[TRTLLM-14628][fix] Do not trust just-written mtimes in sync_tree copy-back - #17919
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…y-back sync_tree skipped a file when its size and mtime matched the destination. Inode timestamps come from a coarse clock (one timer tick), so a source rewritten shortly after being copied can still report the mtime the copy recorded. The comparison then called it unchanged and left the stale copy in place, which is what makes test_incremental_converges_to_fresh_copy fail intermittently (~4% of pre-merge runs since NVIDIA#17538): pkg/sub/mod.py is rewritten to a same-size body a few milliseconds after the populate, so on a host whose timestamp tick is coarser than that gap the incremental sync keeps the old body. A size+mtime match is now trusted only once the source mtime has aged past a two-second window, and any copy made inside that window is recorded with a deliberately shifted mtime so the next sync re-copies it instead of trusting the match. The cold populate paths (tar pipeline and copytree) apply the same shift, since both copy source mtimes verbatim. Files that have settled are still skipped, so the incremental behaviour this path exists for is unchanged; the cost is one extra copy of files written immediately before a sync. Adds a deterministic regression test that pins the source mtime to the copied value (which fails without this change) plus one that pins the skip of a settled file, so a fix that degraded into a full recopy would be caught. Signed-off-by: Brian Nguyen <brnguyen@nvidia.com>
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629-686: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winAdd annotations to all new functions.
scripts/build_wheel.py#L629-L686: Add precise parameter and return annotations to_demote_racy_mtime,excluded, anddemote_racy_mtimes.tests/unittest/scripts/test_build_wheel_copy_back.py#L187-L231: Add parameter andNonereturn annotations to both new test functions.As per coding guidelines: “Annotate every function, use
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In `@tests/unittest/scripts/test_build_wheel_copy_back.py`:
- Around line 187-231: Update test_rewrite_without_mtime_change_is_not_skipped
and test_settled_file_is_not_recopied to exercise both initial-population
backends: the _tar_pipe_copy path and the copytree fallback. Parameterize the
tests or monkeypatch _tar_pipe_copy so each mtime-collision and settled-file
assertion runs once per backend, while preserving the existing assertions.
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In `@scripts/build_wheel.py`:
- Around line 629-686: Add precise parameter and return annotations to
_demote_racy_mtime, the nested excluded function, and demote_racy_mtimes in
scripts/build_wheel.py, using None for procedures and avoiding unnecessary Any.
Also annotate both new test functions in
tests/unittest/scripts/test_build_wheel_copy_back.py with parameter types and
None return types.
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…k tests The mtime-collision tests populated the destination via sync_tree, whose cold populate uses _tar_pipe_copy when tar is on PATH and falls back to copytree otherwise, so each run only covered whichever backend the environment selected. Add a parametrized cold_backend fixture that runs the two mtime tests once per backend (monkeypatching _tar_pipe_copy off for the copytree case, skipping the tar case when tar is absent so it never aliases to copytree). Signed-off-by: Brian Nguyen <brnguyen@nvidia.com>
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226-229: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winMake the mtime-collision setup create matching fresh files.
sync_treebackdates destination mtimes during cold population inscripts/build_wheel.pyLines 648-740.copied = mod.stat()records the source mtime, so Line 228 restores only the source mtime. The destination remains two seconds older.The second sync therefore copies because the mtimes differ. This test can pass even if the incremental fresh-mtime guard is removed. Set both files to the same recent mtime before the rewrite, then restore that mtime on the source. Also assert the initial cold copy was backdated if this test must cover both contracts.
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-def test_rewrite_without_mtime_change_is_not_skipped(sync_tree, cold_backend, tmp_path): +def test_rewrite_without_mtime_change_is_not_skipped( + sync_tree, build_wheel_module, cold_backend, tmp_path, monkeypatch): + now = 1_000_000.0 + monkeypatch.setattr(build_wheel_module.time, "time", lambda: now) + src = tmp_path / "src" src.mkdir() mod = src / "mod.py" mod.write_bytes(b"def f():\n return 42\n") + recent = now - 1.0 + os.utime(mod, (recent, recent)) new_dir = tmp_path / "new" sync_tree(src, new_dir) - copied = mod.stat() + dst_file = new_dir / "mod.py" + assert dst_file.stat().st_mtime < recent + os.utime(dst_file, (recent, recent)) mod.write_bytes(b"def f():\n return 99\n") - os.utime(mod, (copied.st_atime, copied.st_mtime)) + os.utime(mod, (recent, recent))🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@tests/unittest/scripts/test_build_wheel_copy_back.py`:
- Around line 226-229: Update the mtime-collision setup around copied and
sync_tree so the source and destination receive the same recent mtime before
rewriting the source, then restore that shared mtime on the source. Assert that
the initial cold copy backdates the destination as expected, ensuring the test
covers both cold-population and incremental fresh-mtime behavior.
