[Bugfix][KV Offload] Fix shared-region ownership and startup cleanup - #53073
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Thanks @Etelis, I agree that #52596's map-after-barrier unlink is the right cleanup point. I think a small follow-up is still useful for two reasons. First, the current Second, this simplifies the state model. This leaves a simpler lifecycle: prepare the file, map on every worker, unlink at the barrier commit point, then let |
For orphan or periodic shared-memory cleanup, I think local rank 0 should perform the cleanup rather than relying on the creator, which keeps the ownership model simpler. |
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Correction to my earlier comment: #52596 doesn't actually cover your case. Its post-barrier unlink is still gated on _creator, so a restart that inherits a full-size file has no unlinker either. Your point stands.
Two things before this lands, both inline.
Also worth knowing: #52596 only wires the barrier into cpu/spec.py. TieringOffloadingSpec overrides create_worker and passes none, so "unlink only at the barrier" has nothing to sit on yet for tiering. That's mine to fix.
| if self._is_singleton_owner and getattr(self, "mmap_path", None): | ||
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| os.unlink(self.mmap_path) | ||
| logger.info("Removed mmap file %s", self.mmap_path) | ||
| except Exception: | ||
| logger.warning( | ||
| "Failed to unlink path %s", self.mmap_path, exc_info=True | ||
| ) |
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main cleared self._creator = False at the end of cleanup() (:309); nothing replaces it, so a second cleanup() does a real unlink. That's reachable: CPUPrimaryTierOffloadingManager.shutdown() calls cleanup() without nulling the ref (tiering/manager.py:129-132).
| if self._is_singleton_owner and getattr(self, "mmap_path", None): | |
| try: | |
| os.unlink(self.mmap_path) | |
| logger.info("Removed mmap file %s", self.mmap_path) | |
| except Exception: | |
| logger.warning( | |
| "Failed to unlink path %s", self.mmap_path, exc_info=True | |
| ) | |
| if self._is_singleton_owner and getattr(self, "mmap_path", None): | |
| try: | |
| os.unlink(self.mmap_path) | |
| logger.info("Removed mmap file %s", self.mmap_path) | |
| except FileNotFoundError: | |
| pass # another participant already dropped the name | |
| except Exception: | |
| logger.warning( | |
| "Failed to unlink path %s", self.mmap_path, exc_info=True | |
| ) | |
| self._is_singleton_owner = False |
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really thanks your advice, helps a lot
updated, but I have 2 small questions
- Do you hope this PR landing independently on main before [Bugfix][KV Offload] Unlink /dev/shm region after all workers map it (barrier variant of #51317) #52596, or would you prefer it rebased after [Bugfix][KV Offload] Unlink /dev/shm region after all workers map it (barrier variant of #51317) #52596?
- Once [Bugfix][KV Offload] Unlink /dev/shm region after all workers map it (barrier variant of #51317) #52596's barrier is wired through TieringOffloadingSpec, should cleanup() stop unlinking entirely, with local rank 0 unlinking the node-local path at the barrier commit point (and on barrier failure)? That would let us remove the persistent owner state. Or do you want cleanup-time unlink to remain as a fallback?
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- Do you think it's an issue? I don't se that an issue, wdyt?
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I think the post-barrier unlink should be performed by local rank 0 rather than the historical creator. That also covers the restart case where every worker is a joiner, while preserving the hard-exit cleanup guarantee.
Once the barrier is wired through tiering as well, cleanup-time unlink becomes effectively redundant: the success path has already unlinked after the barrier, and the barrier-failure path has already rolled it back. Keeping it would require persistent ownership state only for a fallback with no normal successful path, adding lifecycle complexity.
This is a very small design point, though — I’m happy to keep the fallback if you prefer.
| self.mmap_path = f"/dev/shm/vllm_offload_{engine_id}.mmap" | ||
| self._creator = False # set True only if this worker creates the file | ||
| self._is_singleton_owner = is_local_first_rank() | ||
| self.rank = rank |
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Two owners under tiering. The scheduler-side region (tiering/spec.py:301, rank=None) is built in the EngineCore process, which never inits distributed, so is_local_first_rank() falls through to return True (parallel_state.py:2310). It and worker local-rank-0 both claim the same path.
