[https://nvbugs/6697099][fix] Keep MPI progress alive on the PP sample-state relay thread - #19643
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…e-state relay thread With pipeline parallelism every host-side PP message is driven from the executor thread, so while that thread blocks in a CUDA synchronization the process makes no MPI progress. A send that UCX placed in the rendezvous protocol then stays stranded, and with pp_size >= 3 the ranks deadlock in a ring. Let the sample-state relay thread poll executed_batch_queue with a timeout and issue a non-matching MPI_Iprobe on a reserved tag between polls, so the process keeps a progress source while the executor thread is blocked. - TLLM_PP_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS sets the period (default 5 ms, clamped to [0.5, 1000]); a value <= 0 disables the pump. - The pump disarms itself with an ERROR log if MPI is below MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE or a probe fails. - An atexit hook retires the pump before MPI_Finalize on exit paths that skip shutdown(). Unwaive the GB300 test_nvfp4_4gpus pp4 torch_compile=True case. Validated on GB300 with TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_nvfp4_4gpus (pp4, torch_compile=True) under the UCX protocol tier of the failing CI cluster: 12/16 runs hung without the fix, 0/8 with it (Fisher p=0.0013); GSM8K accuracy stays above the threshold. Signed-off-by: Yihui Lu <269394165+YihuiLu512@users.noreply.github.com>
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. WalkthroughThe pipeline-parallel relay gains an MPI progress pump with configurable polling and lifecycle handling. The change also removes the GB300 DeepSeek V3 Lite NVFP4 test entry from the integration skip list. ChangesMPI progress pump
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Priority: ⬆️ High Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant RelayThread
participant _wait_for_executed_batch
participant RelayCommunicator
RelayThread->>_wait_for_executed_batch: wait for executed batch
_wait_for_executed_batch->>RelayCommunicator: Iprobe(MPI_PROGRESS_PROBE)
RelayCommunicator-->>_wait_for_executed_batch: probe result
_wait_for_executed_batch-->>RelayThread: batch or wait result
Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to This change adds an MPI progress pump that addresses a pipeline-parallel deadlock. It is reasonable to merge. However, its error-handling and configuration paths are untested, so a future regression in them could go unnoticed. Adding small unit tests is a recommended follow-up. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py:
- Around line 3341-3385: Add focused unit tests for _make_mpi_progress_pump and
_wait_for_executed_batch, covering pump success and disarm conditions,
unsupported construction cases, timed-get failure falling back to untimed get
with the expected flags set, delayed batch delivery after a pump tick, and the
None shutdown sentinel.
- Around line 156-188: Add a parameterized unit test for
_resolve_mpi_progress_poll_interval_ms using monkeypatch to cover an unset
variable returning 5.0; malformed and non-finite values returning 5.0; zero and
negative values remaining unchanged; 0.1 clamping to 0.5; 5000 clamping to
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| def _resolve_mpi_progress_poll_interval_ms() -> float: | ||
| """Resolve the idle-time MPI progress poll period, in milliseconds. | ||
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| Returns the default when the variable is unset or not a finite number. A | ||
| value <= 0 is returned unchanged and means "disabled"; any other value is | ||
| clamped into ``[MIN_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS, MAX_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS]``. | ||
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| Messages are logged at ERROR because only the leader rank lowers the log | ||
| level, so a WARNING would be dropped on every other rank by default. | ||
| """ | ||
| raw = os.environ.get(MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS_ENV_VAR_NAME) | ||
| if raw is None: | ||
| return DEFAULT_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS | ||
| try: | ||
| poll_interval_ms = float(raw) | ||
| except ValueError: | ||
| poll_interval_ms = math.nan | ||
| if not math.isfinite(poll_interval_ms): | ||
| logger.error( | ||
| f"Ignoring malformed {MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS_ENV_VAR_NAME}={raw!r}; " | ||
| f"using {DEFAULT_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS} ms.") | ||
| return DEFAULT_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS | ||
| if poll_interval_ms <= 0: | ||
| # Disabled; the caller logs it. | ||
| return poll_interval_ms | ||
| clamped_ms = min(max(poll_interval_ms, MIN_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS), | ||
| MAX_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS) | ||
| if clamped_ms != poll_interval_ms: | ||
| logger.error( | ||
| f"{MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS_ENV_VAR_NAME}={raw!r} is outside " | ||
| f"[{MIN_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS}, {MAX_MPI_PROGRESS_POLL_MS}] ms; " | ||
| f"using {clamped_ms} ms instead.") | ||
| return clamped_ms |
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Add unit tests for the MPI progress poll interval rules.
_resolve_mpi_progress_poll_interval_ms adds configuration behavior for default, malformed, non-finite, disabled, and clamped values. The existing tests do not exercise these rules, so regressions can pass unnoticed.
Add a parameterized unit test that uses monkeypatch.setenv and covers:
- unset →
5.0 "abc","nan","inf"→5.0"0","-1"→ unchanged"0.1"→0.5"5000"→1000.0"7"→7.0
Place the test under tests/unittest/_torch/executor/.
