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Background

PyExecutor._executor_loop_overlap single-thread 1-step lookahead scheduler 在高并发 decode 场景下,per-iter host 开销与 GPU 开销相当,导致 GPU 空转 ~580µs/iter。

Problem

Single-threaded executor loop cannot overlap host scheduling + dispatch with GPU forward.

Solution

Opt-in 2-batch pipelined executor loop (enable_pipelined_scheduler):

  1. ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) 专属 worker 线程跑 forward+sample dispatch
  2. 主线程同时 schedule 下一批 + drain 最老批结果
  3. CUDA event-based cross-thread synchronization
  4. 严格线程隔离:scheduling collectives 仅在主线程执行

Testing

新增 test_py_executor_pipelined_scheduler.py (200+ lines, 19 test cases):

  • _is_pipelined_loop_eligible gate conditions (8 tests: disabled flag, plain TP, speculative, disaggregated, attention-DP, overlap-disable, multimodal encoder, guided decoding)
  • _PipelinedForwardResult / _PipelinedSlot dataclass construction
  • PIPELINE_DEPTH constant
  • validate_pipelined_scheduler model_validator (7 tests: pass-through, plain TP, disagg blocker, overlap blocker, attention-DP blocker, speculative blocker, multi-blocker report)
  • executor loop dispatch selection

Files Changed

File + -
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py 334 3
tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm_args.py 35 0
tests/unittest/api_stability/references/llm.yaml 4 0
tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_py_executor_pipelined_scheduler.py 200 0

Total: +573 / -3 = 576 changed lines (6 files)

Dev Engineer Review

The change adds an opt-in, two-batch PyExecutor loop. The main thread schedules work and drains completed batches in order. A worker thread runs forward and sample dispatch, with CUDA events coordinating resource staging and forward work. Unsupported configurations use the existing overlap or standard loop. TorchLlmArgs.enable_pipelined_scheduler defaults to False, and the API reference lists the option. Review the final worker-future drain: the implementation reportedly ignores exceptions raised during shutdown. The reported throughput improvement remains unvalidated.

QA Engineer Review

The added unit test file covers eligibility blockers, pipeline data-class values, validator behavior, and loop selection. The dispatch tests invoke the actual eligibility gate but mirror the loop-selection branch; they do not exercise dispatch through PyExecutor initialization. No matching entry was found in tests/integration/test_lists/ for this test file. Test execution results are not provided, so coverage needs follow-up. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.

Per-File QA Perspective

  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py: Verify scheduling, ordered result draining, fallback selection, CUDA event synchronization, and worker shutdown behavior, including exceptions during the final drain.
  • tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm_args.py: Verify the new option defaults to False and is disabled with unsupported configurations.
  • tests/unittest/api_stability/references/llm.yaml: Verify the API reference matches the option name, type, default, and prototype status.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_py_executor_pipelined_scheduler.py: Covers eligibility, validator blockers and warnings, pipeline data classes, and loop-selection cases. No integration test-list entry was found; run the tests and verify dispatch through executor initialization.

…pipelined_scheduler)

Replace the single-thread, 1-step overlap scheduler with an opt-in 2-batch
pipelined loop: a dedicated worker thread dispatches forward + sample for
the newest scheduled batch while the main thread schedules the next batch
and drains the oldest batch's results, closing the host-side GPU-idle gap
between iterations.

Gated behind enable_pipelined_scheduler (default False) on TorchLlmArgs,
restricted to configs without spec decode, disaggregated serving, guided
decoding, attention-DP, multimodal encoder scheduling, encoder-decoder
models, or pipeline parallelism; falls back to the existing overlap
scheduler otherwise. Plain tensor parallelism is supported since all
scheduling collectives stay on the main thread.

Implements the design proposed in issue NVIDIA#13957, modeled on vLLM v1's
step_with_batch_queue and adapted from the earlier closed PR NVIDIA#15841.

Signed-off-by: PR Submitter <pr-submitter@users.noreply.github.com>
…loop

Add _wait_for_model_engine_input_copy() call before scheduling (matching
overlap loop's V2 page-table safety), and disagg.handle_timeouts_synced()
plus _flush_iter_stats_synced() drain calls (rank-symmetric companion to
overlap loop) for a more complete pipelined implementation.

Signed-off-by: PR Submitter <pr-submitter@users.noreply.github.com>
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Walkthrough

Adds an opt-in, two-batch pipelined executor loop. The loop schedules batches on the main thread and dispatches forward and sampling work to a worker. Configuration checks select the loop only for supported settings.

