[Hardware][TPU] Add supports_async_scheduling() method to Executor interface so that it can be extended for Executor implementations.

tests/v1/executor/test_executor.py

@@ -14,12 +14,35 @@
 from vllm.sampling_params import SamplingParams
 from vllm.v1.engine.async_llm import AsyncLLM
 from vllm.v1.engine.llm_engine import LLMEngine
+from vllm.v1.executor.abstract import Executor
 from vllm.v1.executor.multiproc_executor import MultiprocExecutor
+from vllm.v1.executor.uniproc_executor import (
+    ExecutorWithExternalLauncher,
+    UniProcExecutor,
+)
 
 
 class Mock: ...
 
 
+def test_supports_async_scheduling_base_executor():
+    assert Executor.supports_async_scheduling() is False
+
+
+def test_supports_async_scheduling_uniproc_executor():
+    assert UniProcExecutor.supports_async_scheduling() is True
+
+
+def test_supports_async_scheduling_executor_with_external_launcher():
+    # ExecutorWithExternalLauncher inherits from UniProcExecutor and does not
+    # override supports_async_scheduling, so it should return True.
+    assert ExecutorWithExternalLauncher.supports_async_scheduling() is True
+
+
+def test_supports_async_scheduling_multiproc_executor():
+    assert MultiprocExecutor.supports_async_scheduling() is True
+
+
 class CustomMultiprocExecutor(MultiprocExecutor):
     def collective_rpc(
         self,

vllm/config/vllm.py

@@ -682,12 +682,11 @@ def __post_init__(self):
                 self.model_config, self.load_config
             )
 
+        from vllm.v1.executor.abstract import Executor
+
         executor_backend = self.parallel_config.distributed_executor_backend
-        executor_supports_async_sched = executor_backend in (
-            "mp",
-            "uni",
-            "external_launcher",
-        )
+        executor_class = Executor.get_class(self)
+        executor_supports_async_sched = executor_class.supports_async_scheduling()
 
         if self.scheduler_config.async_scheduling:
             # Async scheduling explicitly enabled, hard fail any incompatibilities.
@@ -711,9 +710,7 @@ def __post_init__(self):
                     )
             if not executor_supports_async_sched:
                 raise ValueError(
-                    "Currently, async scheduling only supports `mp`, `uni`, or "
-                    "`external_launcher` distributed executor backend, but you chose "
-                    f"`{executor_backend}`."
+                    f"`{executor_backend}` does not support async scheduling yet."
                 )
         elif self.scheduler_config.async_scheduling is None:
             # Enable async scheduling unless there is an incompatible option.
@@ -742,8 +739,7 @@ def __post_init__(self):
             elif not executor_supports_async_sched:
                 logger.warning_once(
                     "Async scheduling will be disabled because it is not supported "
-                    "with the `%s` distributed executor backend (only `mp`, `uni`, and "
-                    "`external_launcher` are supported).",
+                    "with the `%s` distributed executor backend. ",
                     executor_backend,
                     scope="local",
                 )

vllm/v1/executor/abstract.py

@@ -353,6 +353,13 @@ def reinitialize_distributed(
     ) -> None:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    @classmethod
+    def supports_async_scheduling(cls) -> bool:
+        """
+        Whether the executor supports async scheduling.
+        """
+        return False
+
 
 from vllm.v1.executor.uniproc_executor import (  # noqa: E402
     ExecutorWithExternalLauncher as _ExecutorWithExternalLauncher,

vllm/v1/executor/multiproc_executor.py

@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@ def _get_output_rank(self) -> int:
             * self.parallel_config.prefill_context_parallel_size
         )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def supports_async_scheduling(cls) -> bool:
+        return True
+
 
 @dataclass
 class UnreadyWorkerProcHandle:

vllm/v1/executor/uniproc_executor.py

@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ def shutdown(self) -> None:
         if worker := self.driver_worker:
             worker.shutdown()
 
+    @classmethod
+    def supports_async_scheduling(cls) -> bool:
+        return True
+
 
 class ExecutorWithExternalLauncher(UniProcExecutor):
     """An executor that uses external launchers to launch engines,