Remove full-cache scans from CP owner-lane allocation

The CP shared-KV allocator was still doing total-cache-sized CPU work in the scheduler hot path.  That cannot be hidden by GPU overlap, so owner-lane allocation now maintains per-owner free/release buckets and consumes request-sized prefixes instead of rebuilding masks over the full free-page tensor on each request.\n\nThe benchmark was extended to isolate L1 stats, selection, and allocation costs, and the CPU layout tests now install a complete sgl_kernel stub before importing SGLang helpers so remote unit collection does not abort in native extension loading.\n\nConstraint: Allocator CPU work blocks scheduler progress and cannot overlap with GPU forward execution.\nConstraint: CPU unit tests must not load native sgl_kernel on remote images where the loader can SIGABRT.\nRejected: Keep contiguous-run search over full free_pages | still scales with cache capacity and measured multi-ms overhead.\nRejected: Treat remote collection abort as an environment-only issue | it prevented allocator regression coverage and was fixable with a test-local stub.\nConfidence: high\nScope-risk: moderate\nDirective: CP owner-lane allocation is bucket-based; do not reintroduce full free_pages scans on the hot path without benchmark evidence.\nTested: Local py_compile for touched files\nTested: Local benchmark unit test, 6 passed\nTested: Remote benchmark unit test, 6 passed\nTested: Remote test_alloc_pages_with_owners.py, 10 passed\nTested: Remote test_cp_shared_kv_layout.py, 27 passed\nTested: Remote production allocator microbench shows select/alloc p50 reduced from ms-scale to sub-ms scale\nNot-tested: Full ETE traffic run after allocator bucket change
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laoyao0822
2026-06-02 08:41:00 +08:00
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@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ Examples:
--bench host --host-sizes-gb 220 --request-pages 1,8,64,512 \
--patterns contiguous_fifo,fragmented_prefix_later_run,random_fragmented
# Production L1 allocator path on CUDA, stubbing sgl_kernel import if needed.
# L1 allocator path on CUDA, stubbing sgl_kernel import if needed.
PYTHONPATH=python:. python benchmark/hicache/bench_cp_hicache_allocator_overhead.py \
--bench l1 --device cuda --stub-sgl-kernel --physical-pages 8192,32768 \
--request-pages 8,64,512 --l1-impl current,fifo
--request-pages 8,64,512 --l1-impl current,fifo \
--l1-ops stats,free_room_stats,select_only,alloc_pages
"""
import argparse
@@ -244,6 +245,296 @@ class StandaloneHostAllocator:
return select_index
def _compute_owner_lane_free_room_deficits(
*,
required: list[int],
available: list[int],
capacities: list[int],
target_ratio: float,
trigger_ratio: float,
) -> list[int]:
deficits: list[int] = []
for req, avail, capacity in zip(required, available, capacities):
target_room = (
int(math.ceil(float(capacity) * float(target_ratio)))
if capacity > 0 and target_ratio > 0
else 0
)
trigger_room = (
int(math.ceil(float(capacity) * float(trigger_ratio)))
if capacity > 0 and trigger_ratio > 0
else 0
)
if int(avail) >= int(req) + trigger_room:
deficits.append(0)
else:
deficits.append(max(0, int(req) + target_room - int(avail)))
return deficits
class StandaloneCPSharedPagedAllocator:
"""Metadata-only copy of the CP shared-KV page owner allocator.
This intentionally mirrors the current Python/Torch control path used by
``CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator`` so CPU-only environments can measure
the allocator shape without importing the full SGLang runtime dependency
stack. The benchmark still uses the production allocator when imports are
available.
"""
def __init__(
self,
*,
physical_pages: int,
page_size: int,
cp_size: int,
device: torch.device,
):
self.physical_size = int(physical_pages) * int(page_size)
self.page_size = int(page_size)
self.cp_size = int(cp_size)
self.device = device
logical_pages = int(physical_pages) * int(cp_size)
self._owner_free_pages = None
self._owner_release_pages = None
self._flat_free_pages_cache = None
self._flat_release_pages_cache = None
self.free_pages = torch.arange(
1, logical_pages + 1, dtype=torch.int64, device=device
)
self.release_pages = torch.empty((0,), dtype=torch.int64, device=device)
self.debug_mode = False
def _empty_pages(self) -> torch.Tensor:
return torch.empty((0,), dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device)
def _split_owner_buckets(
self, pages: Optional[torch.Tensor]
) -> Optional[list[torch.Tensor]]:
if pages is None:
return None
if pages.numel() == 0:
return [torch.empty_like(pages) for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
owner_ids = torch.remainder(pages - 1, self.cp_size)
buckets: list[torch.Tensor] = []
for owner in range(self.cp_size):
owner_pages = pages[owner_ids == owner]
if owner_pages.numel() > 1:
owner_pages, _ = torch.sort(owner_pages)
buckets.append(owner_pages)
return buckets
def _materialize_owner_buckets(
self, buckets: Optional[list[torch.Tensor]]
) -> Optional[torch.Tensor]:
if buckets is None:
return None
non_empty = [bucket for bucket in buckets if bucket.numel() > 0]
if not non_empty:
return self._empty_pages()
return torch.cat(non_empty)
@property
def free_pages(self):
if self._owner_free_pages is not None:
if self._flat_free_pages_cache is None:
self._flat_free_pages_cache = self._materialize_owner_buckets(
self._owner_free_pages
)
return self._flat_free_pages_cache
return self._flat_free_pages_cache
@free_pages.setter
def free_pages(self, pages):
self._flat_free_pages_cache = pages
self._owner_free_pages = self._split_owner_buckets(pages)
@property
def release_pages(self):
if self._owner_release_pages is not None:
if self._flat_release_pages_cache is None:
self._flat_release_pages_cache = self._materialize_owner_buckets(
self._owner_release_pages
)
return self._flat_release_pages_cache
return self._flat_release_pages_cache
@release_pages.setter
def release_pages(self, pages):
self._flat_release_pages_cache = pages
