feat(worker): add extensible chip-child control dispatch - #2116
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to Chip-control extensions work only at the direct chip-worker level; calls from nested level-4-or-higher Workers fail instead of reaching chips. Restrict the API to level 3 or forward the command through nested Workers before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant Worker
participant ChipChild
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Caller->>Worker: run_chip_control_extension(name, payload)
Worker->>ChipChild: Broadcast staged extension payload
ChipChild->>Handler: Resolve and invoke registered handler
Handler-->>ChipChild: Return or raise error
ChipChild-->>Worker: Send control response
Worker-->>Caller: Return or raise child failure
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In `@python/simpler/worker.py`:
- Around line 10649-10650: Update the guard in run_chip_control_extension to
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Fix the level guard: level 4+ Workers cannot dispatch _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION to chip children.
At level 3, WorkerType.NEXT_LEVEL children are chip processes running _run_chip_main_loop, which has the new _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION branch. At level 4+, WorkerType.NEXT_LEVEL children are nested Worker instances running _child_worker_loop, whose handle_control has no _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION case. Every call on a level >= 4 Worker falls through to raise RuntimeError(f"unknown control sub-command {sub_cmd}") there, so run_chip_control_extension always fails at level 4+.
The added line _CTRL_OP_NAMES[_CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION] = "chip_extension" confirms this failure path was anticipated (it labels exactly the error _child_worker_loop raises for an unknown command), but the public check still admits level 4+ instead of rejecting it up front.
Change the guard to require exactly level 3, or add a _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION forwarding branch in _child_worker_loop that recurses into the nested Worker's own chip children.
🐛 Proposed fix (restrict to level 3 until recursive forwarding exists)
- if self.level < 3 or self._worker is None:
- raise TypeError("chip control extensions require an initialized level >= 3 Worker")
+ if self.level != 3 or self._worker is None:
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| if self.level < 3 or self._worker is None: | |
| raise TypeError("chip control extensions require an initialized level >= 3 Worker") | |
| if self.level != 3 or self._worker is None: | |
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In `@python/simpler/worker.py` around lines 10649 - 10650, Update the guard in
run_chip_control_extension to require exactly level 3, while still rejecting an
uninitialized _worker. Do not admit level 4+ Workers unless _child_worker_loop
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审查发现两个合入前必须解决的问题(Must fix):
1. level ≥ 4 时 API 实际不可用,与声明的 "level-3+" 矛盾
run_chip_control_extension 的门禁只检查 self.level < 3(python/simpler/worker.py 的 run_chip_control_extension),但:
- L4+ Worker 的
