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51 changes: 51 additions & 0 deletions tests/v1/core/test_prefix_caching.py
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import vllm.v1.core.kv_cache_utils as kv_cache_utils
from vllm.distributed.kv_events import (
MEDIUM_GPU,
ORIGIN_NEW,
ORIGIN_REUSED,
AllBlocksCleared,
BlockRemoved,
BlockStored,
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)


def test_block_stored_event_origin():
"""Test BlockStored events carry the correct origin for newly cached and for
reused blocks."""
block_size = 4
num_tokens = block_size * 2

manager = make_kv_cache_manager(
make_kv_cache_config(block_size, num_blocks=5),
max_model_len=8192,
enable_caching=True,
enable_kv_cache_events=True,
hash_block_size=block_size,
)
pool = manager.block_pool

req = make_request(
"req_origin",
prompt_token_ids=list(range(num_tokens)),
block_size=block_size,
hash_fn=sha256,
)

pool.cache_full_blocks(
request=req,
blocks=pool.get_new_blocks(2),
num_cached_blocks=0,
num_full_blocks=2,
block_size=block_size,
kv_cache_group_id=0,
)
events = manager.take_events()
assert len(events) == 1
assert isinstance(events[0], BlockStored)
assert events[0].origin == ORIGIN_NEW

# Announce the same blocks as a prefix-cache hit
pool.emit_cached_block_events(
request=req,
num_cached_blocks=2,
block_size=block_size,
kv_cache_group_id=0,
)
events = manager.take_events()
assert len(events) == 1
assert isinstance(events[0], BlockStored)
assert events[0].origin == ORIGIN_REUSED
assert len(events[0].block_hashes) == 2


def test_block_stored_event_group_idx_multiple_groups():
"""
Test BlockStored events for separate HMA groups that each carry the
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions vllm/distributed/kv_events.py
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Expand Up @@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class KVCacheEvent(
MEDIUM_CPU = "CPU"
MEDIUM_STORAGE = "STORAGE"

ORIGIN_NEW = "NEW"
ORIGIN_REUSED = "REUSED"


class BlockStored(KVCacheEvent):
block_hashes: list[ExternalBlockHash]
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locality: str | None = None
"""Secondary offloading tier identifier, if generated by one."""
ownership: str | None = None
"""NEW for a newly cached block, REUSED for one found already cached;
None means unspecified."""
origin: str | None = None

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In msgspec, unknown fields encountered when decoding into a Struct are ignored by default, which facilitates schema evolution and flexible decoding [1][2][3]. To prevent unknown fields from being ignored—for example, to catch typos in incoming data—you can configure the struct definition to forbid them [1][2]. By setting forbid_unknown_fields=True in the struct definition, any unknown field encountered during decoding will cause a msgspec.ValidationError to be raised [1][4][2]. Example usage: class Example(msgspec.Struct, forbid_unknown_fields=True): field_one: int field_two: bool = False If this class is used to decode data containing an unknown field (e.g., {"field_one": 1, "field_twoo": true}), msgspec will raise a ValidationError [1][2]. The forbid_unknown_fields parameter is a boolean that defaults to False [4]. It is available in the Struct class definition and can be inspected in the struct's metadata [4]. While there have been community discussions regarding broader configuration options for decoders (e.g., issue #796), the primary mechanism for controlling this behavior remains the configuration of the individual Struct definition [5].

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Keep the copied subscriber schema in sync.

examples/features/kv_events/kv_events_subscriber.py decodes BlockStored with a schema that omits origin. Because msgspec.Struct ignores unknown fields by default, the decoder discards origin, so the example cannot display NEW or REUSED. Add origin: str | None = None or import the canonical schema, and add a decoder smoke test.

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In `@vllm/distributed/kv_events.py` at line 86, The copied BlockStored schema in
kv_events_subscriber.py must include the optional origin field so decoded events
preserve NEW or REUSED values. Add origin: str | None = None to the subscriber
schema or reuse the canonical schema, and add a decoder smoke test covering
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def __hash__(self) -> int:
return hash(
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self.kv_cache_spec_sliding_window,
self.locality,
self.ownership,
self.origin,
)
)

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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion vllm/v1/core/block_pool.py
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from vllm.distributed.kv_events import (
MEDIUM_GPU,
ORIGIN_NEW,
ORIGIN_REUSED,
AllBlocksCleared,
BlockRemoved,
BlockStored,
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block_size=block_size,
kv_cache_group_id=kv_cache_group_id,
extra_keys_list=extra_keys_list,
origin=ORIGIN_NEW,
)
)

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block_size: int,
kv_cache_group_id: int,
extra_keys_list: list[tuple[Any, ...] | None],
origin: str,
) -> BlockStored:
"""Build a ``BlockStored`` KV event for ``request``.

Shared by ``cache_full_blocks`` (newly cached blocks) and
``emit_cached_block_events`` (prefix-cache-reused blocks) so both emit
identical event shapes for downstream consumers.
identical event shapes for downstream consumers, with ``origin``
distinguishing them.
"""
return BlockStored(
block_hashes=block_hashes,
Expand All @@ -368,6 +373,7 @@ def _build_block_stored_event(
lora_name=request.lora_request.name if request.lora_request else None,
extra_keys=extra_keys_list if extra_keys_list else None,
group_idx=kv_cache_group_id,
origin=origin,
)

def emit_cached_block_events(
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block_size=block_size,
kv_cache_group_id=kv_cache_group_id,
extra_keys_list=extra_keys_list,
origin=ORIGIN_REUSED,
)
)

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else None,
extra_keys=[extra_keys],
group_idx=kv_cache_group_id,
origin=ORIGIN_NEW,
)
)
return block_hash_with_group_id
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