[nixlbench] device api improvements - #2084
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe Device API PUT path now runs all configured iterations in one GPU launch. It records per-iteration GPU durations, uses per-group UCX channels, reports completion counts, and validates channel and launch configuration. ChangesDevice API grouped iteration execution
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The Device API changes now run multiple GPU groups through dedicated UCX channels and move iteration handling into the GPU, but the current implementation can still target unconfigured channels, signal completion before transfers are fully delivered, misaddress transfer or completion data, or dereference missing timing buffers. These correctness risks can produce invalid or crashing benchmark runs, so the PR is not merge-ready until they are fixed or explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant nixlbench_worker
participant GPU_kernel
participant UCX_channels
participant NIXL
nixlbench_worker->>GPU_kernel: launch configured iterations
GPU_kernel->>UCX_channels: select group channel ID
GPU_kernel->>NIXL: issue PUT for each iteration
NIXL-->>GPU_kernel: return iteration status
GPU_kernel-->>nixlbench_worker: signal completion count and durations
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I think we should aim to have Device API timing closer to the CPU path semantically :
Maybe for our Device API measure and report separately: For batches/multiple groups, each sample should cover the whole iteration. Prep can remain zero because there is no separate device equivalent of createXferReq(). *This is all assuming the measurment cost is not that high please correct me if its not the case and the global timer is costly and might hurt performance |
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44-50: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winReject UCX versions below 1.21 for Device API mode.
The worker computes enough channels for valid
block_threadsvalues, butnixlUcxContextskipsRC_GDA_NUM_CHANNELSbelow UCX 1.21. The build does not enforce this minimum, andnixlPutforwardschannel_idwithout bounds checking. Add a runtime-version guard or an equivalent channel-count guarantee.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@benchmark/nixlbench/src/kernels/nixlbench_device_launch.cu`:
- Around line 186-200: Update nixlbenchLaunchDevicePut to validate both
params.postDurationNs and params.xferDurationNs are non-null alongside the
existing activeGroupNum validation, returning NIXL_ERR_INVALID_PARAM before
launching the kernel when either pointer is missing.
- Around line 130-141: The region loop must track each PUT independently because
a single nixlGpuXferStatusH cannot represent multiple outstanding requests.
Update the nixlPut/polling flow in the Level launch path to allocate or retain
one status handle per posted PUT and poll every handle before proceeding to the
next iteration, ensuring all earlier regions complete before reuse and timing
completion is recorded.
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In `@benchmark/nixlbench/src/kernels/nixlbench_device_launch.cu`:
- Around line 44-50: Ensure Device API mode rejects UCX versions older than
1.21, or otherwise guarantees that the channel count used by nixlPut in
nixlbenchPostPut is valid when RC_GDA_NUM_CHANNELS is unavailable. Add the guard
or channel-count fallback at the existing UCX context/version configuration
point, preserving valid channel selection for supported versions.
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@fteng-NV (1) Work distribution mismatch we have between CPU and Device
For Example: With 1,000 iterations, 4 workers, and batch size 8: CPU divides iterations among threads, while Device divides each batch among groups. (2) |
Give each GPU group its own region list and divide iterations across groups, preserving total transfer volume while correcting completion signaling and latency normalization.
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benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp (2)
2123-2130: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftValidate every group list before flattening.
The kernel assumes that every group has exactly
num_regionsdescriptors. This code validates only the first pair. If a later list has a different length, flattened indices address the wrong region andcounterIndex = num_regions * num_groupsno longer identifies the appended counter. A PUT can then target the counter descriptor, or the atomic completion update can overwrite a data descriptor.Proposed fix
- const size_t local_regions = local_iovs.front().size(); - const size_t remote_regions = remote_iovs.front().size(); - if (__builtin_expect(local_regions != remote_regions, 0)) { - std::cerr << "NIXL Device API requires equal local/remote region counts: " - << "local=" << local_regions << ", remote=" << remote_regions << std::endl; - return std::variant<xferBenchStats, int>(-1); - } - num_regions = remote_regions; + num_regions = local_iovs.front().size(); + for (size_t group_id = 0; group_id < num_groups; ++group_id) { + if (__builtin_expect(local_iovs[group_id].size() != num_regions || + remote_iovs[group_id].size() != num_regions, + 0)) { + std::cerr << "NIXL Device API requires " << num_regions + << " local and remote regions for every group; group " << group_id + << " has local=" << local_iovs[group_id].size() + << ", remote=" << remote_iovs[group_id].size() << std::endl; + return std::variant<xferBenchStats, int>(-1); + } + }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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1918-1947: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy liftMake per-iteration timing optional.