WorkerType.NEXT_LEVEL子级是嵌套 Worker 子进程,而非 chip 子进程。嵌套 Worker 的控制循环_child_worker_loop.handle_control没有_CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION分支,会落进raise RuntimeError("unknown control sub-command 27"); - remote worker 场景下
WorkerEndpoint::control_generic也直接抛 "unsupported control"(src/common/hierarchical/worker_manager.cpp:189)。
结果:L4 调用方拿到的是所有子级同时报"未知子命令 27" 的费解错误,而不是清晰的"不支持"提示。PR 正文和 docstring 声明的 "level-3+ workers broadcast to local chip children" 只有纯 L3(NEXT_LEVEL 全为本地 chip)成立。
建议二选一:
- (a) 收紧门禁为仅支持本地 chip 子进程的 L3 Worker,并同步修正 PR 正文 / docstring;
- (b) 在
_child_worker_loop中像_CTRL_IMPORT_RELEASE那样把_CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION向下递归转发,使 L4+ 语义真正成立。
2. 新公开 API 在仓库内零测试
Validation 一节只依赖下游 PyPTO Serving Mooncake bridge 验证——下游验证不进本仓库 CI,无回归屏障。tests/ut/py/test_worker/ 已有大量走同类控制通路的 sim 用例,补一个用例成本很低,建议覆盖:
- 注册 →
init()→ 广播 → handler 在子进程收到(payload, device_id); - 错误传播:未注册名字 / handler 抛异常 / handler 返回非空错误 → 父进程
RuntimeError; - 注册幂等与异 handler 抢占同名被拒。
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补充四个建议修复的问题(Should fix):
1. 默认 timeout_s=None 是无限等待
run_chip_control_extension(..., timeout_s=None) 的 None 经绑定层转成 -1.0,C++ 侧 run_control_command 对负值不设 deadline(src/common/hierarchical/worker_manager.cpp 中 timeout_s >= 0.0 才生效)——即永远等待;liveness 检查只能发现子进程死亡,发现不了 handler 挂住。而同文件所有既有 py-control 广播(_broadcast_py_control_results)都默认 self._py_control_timeout_s。PR 正文也要求 handler "return promptly",但默认行为恰恰是:handler 一卡,父进程调用无限期挂死,且此时还持有整跑栅栏(_device_control_admission),会堵住后续任务提交。
建议:默认值改为 self._py_control_timeout_s,想无限等的调用方显式传 None。
2. _read_ctrl_staged_payload 与既有 _open_ctrl_payload 重复
新增的 _read_ctrl_staged_payload 和既有的 _open_ctrl_payload(buf, what=...) 做的是同一件事:读 _CTRL_OFF_ARG0 的大小、解 shm 名、打开 shm、校验 payload_size > shm.size。新函数完全可以基于 _open_ctrl_payload(buf, what="chip control extension") 实现,只补一层"拷贝出 bytes 后 release + close"。
3. 晚注册的失败模式有误导性
register_chip_control_extension 在 Worker.init() 之后调用不会报错:父端 name not in _chip_control_extensions 检查照样通过,但 fork 早已发生,子进程注册表已定格,广播时所有子级报 "chip control extension 'x' is not registered"——用户看到的是"我明明注册了却说没注册"的困惑错误。
建议至少:在 register_chip_control_extension docstring 和子级 KeyError 消息里写明"注册必须先于 Worker.init(),子进程注册表在 fork 时定格"。更强的做法是注册时检测已 init 的 Worker 存在并直接拒绝/警告。
4. 新公开 API 无任何用户文档
simpler.register_chip_control_extension 和 Worker.run_chip_control_extension 进入了公共包命名空间,但 docs/ 无一字提及。以下都是使用者必须知道的契约,目前只能读源码:
- handler 签名
(chip_worker, payload: bytes, device_id: int)及返回值语义(非空真值 = 错误); - 注册须先于
init()(fork 继承); - 同步语义、与运行互斥、handler 须快速返回;
- 部分失败语义(不回滚,聚合报错)。
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前面两条 review 已覆盖 L4 门禁、无限超时、零测试、_open_ctrl_payload 重复、晚注册失败模式、无用户文档,这些我不重复。补三条更偏接口形状的意见,第一条是我认为合入前最该讨论的。
一、handler 拿到的是整个 ChipWorker,这突破了 simpler 的资源所有权模型
_handle_chip_control_extension 把 cw 原样交给外部 handler:
error = handler(cw, envelope[name_end:], device_id)ChipWorker 的公开面包含 malloc / free / copy_to / copy_from / register_callable / run / comm_init / comm_alloc_windows / comm_destroy_all / finalize。也就是说一个 handler 可以分配显存、发起任意 DMA、在设备上跑任意 callable、拆掉全部通信域、关闭设备——而 simpler 无从知晓。
这与仓库现有的不变量直接冲突。docs/user/reference/python-api.md 写着 "a Worker is the only allocator, the Orchestrator never allocates" —— 连自家 Orchestrator 都不给分配权,现在一个外部 handler 拿到的权限比它大。
记账破得还不彻底,反而更难查:
- handler 调
cw.malloc()→ 会计入committed_device_memory(它读的就是 chip 侧 MemoryAllocator),但不会进父端 Buffer provenance 注册表,而那张表是free/copy_to的边界检查和身份校验依据。结果是"卡上有这块内存、总量记得、但没有任何 handle 能合法引用它"的半记账状态。 - handler 直接经