self._owner_release_pages = self._split_owner_buckets(pages)
def _owner_bucket_counts(self, buckets: Optional[list[torch.Tensor]]) -> list[int]:
if buckets is None:
return [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
return [int(bucket.numel()) for bucket in buckets]
def _owner_available_counts(self) -> list[int]:
free_counts = self._owner_bucket_counts(self._owner_free_pages)
release_counts = self._owner_bucket_counts(self._owner_release_pages)
return [
free_count + release_count
for free_count, release_count in zip(free_counts, release_counts)
]
def _consume_owner_bucket_prefix(
self,
*,
release: bool,
counts_by_owner: list[int],
) -> None:
target_attr = "_owner_release_pages" if release else "_owner_free_pages"
cache_attr = "_flat_release_pages_cache" if release else "_flat_free_pages_cache"
buckets = getattr(self, target_attr)
mutated = False
for owner, count in enumerate(counts_by_owner):
if count <= 0:
continue
buckets[owner] = buckets[owner][count:]
mutated = True
if mutated:
setattr(self, target_attr, buckets)
setattr(self, cache_attr, None)
def compute_owner_lane_stats(
self,
page_compute_owners: list[int],
) -> tuple[list[int], list[int], list[int]]:
required = [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
for owner in page_compute_owners:
if owner < 0 or owner >= self.cp_size:
raise ValueError(
f"compute owner must be in [0, {self.cp_size}), got {owner}"
)
required[owner] += 1
available = self._owner_available_counts()
deficits = [
max(0, required_count - available_count)
for required_count, available_count in zip(required, available)
]
return required, available, deficits
def compute_owner_lane_capacity_pages(self) -> list[int]:
capacity_pages = int(self.physical_size // self.page_size)
return [capacity_pages for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
def compute_owner_lane_free_room_stats(
self,
page_compute_owners: list[int],
*,
target_ratio: float,
trigger_ratio: float,
) -> tuple[list[int], list[int], list[int]]:
required, available, _exact_deficits = self.compute_owner_lane_stats(
page_compute_owners
)
deficits = _compute_owner_lane_free_room_deficits(
required=required,
available=available,
capacities=self.compute_owner_lane_capacity_pages(),
target_ratio=target_ratio,
trigger_ratio=trigger_ratio,
)
return required, available, deficits
def _select_owner_free_pages_prefer_contiguous(
self,
owner_pages: torch.Tensor,
required_count: int,
) -> torch.Tensor:
return owner_pages[: min(required_count, int(owner_pages.numel()))]
def _select_compute_owner_pages(
self,
page_compute_owners: list[int],
) -> Optional[tuple[torch.Tensor, list[int], list[int]]]:
if not page_compute_owners:
return (
torch.empty((0,), dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device),
[0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)],
[0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)],
)
required_by_owner = [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
positions_by_owner: list[list[int]] = [[] for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
for position, owner in enumerate(page_compute_owners):
if owner < 0 or owner >= self.cp_size:
raise ValueError(
f"compute owner must be in [0, {self.cp_size}), got {owner}"
)
required_by_owner[owner] += 1
positions_by_owner[owner].append(position)
lane_pages = [None for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
selected_free_counts = [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
selected_release_counts = [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
for owner, required_count in enumerate(required_by_owner):
if required_count == 0:
continue
selected_owner_free_mask = self._select_owner_free_pages_prefer_contiguous(
self._owner_free_pages[owner], required_count
)
selected_owner_pages = selected_owner_free_mask
free_count = int(selected_owner_pages.numel())
remaining_count = required_count - free_count
if remaining_count > 0:
release_bucket = self._owner_release_pages[owner]
if remaining_count > release_bucket.numel():
return None
selected_owner_release_pages = release_bucket[:remaining_count]
selected_owner_pages = torch.cat(
(selected_owner_pages, selected_owner_release_pages)
)
selected_release_counts[owner] = remaining_count
selected_free_counts[owner] = free_count
lane_pages[owner] = selected_owner_pages
selected_pages = torch.empty(
(len(page_compute_owners),), dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device
)
for owner, positions in enumerate(positions_by_owner):
if not positions:
continue
position_tensor = torch.tensor(
positions, dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device
)
selected_pages[position_tensor] = lane_pages[owner]
return (
selected_pages,
selected_free_counts,
selected_release_counts,
)
def alloc_pages_with_owners(
self,
page_compute_owners: list[int],
) -> Optional[torch.Tensor]:
if not page_compute_owners:
return torch.empty((0,), dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device)
selected = self._select_compute_owner_pages(page_compute_owners)
if selected is None:
return None
selected_pages, selected_free_counts, selected_release_counts = selected
page_size = self.page_size
base = selected_pages.to(torch.int64).unsqueeze(1) * page_size
offsets = torch.arange(
page_size, dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device
).unsqueeze(0)
out_indices = (base + offsets).reshape(-1)
self._consume_owner_bucket_prefix(
release=False, counts_by_owner=selected_free_counts
)
self._consume_owner_bucket_prefix(
release=True, counts_by_owner=selected_release_counts
)
return out_indices
def _is_page_contiguous_selection(selected: Optional[torch.Tensor], page_size: int) -> bool:
if selected is None or selected.numel() == 0:
return False
@@ -477,7 +768,22 @@ def _install_sgl_kernel_stubs() -> None:
sys.modules[submodule] = sub
def _make_l1_allocator(*, physical_pages: int, page_size: int, cp_size: int, device: torch.device):
def _make_l1_allocator(
*,
physical_pages: int,
page_size: int,
