[https://nvbugs/6566707][fix] Isolate LoRA peft-cache-override test from MPI session reuse

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Summary

• test_llama_7b_lora_config_overrides_peft_cache_config[None] hung silently for 2400s on A100X-PyTorch-1 (L0_PostMerge core dump when use official example trtllm-build decoder #2886) and was killed by the inner pytest-timeout thread watchdog.
• The outer stage log (preserved on PBSS) shows the test got a many-times-reused MPI pool, loaded the model (1.91s), allocated the 57.58 GiB KV cache, created the LoRA caches, and ran at least one attention forward before going silent — so the hang sits in late executor-init / first-generate on a reused worker, not in the pytest setup hooks the auto-triage pointed at.
• The decisive artifact (the all-thread stack dump pytest-timeout emits at the cap) was written to the inner S3 session spool, but os._exit(1) skipped sessionfinish, so the deferred upload never ran and the stack was lost with the workspace. Root cause is therefore not yet attributable to a frame.
• Until it is root-caused, opt this test out of automatic MPI session reuse with @pytest.mark.private_mpi_session (same containment pattern as [https://nvbugs/6607481][fix] Isolate stateful KV-cache comparison #17673 for nvbug 6607481): the reuse cache is drained first and the test runs on a fresh private pool, removing the reused-worker precondition of the observed hang.

Changes

• tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_pytorch.py: add @pytest.mark.private_mpi_session (plus a comment linking the bug) to test_llama_7b_lora_config_overrides_peft_cache_config. The test is not in waives.txt, so no unwaive is needed; it keeps running every pipeline.

Test plan

• A100X-PyTorch-1 unittest shard (unittest/llmapi/test_llm_pytorch.py -m "part1") passes in CI with the marker applied (both [cuda_graph_config0] and [None] parametrizations).
• Verify the [session-reuse] drain + private-pool messages appear for this test in the stage log, confirming the marker took effect.

Dev Engineer Review

• Added the private_mpi_session marker to test_llama_7b_lora_config_overrides_peft_cache_config.
• Added a comment that documents the known hang in reused MPI pools and references the bug.
• The change limits scope to the affected test and preserves both parameterizations.
• No API, configuration, or test-list changes were made.
• The marker is consistent with the objective of forcing a fresh MPI pool and preventing session-reuse hangs.

QA Engineer Review

• Modified test: test_llama_7b_lora_config_overrides_peft_cache_config.
• The test remains covered by the existing pipeline parameterizations.
• No tests/integration/test_lists/ entries were added, removed, or modified.
• Verdict: sufficient.

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Walkthrough

The LoRA cache configuration test now runs in a private MPI session. Comments document a known hang when the test uses reused MPI pools.

Changes

MPI test isolation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Private MPI session for LoRA test tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_pytorch.py	The test uses pytest.mark.private_mpi_session. Comments document the known MPI pool hang.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 08e60

This localized test-marker change has no actionable merge-blocking risk remaining; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: bowenfu

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the primary change: isolating the LoRA PEFT cache override test from MPI session reuse. It uses the required bug reference and fix type.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the observed hang, likely reused-worker condition, containment solution, affected test, and planned validation. It does not reproduce the full PR checklist, but the essential …
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 1 functions across 1 files.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Explanation

The description explains the observed hang, likely reused-worker condition, containment solution, affected test, and planned validation. It does not reproduce the full PR checklist, but the essential issue, solution, and test coverage information is present.

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In `@tests/unittest/llmapi/test_llm_pytorch.py`:
- Around line 614-616: Add test_llama_7b_lora_config_overrides_peft_cache_config
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