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Could we also add a short note to TRTLLM-14628 about this flaky failure and its root cause? The ticket currently mainly describes the broader network-filesystem build work.
…pers and tests Signed-off-by: Brian Nguyen <brnguyen@nvidia.com>
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642-646: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winPropagate unexpected metadata errors in the race guard.
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os.utime()fails, the destination can retain the source mtime. A later sync can then trust matching size and mtime and skip a required rewrite. Catch onlyFileNotFoundErrorandNotADirectoryErrorin the cold-populate walk. Propagate otherstat()andos.utime()failures.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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629-630: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winUse PEP 604 union syntax for the new annotation.
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Optional[os.stat_result]withos.stat_result | None. Remove theOptionalimport only if no other code uses it.As per coding guidelines, use Python 3.10+ union syntax and prefer
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-def _demote_racy_mtime(dst_file: Path, src_stat: Optional[os.stat_result], - now: float) -> None: +def _demote_racy_mtime( + dst_file: Path, src_stat: os.stat_result | None, now: float +) -> None:🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@scripts/build_wheel.py`:
- Around line 642-646: In the cold-populate walk’s metadata race guard, replace
the broad OSError suppression around os.utime with handling only
FileNotFoundError and NotADirectoryError; let all other stat() and os.utime()
failures propagate so metadata errors cannot silently skip rewrites.
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In `@scripts/build_wheel.py`:
- Around line 629-630: Update the _demote_racy_mtime annotation to use
os.stat_result | None instead of Optional[os.stat_result], and remove the
Optional import only if no other code in the file uses it.
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tests/unittest/scripts/test_build_wheel_copy_back.py::test_incremental_converges_to_fresh_copy, added with #17538, fails intermittently in pre-merge CI (11 FAILED / 277 runs, ~4%, across 11 different PRs since #17538 merged on 2026-08-14).Root cause is the change-detection predicate in
sync_tree, not the symlink handling that the CI triage comments guessed at. A file was skipped when its size and mtime matched the destination. Inode timestamps come from a coarse clock (one timer tick on Linux, whole seconds on some filesystems), so a source rewritten shortly after being copied can still report the exact mtime the copy recorded. The comparison then calls it unchanged and leaves the stale copy behind.In the test,
pkg/sub/mod.pyis rewritten to a same-size body a few milliseconds after the initial populate. On a host whose timestamp tick is coarser than that gap, the incremental sync keeps the old body. The diff surfaces on two paths,pkg/sub/mod.pyandpkg/link_to_sub/mod.py, which is why the failure looked symlink-related; the symlink dereference itself is correct.Fix:
copytree) apply the same shift, since both copy source mtimes verbatim.Files whose mtimes have settled are still skipped, so the incremental behaviour this code path exists for is preserved. The cost is one extra copy of files written immediately before a sync, which converges on the following sync.
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tests/unittest/scripts/test_build_wheel_copy_back.py(7 tests, all passing):test_rewrite_without_mtime_change_is_not_skippedreproduces the race deterministically by pinning the source mtime to the value the copy recorded. It fails against the current implementation and passes with this change.test_settled_file_is_not_recopiedpins the incremental skip for an aged, unchanged file, so a fix that degraded into an unconditional full recopy would be caught.Verification of the flake itself: the copy-back tests were run in a loop under an emulated coarse-timestamp filesystem (
os.statmtimes quantised to a fixed tick, modelling the kernel's tick-granularity inode clock). Before the change,test_incremental_converges_to_fresh_copyfailed 13/200 at a 4 ms tick and 104/200 at a 10 ms tick. After the change, 0 failures across 200 iterations at each of 1 ms, 4 ms, 10 ms, 100 ms, 1 s and 2 s ticks, plus 1000 iterations at 10 ms and 400 unemulated iterations of the whole file.Summary
sync_treenow treats recent source mtimes as unreliable. It trusts matching size and mtime values only after the source mtime is older than two seconds. Tar andcopytreepopulation paths apply the same protection by shifting destination mtimes.Regression tests cover same-size rewrites with unchanged mtimes and settled files for both cold-populate backends. The
sync_treecopy-back helpers and regression tests now include type annotations.Dev Engineer Review
sync_treenow has explicitPathparameters, an annotatedexcludeparameter, and aNonereturn type.QA Engineer Review
Added test functions:
test_rewrite_without_mtime_change_is_not_skippedtest_settled_file_is_not_recopiedThe tests cover both tar and
copytreecold-populate backends. No corresponding entries were identified intest-db/orqa/coverage lists.Verdict: needs follow-up.