Changes

Pipelined Scheduler

Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure and select the scheduler
tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm_args.py, tests/unittest/api_stability/references/llm.yaml, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_py_executor_pipelined_scheduler.py
Adds the disabled-by-default enable_pipelined_scheduler option, configuration validation, API reference entry, and executor-loop selection with an eligibility check. Tests cover eligibility, configuration validation, and loop selection.
Schedule and dispatch batches
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_py_executor_pipelined_scheduler.py
Adds two-slot pipeline metadata and a worker operation for forward and sampling. The main thread schedules batches and stages resources; a CUDA event orders worker execution. Tests check pipeline depth and forward-result values.
Drain batches and process results
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py
Drains batches in queue order and processes sampled requests, KV state, responses, and statistics. Previous-batch processing can now receive an explicit BatchState.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~50 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant MainThread
  participant ExecutionStream
  participant PipelineWorker
  MainThread->>MainThread: Schedule batch and prepare resources
  MainThread->>ExecutionStream: Stage resources and record CUDA event
  MainThread->>PipelineWorker: Submit forward and sampling with event
  PipelineWorker->>PipelineWorker: Wait for event and run forward and sampling
  PipelineWorker-->>MainThread: Return sample state and timings
  MainThread->>MainThread: Drain batches in order and process results
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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 56183

The opt-in pipelined scheduler has unresolved concurrency and request-lifecycle concerns in the executor loop: shared request state, KV rebalancing, and paused requests. Resolve or explicitly accept them before merging. The latest test fixes address the loop-selection test concerns.

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- Around line 6332-6333: Before the normal-exit break in the loop identified by
the `if not pipeline` condition, call `_flush_pending_transfer_responses()` and
set `self._event_loop_completed` to `True`, matching the other event loops’
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- Around line 6264-6275: Update the pipeline append path to pass the result of
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- Line 6149: Move `_update_request_states(scheduled_batch)` out of the
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`_forward_step` and `_sample_async`, return worker exceptions as results instead
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state and queues are not mutated concurrently.
- Around line 6221-6233: After the successful `_can_queue` check in this loop,
handle `paused_requests` using the same V1 or V2 pause and recompute-pause
handling as `_executor_loop_overlap`, so evicted requests are reset for
recomputation and their KV blocks can be reclaimed.
- Around line 6208-6209: Update the rebalance check in this loop to run only
when self._is_kv_manager_v2 is true, and drain every outstanding slot in
pipeline to quiescence before calling _maybe_rebalance_kv_pools so no worker
forward is still using pages being adjusted.
- Around line 6078-6114: Add CPU coverage for _is_pipelined_loop_eligible and
validate_pipelined_scheduler, verifying each blocking feature selects the
overlap-scheduler fallback. Add a GPU test comparing greedy outputs from
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def _is_pipelined_loop_eligible(self) -> bool:
"""Gate for ``_executor_loop_pipelined`` (see ``enable_pipelined_scheduler``).

Restricted to the subset of features validated for the 2-batch
pipeline: no speculative decoding, no disaggregated serving / KV
cache connector, no guided decoding, no benchmark-disagg gating, no
attention-DP, no pipeline parallelism (which has its own loop), no
multimodal encoder scheduling, no encoder-decoder models, and the
standard KV-cache-manager path.

Plain tensor parallelism (TP > 1, without attention-DP) IS supported:
``_prepare_and_schedule_batch`` -- including its internal TP/CP
schedule broadcasts -- always runs on the main thread here, the same
number of times and in the same order on every rank, so collectives
stay aligned across ranks despite the 2-deep lookahead.
"""
if not self.llm_args.enable_pipelined_scheduler:
return False
if self.disable_overlap_scheduler:
return False
if self.drafter is not None:
return False
if self.kv_cache_transceiver is not None:
return False
if self.guided_decoder is not None:
return False
if self.kv_connector_manager is not None:
return False
if self.is_benchmark_disagg:
return False
if self.enable_attention_dp:
return False
if self._mm_encoder_item_scheduling_enabled:
return False
if self.is_encoder_decoder:
return False
return True

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

This change adds no tests for the new executor loop.

No test covers _is_pipelined_loop_eligible, the fallback path in validate_pipelined_scheduler, or _executor_loop_pipelined. Without tests, the following defects would not be caught:

  • Wrong output from cross-thread state races.
  • Paused requests that are never handled.
  • A broken shutdown or drain path.

Add these tests:

  • A CPU unit test in tests/unittest/llmapi/ that checks the validator falls back to the overlap scheduler for each blocking feature.
  • A GPU test in tests/unittest/_torch/executor/ that compares greedy outputs of the pipelined loop and the overlap loop, with chunked prefill on and a small KV cache.

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with self.perf_manager.record_perf_events(
None, gpu_sample_end) as sample_timing:
sample_state = self._sample_async(scheduled_batch, batch_outputs)
self._update_request_states(scheduled_batch)

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

The worker thread mutates request state that the main-thread scheduler reads at the same time.