Mostly cosmetic once the FileNotFoundError catch above is in. If you want the flag to mean what it says:
| self.mmap_path = f"/dev/shm/vllm_offload_{engine_id}.mmap" | |
| self._creator = False # set True only if this worker creates the file | |
| self._is_singleton_owner = is_local_first_rank() | |
| self.rank = rank | |
| self.mmap_path = f"/dev/shm/vllm_offload_{engine_id}.mmap" | |
| self.rank = rank | |
| # rank is None only for the scheduler-side region, which shares this | |
| # path with the worker regions and must not also claim the unlink. | |
| self._is_singleton_owner = rank is not None and is_local_first_rank() |
| """Winning O_EXCL must not create lifecycle ownership state.""" | ||
| with _region(iid) as r: | ||
| assert r._creator is True | ||
| assert not hasattr(r, "_creator") |
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These stub is_local_first_rank, so they check the if, not the selection. Nothing asserts the invariant that replaced _creator (exactly one owner per path), which is why the tiering case above slips through.
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Thanks for checking. I traced the Tiering startup order: workers create and map the shared region first, and the scheduler maps the same path afterwards. A worker-side barrier unlink could therefore remove the path before the scheduler can open it. To avoid introducing a new cross-process handshake, I propose making the unlink role an explicit caller-supplied policy, independent of O_EXCL creator state:
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In `@tests/v1/kv_offload/cpu/test_canonical_layout.py`:
- Line 239: Select a single explicit unlink owner for the first region created
in the test, rather than deriving ownership from rank at the writer and reader
setup sites. Update the engine or region creation flow around the unlink_owner
argument so both users of the shared engine_id cannot claim ownership, while
preserving cleanup for the remaining ranks.
In `@vllm/v1/kv_offload/tiering/spec.py`:
- Line 401: Update the tiering worker initialization rollback around
_validate_canonical_refs() and CPUOffloadingWorker construction so that, after
coordinating a worker-side startup failure and before scheduler mapping via
get_manager(), the aborted shared mmap region is removed rather than cleaned
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get_manager() maps the scheduler region and verify the /dev/shm file is removed.
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| rank=rank, | ||
| kv_bytes_per_block=self.kv_bytes_per_chunk, | ||
| cpu_page_size=self.cpu_page_size_per_worker, | ||
| unlink_owner=False, |
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Remove the mmap path when worker startup fails before scheduler mapping.
Tiering workers map before the scheduler. If _validate_canonical_refs() or CPUOffloadingWorker construction raises, worker_mmap.cleanup() runs with unlink_owner=False. No scheduler-side owner exists at that point.
The ready /dev/shm file remains allocated after the failed startup. Add an initialization rollback path that removes the aborted startup’s shared region after worker failure is coordinated. Add a regression test for a worker-side failure before get_manager() maps the scheduler region.
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In `@vllm/v1/kv_offload/tiering/spec.py` at line 401, Update the tiering worker
initialization rollback around _validate_canonical_refs() and
CPUOffloadingWorker construction so that, after coordinating a worker-side
startup failure and before scheduler mapping via get_manager(), the aborted
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| logger.warning("Failed to close fd %s", self.fd, exc_info=True) | ||
| self.fd = None | ||
| if self._creator and getattr(self, "mmap_path", None): | ||
| if self._is_unlink_owner and getattr(self, "mmap_path", None): |
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@Etelis I believe Tiering does not need a barrier: workers map the region first, and the scheduler is created afterward, so the scheduler can unlink the path immediately after its mapping succeeds.
With this ownership model, cleanup() no longer needs to unlink—the owner has already removed the path during initialization or after the barrier, leaving cleanup responsible only for releasing local resources.
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In `@tests/v1/kv_offload/cpu/test_shared_offload_region.py`:
- Around line 703-704: Update test_cleanup_unlink_owner_removes_file and
test_cleanup_disarms_unlink_owner to create the region with unlink_owner=False,
explicitly set the unlink-owner state before calling cleanup(), and recreate the
file between cleanup calls; assert the first cleanup removes the original path
and the second cleanup leaves the replacement path intact.
- Around line 117-119: Update the sequential SharedOffloadRegion fixture setup
so exactly one region, specifically the final opener, receives
unlink_owner=True; keep unlink_owner=False for earlier openers and ensure
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| # These workers intentionally construct without a barrier. The | ||
| # owner must therefore be assigned by the last opener, not rank 0. | ||
| unlink_owner=False, |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Assign one unlink owner in this fixture.
SharedOffloadRegion does not assign ownership to the last opener. This fixture passes False for every region. Its _cleanup_file teardown then hides the missing owner.
Set unlink_owner=True only for the final sequential opener, or state that this fixture intentionally uses external teardown.
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| def test_cleanup_unlink_owner_removes_file(iid): | ||
| """An owner without a barrier removes the file during initialization.""" |
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Make these tests exercise cleanup().
