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fix(device-plugin): auto-set CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL for whole-GPU allocations - #2664

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What type of PR is this?

/kind bug

What this PR does / why we need it:

HAMi allows multiple pods to share a single GPU by enforcing memory limits. It enforces these limits by pushing a file called ld.so.preload that intercepts GPU commands. However, when a user requests a whole GPU, HAMi was still pushing that interception file. That interception was causing a major issue: it was making vLLM (a popular AI model runner) freeze up in a deadlock when it tried to initialize its networking (NCCL).

My PR changes the code in server.go to detect when a pod is asking for a whole GPU. Because a whole GPU doesn't need memory limits, we can safely bypass the interception. To do this, our code automatically injects an environment variable called CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL=true into the pod. When this variable is set to true, HAMi skips the ld.so.preload interception, which allows vLLM to start up perfectly without freezing or stuck.

We had to be careful: what if a user explicitly wants the interception and manually sets CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL=false in their pod configuration? Our code includes a check for this. It looks at the pod's environment variables first, and if the user explicitly set a value, we never overwrite it.

To prove our code works, we added two new unit tests in alloc_refactor_test.go. One test proves that we auto-set the variable when a whole GPU is requested, and the second test proves that we preserve the user's manual choice if they explicitly set it to false.

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:
Fixes #2641

Special notes for your reviewer:
Hardware Validation:

  • Device Type: 4x NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
  • Driver Version: Validated by the original reporter (@ok-claven) on their deployment, who confirmed: "With CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL=true set, the deployment is live and verified: pod 1/1 Running, health checks passing, serving inference."

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I used an chatgpt to help me understand the vLLM deadlock and write the CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL injection logic, but I fully understand the code produced and have explicitly verified it via the new unit tests.

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?:

Fix: Auto-set CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL=true for whole-GPU allocations to prevent vLLM pynccl deadlocks.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Whole-GPU allocations now automatically disable CUDA control when no explicit setting is provided.
    • Explicit CUDA control settings are respected during GPU allocation.
    • Mixed-device allocations preserve CUDA control behavior for devices that are not allocated as whole GPUs.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Preload mounts are now omitted when CUDA control is disabled and retained when it remains enabled.

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Fixes Project-HAMi#2641. When a pod is assigned a whole GPU (no memory or core limits), libvgpu.so's interception is unnecessary and causes deadlocks in vLLM's pynccl. This commit automatically sets CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL=true and skips mounting ld.so.preload when devreq indicates no limits, preventing the hang.

Signed-off-by: Ricky Dama <rickydama2006@gmail.com>
This addresses the bot's feedback by ensuring that if a user explicitly sets CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL=false on a whole-GPU allocation, we respect it and do not overwrite it to true.

Signed-off-by: Ricky Dama <rickydama2006@gmail.com>
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The NVIDIA device plugin detects whole-GPU allocations and defaults CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL to true when unset. Explicit values remain effective. Tests verify environment injection and preload mount behavior.

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Whole-GPU CUDA control

Layer / File(s) Summary
Whole-GPU allocation classification
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/server.go
The allocation response tracks whether all requested devices use 100% of their SMs. It continues to emit per-device memory-limit variables.
CUDA control and preload handling
pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/server.go, pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/alloc_refactor_test.go
If CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL is unset for a whole-GPU allocation, the response sets it to true and omits /etc/ld.so.preload. Explicit false preserves the mount. Mixed allocations also preserve the mount. End-to-end tests cover these cases.

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The change auto-enables CUDA control bypass for whole-GPU allocations while preserving an explicitly configured user value; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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  participant AllocationRequest
  participant NVIDIADevicePlugin
  participant ContainerSpec
  AllocationRequest->>NVIDIADevicePlugin: submit device allocation and environment
  NVIDIADevicePlugin->>NVIDIADevicePlugin: classify whole-GPU usage
  NVIDIADevicePlugin->>ContainerSpec: set or preserve CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL
  NVIDIADevicePlugin->>ContainerSpec: add or omit /etc/ld.so.preload
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In `@pkg/device-plugin/nvidiadevice/nvinternal/plugin/server.go`:
- Around line 823-834: Update the device-allocation loop around isWholeGPU to
evaluate each dev.Usedcores, marking isWholeGPU false whenever any device has a
nonzero SM limit while preserving the response environment value. Add a
multi-device test covering zero limits on the first device and a nonzero
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for i, dev := range devreq {
limitKey := fmt.Sprintf("CUDA_DEVICE_MEMORY_LIMIT_%v", i)
response.Envs[limitKey] = fmt.Sprintf("%vm", dev.Usedmem)
if dev.Usedmem != 0 || dev.Usedcores != 0 {

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usedmem 0 and usedcores 0 means no limits, not a whole gpu. the scheduler can still place other pods on this card, only coresreq 100 is exclusive. and a real exclusive request with gpucores 100 fails this check and keeps the preload. why not key on coresreq == 100?

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I misunderstood how the scheduler handled 0 and didn't realize it meant unbounded limits instead of exclusive access. I just pushed a fix to check dev.Usedcores == 100 instead so it actually catches true whole-GPU requests. thanks for your insight

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if !found {
if isWholeGPU && !hasControlSetting {

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with control off the pod stops writing the vgpu cache, so vgpumonitor loses metrics for it. this silently changes observability for every count-only pod, not just the vllm case.

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Since auto-setting this breaks vgpumonitor metrics for all exclusive pods, should we just drop this logic entirely and advise vLLM users to manually set CUDA_DISABLE_CONTROL="true" instead?

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