log k) work; (3) output order matches repeated priority-queue pops; (4) the source heap is neither mutated nor copied; (5) large result sets may keep the heapq.nsmallest path.
Evidence at reviewed head 0fba09c, whole-PR diff against merge base c6bc8fd:
Requirements 1, 2, 4: PriorityWaitingQueue.peek_requests sets count = min(max(k, 0), len(source)). For count * 4 < len(source), it runs a frontier loop seeded with source[0]. Each iteration pops one frontier entry, appends source[index][2], and pushes the children at 2index+1 and 2index+2 when they exist. The loop runs count times, so it reads only the root and the children of returned entries. The method reads source[index] only. It does not write, copy, slice, or sort self._heap.
Requirement 3: Heap entries use (neg_priority, insertion_counter, item). The frontier pushes (entry[0], entry[1], index), which uses the same ordering key as the heap. Because each heap child is never smaller than its parent, the frontier pops entries in global heap order. Counter uniqueness prevents comparisons from reaching the index field.
Requirement 5: For count * 4 >= len(source), the method keeps heapq.nsmallest(count, source).
Edge cases: k <= 0 and an empty queue return []. k larger than the queue size falls through to nsmallest.
Tests at head: test_peek_requests_matches_sorted_snapshot compares peek_requests with the first k items of sorted iteration across five size/k pairs and checks that the heap is unchanged. The (1000, 32) case uses the frontier path. test_small_peek_does_not_scan_the_heap replaces the heap with a list subclass that rejects iteration, copy, and slicing, and records read indices. It checks the expected IDs and limits reads to 1 + 2 * 32.
Not verified: the reported 51 passing tests, the pre-commit result, and the benchmark numbers. These are reported outcomes and are not coding requirements. The earlier assessment's note on the incremental diff from b99e38b is superseded; this assessment uses the whole-PR diff at head.
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The whole-PR diff against merge base c6bc8fd changes two files.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/waiting_queue.py: changes peek_requests to the bounded frontier path with the nsmallest fallback, and updates the complexity docstring from O(n log k) to O(k log k) for a bounded peek. Both changes implement #21912.
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_waiting_queue.py: replaces test_peek_requests_does_not_sort_the_heap with a parametrized sorted-snapshot test and a no-scan test for a bounded peek. These tests verify the objective and need no separate scope.
No public declarations, APIs, dependencies, or other files change. The benchmark and validation text in the PR description is supporting context and does not add code scope.
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Protect small peeks from a return to heapq.nsmallest.
The existing tests can pass if every peek uses heapq.nsmallest, restoring full-heap work. In tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_waiting_queue.py, extend the existing 1,000-entry, k=32 case to fail if heapq.nsmallest runs during the peek. Keep the returned-ID assertion.
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Extend the existing 1,000-entry, k=32 peek test in test_waiting_queue.py to fail
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Fail the small-window regression test if heapq.nsmallest scans the full queue, while retaining the priority-order assertion.
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- Around line 588-589: Strengthen the bounded-peek test around `peek_requests`
so it detects a full heap scan: after setting up `q._heap`, instrument it to
reject iteration and count indexed reads, while retaining the existing order
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Replace the __iter__ and heapq.nsmallest patches with a heap that rejects
iteration, copies, and slices and records which entries are read. A
regression to sorting, copying, or scanning the whole queue now fails the
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Description
Priority scheduling with KV-balanced attention-DP admission calls
PriorityWaitingQueue.peek_requestsevery admitting iteration. The existingheapq.nsmallestimplementation scans the entire waiting queue even though the admission window is normally 32 requests.Use a best-first frontier over the existing min-heap for bounded peeks. It visits only the relevant heap branches, reducing the bounded path from O(n log k) to O(k log k) without mutating or copying the source heap. Requests for at least one quarter of the queue retain the existing
nsmallestpath.Closes #21912.
Benchmark
Intel Xeon Platinum 8352Y, Python 3.11.18, CPU only. The harness loaded the real queue module and used identical randomized heaps. Each process ran 5 warmups and 31 timed calls; values below are the median of five process medians.
At the normal 32-request admission window, an 8,192-request queue saves about 0.33 ms per admitting iteration.
Test Coverage
tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_waiting_queue.py: 51 passed. The source checkout has no compiled bindings, so this was run with a local import stub limited to the queue module.pre-commit run --files tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/waiting_queue.py tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_waiting_queue.py: passed.GPU tests and the full test suite were not run.
PR Checklist
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Dev Engineer Review
PriorityWaitingQueue.peek_requestsuses a best-first heap frontier when the requested count is less than one quarter of the queue. Larger peeks retainheapq.nsmallest. The method returns up tokrequests in priority order without modifying the source heap. The change is limited to this method and its unit tests.QA Engineer Review
The modified unit test file adds parameterized checks for five queue-size and peek-limit combinations. These tests compare results with a sorted snapshot and verify that the heap remains unchanged. A separate test uses a heap that rejects iteration, copying, and slicing, and checks that a 32-request peek from a 1,000-request queue reads at most the root and two children per returned entry. Existing tests cover priority order, admission groups, zero-length peeks, and pop order. No test-list files changed. Integration test-list registration does not apply to this unit test. Coverage verdict: sufficient.
Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/waiting_queue.py: Verify priority order, source-heap preservation, and behavior for empty queues and non-positive limits. The method uses the frontier for small peeks and retainsheapq.nsmallestwhen the requested count is at least one quarter of the queue.tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_waiting_queue.py: Covers result equivalence, heap preservation, and avoidance of full scans for bounded peeks. This unit test is not listed in the integration test lists; CI and manual-QA registration do not apply.