_make_region(iid) defaults to rank=0 and unlink_owner=True. The constructor unlinks the file and clears _is_unlink_owner before either test calls cleanup(). Therefore, test_cleanup_unlink_owner_removes_file and test_cleanup_disarms_unlink_owner can pass if cleanup no longer unlinks or disarms an active owner.
Create the region with unlink_owner=False, set the owner state for this unit-level cleanup test, and recreate the path between the first and second cleanup calls. Then assert that the second call leaves the replacement path intact.
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704, Update test_cleanup_unlink_owner_removes_file and
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| cpu_page_size=self.cpu_page_size_per_worker, | ||
| barrier=_all_workers_barrier, | ||
| unlink_owner=is_local_first_rank(), |
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is_local_first_rank() checks _WORLD.local_rank == 0, but GPU worker initialization offsets that rank for DP replicas. With DP=2, TP=1 on one node, the second replica has local rank 1 and its own engine_id, so nobody unlinks its file after the barrier or during cleanup. Please select one owner per engine and node, accounting for the DP offset, and cover a nonzero DP replica.
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| kv_bytes_per_block=row_stride, | ||
| cpu_page_size=row_stride // world_size, | ||
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The first writer (rank 0) now unlinks immediately, before the remaining writers/readers open the file. They end up mapping different files, so this breaks the roundtrip test. Since these openers run sequentially, assign ownership only to the final reader:
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| unlink_owner=len(regions) == writer_tp + reader_tp - 1, |
| def test_explicit_scheduler_region_owner(iid): | ||
| """The caller can assign unlink ownership independently of rank.""" | ||
| with _region(iid, rank=None, unlink_owner=True) as region: | ||
| assert region._is_unlink_owner is True |
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The constructor has already unlinked and cleared this flag, so this assertion fails. The owner-count assertions below have the same issue. Please check the completed unlink instead:
| assert region._is_unlink_owner is True | |
| assert not os.path.exists(region.mmap_path) | |
| assert region._is_unlink_owner is False |
The file-existence and file-size tests also need unlink_owner=False now; their default owner removes the file before their assertions.
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| self._cleanup_local_resources() | ||
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Can we keep unlink_owner constructor-local and remove this fallback? Successful construction already unlinks and clears the flag. cleanup() could just release local resources, with path removal handled by initialization or explicit startup abort.
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This manually restores ownership that the constructor already consumed. With the cleanup fallback removed, can we drop this test and test_cleanup_disarms_unlink_owner, keeping the original simple idempotency test? test_cleanup_non_owner_leaves_file already checks that cleanup closes the mapping and fd.
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| parent a window to read the raw mmap before the creator removes the file.""" | ||
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| region_module.is_local_first_rank = lambda: rank == 0 |
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These is_local_first_rank assignments here and in _mp_barrier_construct_and_hold are unused now that ownership is passed explicitly. Can we remove both?
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| if host_pool.shared_region is not None: | ||
| host_pool.shared_region.cleanup() | ||
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Are the HiSparse tensor-lifetime changes required by the ownership fix, or do they address an existing cleanup issue? If independent, could we move them and their tests to a follow-up, keeping only the required ownership and abort-path updates here?
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Shared-region lifecycle cleanup
Purpose
O_CREAT | O_EXCLidentifies an initializer only while preparing an mmapfile. It is not a reliable lifetime owner: after a ready file survives a
restart, every new worker can be a joiner and no process has historical
creator state.
This PR makes successful-path unlink ownership explicit and separates it from
startup-abort cleanup. It also documents the mmap lifetime rule: unlinking the
path does not invalidate existing mappings, but closing the local mmap does;
callers must therefore release every derived tensor and memoryview before
closing the region.
Lifecycle
cleanup()releases process-local mapping resources. The selectedunlink owner removes the path at the safe success point; all derived views
are detached before the local mmap is closed.
abort_startup_cleanup()additionally removes the path after failedinitialization.
the worker barrier, including when every restarted worker is a joiner.
the successful-path unlink owner. Worker-side startup failures explicitly
use the abort path before that scheduler exists.
its unlink owner, chosen from the same TP group used for the mapping
barrier. Its normal shutdown and initialization-failure paths detach all
known host-tensor aliases before closing the mmap.
This is not a duplicate of #52596: #52596 adds barrier-time unlinking, while
this change removes the historical creator restriction, handles ready stale
files with no creator, and defines the required caller-side tensor lifetime.
It is compatible with #56629's HiSparse shared host pool.
AI assistance was used to prepare this change. The human submitter must review
every changed line and be able to explain the initialization and cleanup
semantics before submitting.
Tests
The shared-region suite was run on Linux with
/dev/shmavailable.No model evaluation is required because this change does not affect model
outputs, accuracy, or serving behavior.