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[TRTLLM-17241][fix] Start trtllm-render on a host with no GPU driver - #20842
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The stub preload only runs when the process starts through the trtllm-render script; python -m tensorrt_llm.serve.render and any in-process import tensorrt_llm.serve.render still fail on a driverless host. Please state in the description how the Dynamo EPP integration (ai-dynamo/dynamo#17038) starts the renderer. If it imports the module or runs python -m, this change doesn't fix the reported failure, and the preload should move to a helper the integration can call before importing tensorrt_llm.
Nothing tests the real fallback. The new test mocks both ctypes.CDLL and glob.glob, so it never checks that the CUDA toolkit stub actually lets tensorrt_llm import on a host without libcuda.so.1, which is the claim of this PR. Please add a subprocess test that hides the driver library (for example, by putting a CUDA stub dir on the path in an l0_cpu container that has no driver) and runs the installed trtllm-render --help or a bad-model invocation, so that a later dependency that calls CUDA at import time is caught. At minimum, record in the description where this was validated manually.
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CUDA stub discovery and renderer startup tensorrt_llm/serve/render/trtllm-render |
The launcher checks whether libcuda.so.1 loads. If it does not, the launcher searches CUDA toolkit locations and tries available stubs with RTLD_GLOBAL. It reports failures if no stub loads, then imports and invokes the renderer. |
Launcher packaging and validation setup.py, tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_standalone.py, tests/unittest/scripts/test_serve_schema_packaging.py, docs/source/commands/trtllm-serve/render-endpoints.md |
The installed script replaces the console entry point, and the packaging test stages the script for wheel building. Tests cover launcher execution, driver detection, stub selection and fallback, and failure when no stub loads. Documentation describes the container behavior and notes that python -m tensorrt_llm.serve.render does not perform this step. |
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Change: Bug fix
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sequenceDiagram
participant Launcher as trtllm-render
participant CDLL as ctypes.CDLL
participant Stub as CUDA toolkit stub
participant Renderer as renderer
Launcher->>CDLL: Check for libcuda.so.1
alt Driver library unavailable
Launcher->>Stub: Find a stub in CUDA toolkit locations
Launcher->>CDLL: Load stub with RTLD_GLOBAL
end
Launcher->>Renderer: Import and invoke renderer
Suggested reviewers: juney-nvidia, brnguyen2, atrifex
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The CPU-only validation path can fail in the intended no-driver environment; isolate the subprocess before asserting successful startup.
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- Line 37: Update the stub-loading logic around ctypes.CDLL so it tries each
discovered stub when loading raises OSError, and reports an error only after
every candidate fails. Preserve successful loading of the first compatible stub.
- Line 48: Add a subprocess test for the launcher that uses a genuine CUDA
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261-261: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAssert every failed stub candidate.
The all-fail case attempts three candidates. The current matcher checks only the first candidate, so it can pass if the later paths or their errors are omitted.
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- with pytest.raises(SystemExit, match=r"tried /usr/local/cuda/lib64/stubs/libcuda.so"): + with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as error: load() + message = str(error.value) + for path in ( + stub.format("/usr/local/cuda"), + stub.format("/usr/local/cuda-13.0"), + stub.format("/usr/local/cuda-12.4"), + ): + assert f"tried {path}: {path}" in message🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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30-30: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winAdd a test case for the target-layout stub path.
_stub_candidatesdiscoverstargets/*/lib/stubs/libcuda.so, but no test creates that layout. Every path in theinstalledlist ofTestCpuOnlyStartupuseslib64/stubs/libcuda.so.fake_globalso filters by path depth, so a targets path cannot match the lib64 entries. A regression that removes or breaks the targets pattern would leave the test passing. A toolkit that has only the targets layout would then fail with theSystemExitmessage.Add a case to
TestCpuOnlyStartupintests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_standalone.py. Setinstalledto only/usr/local/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/lib/stubs/libcuda.so, leaveCUDA_HOMEunset, and setdriver_present = False. Assert that the lastloadedentry is that path withctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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- Line 30: Add a target-layout stub case to TestCpuOnlyStartup: set installed to
only the targets/x86_64-linux/lib/stubs/libcuda.so path, leave CUDA_HOME unset,
and set driver_present to false. Assert that loaded ends with that path paired
with ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL, ensuring _stub_candidates’ targets pattern is covered.
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- Line 261: Update the all-fail test around `load()` to capture the `SystemExit`
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Accept to unblock, consider @chzblych's comment - seems like a good idea to make this more widely available
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🟠 Major · Handle hosts with no driver or toolkit stub. · test_render_standalone.py:192-195
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winHandle hosts with no driver or toolkit stub.
