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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 uses recompute-pause when KV allocation fails. The scheduler skips ordinary eviction and suspend paths, and it limits context-preemption victims to requests behind the requester. Re-prefill resets the Helix decode state.
Aggregated Helix rejects lower cache tiers, KV connectors, and KV-pool rebalance. It disables host-tier provisioning and synchronizes KV-cache-manager initialization status across ranks. The opt-in schedule check is limited to supported configurations. No current review findings or test execution results were supplied.
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Four test-code files changed: aggregated Helix preemption, Helix KV-cache-manager behavior, KV-cache-manager integration, and the single-process disaggregated transceiver test. The A10 pre-merge CI list adds the aggregated Helix preemption test. The H100 CI list includes Helix transceiver tests and related attention-DP checks. The B200 CI list includes the Helix retention test from the changed KV-cache-manager integration file. No manual-QA list entries were found for these tests.
Coverage includes decode and chunked-prefill pressure, staggered arrivals, rank agreement, configuration guards, allocation failure paths, schedule divergence, recompute-state reset, initialization failure synchronization, and disaggregated behavior. CI registration is confirmed for some tests, but not for every new or changed test. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up; test execution results are unavailable.
Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py — Verify aggregated Helix rejects unsupported cache tiers, connectors, and KV-pool rebalance. Verify host-tier provisioning remains disabled and initialization failures are coordinated across context-parallel ranks.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py — Verify execution-state reinitialization resets the Helix decode counter and inactive-rank flag.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py — Verify the opt-in schedule check runs only in supported configurations and detects rank divergence or incomplete context prompts.
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/scheduler_v2.py — Verify recompute-pause behavior under allocation pressure, context-victim selection, and the Helix-specific allocation-failure path.
tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_helix_agg_preemption.py — Covers aggregated Helix preemption under decode, chunked-prefill, and staggered-arrival pressure. The test is listed in test-db/l0_a10.yml for CI.
tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py — Covers configuration guards, allocation-failure behavior, schedule consistency, and recompute-state reset. CI and manual-QA registration were not found.
tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kvcm2_integration.py — Covers cross-rank initialization-status synchronization and cleanup after peer failure, as well as Helix retention. The retention test is listed in test-db/l0_b200.yml; CI registration for the other changed test was not found.
tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py — Covers disaggregated transceiver behavior and cache-manager configuration. Helix transceiver and attention-DP tests are listed in test-db/l0_h100.yml.
tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml — Adds the aggregated Helix preemption test to the A10 pre-merge PyTorch test list.
… 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>
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Walkthrough
The changes add Helix-specific KV-cache restrictions and scheduling behavior. They also add an opt-in check for schedule consistency across context-parallel ranks and tests for cache configuration, preemption, allocation failure, initialization synchronization, and rank agreement.
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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/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kvcm2_integration.py
Helix rejects KV-pool rebalance. Non-disaggregated Helix also rejects host or disk cache tiers and KV connectors, skips host-tier provisioning, and synchronizes initialization status. Tests cover these restrictions and initialization synchronization.
The scheduler tracks each context request’s position and, on CP Helix, considers only later requests as page-preemption victims. Simulated-rank tests exercise decode pressure, context pressure, and staggered arrivals; the test is added to the A10 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/executor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py
On CP Helix, generation allocation failures use recompute-pause handling when enabled; unscheduled requests have their runtime state cleared. Execution-state initialization resets the Helix decode fields. Tests cover allocation outcomes and recompute reset.
An opt-in check compares scheduling summaries across CP ranks and raises RuntimeError for differences or context requests without the full prompt. Tests cover matching summaries and divergent paused victims, decode steps, and prompts.
The reviewed scheduling, initialization, replay, and rank-consistency paths have no remaining actionable merge risk.
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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
TLLM_HELIX_AGG_CHECK_SCHEDULE and verifies _prepare_and_schedule_batch() invokes
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@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py:
- 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:
- Around line 900-903: Update the `_check_helix_schedule` gate to require
non-pipeline-parallel execution, using the pipeline-parallel size from
`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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@tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_helix_agg_preemption.py:
- Around line 226-227: Confirm the intended execution scope of
test_agg_helix_preempts_identically_and_re_prefills_correctly with the author or
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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py:
- Around line 4483-4484: Add a focused test for the opt-in Helix scheduling path
that enables TLLM_HELIX_AGG_CHECK_SCHEDULE and verifies
_prepare_and_schedule_batch() invokes _check_helix_schedule_consistency after
_schedule() when given a divergent CP summary.
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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>
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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.
Automatically added "ci: full pre-merge approved" because this PR has satisfied the required GitHub review approvals. Unresolved review conversations and other required checks remain independent merge requirements.
- 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>
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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 uses recompute-pause when KV allocation fails. The scheduler skips ordinary eviction and suspend paths, and it limits context-preemption victims to requests behind the requester. Re-prefill resets the Helix decode state.
Aggregated Helix rejects lower cache tiers, KV connectors, and KV-pool rebalance. It disables host-tier provisioning and synchronizes KV-cache-manager initialization status across ranks. The opt-in schedule check is limited to supported configurations. No current review findings or test execution results were supplied.
QA Engineer Review
Four test-code files changed: aggregated Helix preemption, Helix KV-cache-manager behavior, KV-cache-manager integration, and the single-process disaggregated transceiver test. The A10 pre-merge CI list adds the aggregated Helix preemption test. The H100 CI list includes Helix transceiver tests and related attention-DP checks. The B200 CI list includes the Helix retention test from the changed KV-cache-manager integration file. No manual-QA list entries were found for these tests.
Coverage includes decode and chunked-prefill pressure, staggered arrivals, rank agreement, configuration guards, allocation failure paths, schedule divergence, recompute-state reset, initialization failure synchronization, and disaggregated behavior. CI registration is confirmed for some tests, but not for every new or changed test. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up; test execution results are unavailable.
Per-File QA Perspective
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/kv_cache/kv_cache_manager_v2.py— Verify aggregated Helix rejects unsupported cache tiers, connectors, and KV-pool rebalance. Verify host-tier provisioning remains disabled and initialization failures are coordinated across context-parallel ranks.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/llm_request.py— Verify execution-state reinitialization resets the Helix decode counter and inactive-rank flag.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py— Verify the opt-in schedule check runs only in supported configurations and detects rank divergence or incomplete context prompts.tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/scheduler/scheduler_v2.py— Verify recompute-pause behavior under allocation pressure, context-victim selection, and the Helix-specific allocation-failure path.tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_helix_agg_preemption.py— Covers aggregated Helix preemption under decode, chunked-prefill, and staggered-arrival pressure. The test is listed intest-db/l0_a10.ymlfor CI.tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kv_cache_manager_v2_helix_superblock.py— Covers configuration guards, allocation-failure behavior, schedule consistency, and recompute-state reset. CI and manual-QA registration were not found.tests/unittest/_torch/executor/kv_cache/test_kvcm2_integration.py— Covers cross-rank initialization-status synchronization and cleanup after peer failure, as well as Helix retention. The retention test is listed intest-db/l0_b200.yml; CI registration for the other changed test was not found.tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_transceiver_single_process.py— Covers disaggregated transceiver behavior and cache-manager configuration. Helix transceiver and attention-DP tests are listed intest-db/l0_h100.yml.tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_a10.yml— Adds the aggregated Helix preemption test to the A10 pre-merge PyTorch test list.