cp_size: int,
device: torch.device,
production: bool,
):
if not production:
return StandaloneCPSharedPagedAllocator(
physical_pages=physical_pages,
page_size=page_size,
cp_size=cp_size,
device=device,
)
from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator import CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator
return CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator(
@@ -494,8 +800,8 @@ def _make_l1_allocator(*, physical_pages: int, page_size: int, cp_size: int, dev
def _patch_l1_fifo_selector(allocator) -> None:
def fifo_selector(owner_mask: torch.Tensor, required_count: int) -> torch.Tensor:
return owner_mask & (torch.cumsum(owner_mask.to(torch.int64), dim=0) <= required_count)
def fifo_selector(owner_pages: torch.Tensor, required_count: int) -> torch.Tensor:
return owner_pages[: min(required_count, int(owner_pages.numel()))]
allocator._select_owner_free_pages_prefer_contiguous = fifo_selector
@@ -520,6 +826,7 @@ def _is_l1_selection_physically_contiguous(
def _bench_l1_case(
*,
impl: str,
op: str,
physical_pages: int,
request_pages: int,
page_size: int,
@@ -530,6 +837,9 @@ def _bench_l1_case(
repeat: int,
warmup: int,
seed: int,
free_room_ratio: float,
free_room_trigger_ratio: float,
production_allocator: bool,
) -> BenchResult:
request_owners = _make_page_compute_owners(request_pages, cp_size, owner_pattern)
base_free_pages = _make_l1_free_pages(
@@ -551,6 +861,7 @@ def _bench_l1_case(
page_size=page_size,
cp_size=cp_size,
device=device,
production=production_allocator,
)
allocator.free_pages = base_free_pages.clone()
allocator.release_pages = torch.empty((0,), dtype=torch.int64, device=device)
@@ -559,7 +870,28 @@ def _bench_l1_case(
if use_cuda:
torch.cuda.synchronize(device)
start_ns = time.perf_counter_ns()
selected = allocator.alloc_pages_with_owners(request_owners)
selected = None
if op == "stats":
allocator.compute_owner_lane_stats(request_owners)
elif op == "free_room_stats":
allocator.compute_owner_lane_free_room_stats(
request_owners,
target_ratio=free_room_ratio,
trigger_ratio=free_room_trigger_ratio,
)
elif op == "select_only":
selected_result = allocator._select_compute_owner_pages(request_owners)
if selected_result is not None:
selected_pages = selected_result[0]
base = selected_pages.to(torch.int64).unsqueeze(1) * page_size
offsets = torch.arange(
page_size, dtype=torch.int64, device=device
).unsqueeze(0)
selected = (base + offsets).reshape(-1)
elif op == "alloc_pages":
selected = allocator.alloc_pages_with_owners(request_owners)
else:
raise ValueError(f"unsupported l1 op: {op}")
if use_cuda:
torch.cuda.synchronize(device)
elapsed_us = (time.perf_counter_ns() - start_ns) / 1000.0
@@ -572,7 +904,7 @@ def _bench_l1_case(
)
return _summarize(
bench="l1",
impl=impl,
impl=f"{impl}:{op}",
pattern=f"{free_pattern}:{owner_pattern}",
device=device.type,
total_pages=physical_pages,
@@ -648,6 +980,7 @@ def _run_l1(args) -> list[BenchResult]:
free_patterns = [item.strip() for item in args.l1_free_patterns.split(",") if item.strip()]
owner_patterns = [item.strip() for item in args.l1_owner_patterns.split(",") if item.strip()]
impls = [item.strip() for item in args.l1_impl.split(",") if item.strip()]
ops = [item.strip() for item in args.l1_ops.split(",") if item.strip()]
results: list[BenchResult] = []
for physical_pages in physical_pages_list:
@@ -657,21 +990,26 @@ def _run_l1(args) -> list[BenchResult]:
for free_pattern in free_patterns:
for owner_pattern in owner_patterns:
for impl in impls:
results.append(
_bench_l1_case(
impl=impl,
physical_pages=physical_pages,
request_pages=request_pages,
page_size=args.page_size,
cp_size=args.cp_size,
device=device,
free_pattern=free_pattern,
owner_pattern=owner_pattern,
repeat=args.repeat,
warmup=args.warmup,
seed=args.seed,
for op in ops:
results.append(
_bench_l1_case(
impl=impl,
op=op,
physical_pages=physical_pages,
request_pages=request_pages,
page_size=args.page_size,
cp_size=args.cp_size,
device=device,
free_pattern=free_pattern,
owner_pattern=owner_pattern,
repeat=args.repeat,
warmup=args.warmup,
seed=args.seed,
free_room_ratio=args.l1_free_room_ratio,
free_room_trigger_ratio=args.l1_free_room_trigger_ratio,
production_allocator=args.l1_allocator == "production",
)
)
)
return results
@@ -705,6 +1043,15 @@ def _build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
parser.add_argument("--cuda-device", type=int, default=0)
parser.add_argument("--stub-sgl-kernel", action="store_true")
parser.add_argument("--l1-impl", default="fifo,current")
parser.add_argument("--l1-ops", default="alloc_pages")
parser.add_argument(
"--l1-allocator",
choices=("production", "standalone"),
default="production",
help="Use production allocator imports or the dependency-light metadata copy.",
)
parser.add_argument("--l1-free-room-ratio", type=float, default=0.15)
parser.add_argument("--l1-free-room-trigger-ratio", type=float, default=0.05)
parser.add_argument(
"--l1-free-patterns",
default="sequential,owner_fragmented_later_run,random",

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@@ -5150,3 +5150,164 @@ Remaining validation gap:
- Requires a fresh ETE run with chunked prefill enabled to verify that the
fallback storm disappears in production traffic. An already-running remote
process will not pick up this change until restarted.
### C121 — 2026-06-02 CPU overhead must be measured by microbench, not inferred from logs
Finding:
- Runtime logs can show fallback storms and fatal paths, but they cannot rank normal-path CPU overhead. The hot paths here are often successful allocator/control-path calls that produce no warning log.
- The CP shared-KV L1 owner-lane allocator had two visible metadata costs:
- `compute_owner_lane_stats()` scanned the full free-page tensor once per CP owner and performed one `.item()` synchronization per owner.
- `_select_compute_owner_pages()` recomputed owner masks per owner and built prefix selections via full-tensor `cumsum`, then optionally searched contiguous owner-lane runs.
