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Description

This PR removes four hooks that only ModelExpress (MX) uses from BaseCheckpointLoader, the base class of all checkpoint loaders: is_weights_preloaded(), is_post_transform_weights_preloaded(), post_load_apply() and post_load_publish().

No functional change for the checkpoint loaders in this repository.

The GMS and MX load code of #20711 now checks for MXCheckpointLoader and calls the MX methods on it directly. A smaller base class is easier to implement for new checkpoint formats, and it improves code readability and maintenance.

The four methods were added for MX in #13531. No other checkpoint loader in this repository implements them, and no doc describes them. After this PR, the load code calls them only on MXCheckpointLoader. If a custom checkpoint loader overrides them, the load code no longer calls these overrides, and no other hook replaces them. If a new loader needs such a hook, add it to BaseCheckpointLoader in that loader's PR.

This PR must merge after #20711. Its branch contains the commits of #20498, #20703 and #20711. Review only the last commit: https://github.com/NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM/pull/20713/files/0c49500a2ac2f2133c94f90381a55a19db8e5984..fc912b037fe9531d240c4048cb64c8c922952e99

Until #20498 and #20703 merge, the API compatibility label check fails, because this branch contains their API changes.

The latest push replaces the content of this PR. The split of ModelLoader.load() into load strategies is now part of #20711, with plain functions instead of load-strategy classes. This PR keeps only the removal of the MX-only hooks.

Test Coverage

0 tests added, 27 tests changed:

• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_checkpoint_io.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_gms.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_model_loader_mx.py
• tests/unittest/_torch/models/checkpoints/mx/test_mx_checkpoint_loader.py

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PRs in this series

These PRs refactor checkpoint loading and add Model Streamer loading. They merge in this order, top to bottom.

PR	What it does
#20498	Change checkpoint_io_policy from plain strings to the string enum CheckpointIOPolicy.
#20703	Add the string enum CheckpointFormat for the built-in checkpoint formats, make the checkpoint I/O helpers take only LoadFormat, and make the checkpoint I/O policy resolution easier to read.
#20704 (merged)	Put the PyTorch process-group setup in one module, distributed/initialization.py.
#20711	Make ModelLoader.load() shorter: move its MX, GMS, memory and model-hook helpers to new files in models/checkpoints/.
#20713 (this PR)	Remove the MX-only hooks from BaseCheckpointLoader.
#20717	Move Kimi K3 weight loading from modeling_kimi_linear.py to modeling_kimi_k3_loader.py.
#20781	Add checkpoint_io_policy="model_streamer", which loads a checkpoint with Run:ai Model Streamer.
#20782	Add the Model Streamer load for Kimi K3.

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Walkthrough

The change adds typed checkpoint and I/O policy contracts. It moves model weight loading into weight-source implementations and adds checkpoint, dummy, vision-only, MX, and GMS sources with shared loading hooks and qualification logic.

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Checkpoint loading and weight sources

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Typed checkpoint contracts tensorrt_llm/checkpoint_format.py, tensorrt_llm/llmapi/llm_args.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/checkpoints/*, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/config_utils.py, tensorrt_llm/inputs/registry.py, tensorrt_llm/llmapi/*, tensorrt_llm/serve/openai_server.py, tensorrt_llm/usage/*, tensorrt_llm/schemas/*	Adds CheckpointFormat and CheckpointIOPolicy. Checkpoint APIs accept enum values and custom strings. Registrations, dispatch, serialization, schemas, and usage collection use typed values.
Weight-source lifecycle tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/model_loader.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/weight_sources/*, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/model_engine.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor_creator.py, tensorrt_llm/executor/base_worker.py	Adds the WeightSource lifecycle and concrete checkpoint, dummy, and vision-only sources. ModelLoader delegates source selection, allocation, loading, finalization, publication, and cleanup.
MX and GMS sharing tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/weight_sources/mx.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/weight_sources/gms.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/weight_sources/post_transform.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/checkpoints/mx/checkpoint_loader.py	Adds MX and GMS qualification, identity checks, shared-storage loading, post-transform handling, publication, and cleanup. MX publication uses publish_as_source.
Validation and API updates tests/unittest/*, tests/unittest/api_stability/*	Updates tests and API references to use the weight-source interfaces, typed enums, and publish_as_source behavior.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ModelLoader
  participant WeightSource
  participant CheckpointWeightSource
  participant BaseCheckpointLoader
  participant model_hooks
  ModelLoader->>WeightSource: Select source and prepare model
  ModelLoader->>WeightSource: Allocate storage and load weights
  WeightSource->>CheckpointWeightSource: Load target or draft checkpoint
  CheckpointWeightSource->>BaseCheckpointLoader: Open session or load weights
  BaseCheckpointLoader-->>CheckpointWeightSource: Return checkpoint tensors
  CheckpointWeightSource->>model_hooks: Populate model weights
  ModelLoader->>WeightSource: Finalize, publish, and clean up

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Possibly related PRs

• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#15288: Introduced the staged post-load contract that this change extracts into shared hooks and weight sources.
• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#20706: Introduced typed checkpoint I/O policy resolution and the public checkpoint-loader construction helper used here.
• NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#20703: Introduced the CheckpointFormat contract used by this change.

Suggested labels: api-breaking

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 91fa9

The mapper refactor appears behavior-preserving, but existing weight-source logs may omit interpolated values and should be fixed separately.

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The description states the PR removes four MX-only hooks (is_weights_preloaded, is_post_transform_weights_preloaded, post_load_apply, post_load_publish) from BaseCheckpointLoader, with no functional change for loaders in this repository. It gives the rationale, notes the merge-order dependency on #20711 and #20498/#20703, and lists 27 changed tests. It is mostly complete. The Description and Test Coverage sections are present, but the test-coverage count conflicts with the PR objectives (which report 11 changed tests), and the listed test paths differ from the summary's paths. The PR checklist is ticked. The description does not state explicitly that the removal is an API change or what label applies, though it notes the API compatibility label check failure.

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623-661: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a dispatch test for select_weight_source together with ModelLoader.load.

ModelLoader.load() now chooses the whole loading path through select_weight_source(). The GMS and MX tests cover their own sources. This PR does not show a test for the other branches:

• LoadFormat.DUMMY selects DummyWeightSource.
• LoadFormat.VISION_ONLY selects VisionOnlyWeightSource.
• LoadFormat.AUTO with a non-MX loader selects CheckpointWeightSource.
• An unknown format raises NotImplementedError.

Without such a test, a regression can go unnoticed. For example, DUMMY could silently route to the checkpoint source, or the dummy mapper could stop being initialized, which breaks reload(). Add a small parametrized CPU test in tests/unittest/_torch/executor/. It builds a WeightLoadContext with SimpleNamespace(load_format=...) and a stub loader that has checkpoint_format, then asserts the returned source type.

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- Around line 193-196: Update the logger.info call in the GMS weight-loading
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753-758: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a regression test for host-resident weight rejection.

MxWeightSource and GmsWeightSource explicitly set supports_host_resident_weights = False, so the inheritance failure does not occur. The new capability-based guard is not covered by the focused loader tests. Add a test in test_model_loader_mx.py that sets _requires_standard_hf_loading = True on the model and asserts that an MX load raises the expected ValueError.

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Reviewed PR#20712 and PR#20713 in combined. Please document the custom-loader hook removal and migration path.

I suggest we consolidate the 2 PRs into 1, or focus on merging PR#20713 directly.

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LGTM from telemetry POV.