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[https://nvbugs/6607487][fix] fix LoRA host/device cache dtype reconfiguration race - #17678

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[https://nvbugs/6607487][fix] fix LoRA host/device cache dtype reconfiguration race#17678
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  • Coordinated host and device LoRA cache dtype updates under both cache mutexes.
  • Prevented self-deadlock by using the single-cache path when both cache references are identical.
  • Protected copyTask dtype validation and destination task state with the correct cache mutexes.
  • Re-enabled test_qwen3_fp8_lora by removing its waiver.
  • No configuration files changed.
  • The changes address the reported cache reconfiguration race and maintain API consistency.

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  • Modified tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt.
  • Removed the waiver for unittest/_torch/modules/tests_lora_modules/test_qwen3_sanity.py::TestQwen3LoRA::test_qwen3_fp8_lora.
  • No test-db/ or qa/ files were modified.
  • Reported LoRA cache, PEFT cache manager, and repeated B200 LoRA module tests pass.
  • Verdict: needs follow-up because CBTS coverage data is unavailable.

Description

test_qwen3_fp8_lora hangs intermittently (~0.5% of runs) on main, timing out after 2400s waiting on queue.get() in tensorrt_llm/executor/result.py because the executor never sends a terminal response for the request.

Root cause: PeftCacheManager::configureDataType reconfigures the host and device LoraCache dtypes with two independent, separately-locked calls to LoraCache::setDataType. There is no lock spanning both calls, so a concurrent LoraCache::copyTask (running on the PEFT ensure-worker-pool thread, e.g. for an already-admitted task from an earlier bf16 LoRA test sharing a pooled session) can observe the host cache already switched to the new dtype while the device cache still holds the old one (or vice versa), tripping the "LoRA host and device cache dtypes must match" check and throwing.

Compounding this, copyTask's dtype-consistency check only locked the device cache's mCacheMutex before comparing both caches' mPageManagerConfig.getDataType() — despite an existing comment claiming this made the check atomic with respect to cache reconfiguration. The host side of the comparison was read without holding the host cache's mCacheMutex, so it raced against a concurrent configureDataType call touching the host cache.

An exception thrown from inside the ensure-worker-pool's async task propagates through std::future::get() uncaught, which is consistent with the observed symptom: the request never receives a terminal response and the client hangs until timeout.

Fix

  • Add LoraCache::setDataTypeCoordinated(LoraCache& other, dataType), which reconfigures a host+device cache pair under one combined lock (mPagesMutex + mCacheMutex on both caches) so neither a reader nor the two writes can observe a torn state. PeftCacheManager::configureDataType now calls this instead of two separate setDataType calls.
  • Extend copyTask's dtype-check lock to cover both caches' mCacheMutex (previously only the device cache's), making the check actually atomic with respect to setDataTypeCoordinated.
  • Fix an unrelated mismatched-mutex bug in copyTask: device-cache TaskValue state (otherTaskValue->loaded/loadInProgress) was being guarded by the host cache's mCacheMutex instead of the device cache's.
  • Remove the waives.txt SKIP for test_qwen3_fp8_lora (nvbugs/6607487) now that the race is fixed.

Test Coverage

  • cpp/tests/unit_tests/runtime/loraCacheTest — 10/10 pass (covers copyToPages, basicPutGet, etc., the code paths touched by this fix)
  • cpp/tests/unit_tests/batch_manager/peftCacheManagerTestPeftCacheManagerTest.* 10/10 pass, including gptManagerSim (500-request randomized-batch simulation exercising addRequestPeft/ensureBatch/copyTask repeatedly)
  • tests/unittest/_torch/modules/tests_lora_modules/ (the CI wrapper scope for this flake, includes both bf16 and FP8 LoRA tests sharing a pooled session) — looped 25x on a B200, 9 passed / 4 skipped (missing larger MoE model) each time, no hangs or regressions
  • Root cause was identified via careful code-reading (not a live capture of the natural race, given its ~0.5% frequency); the fix closes the exact unsynchronized-read/non-atomic-reconfiguration gap identified in the locking analysis

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…iguration race

PeftCacheManager::configureDataType reconfigured the host and device
LoraCache dtypes with two independent calls to LoraCache::setDataType.
Each call is individually locked, but there is no lock spanning both,
so a concurrent LoraCache::copyTask could observe the host cache
already switched to the new dtype while the device cache still held
the old one (or vice versa), tripping the 'LoRA host and device cache
dtypes must match' check.

copyTask's dtype check also only locked the device cache's mCacheMutex
before reading both mPageManagerConfig.getDataType() values, despite a
comment claiming this made the check atomic with respect to cache
reconfiguration -- the host side of the comparison was read without
holding host's mCacheMutex, racing against a concurrent
configureDataType call.

Add LoraCache::setDataTypeCoordinated, which reconfigures a pair of
caches (host + device) under one combined lock so neither observer nor
writer can see a torn state, and use it from configureDataType. Extend
copyTask's dtype-check lock to cover both caches' mCacheMutex so the
check is actually atomic against setDataTypeCoordinated. Also fix an
unrelated mismatched-mutex bug in copyTask where device-cache TaskValue
state was guarded by the host cache's mCacheMutex instead of the
device cache's.

This likely explains the intermittent (~0.5%) hang in
test_qwen3_fp8_lora: an exception thrown from the dtype-mismatch check
inside PeftCacheManager's ensure-worker-pool thread was not
translated into a terminal response for the affected request, so the
client blocked in queue.get() until the test's timeout.

Re-enable test_qwen3_fp8_lora by removing its waives.txt entry.

Signed-off-by: Aurelien Chartier <2567591+achartier@users.noreply.github.com>
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The change coordinates host and device LoRA cache data-type updates, strengthens locking during cache copies, corrects completion-state locking, and removes the Qwen3 FP8 LoRA test waiver.

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LoRA cache coordination

Layer / File(s) Summary
Coordinated data-type reconfiguration
cpp/include/tensorrt_llm/runtime/loraCache.h, cpp/tensorrt_llm/runtime/loraCache.cpp, cpp/tensorrt_llm/batch_manager/peftCacheManager.cpp
LoraCache adds coordinated data-type updates with a locked helper. PeftCacheManager uses the coordinated operation for host and device caches.
Cache-copy synchronization and validation
cpp/tensorrt_llm/runtime/loraCache.cpp, tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt
copyTask locks both caches during validation and insertion. Completion updates use the device cache mutex. The Qwen3 FP8 LoRA test waiver is removed.

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The change coordinates LoRA cache dtype updates and removes the related test waiver; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: asfiyab-nvidia, zhaoyuanh-nvidia

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PeftCacheManager
  participant HostLoraCache
  participant DeviceLoraCache
  PeftCacheManager->>HostLoraCache: setDataTypeCoordinated(DeviceLoraCache, dataType)
  HostLoraCache->>DeviceLoraCache: Acquire both cache locks
  HostLoraCache->>HostLoraCache: Apply locked data-type update
  HostLoraCache->>DeviceLoraCache: Apply locked data-type update
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In `@cpp/tensorrt_llm/runtime/loraCache.cpp`:
- Around line 520-525: Update LoraCache::setDataTypeCoordinated to handle other
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self-alias case through setDataType or rejecting it; retain the existing
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…lf-aliasing

Passing the same LoraCache as both the receiver and other would lock
mPagesMutex/mCacheMutex twice via the same std::scoped_lock call,
which is undefined behavior (self-deadlock) for a non-recursive
std::mutex. Route that case through the existing single-cache
setDataType instead.

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