- Host/L2 `alloc_contiguous_preferred()` is also expensive on fragmented metadata because it validates page contiguity over the full free-slot tensor and searches for later runs. A local 210GB-equivalent metadata benchmark showed fragmented/random contiguous-preferred allocation at roughly 811 ms p50 versus FIFO at sub-ms scale for the same request sizes.
Correction implemented:
- Extended `benchmark/hicache/bench_cp_hicache_allocator_overhead.py` with L1 operation breakdowns:
- `stats`
- `free_room_stats`
- `select_only`
- `alloc_pages`
- Added a dependency-light standalone CP shared-paged allocator model so the CPU metadata shape can be measured locally without importing the full SGLang runtime stack.
- Optimized the production CP owner-lane stats path from per-owner mask+sum scans to one `torch.bincount()` over page owners.
- Optimized owner-page selection by computing free/release page owners once per allocation and replacing the prefix `cumsum` selection with `nonzero()[:required_count]` prefix selection.
- Replaced contiguous-run detection from `run_edges.unfold(...).all(dim=1)` with a cumulative-sum sliding-window test. This preserves the same contiguous-run contract but avoids O(num_free_pages * required_pages) metadata work for large requests.
Current evidence:
- Local CPU benchmark after the stats/path cleanup still shows selection/allocation as the dominant cost. Example focused run at `physical_pages=32768`, `cp_size=8`, random/zigzag owners:
- `stats`: about 0.91.4 ms p50.
- `select_only`: about 812 ms p50 for the focused random/fragmented zigzag cases.
- `alloc_pages`: about 812 ms p50 for the same cases, request sizes 64512 pages.
- Therefore the first optimization only reduces part of the overhead; the main remaining cost is still owner-lane page selection, especially contiguous-preferred search and full-size mask materialization.
Verification:
- Local:
- `python -m py_compile python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/allocator.py benchmark/hicache/bench_cp_hicache_allocator_overhead.py test/registered/unit/benchmark/test_cp_hicache_allocator_bench.py`
- `PYTHONPATH=. python -m pytest -q test/registered/unit/benchmark/test_cp_hicache_allocator_bench.py` → `6 passed, 1 warning`.
- Remote `g0034` container:
- benchmark unit subset: `6 passed, 1 warning`.
Known verification gap:
- Remote `test_cp_shared_kv_layout.py` collection aborted while importing `sgl_kernel` native ops in the container, before reaching the allocator tests. This is an environment/native import failure during test collection, not evidence of allocator logic failure.
- Need a clean remote production-allocator test path or a container state where `sgl_kernel` imports safely before claiming full production allocator verification.
Next target:
- Replace full-tensor owner-lane selection with a lower-overhead data structure or batched selector. The viable directions are:
1. Maintain per-owner free-page queues/counters incrementally.
2. Use a bounded contiguous-search policy and skip expensive run search for small requests or highly fragmented pools.
3. Add a fused selector kernel if GPU-side selection remains acceptable, but avoid increasing synchronization frequency.
C121 additional remote standalone benchmark evidence:
- `g0034` container, dependency-light standalone allocator model, `physical_pages=32768`, `cp_size=8`, zigzag owners:
- random, 64 pages: `stats` p50 0.87 ms, `select_only` p50 6.55 ms, `alloc_pages` p50 7.29 ms.
- owner-fragmented later-run, 64 pages: `stats` p50 0.43 ms, `select_only` p50 6.13 ms, `alloc_pages` p50 6.80 ms.
- random, 512 pages: `stats` p50 0.90 ms, `select_only` p50 7.46 ms, `alloc_pages` p50 7.91 ms.
- owner-fragmented later-run, 512 pages: `stats` p50 0.45 ms, `select_only` p50 6.89 ms, `alloc_pages` p50 7.16 ms.
- This reinforces that after the cheap cleanup, stats is no longer the main bottleneck; selector/allocation metadata still costs multi-ms and is the next CPU-overhead target.
### C122 — 2026-06-02 L1 owner-lane allocation must remove pure-CPU full scans
Finding:
- A remaining ~710 ms allocator/control-path cost is still too high because it
is pure CPU metadata work. Unlike D2H/H2D backup/load kernels, this work
cannot overlap with GPU forward progress once the scheduler is blocked waiting
for page allocation.
- The C121 cleanup made stats cheaper, but selection still scanned or
materialized full free-page tensors on every owner-lane allocation.
- This shape scales with total cache capacity, not request size. With a 150220
GB HiCache/L1 metadata scale, even a successful hot-path allocation becomes a
scheduler stall.
Correction in progress:
- Make `CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator` keep per-owner free/release page
buckets as allocator state instead of deriving owner buckets by scanning
`free_pages` for every allocation.
- Keep allocation itself request-sized: count required pages per owner, take the
needed prefix from that owner bucket, and consume bucket prefixes only after
all lanes are known satisfiable.
- Preserve the public `free_pages` / `release_pages` tensor interface through
lazy materialized caches for tests and legacy paths, but avoid materializing it
in the CP owner-lane fast path.
- Sort within each owner bucket when pages are inserted/restored. This changes
the CP owner allocator from global FIFO semantics to owner-lane contiguous
semantics, which is more aligned with the RDMA/H2D/D2H goal: each owner lane
should prefer physically consecutive pages without a per-allocation run scan.
Risk / contract note:
- Code that only depends on owner-correct page allocation is unaffected.
- Code or tests that implicitly relied on exact global `free_pages` order after a
CP owner-lane allocation must be updated; global FIFO ordering is not the
intended CP shared-KV owner-lane contract.
C122 validation update:
- Remote `g0034` production allocator microbench with `--stub-sgl-kernel`,
`physical_pages=32768`, `cp_size=8`, zigzag owners:
- random, 64 pages: `stats` p50 17 us, `select_only` p50 173 us,
`alloc_pages` p50 527 us.
- owner-fragmented later-run, 64 pages: `stats` p50 13 us,
`select_only` p50 166 us, `alloc_pages` p50 235 us.
- random, 512 pages: `stats` p50 27 us, `select_only` p50 284 us,
`alloc_pages` p50 638 us.
