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The pool shares only direct *.cubin artifacts under ArtifactPath.TRTLLM_GEN_FMHA. It checks the rank-local cache first, then the shared pool, and downloads only on a miss. Shared files are published with atomic rename and verified by SHA-256 when read.

The pool is limited to TensorRT-LLM-managed rank- workspaces. It is bypassed when FLASHINFER_CUBIN_DIR is set or when TRTLLM_FLASHINFER_SHARED_CUBINS=0. FlashInfer headers and other artifacts retain their per-rank paths. No GPU performance results for the release branch or review findings were supplied.

QA Engineer Review

Added tests/unittest/_torch/flashinfer/test_flashinfer_cubin_pool.py and listed it in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml. Tests cover pool eligibility, cross-rank reuse, artifact exclusions, corrupt pool entries, failed downloads, concurrent reads, and idempotent loader wrapping. The test list includes the file for CPU CI. Coverage verdict: sufficient for the pool behavior represented by these tests; GPU serving behavior is not established by the supplied test evidence.

Per-File QA Perspective

• docs/source/llm-api/index.md — Documents shared cubin lookup, atomic publication, SHA-256 verification, and the disable setting. Verify that these instructions match launcher workspace behavior.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/flashinfer_cubin_pool.py — Adds the conditional read-through pool and loader wrapper. Verify managed-workspace detection, local/shared cache lookup, integrity checks, and fallback behavior.
• tensorrt_llm/_torch/flashinfer_utils.py — Installs the pool when FlashInfer is available. Verify that unsupported FlashInfer loader APIs leave the existing loader behavior unchanged.
• tests/unittest/_torch/flashinfer/test_flashinfer_cubin_pool.py — Adds CPU-only tests for eligibility, reuse, exclusions, corruption, failed downloads, concurrent reads, and idempotent wrapping. Listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.
• tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml — Adds the cubin-pool unit test to the CPU CI list. Verify the CI selector runs the cpu_only test.

Description

Cherry-pick of #20257 to release/1.3. Fixes https://nvbugs/6825983.

release/1.3 branched from main on 2026-09-24, after #19034 (2c4beda, "Isolate the FlashInfer cubin cache per rank") merged, so it carries the regression. Under attention-DP, a TRTLLM-Gen FMHA kernel that warmup does not reach is downloaded lazily, by every rank separately, on the serving path. Ranks that did not serve the warmup request then stall on that download (~1 s), and the whole step waits for them. On ctx_only-gb300_nemotron-ultra-v3-fp4_8k64k_con64_ctx1_dep4_… that cost ~8 % output-token throughput (CI 10.03 → 9.23 tok/s).

The change shares only the TRTLLM-Gen FMHA kernel cubins (the *.cubin files directly under ArtifactPath.TRTLLM_GEN_FMHA) across the ranks of a launch, through a cubins/ directory next to the per-rank workspace slots. Lookups go to the rank-local cache first, then the shared directory (read in place, SHA-256 verified), and only then download and publish with an atomic rename. Headers, checksum files and all other artifacts stay per-rank, so nvbug 6739553 (the reason for #19034) stays fixed. TRTLLM_FLASHINFER_SHARED_CUBINS=0 turns it off. See #20257 for the full description.

Differences from #20257

• tensorrt_llm/_torch/flashinfer_cubin_pool.py, its unit test, and the flashinfer_utils.py hook are byte-identical to the main commit. release/1.3 pins the same flashinfer-python==0.6.18, so the FlashInfer contract the pool hooks into (cubin_loader.get_artifact, ArtifactPath.TRTLLM_GEN_FMHA) is the same.
• release/1.3's launcher and MpiPoolSession bootstrap produce the same rank-N slots under ~/.cache/tensorrt_llm/flashinfer and set TRTLLM_FLASHINFER_WORKSPACE_MANAGED=1, which is what the pool keys on. release/1.3 has no TRTLLM_CACHE_DIR support ([TRTLLM-16212][feat] Unified caching via TRTLLM_CACHE_DIR environment variable #18897 is main-only); this change does not need it.
• tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml: a trivial adjacent-line conflict, resolved by keeping both entries.