When
collect_iteration_statsis false, the worker still allocates, initializes, and synchronizes two duration buffers. The kernel still reads the global timer and writes two samples for every group iteration. This affects warmups and ranks that do not consume iteration statistics. It also creates unneeded GPU allocations proportional tonum_iter.
benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp#L1918-L1947: Allocate and initialize duration buffers only when iteration statistics are requested.benchmark/nixlbench/src/kernels/nixlbench_device_launch.cu#L126-L153: Add a recording flag and skip timer reads and duration writes when recording is disabled.benchmark/nixlbench/src/kernels/nixlbench_device_launch.cu#L186-L191: Permit null duration pointers when recording is disabled.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp`:
- Around line 2123-2130: Validate the region-count equality for every
local/remote group in the flattening path, not only local_iovs.front() and
remote_iovs.front(). Ensure each group has exactly num_regions descriptors
before flattening, and reject mismatches before computing flattened indices or
the appended counter index.
- Around line 1918-1947: Make per-iteration timing conditional on
collect_iteration_stats: in
benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp:1918-1947, allocate,
initialize, and synchronize duration buffers only when statistics are requested;
in benchmark/nixlbench/src/kernels/nixlbench_device_launch.cu:126-153, add and
honor a recording flag to skip timer reads and writes when disabled; and in
benchmark/nixlbench/src/kernels/nixlbench_device_launch.cu:186-191, allow null
duration pointers in the non-recording path.
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2117-2132: 🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick winValidate region counts for every execution group.
num_regionsuses only group zero.prepareGPURemoteView()flattens the actual list lengths, but the kernel usesnum_regionsfor every group and placescounterIndexatnum_regions * num_groups.If a later list is longer,
counterIndexcan refer to a data descriptor and the completion atomic can overwrite transfer data. If a later list is shorter, the kernel can use descriptors from another group or beyond the flattened view. Require equal local and remote region counts for every group before preparing the views.Proposed fix
const size_t local_regions = local_iovs.front().size(); const size_t remote_regions = remote_iovs.front().size(); if (__builtin_expect(local_regions != remote_regions, 0)) { std::cerr << "NIXL Device API requires equal local/remote region counts: " << "local=" << local_regions << ", remote=" << remote_regions << std::endl; return std::variant<xferBenchStats, int>(-1); } + for (size_t group_id = 0; group_id < num_groups; ++group_id) { + if (local_iovs[group_id].size() != local_regions || + remote_iovs[group_id].size() != local_regions) { + std::cerr << "NIXL Device API requires equal region counts for every group" + << std::endl; + return std::variant<xferBenchStats, int>(-1); + } + } num_regions = remote_regions;🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@benchmark/nixlbench/src/worker/nixl/nixl_worker.cpp`:
- Around line 2117-2132: Update the validation before prepareGPULocalView and
prepareGPURemoteView to verify that every execution group has the same local and
remote region count as the baseline group, rather than checking only the first
group. Reject mismatches with the existing error-return behavior before
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In `@benchmark/nixlbench/src/utils/utils.cpp`:
- Around line 410-417: Update the device_channel_num normalization logic to
ensure every execution group has a UCX device channel: when device_channel_num
is nonzero and less than group_num, either normalize it to group_num or reject
the configuration; preserve the existing zero-value default and upper-bound
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What?
Improve NIXLBench Device API execution by:
Why?
The previous implementation https://github.com/ai-dynamo/nixl/pull/2015 used a single UCX device channel and launched the GPU kernel separately for every benchmark iteration. This limited channel-level parallelism and added host-side kernel launch and synchronization overhead to the measured execution.
These changes allow independent GPU execution groups to use separate UCX channels and keep the complete iteration loop on the device, providing better concurrency and more representative Device API performance measurements.
How?
channel_idpassed tonixlPut.ucx_num_device_channelsto at least the number of GPU execution groups.Result
Two ranks on two nodes, each use One GPU, --num-iter 4096, --num-threads 4
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