_update_request_states runs on the worker thread. It calls move_to_next_context_chunk() and updates py_last_context_chunk, state and _release_multimodal_resources for context requests. Meanwhile, the main thread runs _prepare_and_schedule_batch for the next batch. That call reads context_current_position, state and context_chunk_size on the same LlmRequest objects from active_requests.

The docstring says this is safe because the call only touches context_requests. That claim is not correct when chunked prefill is enabled. A request that is mid-prefill in the in-flight batch is also a scheduling candidate on the main thread. The scheduler can then read a chunk position that is half-updated or out of date, and it can schedule the same chunk twice.

_forward_step and _sample_async add a second problem. On an exception, they call _handle_errors from the worker thread. _handle_errors clears active_requests, drains the queues and enqueues responses while the main thread iterates the same structures.

Fix: run _update_request_states on the main thread. Run it after submit returns, after the worker has consumed the inputs, or at drain time. Also return errors from the worker as values, and call _handle_errors from the main thread.

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Move `_update_request_states(scheduled_batch)` out of the worker-thread path and
run it on the main thread after the worker has consumed the batch inputs, such
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Comment on lines +6208 to +6209
if self._can_pause_for_rebalance():
self._maybe_rebalance_kv_pools()

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

The KV pool rebalance can run while worker forwards are still in flight.

_maybe_rebalance_kv_pools uses _consume_previous_batch_for_rebalance to reach quiescence. That method only drains self.previous_batch, which is always None in this loop. The pipeline can still hold a slot whose worker forward has not finished. In that state, suspend_request and adjust() move pages that an active forward is reading.

This call is also missing the self._is_kv_manager_v2 guard that the other two loops use. With enable_kv_pool_rebalance=True on a V1 manager, it dereferences kv_cache_manager.impl.need_adjustment.

Fix: drain every slot in pipeline before a rebalance. Alternatively, exclude enable_kv_pool_rebalance in _is_pipelined_loop_eligible.

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Update the rebalance check in this loop to run only when self._is_kv_manager_v2
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Comment on lines +6221 to +6233
can_queue, _ = self._can_queue(scheduled_batch)
if not can_queue:
# Nothing to forward this attempt (e.g. waiting for the
# first request). ``enable_attention_dp`` is excluded by
# ``_is_pipelined_loop_eligible``, so can_queue here just
# means "no active requests this attempt" -- retry.
self._revert_gen_alloc(scheduled_batch)
return True

scheduled_batch.generation_requests = sorted( # stable sort
scheduled_batch.generation_requests,
key=lambda req: int(req.py_batch_idx is not None),
)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Paused and recompute-paused requests are never handled.

_executor_loop_overlap calls _terminate_requests and _pause_requests for paused_requests on V1. On V2 it calls _terminate_recompute_paused_requests and _pause_recompute_paused_requests. This loop calls none of them.

Under KV pressure, the scheduler evicts requests. Those requests keep their KV blocks and are never reset for recompute, so they can stall or leak capacity. The loop also skips _release_unused_connector_reservations and _finalize_adp_dummy_allocation. Those two calls are less important here because their features are excluded.

Fix: add the same pause handling that the overlap loop uses, after _can_queue.

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After the successful `_can_queue` check in this loop, handle `paused_requests`
using the same V1 or V2 pause and recompute-pause handling as
`_executor_loop_overlap`, so evicted requests are reset for recomputation and
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Comment on lines +6264 to +6275
pipeline.append(
_PipelinedSlot(scheduled_requests=scheduled_batch,
fwd_sample_future=future,
iter_start_time=iter_start_time,
iter_stats=iter_stats,
iter_id=self.iter_counter,
scheduled_batch_stats=scheduled_batch_stats,
gpu_forward_start_event=gpu_forward_start,
gpu_forward_end_event=gpu_forward_end,
gpu_sample_end_event=gpu_sample_end,
gpu_forward_events_from_perf_pool=
gpu_forward_events_from_perf_pool))

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Iteration stats always report num_new_active_requests = 0.

_init_iter_stats_if_sampled builds the record with 0 new requests and adds the real count to _pending_num_new_active_requests. The other loops transfer that count with _take_pending_new_active_requests(iter_stats) when they queue the batch. This loop passes iter_stats directly, so the count is never transferred.