Test Coverage

• tests/unittest/_torch/flashinfer/test_flashinfer_cubin_pool.py (CPU-only, added to l0_cpu.yml). 15 tests pass on this branch.
• GPU verification was done for [https://nvbugs/6825983][perf] Share TRTLLM-Gen FMHA cubins across isolated MPI ranks #20257 on GB300 (oci_jhb), on the culprit commit's wheel with this exact module overlaid, in the same 26.08 SBSA image family release/1.3 uses. Reps alternated TRTLLM_FLASHINFER_SHARED_CUBINS=1/0 on the same node:

Node	Pool ON	Pool OFF	Δ
nvl72d426	9.88, 9.85, 9.88, 9.82	9.17, 9.19, 9.10, 9.18	+7.5 %
nvl72d412	9.76, 9.80, 9.81, 9.80	9.11, 9.22, 9.05, 9.23	+6.9 %

Rank-0 iteration 3 was 422–427 ms with the pool and 1237–1533 ms without, in every rep. This was not re-measured on a release/1.3 build.

PR Checklist

• PR description clearly explains what and why.
• PR follows TRT-LLM CODING GUIDELINES to the best of my knowledge.
• Test cases are provided for new code paths.
• No API change. Adds the env var TRTLLM_FLASHINFER_SHARED_CUBINS (default on), documented in docs/source/llm-api/index.md.
• No new dependencies.
• Documentation updated.

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Walkthrough

The change adds shared storage for eligible FlashInfer FMHA kernel cubins across managed rank workspaces. The loader checks local and shared caches before downloading, verifies shared files with SHA-256, and publishes nonempty downloads atomically. The change also adds CPU-only tests and documentation.

Changes

Shared Cubin Pool

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Pool eligibility and loader installation tensorrt_llm/_torch/flashinfer_cubin_pool.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/flashinfer_utils.py, tests/unittest/_torch/flashinfer/test_flashinfer_cubin_pool.py, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml	The pool selects a sibling cubins directory only for eligible managed rank workspaces. FlashInfer loader installation is conditional and idempotent. Tests cover pool eligibility and wrapper installation.
Cubin lookup and publication tensorrt_llm/_torch/flashinfer_cubin_pool.py, tests/unittest/_torch/flashinfer/test_flashinfer_cubin_pool.py, docs/source/llm-api/index.md	The loader checks verified local and shared cubins before downloading. It shares only eligible direct-child FMHA kernel cubins and atomically publishes nonempty downloads. Tests cover reuse, filtering, corrupt entries, failed downloads, and concurrent access. Documentation describes the lookup order and sharing controls.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Rank as Rank artifact loader
  participant Local as Rank-local cache
  participant Shared as Shared cubin pool
  participant Downloader as FlashInfer downloader
  Rank->>Local: Check verified cubin
  alt Local cubin is unavailable
    Rank->>Shared: Check verified shared cubin
    alt Shared cubin is unavailable
      Rank->>Downloader: Download cubin
      Downloader-->>Rank: Return cubin bytes
      Rank->>Shared: Publish nonempty bytes with atomic replacement
    else Shared cubin is available
      Shared-->>Rank: Return verified cubin
    end
  else Local cubin is available
    Local-->>Rank: Return verified cubin
  end

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 74c92

The shared cubin pool removes repeated downloads after the first rank publishes a kernel. When many ranks need the same new kernel at the same moment, they can still each download it, which leaves the serving stall only partly fixed. The new concurrency test can also miss some worker failures. Neither issue corrupts data, but both should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 13.04% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 23 functions across 3 files. (2 skipped: …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title follows the required ticket/type format and clearly describes sharing TRTLLM-Gen FMHA cubins across isolated MPI ranks in release/1.3.
Description check		The description includes the issue, solution, scope, differences from the source change, test coverage, measured results, and checklist. It provides sufficient context for review.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Docstring coverage is 13.04% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 23 functions across 3 files. (2 skipped: 2 unsupported.)

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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/flashinfer_cubin_pool.py:
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