ctypes调 ACL 分配 → 两边都看不见。而committed_device_memory的 docstring 明写它存在的意义是"让下游 runtime 减掉 simpler 自己的 HBM 来算 cache 预算";这个前提一旦不成立,该 API 的返回值就从权威答案降级成"simpler 自己那部分"。
需要说清楚的是:这不是安全边界。注册 handler 的是同进程 Python 代码,它本来就能绕过 simpler 干任何事,拦不住。但它是不变量边界——区别在于,现在是 simpler 主动递出设备对象并把这条路标记为受支持,于是不变量从此不可执行;而应有的状态是外部要越界只能自己绕过 simpler,坏掉可归因。PR 正文用 "trusted downstream" 兜底,但那描述的是动机,不是能力。
建议:
- 传受限视图,不传
ChipWorker。 按 Mooncake 的实际诉求,handler 大概率只需要device_id和一组"已由 simpler 分配、地址+长度已知"的 buffer 描述;分配、run、comm_*、finalize一个都不该给。 - 扩展要用的显存由调用方先经
alloc_child_tensor分配好,地址放进 payload 传进去。 这样 provenance 完整,committed_device_memory仍然权威。 - handler 不得返回新的资源句柄让 simpler 事后接管——simpler 无法验证其来源。
这三条落下去,"在持卡进程里执行外部逻辑"和"不把存储依赖拖进 simpler"这两个目标照样达成,而资源所有权模型不破。代价是下游每要一项新能力就要显式扩一次那个受限视图——但"什么该 simpler 提供"本来就应该被逐次显式回答,而不是一次性交出去。
顺带一个 PR 没有回答、但正是它要服务的场景的问题:同一块 backing 既做成 HCCL VMM window、又被外部传输引擎注册,合法吗? 这个平台上注册路径之间确实存在互斥(CANN 9.0 ascend_hal_base.h 明写 halHostRegister 不支持 VMM VA),所以不是空担心。KV cache 既要参与集合通信又要被外部搬走,这个共存性建议在 PR 里给个结论。
二、应该建在 control_payload 上,而不是 broadcast_control_all
PR 正文的 Validation 说下游用它做了 "transfer submission, polling, cancellation"。但 broadcast_control_all 返回的是 ControlResult{ok, error_message},没有数据回传通道,run_chip_control_extension 返回 None。轮询要么是在拿 error 字符串当数据通道,要么就是这条描述与实现对不上。
而 handler 的成功/失败判定是 if error: raise RuntimeError(str(error)),于是正当返回 0 / "" / [] / False 的 handler 会被读成成功,返回轮询结果的会被读成失败。
仓里已经有这个语义的原语,而且是生产在用的:
control_payload(worker_type, worker_id, sub_cmd, payload, timeout_s) -> bytes
python/bindings/worker_bind.h 的 control_payload,按 worker 定向、收 bytes、返 bytes;Global CommDomain 路径在 python/simpler/worker.py 里用了 5 处,CTRL_GLOBAL_DOMAIN_COPY_TO 那处就是标准的 request→reply 往返。
建议改成:
def run_chip_control_extension(
self, name, payload, *, worker_id=None, timeout_s=None
) -> bytes | list[bytes]:
# worker_id 指定 → 单卡往返,返回该 handler 的结果
# worker_id=None → Python 侧遍历 chip children 扇出一步同时解决:轮询有了返回通道、能对单张卡提问、天然继承 self._py_control_timeout_s(即另一条 review 提的超时问题)、语义与 Global CommDomain 那条路同构。代价是 Python 侧循环而非 C++ 并行扇出,但控制面不是热路径;逐卡串行反而让部分失败的语义清楚了——现在是 N 卡并发、部分成功、无回滚、调用方只看到一个聚合异常。
三、_CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION = 27 未登记进操作码台账
tests/ut/py/test_worker/test_comm_provider_control.py 的 _OCCUPIED_WORKER_CONTROL_COMMANDS 是本仓记录控制码占用情况的台账。它的断言先用一张显式名字白名单过滤,所以 27 会静默溜过去,测试照样是绿的。
请同时补两处:frozenset 里加 27, # _CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION,名字集合里加 "_CTRL_CHIP_EXTENSION"。不补的话台账失效,将来某个 PR 复用 27 不会被任何检查发现。
四、两个小的
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幂等判断对绑定方法失效。
if existing is not handler用的是对象身份,而obj.method每次属性访问都构造新的 bound-method 对象。register_chip_control_extension("x", self._on_ctrl)调用两次——在 serving 进程里是很可能发生的重入——会误报 "already registered"。functools.partial和被装饰的闭包同理。建议比较__func__/__self__,或在 docstring 里写明重复注册必须传同一个对象。 -
整条路径无负载大小上限。
run_chip_control_extension、buffer_to_string、broadcast_control_all、PosixShmHolder都没有。大负载的代价是 binding 一次std::string拷贝 + 父端一段 shm 和一次memcpy,然后每个子进程一次bytes(shm_buf[:n])再加一次envelope[name_end:]切片拷贝,且所有子进程并发。若/dev/shm不足,ftruncate可能成功而父进程的memcpy吃到未处理的 SIGBUS。公共 API 里加一个上限检查很便宜。
补充:vLLM 在同一位置的做法,可直接参考
vLLM 也是"主进程 + 每卡一个 worker 子进程",接 Mooncake 时面对的是同一个问题。它的答案是两层拆开,恰好对应上面的意见一和意见二。
第一层 — 通用传输 collective_rpc:
collective_rpc(method: str | Callable, timeout=None, args=(), kwargs=None) -> list[_R]方法可以是名字(在 Worker 上查属性)或 cloudpickle 的 callable;返回 list[_R] 每个 rank 一项;timeout 是显式参数;新版还有 unique_reply_rank 定向到单个 rank。这正是意见二里说的 control_payload 形状——有返回、有超时、可定向。