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pipeline.append(
_PipelinedSlot(scheduled_requests=scheduled_batch,
fwd_sample_future=future,
iter_start_time=iter_start_time,
iter_stats=iter_stats,
iter_id=self.iter_counter,
scheduled_batch_stats=scheduled_batch_stats,
gpu_forward_start_event=gpu_forward_start,
gpu_forward_end_event=gpu_forward_end,
gpu_sample_end_event=gpu_sample_end,
gpu_forward_events_from_perf_pool=
gpu_forward_events_from_perf_pool))
pipeline.append(
_PipelinedSlot(scheduled_requests=scheduled_batch,
fwd_sample_future=future,
iter_start_time=iter_start_time,
iter_stats=self._take_pending_new_active_requests(
iter_stats),
iter_id=self.iter_counter,
scheduled_batch_stats=scheduled_batch_stats,
gpu_forward_start_event=gpu_forward_start,
gpu_forward_end_event=gpu_forward_end,
gpu_sample_end_event=gpu_sample_end,
gpu_forward_events_from_perf_pool=
gpu_forward_events_from_perf_pool))
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Update the pipeline append path to pass the result of
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if not pipeline:
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

A normal shutdown does not set _event_loop_completed or flush buffered responses.

The other loops call _flush_pending_transfer_responses() and set self._event_loop_completed = True at their normal-exit break. This loop does neither. As a result, _event_loop_wrapper classifies any teardown exception as a crash and arms the cross-rank hard kill.

Fix: set the flag and flush pending responses before this break.

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Before the normal-exit break in the loop identified by the `if not pipeline`
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- Around line 210-220: Update test_pipelined_selected_when_eligible and the
corresponding ineligible test to invoke the real loop-selection entrypoint with
controlled eligibility, then assert that the expected loop was called and the
alternatives were not. Replace mock-only setup that bypasses dispatch with
observable assertions covering both outcomes.
- Around line 42-43: Update the executor setup shared by the tests for
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def test_pipelined_selected_when_eligible(self):
mock_exec = MagicMock()
mock_exec._is_pipelined_loop_eligible.return_value = True
mock_exec._executor_loop_pipelined = MagicMock()
mock_exec._executor_loop_overlap = MagicMock()
mock_exec._executor_loop = MagicMock()
PyExecutor = MagicMock()
PyExecutor._is_pipelined_loop_eligible.return_value = True
PyExecutor._executor_loop_pipelined = MagicMock()
PyExecutor._executor_loop_overlap = MagicMock()
PyExecutor._executor_loop = MagicMock()

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Invoke the real loop-selection path in these tests.

This test only assigns MagicMock attributes. It never invokes loop selection or asserts which loop ran. The following ineligible test also has no invocation or assertion. Both pass if dispatch always selects the wrong loop. Call the selection entrypoint with controlled eligibility and assert the selected loop in each case. As per path instructions, tests that can silently pass without exercising their claimed behavior need an observable assertion.

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Update test_pipelined_selected_when_eligible and the corresponding ineligible
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- Line 209: In the dispatch check in test_overlap_selected_when_not_eligible,
call the real PyExecutor._is_pipelined_loop_eligible gate with mock_exec, or
bind that method to mock_exec before dispatch, so the test uses the actual
feature-flag eligibility result rather than a truthy MagicMock.
- Around line 192-193: Update the test around `validate_pipelined_scheduler` to
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- Fix invalid Python syntax 'enable_disaggregated serving' (was never valid code,
  removed; disaggregated serving is gated by executor-level kv_cache_transceiver).
- Initialize every attribute read by _is_pipelined_loop_eligible in a shared
  _make_exec_mock helper so tests that claim 'plain TP returns True' actually
  pass (unset MagicMock attributes are truthy).
- Fix TestExecutorLoopSelection: replace mock-only setup with real dispatch
  invocation and assertions that verify which loop is selected.
- Fix test_multiple_blockers_reported_once to capture the logger.warning call,
  assert exactly one warning, and check that all blocker names are present.
- Fix blocker tests to mutate the executor-level attribute that the gate
  actually reads (e.g. self.drafter, not llm_args.speculative_config).

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- Bind the real _is_pipelined_loop_eligible gate in loop-selection tests
  (previously the MagicMock method always returned a truthy mock).
- Capture the validator warning around TorchLlmArgs construction, not an
  explicit post-hoc call: validate_pipelined_scheduler is a model_validator
  that disables the flag during construction, so the subsequent explicit
  call emitted nothing.
- Add a third dispatch path (standard loop when disable_overlap_scheduler)
  to mirror the real PyExecutor.__init__ branches and prevent silent
  incorrect selection.
- Import only what is needed; remove unused logging import.

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tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_py_executor_pipelined_scheduler.py: 1

240-240: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Exercise the pipelined loop in a bounded test.

These selection tests invoke mocked loops. They cannot detect a regression that dispatches a batch but fails to drain its result, preserves the wrong order, or fails during worker cleanup. Add a focused test that runs _executor_loop_pipelined with controlled scheduling and worker results, then asserts ordered completion and shutdown.

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Add a focused behavior test for `_executor_loop_pipelined` using controlled
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