- owner-fragmented later-run, 512 pages: `stats` p50 32 us,
`select_only` p50 266 us, `alloc_pages` p50 476 us.
- This confirms the allocator hot path is no longer full-cache-scan shaped for
this benchmark: the previous 68 ms selector/allocation p50 is reduced to
sub-ms p50 while preserving owner-lane correctness and contiguous lane
selections.
- Remaining CPU cost is now mostly request-sized construction (`page_compute_owners`
grouping, output page tensor fill, and token-loc expansion), not total-cache
sized metadata scans.
### C123 — 2026-06-02 CPU allocator tests must not load native sgl_kernel during collection
Finding:
- Remote `test_cp_shared_kv_layout.py` aborted during pytest collection inside
`sgl_kernel/load_utils.py::_load_architecture_specific_ops` before any test
logic ran.
- This is not an allocator correctness failure. The test imported
`sglang.test.test_utils`, which imports `sglang.srt.utils.common`; that module
imports `sgl_kernel` to probe AMX availability. On the remote image the native
loader aborts the process instead of raising a catchable Python exception.
- A `try: import sgl_kernel` fallback is insufficient for this environment
because SIGABRT bypasses Python exception handling.
Correction:
- Install a minimal `sgl_kernel`, `sgl_kernel.kvcacheio`, and
`sgl_kernel.quantization` stub at the top of CPU-only allocator/layout tests
before importing any `sglang` helper module.
- Keep Torch custom-op schema registration for the operators referenced by the
imported SGLang code, but do not load the native extension during collection.
Scope:
- This applies only to CPU unit tests. It does not change production runtime
import behavior and does not mask native kernel problems in CUDA/ETE tests.
C123 validation update:
- After avoiding the native import abort, collection reached Python test logic but
failed because the CPU stub had not defined the fp8 quantization custom-op
schemas used by `fp8_kernel.py` fake registrations.
- The test stub now defines the fp8 quantization and fp8 GEMM schemas before any
`sglang` import, matching the CPU-only pattern used by the heavier HiCache
metadata tests.
C123 full-suite update:
- The full `test_cp_shared_kv_layout.py` file then reached scheduler rollback
tests and failed because `memory_pool_host.py` imports named transfer helpers
from `sgl_kernel.kvcacheio`.
- The CPU stub now also gives `sgl_kernel.kvcacheio` a module-level
`__getattr__`, so named imports resolve to inert functions without importing
the native extension.

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@@ -626,10 +626,237 @@ class CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator(PagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator):
if not 0 <= cp_rank < cp_size:
raise ValueError(f"cp_rank must be in [0, {cp_size}), got {cp_rank}")
super().__init__(logical_size, page_size, dtype, device, kvcache, need_sort)
self.physical_size = physical_size
self.cp_size = cp_size
self.cp_rank = cp_rank
self._owner_free_pages = None
self._owner_release_pages = None
self._flat_free_pages_cache = None
self._flat_release_pages_cache = None
super().__init__(logical_size, page_size, dtype, device, kvcache, need_sort)
def _owner_buckets_ready(self) -> bool:
return hasattr(self, "cp_size") and self.cp_size is not None
def _empty_pages(self) -> torch.Tensor:
return torch.empty((0,), dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device)
def _split_owner_buckets(
self, pages: Optional[torch.Tensor]
) -> Optional[list[torch.Tensor]]:
if pages is None:
return None
if not self._owner_buckets_ready():
return None
if pages.numel() == 0:
return [torch.empty_like(pages) for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
owner_ids = torch.remainder(pages - 1, self.cp_size)
buckets: list[torch.Tensor] = []
for owner in range(self.cp_size):
owner_pages = pages[owner_ids == owner]
if owner_pages.numel() > 1:
owner_pages, _ = torch.sort(owner_pages)
buckets.append(owner_pages)
return buckets
def _materialize_owner_buckets(
self, buckets: Optional[list[torch.Tensor]]
) -> Optional[torch.Tensor]:
if buckets is None:
return None
non_empty = [bucket for bucket in buckets if bucket.numel() > 0]
if not non_empty:
return self._empty_pages()
return torch.cat(non_empty)
@property
def free_pages(self):
if self._owner_buckets_ready() and self._owner_free_pages is not None:
if self._flat_free_pages_cache is None:
self._flat_free_pages_cache = self._materialize_owner_buckets(
self._owner_free_pages
)
return self._flat_free_pages_cache
return getattr(self, "_flat_free_pages_cache", None)
@free_pages.setter
def free_pages(self, pages):
self._flat_free_pages_cache = pages
self._owner_free_pages = self._split_owner_buckets(pages)
@property
def release_pages(self):
if self._owner_buckets_ready() and self._owner_release_pages is not None:
if self._flat_release_pages_cache is None:
self._flat_release_pages_cache = self._materialize_owner_buckets(
self._owner_release_pages
)
return self._flat_release_pages_cache
return getattr(self, "_flat_release_pages_cache", None)
@release_pages.setter
def release_pages(self, pages):
self._flat_release_pages_cache = pages
self._owner_release_pages = self._split_owner_buckets(pages)
def _owner_bucket_counts(self, buckets: Optional[list[torch.Tensor]]) -> list[int]:
if buckets is None:
return [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
return [int(bucket.numel()) for bucket in buckets]
def _owner_available_counts(self) -> list[int]:
free_counts = self._owner_bucket_counts(self._owner_free_pages)
release_counts = self._owner_bucket_counts(self._owner_release_pages)
return [
free_count + release_count
for free_count, release_count in zip(free_counts, release_counts)
]
def _append_pages_to_owner_buckets(
self, *, release: bool, pages: torch.Tensor
) -> None:
if pages.numel() == 0:
return
target_attr = "_owner_release_pages" if release else "_owner_free_pages"
cache_attr = "_flat_release_pages_cache" if release else "_flat_free_pages_cache"
buckets = getattr(self, target_attr, None)
if buckets is None:
buckets = [self._empty_pages() for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
owner_ids = torch.remainder(pages - 1, self.cp_size)
for owner in range(self.cp_size):
owner_pages = pages[owner_ids == owner]
if owner_pages.numel() == 0:
continue
merged = torch.cat((buckets[owner], owner_pages))
if merged.numel() > 1:
merged, _ = torch.sort(merged)
buckets[owner] = merged
setattr(self, target_attr, buckets)
setattr(self, cache_attr, None)
def _consume_owner_bucket_prefix(
self,
*,
release: bool,
counts_by_owner: list[int],
) -> None:
target_attr = "_owner_release_pages" if release else "_owner_free_pages"
cache_attr = "_flat_release_pages_cache" if release else "_flat_free_pages_cache"
buckets = getattr(self, target_attr, None)
if buckets is None:
return
mutated = False
for owner, count in enumerate(counts_by_owner):
if count <= 0:
continue
buckets[owner] = buckets[owner][count:]
mutated = True
if mutated:
setattr(self, target_attr, buckets)
setattr(self, cache_attr, None)
def available_size(self):
return (
sum(self._owner_available_counts()) * self.page_size
if self._owner_buckets_ready()
else super().available_size()
)
def immediate_available_pages(self) -> int:
if self._owner_buckets_ready() and self._owner_free_pages is not None:
return sum(self._owner_bucket_counts(self._owner_free_pages))
return super().immediate_available_pages()
def deferred_available_pages(self) -> int:
if self._owner_buckets_ready() and self._owner_release_pages is not None:
return sum(self._owner_bucket_counts(self._owner_release_pages))
return super().deferred_available_pages()
def backup_state(self):
return (self.free_pages, self.release_pages)
def restore_state(self, state):
self.free_pages, self.release_pages = state
def clear(self):
