[Refactor] Remove utils dead code

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Purpose

Remove utils dead code

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• Refactor

  • Streamlined internal compilation, model loading, distributed execution, memory, attention, and KV-cache components by removing unused utilities and legacy support paths.
  • Simplified KV-cache coordination and attention management while preserving remaining runtime implementations.

• Chores

  • Cleaned up obsolete imports, test stubs, metadata handling, and infrastructure helpers.
  • Updated memory-related test imports to use the appropriate utility modules.
  • No new end-user features or configuration options were introduced.

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The change removes unused public helpers, fake fused-MoE registrations, obsolete KV-cache utilities, and stale imports across LMCache, model loading, shared utilities, and v1 runtime components.

Changes

Unused API and runtime cleanup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
LMCache metadata helper removal vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_integration/utils.py	Removes is_false and create_lmcache_metadata.
v1 runtime support removal vllm/v1/core/..., vllm/v1/engine/core.py, vllm/v1/executor/ray_utils.py, vllm/v1/worker/cp_utils.py	Removes sink-block reservation, KV-cache group metadata serialization, Ray environment and node-count helpers, and DCP shard-count handling.
Backend and utility helper removal vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py, vllm/utils/hpc.py, vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py, tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_memory_leak.py	Removes safetensors conversion, fake HPC implementations, and attention metadata helpers. The test imports memory constants and formatting utilities from separate modules.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 6bf15

This change removes unused memory utility code without altering active behavior. No current merge-readiness risk is identified.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 60.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 5 functions across 4 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: removing dead utility code across the codebase.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly matches the changeset, which removes unused utility functions, variables, imports, and fake implementations.
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In `@vllm/utils/mem_utils.py`:
- Line 17: The mem_utils compatibility export for KiB_bytes is missing, causing
imports from vllm.utils.mem_utils to fail. Update vllm/utils/mem_utils.py:17 to
import and rebind KiB_bytes from mem_constants; vllm/utils/mem_utils.py:41,
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• vllm/compilation/passes/fx_utils.py
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• vllm/model_executor/layers/utils.py
• vllm/model_executor/model_loader/weight_utils.py
• vllm/utils/flashinfer.py
• vllm/utils/hpc.py
• vllm/utils/mem_utils.py
• vllm/utils/torch_utils.py
• vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py
• vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_coordinator.py
• vllm/v1/core/single_type_kv_cache_manager.py
• vllm/v1/engine/core.py
• vllm/v1/executor/ray_utils.py
• vllm/v1/worker/cp_utils.py

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• vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_coordinator.py
• vllm/model_executor/layers/utils.py
• vllm/utils/hpc.py
• vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/lmcache_integration/utils.py
• vllm/v1/core/single_type_kv_cache_manager.py
• vllm/compilation/passes/fx_utils.py
• vllm/v1/worker/cp_utils.py
• vllm/utils/flashinfer.py
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Restore the KiB_bytes compatibility export.

tests/models/multimodal/generation/test_memory_leak.py imports KiB_bytes from vllm.utils.mem_utils, but that module no longer binds the symbol. The test can fail during import. Preserve the export or update the test to import it from vllm.utils.mem_constants.

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• vllm/utils/mem_utils.py#L17-L17 (this comment)
• vllm/utils/mem_utils.py#L41-L41
• vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py#L6-L6
• vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py#L978-L978

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In `@vllm/utils/mem_utils.py` at line 17, The mem_utils compatibility export for
KiB_bytes is missing, causing imports from vllm.utils.mem_utils to fail. Update
vllm/utils/mem_utils.py:17 to import and rebind KiB_bytes from mem_constants;
vllm/utils/mem_utils.py:41, vllm/v1/attention/backends/utils.py:6, and
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[DarkLight1337]

Let's keep this just for completeness sake

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I can't speak for the rest... perhaps @NickLucche @mgoin have a better idea whether they should be removed.

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