When the CPU host has neither
libcuda.so.1nor a usable toolkit stub, the launcher exits with its expected diagnostic before processing--help. The unconditional success assertion then fails thel0_cputest. Accept the diagnostic when startup fails, while retaining the help-output assertion when startup succeeds.Suggested fix
- assert result.returncode == 0, result.stderr[-2000:] - assert "--model" in result.stdout + if result.returncode == 0: + assert "--model" in result.stdout + else: + assert "libcuda.so.1 not found and no usable CUDA toolkit stub" in result.stderr🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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68-70: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick winTest the fallback report through
main().
main()logs the selected stub path only when_load_cuda_stub_if_needed()returns a path. The current test checks the loader directly and does not assert this log message or its visibility underTLLM_LOG_LEVEL. ExtendTestCpuOnlyStartupto invokemain()with a stub path and assert both the logged path and log-level filtering.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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`import tensorrt_llm` links `libcuda.so.1`, which a container that has no GPU does not provide, so `trtllm-render` failed at import with `libcuda.so.1: cannot open shared object file` on a CPU-only host. `trtllm-render` is now a small script outside the `tensorrt_llm` package. It tries to load `libcuda.so.1`; only when that fails does it load the CUDA toolkit's `libcuda.so` stub (from `$CUDA_HOME` or `/usr/local/cuda*`), print one line saying so, and then run the existing renderer entry point. With no stub either, it exits with a message naming what to install. Importing `tensorrt_llm` anywhere else, and `trtllm-serve`/`trtllm-bench`, are unchanged. `python -m tensorrt_llm.serve.render` does not get the fallback. The console-script entry for `trtllm-render` is replaced by a `scripts=` entry in setup.py, as for `trtllm-llmapi-launch`. Signed-off-by: Erin Ho <14718778+hchings@users.noreply.github.com>
…d launcher Review findings on the trtllm-render launcher: - A stub that cannot be loaded (wrong architecture, broken link) raised a bare OSError. The launcher now tries the remaining stubs and, when none loads, exits with a message naming each path it tried and why it failed. - The stub is now chosen in a fixed order: $CUDA_HOME, /usr/local/cuda, then the newest versioned /usr/local/cuda-*, instead of whichever sorts first. - The test found the script through the package directory, which does not hold it in a wheel install. It now finds it with shutil.which, runs it with --help to check the renderer starts through the launcher, and covers the stub order, $CUDA_HOME, a stub that fails to load, and no usable stub. Still one test. Signed-off-by: Erin Ho <14718778+hchings@users.noreply.github.com>
… logger The launcher reported that it loaded the CUDA toolkit stub with print to stderr. It now returns the stub path and main() reports it through the TensorRT-LLM logger once the package is imported, so it follows TLLM_LOG_LEVEL like the rest of TensorRT-LLM output. The test checks the returned path instead of captured stderr; still one test. Signed-off-by: Erin Ho <14718778+hchings@users.noreply.github.com>
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Dynamo EPP mode (integration MR: feat(epp): add TensorRT-LLM render protocol to the standalone EPP by tmonty12 · Pull Request #17038 · ai-dynamo/dynamo) needs to run the shared renderer from TRTLLM on CPU-only env. Currently TRTLLM import will error out w/o CUDA. This MR is to make TRTLLM import work for CPU-only env in the scope of shared renderer.
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import tensorrt_llmlinkslibcuda.so.1, which a container that has no GPU does not provide, sotrtllm-renderfailed at import withlibcuda.so.1: cannot open shared object fileon a CPU-only host.trtllm-renderis now a small script outside thetensorrt_llmpackage. It tries to loadlibcuda.so.1; only when that fails does it load the CUDA toolkit'slibcuda.sostub (from$CUDA_HOMEor/usr/local/cuda*), print one line saying so, and then run the existing renderer entry point. With no stub either, it exits with a message naming what to install. Importingtensorrt_llmanywhere else, andtrtllm-serve/trtllm-bench, are unchanged.python -m tensorrt_llm.serve.renderdoes not get the fallback.The console-script entry for
trtllm-renderis replaced by ascripts=entry in setup.py, as fortrtllm-llmapi-launch.Dev Engineer Review
trtllm-renderlauncher trieslibcuda.so.1before importing TensorRT-LLM. If the driver library is unavailable, it searches CUDA toolkit stubs under$CUDA_HOME,/usr/local/cuda, and versioned/usr/local/cuda-*roots.python -m tensorrt_llm.serve.renderremains unchanged.setup.pyinstalls the launcher as a script. Test execution results and current review findings are unavailable.QA Engineer Review
tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_standalone.pycovers renderer loading, command-line behavior, and CPU-only launcher startup, including driver detection and stub-loading paths.tests/unittest/scripts/test_serve_schema_packaging.pychecks wheel contents and missing-schema failure behavior, and stages the launcher for wheel creation.tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml. No manual-QA list entry was found. No CI or manual-QA list entry was found for the packaging test.needs follow-up. The launcher test is registered in the CPU CI list, but the packaging test has no list entry found. Test execution results are unavailable.Per-File QA Perspective
docs/source/commands/trtllm-serve/render-endpoints.md: Documents CUDA-stub loading for CPU-only launcher startup and clarifies that the module invocation does not use this fallback.setup.py: Installstrtllm-renderas a script instead of a console entry point. Verify installation and launcher invocation.tensorrt_llm/serve/render/trtllm-render: Adds driver detection, ordered stub discovery, failure reporting, and logging when a stub is used. Verify startup with a missing driver and with missing or unloadable stubs.tests/unittest/llmapi/apps/test_render_standalone.py: Covers renderer behavior and CPU-only startup paths, including stub selection and failure handling. Listed intests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml; no manual-QA entry was found.tests/unittest/scripts/test_serve_schema_packaging.py: Checks wheel schema packaging and missing-schema failure. It stages the new launcher, but no CI or manual-QA list entry was found.Description
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