# The padded slot 0 is used for writing dummy outputs from padded tokens.
all_pages = torch.arange(
1, self.num_pages + 1, dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device
)
self.free_pages = all_pages
self.is_not_in_free_group = True
self.free_group = []
self.release_pages = self._empty_pages()
def merge_and_sort_free(self):
if self.deferred_available_pages() == 0:
return
if self._owner_free_pages is None or self._owner_release_pages is None:
return super().merge_and_sort_free()
for owner in range(self.cp_size):
release_bucket = self._owner_release_pages[owner]
if release_bucket.numel() == 0:
continue
merged = torch.cat((self._owner_free_pages[owner], release_bucket))
if merged.numel() > 1:
merged, _ = torch.sort(merged)
self._owner_free_pages[owner] = merged
self._owner_release_pages[owner] = torch.empty_like(release_bucket[:0])
self._flat_free_pages_cache = None
self._flat_release_pages_cache = self._empty_pages()
def alloc(self, need_size: int):
if self.debug_mode:
assert (
need_size % self.page_size == 0
), "The allocation size should be page-aligned"
num_pages = need_size // self.page_size
if self.need_sort and num_pages > self.immediate_available_pages():
self.merge_and_sort_free()
if num_pages > self.immediate_available_pages():
return None
selected_pages: list[torch.Tensor] = []
counts_by_owner = [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
remaining = num_pages
for owner, bucket in enumerate(self._owner_free_pages):
if remaining <= 0:
break
count = min(remaining, int(bucket.numel()))
if count <= 0:
continue
selected_pages.append(bucket[:count])
counts_by_owner[owner] = count
remaining -= count
if remaining != 0:
return None
out_pages = torch.cat(selected_pages) if selected_pages else self._empty_pages()
self._consume_owner_bucket_prefix(release=False, counts_by_owner=counts_by_owner)
out_indices = (
out_pages[:, None] * self.page_size
+ torch.arange(self.page_size, device=self.device)
).reshape(-1)
return out_indices
def free(self, free_index: torch.Tensor):
if free_index.numel() == 0:
return
if self.is_not_in_free_group:
free_page_indices = torch.unique(free_index // self.page_size)
self._append_pages_to_owner_buckets(
release=self.need_sort, pages=free_page_indices
)
else:
self.free_group.append(free_index)
if self.debug_mode and self._owner_free_pages is not None:
free_pages = self.free_pages
assert len(torch.unique(free_pages)) == len(free_pages)
def compute_owner_lane_stats(
self,
@@ -643,17 +870,7 @@ class CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator(PagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator):
)
required[owner] += 1
free_pages = self.free_pages
if len(self.release_pages) > 0:
free_pages = torch.cat((free_pages, self.release_pages))
available = [
int(
(
torch.remainder(free_pages - 1, self.cp_size) == owner
).sum().item()
)
for owner in range(self.cp_size)
]
available = self._owner_available_counts()
deficits = [
max(0, required_count - available_count)
for required_count, available_count in zip(required, available)
@@ -692,108 +909,73 @@ class CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator(PagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator):
def _select_owner_free_pages_prefer_contiguous(
self,
owner_mask: torch.Tensor,
owner_pages: torch.Tensor,
required_count: int,
) -> torch.Tensor:
selected_prefix_mask = owner_mask & (
torch.cumsum(owner_mask.to(torch.int64), dim=0) <= required_count
)
if required_count <= 1:
return selected_prefix_mask
owner_positions = owner_mask.nonzero(as_tuple=True)[0]
if owner_positions.numel() < required_count:
return selected_prefix_mask
owner_pages = self.free_pages[owner_positions]
run_edges = owner_pages[1:] - owner_pages[:-1] == self.cp_size
if run_edges.numel() < required_count - 1:
return selected_prefix_mask
eligible_starts = run_edges.unfold(0, required_count - 1, 1).all(dim=1)
if eligible_starts.numel() == 0:
return selected_prefix_mask
chosen_start = torch.argmax(eligible_starts.to(torch.int64))
contiguous_positions = owner_positions[
chosen_start
+ torch.arange(
required_count, dtype=torch.int64, device=owner_positions.device
)
]
selected_contiguous_mask = torch.zeros_like(owner_mask)
selected_contiguous_mask[contiguous_positions] = True
return torch.where(
eligible_starts.any(), selected_contiguous_mask, selected_prefix_mask
)
return owner_pages[: min(required_count, int(owner_pages.numel()))]
def _select_compute_owner_pages(
self,
page_compute_owners: List[int],
) -> Optional[tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]]:
) -> Optional[tuple[torch.Tensor, list[int], list[int]]]:
if not page_compute_owners:
return (
torch.empty((0,), dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device),
torch.zeros_like(self.free_pages, dtype=torch.bool),
torch.zeros_like(self.release_pages, dtype=torch.bool),
[0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)],
[0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)],
)
required_by_owner = [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
for owner in page_compute_owners:
positions_by_owner: list[list[int]] = [[] for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
for position, owner in enumerate(page_compute_owners):
if owner < 0 or owner >= self.cp_size:
raise ValueError(
f"compute owner must be in [0, {self.cp_size}), got {owner}"
)
required_by_owner[owner] += 1
positions_by_owner[owner].append(position)
lane_pages = [None for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
selected_free_mask = torch.zeros_like(self.free_pages, dtype=torch.bool)
selected_release_mask = torch.zeros_like(self.release_pages, dtype=torch.bool)
selected_free_counts = [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
selected_release_counts = [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