第二层 — 扩展点 KVConnectorBase_V1,而不是把 Worker 递出去:
Mooncake 在 vLLM 里不是一段拿到 Worker 的任意代码,而是实现一个 ABC,hook 序列固定:
- worker 侧:
register_kv_caches()→start_load_kv()→receive_kv()/save_kv_layer()→get_finished() - scheduler 侧:
get_num_new_matched_tokens()→update_state_after_alloc()→build_connector_meta()→request_finished()
三个设计点分别对应本 PR 的三个缺口:
register_kv_caches(kv_caches)收的是 vLLM 已分配好的 KV cache 张量。 connector 拿到张量,不是 Worker——没有分配权、没有run、没有关设备的能力。即意见一里建议的"受限视图 + 显存由调用方先分配好传进去"。KVConnectorRole.SCHEDULER/WORKER把"在哪个进程能做什么"编码进类型。 同一个类在两个进程里以不同 role 实例化,各自只能做自己那半。- 传输不在 RPC 里做。
start_load_kv()只是启动,真正的搬运在 connector 自己的SendingThread/RecvingThread,get_finished()是非阻塞查询 hook。
第 3 点值得特别对照:本 PR 正文写着 "handlers should return promptly and move long-running work to their own asynchronous execution path",意图完全一致——但 vLLM 是用 API 形状强制了它(专门有 get_finished() 查询钩子),而本 PR 只是在描述里请求它,并且因为没有返回通道,get_finished() 这类查询根本无法实现。这也解释了 Validation 一节声称的 "polling" 为什么在当前实现下站不住。
注册方式也不同:vLLM 走 KVConnectorFactory + 配置里的 KVTransferConfig.kv_connector 名字,配置驱动、可校验可列举;本 PR 是往模块全局 dict 里塞 callable。
| vLLM | 本 PR | |
|---|---|---|
| 传输原语 | collective_rpc:有返回、有超时、可定向单 rank |
broadcast_control_all:无返回、默认无限等、只全广播 |
| 扩展点 | KVConnectorBase_V1 ABC,固定 hook |
任意 handler(cw, bytes, device_id) |
| handler 拿到 | 已分配的 KV cache 张量 | 整个 ChipWorker |
| 谁分配显存 | vLLM 分配,connector 只注册 | 无约束 |
| 进程角色 | Role.SCHEDULER / WORKER 显式 |
无 |
| 注册 | Factory + 配置名 | 模块全局 dict |
| 长耗时工作 | 后台线程 + get_finished() 查询 |
同步阻塞唯一 progress owner |
前提差异要讲清楚: vLLM 拥有整个栈,它的 Worker 本身就是被扩展的那个对象;simpler 是更低一层的运行时库,ChipWorker 是内部实现而非面向下游的抽象。所以不能照抄。但两条结构性结论直接可迁移,恰好就是上面的意见一和意见二:具名 typed 扩展点代替递出设备对象,带返回值和超时的定向 RPC 代替无返回广播。
一个实用信息:昇腾上这条路已经有实现。 vllm-ascend 的 vllm_ascend/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_p2p/mooncake_connector.py 里有 class MooncakeConnector(KVConnectorBase_V1, SupportsHMA),worker 侧完整跑通过。建议直接对照它看 NPU 上 register_kv_caches 那一步实际需要什么——这大概也能回答意见一末尾那个 VMM window 与外部 MR 共存性的问题。
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Summary
register_chip_control_extension()from thesimplerpackageWorker.run_chip_control_extension()for level-3+ workers to broadcast a named byte payload to local chip childrenMotivation
Some downstream runtimes need to initialize and control services inside the persistent chip-child process that owns the device context and HBM allocations. For example, a Mooncake-backed external KV cache must initialize its transfer client and register NPU memory in the process that owns those buffers.
The existing task APIs are intended for scheduled compute work and do not provide a lifecycle/control channel for this use case. Implementing a generic named extension keeps storage-specific dependencies and protocols out of Simpler while allowing trusted downstream integrations to run short control operations in chip children.
Design
Worker.init(), so forked chip children inherit the handler registry.run_chip_control_extension()wraps the extension name and payload in a control envelope and broadcasts it toWorkerType.NEXT_LEVELchildren.handler(chip_worker, payload, device_id).Scope
This PR only adds the generic chip-child control mechanism. Mooncake initialization, transfer state, polling, cancellation, and buffer-layout logic remain in the downstream serving integration.
Validation