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https://nvbugs/6609977 / TRTLLM-15394 reported a 54% regression in mean_gen_worker_per_iter_device_step_time for the GB200 DeepSeek-R1 128k8k concurrency-1 gen_only lane after #17098 enabled the initial benchmark_serving.py warmup request.

The gen-worker log offset is captured before the client starts, so the parser window contains both the warmup and measured requests. It also includes a one-time 23.8-second inter-request stall, even though steady-state device-step time is unchanged.

This PR changes only the performance test harness:

  • Detect the warmup-to-measured boundary using the denominator of currank_total_requests.
  • For warmup lanes, exclude the warmup request and five post-boundary rows. prev_device_step_time lags by one iteration: row +0 contains the previous request's tail, row +1 contains the inter-request stall, and observed logs remain unsettled at row +2. Results stabilize from row +3, with two additional rows retained as margin.
  • Fall back to the original full-window behavior when no boundary is observed.
  • Preserve the existing path when skip_leading_requests=0.

Re-snapshotting the log offset at the client's warmup-complete sentinel would not remove the stall because the affected iteration line is written after that sentinel and would remain inside the measurement window.

Test Coverage

  • Added unit coverage for excluding the warmup request, boundary stall, and settling rows.
  • Added coverage for falling back to the full window when no request boundary is observed.
  • Added coverage confirming that skip_leading_requests=0 preserves existing behavior.
  • Updated the existing GEN-log sentinel fallback test to cover records both with and without skip_leading_requests.

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  • Please check this after reviewing the above items as appropriate for this PR.

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  • Scopes gen_only device-step timing to measured requests.
  • Detects the warmup boundary with currank_total_requests.
  • Excludes the warmup request and five post-boundary rows for warmup lanes.
  • Preserves full-window behavior when no boundary is found or skip_leading_requests=0.
  • Logs dropped values and empty measured windows.
  • Preserves GEN-log sentinel fallback behavior.
  • Adds the skip_leading_requests parameter to parse_gen_worker_device_step_time.
  • No configuration or test-list changes were made.

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  • Added or updated unit tests in tests/unittest/scripts/test_perf_sanity_helpers.py:
    • test_sentinel_timeout_falls_back_to_current_gen_logs
    • test_skip_leading_requests_excludes_warmup_and_boundary_stall
    • test_skip_leading_requests_without_boundary_falls_back
    • test_skip_leading_requests_with_empty_measured_window_returns_none
    • test_skip_leading_requests_zero_keeps_full_window
  • These tests are not listed in tests/integration/test_lists/.
  • The integration path remains represented by the existing perf/test_perf_sanity.py::test_e2e entries in the QA lists.
  • Verdict: sufficient.

…me to the measured request

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Gen-worker device-step-time parsing now excludes warmup requests and five post-boundary settling rows. Deferred metric collection propagates skip counts. Tests cover fallback behavior, empty measured windows, diagnostics, and propagation.

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Warmup-aware gen-worker metric parsing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Request-boundary scanning and statistics
tests/integration/defs/perf/test_perf_sanity.py
The scanner detects request boundaries, excludes five settling rows, logs dropped values, preserves full-window aggregates, and selects post-boundary statistics when available.
Warmup skip-count propagation
tests/integration/defs/perf/test_perf_sanity.py
skip_leading_requests flows from deferred client records through parse_gen_worker_device_step_time to the log scanner.
Warmup parsing test coverage
tests/unittest/scripts/test_perf_sanity_helpers.py
Tests cover warmup exclusion, settling rows, missing boundaries, empty measured windows, zero skips, diagnostics, and parser-call propagation.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 3fba2

The PR narrows warmup metric parsing, but an unresolved range-boundary issue can still cause earlier client metrics to include later clients’ GEN-log rows and report incorrect performance results; merge should wait for that issue to be fixed or explicitly accepted.

Suggested reviewers: schetlur-nv, yiqingy0, dpitman-nvda

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  participant PendingClientRecord
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  participant BenchmarkOutput
  PendingClientRecord->>parse_gen_worker_device_step_time: pass skip_leading_requests
  parse_gen_worker_device_step_time->>_scan_gen_worker_device_step_time: forward skip count
  _scan_gen_worker_device_step_time->>_scan_gen_worker_device_step_time: exclude warmup and settling rows
  _scan_gen_worker_device_step_time-->>parse_gen_worker_device_step_time: return computed statistics
  parse_gen_worker_device_step_time-->>BenchmarkOutput: annotate device-step time
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1683-1695: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Add an end boundary for each pending client record.

Each record stores only start_offsets. _append_gen_worker_device_step_time parses after every client command finishes. The first record therefore reads later clients' GEN rows through EOF.

This can mix later client traffic into an earlier client's device-step-time metric. It can also let a later request boundary satisfy skip_leading_requests for the wrong client.

Store a per-client end boundary and make the scanner read only that range. For example, use the next client's pre-launch log snapshot as the preceding record's end boundary, with EOF only for the last record. Add a two-client regression test with distinct device times.

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In `@tests/integration/defs/perf/test_perf_sanity.py` around lines 1683 - 1695,
Extend each pending client record created in pending_device_step_time with an
end boundary, using the next client’s pre-launch log snapshot and EOF for the
final record. Update _append_gen_worker_device_step_time to restrict GEN-row
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Approving — the comments below are optional touch-ups, not blockers.

The mechanism and the arithmetic line up with the reported delta (one ~23.8 s row over a ~2000-row window is worth roughly the observed +5 ms on the mean), and the comments explaining why re-snapping at the warmup sentinel wouldn't work are useful for whoever revisits this.

Two things beyond the inline notes:

  • The boundary detection depends on the scanned segment starting at fetch count 0. That holds today only because benchmark_mode == "gen_only" collapses concurrency_values to one entry (L2023), so there is exactly one client per gen server — and collect_device_step_time is gen_only-only. Nothing asserts this and no test pins it. See the inline comment at L331.

  • Root-cause framing: the metric is an arithmetic mean, so any single anomalous row is worth several ms. _REQUEST_BOUNDARY_SETTLE_ROWS = 5 removes the currently-known outlier; a median (or trimmed mean) of the mode-ngen bucket would be immune to the whole class without a tuned constant. That changes every stored baseline, so it is a separate PR — but worth filing as a follow-up rather than growing the skip count next time a lane stalls differently.

Description is accurate against the diff and cites both the NVBug and the JIRA. Test-only change, so no docs/changelog obligation.

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Reviewed the full diff; no blocking or major issues found.

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  • tests/integration/defs/perf/test_perf_sanity.py: warmup->skip_leading_requests wiring in run_cmd not directly unit-tested
  • tests/unittest/scripts/test_perf_sanity_helpers.py: Weak assertion blended != pytest.approx(20.0)
  • tests/integration/defs/perf/test_perf_sanity.py: Full-window aggregates computed even when boundary is seen

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