for owner, required_count in enumerate(required_by_owner):
if required_count == 0:
continue
owner_mask = torch.remainder(self.free_pages - 1, self.cp_size) == owner
selected_owner_free_mask = (
self._select_owner_free_pages_prefer_contiguous(
owner_mask, required_count
)
free_bucket = self._owner_free_pages[owner]
selected_owner_pages = self._select_owner_free_pages_prefer_contiguous(
free_bucket, required_count
)
selected_owner_pages = self.free_pages[selected_owner_free_mask]
remaining_count = required_count - selected_owner_pages.numel()
free_count = int(selected_owner_pages.numel())
remaining_count = required_count - free_count
if remaining_count > 0:
release_owner_mask = (
torch.remainder(self.release_pages - 1, self.cp_size) == owner
)
selected_owner_release_mask = release_owner_mask & (
torch.cumsum(release_owner_mask.to(torch.int64), dim=0)
<= remaining_count
)
selected_owner_release_pages = self.release_pages[
selected_owner_release_mask
]
if remaining_count > selected_owner_release_pages.numel():
release_bucket = self._owner_release_pages[owner]
if remaining_count > release_bucket.numel():
return None
selected_owner_release_pages = release_bucket[:remaining_count]
selected_owner_pages = torch.cat(
(selected_owner_pages, selected_owner_release_pages)
)
selected_release_mask |= selected_owner_release_mask
selected_release_counts[owner] = remaining_count
selected_free_counts[owner] = free_count
lane_pages[owner] = selected_owner_pages
selected_free_mask |= selected_owner_free_mask
selected_pages = []
lane_offsets = [0 for _ in range(self.cp_size)]
for owner in page_compute_owners:
lane_offset = lane_offsets[owner]
selected_pages.append(lane_pages[owner][lane_offset])
lane_offsets[owner] = lane_offset + 1
selected_pages = torch.empty(
(len(page_compute_owners),), dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device
)
for owner, positions in enumerate(positions_by_owner):
if not positions:
continue
position_tensor = torch.tensor(
positions, dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device
)
selected_pages[position_tensor] = lane_pages[owner]
return (
torch.stack(selected_pages).to(torch.int64),
selected_free_mask,
selected_release_mask,
selected_pages,
selected_free_counts,
selected_release_counts,
)
def alloc_extend_compute_owner(
@@ -831,7 +1013,7 @@ class CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator(PagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator):
selected = self._select_compute_owner_pages(page_compute_owners)
if selected is None:
return None
selected_pages, selected_free_mask, selected_release_mask = selected
selected_pages, selected_free_counts, selected_release_counts = selected
out_indices = torch.empty(
(extend_num_tokens,), dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device
@@ -846,8 +1028,12 @@ class CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator(PagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator):
self.device,
)
self.free_pages = self.free_pages[~selected_free_mask]
self.release_pages = self.release_pages[~selected_release_mask]
self._consume_owner_bucket_prefix(
release=False, counts_by_owner=selected_free_counts
)
self._consume_owner_bucket_prefix(
release=True, counts_by_owner=selected_release_counts
)
if self.debug_mode:
assert len(torch.unique(out_indices)) == len(out_indices)
@@ -893,15 +1079,19 @@ class CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator(PagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator):
selected = self._select_compute_owner_pages(page_compute_owners)
if selected is None:
return None
selected_pages, selected_free_mask, selected_release_mask = selected
selected_pages, selected_free_counts, selected_release_counts = selected
page_size = self.page_size
base = selected_pages.to(torch.int64).unsqueeze(1) * page_size
offsets = torch.arange(
page_size, dtype=torch.int64, device=self.device
).unsqueeze(0)
out_indices = (base + offsets).reshape(-1)
self.free_pages = self.free_pages[~selected_free_mask]
self.release_pages = self.release_pages[~selected_release_mask]
self._consume_owner_bucket_prefix(
release=False, counts_by_owner=selected_free_counts
)
self._consume_owner_bucket_prefix(
release=True, counts_by_owner=selected_release_counts
)
if self.debug_mode:
assert torch.unique(out_indices).numel() == out_indices.numel()
check_owners = torch.remainder(selected_pages - 1, self.cp_size)

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@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
import torch
from benchmark.hicache.bench_cp_hicache_allocator_overhead import (
StandaloneCPSharedPagedAllocator,
StandaloneHostAllocator,
_host_pages_from_gb,
_make_host_free_slots,
_make_page_compute_owners,
_parse_int_list,
)
@@ -45,3 +47,35 @@ def test_host_random_fragmented_has_requested_size():
)
assert free_slots.numel() == 64 * 16
assert torch.unique(free_slots).numel() == free_slots.numel()
def test_standalone_l1_allocator_reports_owner_lane_stats():
allocator = StandaloneCPSharedPagedAllocator(
physical_pages=4,
page_size=2,
cp_size=4,
device=torch.device("cpu"),
)
owners = _make_page_compute_owners(5, cp_size=4, pattern="round_robin")
required, available, deficits = allocator.compute_owner_lane_stats(owners)
assert required == [2, 1, 1, 1]
assert available == [4, 4, 4, 4]
assert deficits == [0, 0, 0, 0]
def test_standalone_l1_allocator_allocates_owner_matching_pages():
allocator = StandaloneCPSharedPagedAllocator(
physical_pages=8,
page_size=4,
cp_size=4,
device=torch.device("cpu"),
)
owners = [0, 1, 2, 3, 0]
selected = allocator.alloc_pages_with_owners(owners)
logical_pages = (selected.view(-1, allocator.page_size)[:, 0] // allocator.page_size)
selected_owners = torch.remainder(logical_pages - 1, allocator.cp_size).tolist()
assert selected_owners == owners

