CP shared-KV prefill batching can present multiple requests to HiCache write-through in one forward. Keeping host free-room admission per request causes repeated small L2 evictions and defeats the free-room policy, while request metadata and radix attachment still need per-request ownership.\n\nThis change adds a batch prepare path that aggregates required host tokens by CP owner lane, performs one host admission/eviction step for the batch, and then reserves/submits each request independently. SessionAwareCache and the scheduler prefer the batch API when available.\n\nConstraint: Radix nodes, host slots, draft slots, rollback, and ack semantics remain per request.\nRejected: Merge reservations or radix nodes across requests | would complicate rollback and writing_check ack ownership.\nRejected: Add collective synchronization for host admission | local owner-lane logic already provides deterministic capacity accounting.\nConfidence: medium\nScope-risk: moderate\nDirective: Do not reintroduce per-request host free-room eviction in the scheduler path without profiling host-full workloads.\nTested: local py_compile for touched Python files\nTested: remote g0034 docker PYTHONPATH=python python -m pytest -q test/registered/unit/mem_cache/test_cp_hicache_metadata.py => 117 passed, 5 warnings\nNot-tested: full ETE bs>1 HiCache run under production traffic
Registered Tests
Tests under this directory are auto-discovered by run_suite.py via CI registration decorators.
Where Should I Put My New Test?
No server / engine launch required
| What you're testing | Directory | Requires |
|---|---|---|
| Component logic in isolation (cache, scheduler, config, parser, etc.) | unit/<module>/ |
CPU or GPU |
| CUDA kernel correctness | kernels/ |
GPU |
Server / engine launch required (E2E)
| What you're testing | Directory | Requires |
|---|---|---|
| Model inference correctness | models/, 4-gpu-models/, 8-gpu-models/ |
GPU |
| Feature-specific (OpenAI API, LoRA, speculative, distributed, VLM, etc.) | openai_server/, lora/, spec/, distributed/, ... |
GPU |
| Benchmarks (performance, accuracy, stress) | benchmark/ |
GPU |
| Platform-specific | amd/, ascend/ |
Vendor GPU |
See unit/README.md for unit test conventions.