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In @tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py around lines 156 - 188, Add a
parameterized unit test for _resolve_mpi_progress_poll_interval_ms using
monkeypatch to cover an unset variable returning 5.0; malformed and non-finite
values returning 5.0; zero and negative values remaining unchanged; 0.1 clamping
to 0.5; 5000 clamping to 1000.0; and 7 remaining 7.0. Place the test under the
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| def _wait_for_executed_batch(self) -> Optional[BatchStatePP]: | ||
| """Wait for the next batch to relay, keeping MPI progress alive. | ||
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| While the executor thread is blocked in a CUDA synchronization, this | ||
| thread is the process's only MPI progress source, so it polls the | ||
| queue and runs the pump between polls; see _make_mpi_progress_pump. | ||
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| Without a pump this is a plain untimed ``Queue.get()``. Once the pump | ||
| retires, the timed wait is kept. If the timed wait itself fails, this | ||
| falls back to the untimed wait for the rest of this executor's life | ||
| rather than letting the relay thread die. | ||
| """ | ||
| progress = self._pp_mpi_progress | ||
| if progress is None or not self._pp_mpi_progress_timed_wait_ok: | ||
| return self.executed_batch_queue.get() | ||
| pump, poll_interval_s = progress | ||
| while True: | ||
| try: | ||
| return self.executed_batch_queue.get(timeout=poll_interval_s) | ||
| except Empty: | ||
| pass | ||
| except Exception as e: # noqa: BLE001 - see below | ||
| # Must not escape: a dead relay thread would block the | ||
| # executor thread on the bounded executed_batch_queue under | ||
| # TLLM_PP_ASYNC_BROADCAST_SAMPLE_STATE=1. | ||
| self._pp_mpi_progress_timed_wait_ok = False | ||
| self._pp_mpi_progress_stop.set() | ||
| self._pp_mpi_progress_quiesced.set() | ||
| try: | ||
| logger.error( | ||
| f"The pipeline parallelism MPI progress pump's timed " | ||
| f"wait failed: {e!r}. This rank falls back to the " | ||
| f"pre-fix untimed wait, where blocking in a CUDA " | ||
| f"synchronization with a send in flight can deadlock " | ||
| f"the pipeline (nvbugs/6385771).") | ||
| except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 - must not kill the relay | ||
| pass | ||
| return self.executed_batch_queue.get() | ||
| # pump() never raises. | ||
| if not pump(): | ||
| # Retire the pump for good. Not logged: pump() has already | ||
| # logged any unexpected disarm, and this is also the normal | ||
| # shutdown path. | ||
| self._pp_mpi_progress_stop.set() | ||
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Add unit tests for the pump failure paths and the timed-wait fallback.
This PR adds failure-recovery behavior that only a failure scenario reaches:
pump()disarms whenIproberaises. It also disarms afterMPI.Is_finalized()or whenstop_eventis set. In each case it setsquiesced_event._make_mpi_progress_pumpreturnsNonewhenQuery_thread() < THREAD_MULTIPLE. It also returnsNonewhen the communicator has noIprobe._wait_for_executed_batchfalls back to an untimedget()when the timedget()raises. The fallback clears_pp_mpi_progress_timed_wait_okand sets both Events._wait_for_executed_batchreturns theNoneshutdown sentinel.
The integration test covers only the successful default path. Suppose pump() starts to propagate an exception, or the fallback stops returning a batch. The relay thread then dies. Under TLLM_PP_ASYNC_BROADCAST_SAMPLE_STATE=1, the executor thread then blocks on the bounded executed_batch_queue. No current test detects that failure.
Add small unit tests in tests/unittest/_torch/executor/:
- Pump, fake communicator:
- Build the pump with a fake communicator. Its
Iproberecords calls and can raise. - Monkeypatch
mpi4py.MPI.Query_threadandIs_finalized. - Assert that
pump()returnsTrueand callsIprobe(tag=PPCommTag.MPI_PROGRESS_PROBE). - After
Iproberaises, assert thatpump()returnsFalseandquiesced_event.is_set()is true. - After
stop_event.set(), assert thatpump()returnsFalseand does not callIprobe.
- Build the pump with a fake communicator. Its
- Pump, construction:
- Assert that
_make_mpi_progress_pumpreturnsNonefor a low thread level. - Assert that it returns
Nonefor a communicator withoutIprobe.
- Assert that
_wait_for_executed_batch:- Call it on a minimal object built with
PyExecutor.__new__. The object needs a realQueue, a stub pump and the Events. - A delayed
putreturns the batch after at least one pump tick. - A
Queuesubclass whose timedgetraises falls back to the untimedgetand sets the flags. - A
put(None)returnsNone.
- Call it on a minimal object built with
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covering pump success and disarm conditions, unsupported construction cases,
timed-get failure falling back to untimed get with the expected flags set,
delayed batch delivery after a pump tick, and the None shutdown sentinel.
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With pipeline parallelism every host-side PP message is driven from the executor thread, so while that thread blocks in a CUDA synchronization the process makes no MPI progress. A send that UCX placed in the rendezvous protocol then stays stranded, and with pp_size >= 3 the ranks deadlock in a ring.
Let the sample-state relay thread poll executed_batch_queue with a timeout and issue a non-matching MPI_Iprobe on a reserved tag between polls, so the process keeps a progress source while the executor thread is blocked.
Unwaive the GB300 test_nvfp4_4gpus pp4 torch_compile=True case.
Validated on GB300 with TestDeepSeekV3Lite::test_nvfp4_4gpus (pp4, torch_compile=True) under the UCX protocol tier of the failing CI cluster: 12/16 runs hung without the fix, 0/8 with it (Fisher p=0.0013); GSM8K accuracy stays above the threshold.
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