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@@ -1,20 +1,77 @@
import sys
import types
import unittest
from unittest.mock import patch
import numpy as np
import torch
# This CPU unit file must not import the native sgl_kernel package during test
# collection. Some remote images abort inside sgl_kernel's architecture-specific
# loader instead of raising ImportError/RuntimeError, so a try/except fallback is
# not sufficient here. Install a minimal stub before importing sglang helpers.
if "sgl_kernel" not in sys.modules:
sgl_kernel_stub = types.ModuleType("sgl_kernel")
sgl_kernel_stub.__file__ = "sgl_kernel_stub.py"
sgl_kernel_stub.__path__ = []
def _sgl_kernel_getattr(name):
if name.startswith("__"):
raise AttributeError(name)
fn = lambda *args, **kwargs: None
setattr(sgl_kernel_stub, name, fn)
return fn
sgl_kernel_stub.__getattr__ = _sgl_kernel_getattr
sys.modules["sgl_kernel"] = sgl_kernel_stub
if "sgl_kernel.kvcacheio" not in sys.modules:
kvcacheio_stub = types.ModuleType("sgl_kernel.kvcacheio")
kvcacheio_stub.__file__ = "sgl_kernel_kvcacheio_stub.py"
def _kvcacheio_getattr(name):
if name.startswith("__"):
raise AttributeError(name)
fn = lambda *args, **kwargs: None
setattr(kvcacheio_stub, name, fn)
return fn
kvcacheio_stub.__getattr__ = _kvcacheio_getattr
sys.modules["sgl_kernel.kvcacheio"] = kvcacheio_stub
if "sgl_kernel.quantization" not in sys.modules:
quantization_stub = types.ModuleType("sgl_kernel.quantization")
quantization_stub.__file__ = "sgl_kernel_quantization_stub.py"
def _quantization_getattr(name):
if name.startswith("__"):
raise AttributeError(name)
fn = lambda *args, **kwargs: None
setattr(quantization_stub, name, fn)
return fn
quantization_stub.__getattr__ = _quantization_getattr
sys.modules["sgl_kernel.quantization"] = quantization_stub
_sgl_kernel_lib = torch.library.Library("sgl_kernel", "FRAGMENT")
try:
_sgl_kernel_lib.define(
for _schema in (
"sgl_per_token_group_quant_8bit(Tensor input, Tensor(a!) output_q, Tensor(b!) output_s, int group_size, float eps, float fp8_min, float fp8_max, bool scale_ue8m0) -> ()",
"sgl_per_token_group_quant_fp8(Tensor input, Tensor(a!) output_q, Tensor(b!) output_s, int group_size, float eps, float fp8_min, float fp8_max, bool scale_ue8m0) -> ()",
"sgl_per_token_quant_fp8(Tensor input, Tensor(a!) output_q, Tensor(b!) output_s) -> ()",
"fp8_scaled_mm(Tensor mat_a, Tensor mat_b, Tensor scales_a, Tensor scales_b, ScalarType out_dtype, Tensor? bias=None) -> Tensor",
"fp8_blockwise_scaled_mm(Tensor mat_a, Tensor mat_b, Tensor scales_a, Tensor scales_b, ScalarType out_dtype) -> Tensor",
(
"moe_fused_gate(Tensor input_tensor, Tensor? bias, int num_expert_group, "
"int topk_group, int topk, int num_fused_shared_experts, "
"float routed_scaling_factor, bool apply_routed_scaling_factor_on_output) "
"-> (Tensor, Tensor)"
)
except RuntimeError as exc:
if "already" not in str(exc).lower() and "duplicate" not in str(exc).lower():
raise
),
):
try:
_sgl_kernel_lib.define(_schema)
except RuntimeError as exc:
if "already" not in str(exc).lower() and "duplicate" not in str(exc).lower():
raise
from sglang.srt.mem_cache.cp_shared_kv_layout import CpSharedKVLayout
from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cpu_ci
@@ -392,7 +449,7 @@ class TestCPSharedPagedAllocator(CustomTestCase):
self.assertEqual(allocator.free_pages.tolist(), [2, 3, 4])
self.assertEqual(allocator.release_pages.tolist(), [])
def test_contiguous_owner_lane_selection_prefers_later_physical_run(self):
def test_owner_lane_selection_uses_sorted_contiguous_bucket_prefix(self):
from sglang.srt.mem_cache.allocator import CPSharedPagedTokenToKVPoolAllocator
page_size = 64
@@ -418,11 +475,13 @@ class TestCPSharedPagedAllocator(CustomTestCase):
self.assertIsNotNone(locs)
logical_pages = locs.view(-1, page_size)[:, 0] // page_size
self.assertEqual(logical_pages.tolist(), [9, 13, 17])
self.assertEqual(logical_pages.tolist(), [1, 5, 9])
self.assertEqual(
((logical_pages - 1) % cp_size).tolist(),
[0, 0, 0],
)
physical_pages = torch.div(logical_pages - 1, cp_size, rounding_mode="floor")
self.assertTrue(torch.all(physical_pages[1:] - physical_pages[:-1] == 1))
for selected_page in logical_pages.tolist():
self.assertNotIn(selected_page, allocator.free_pages.tolist())