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TestDeepSeekV4Pro::test_gsm8k_full_accuracy fails on DGX B200 x8 with
"Executor creation failed due to insufficient GPU memory" while creating the
temporary resources for KV-cache size estimation. It fails only when it runs
after TestDeepSeekR1::test_nvfp4_multi_gpus[...] in the same reused MPI worker
pool. Run alone, it passes.

Root cause. MoERunner caches the C++ FusedMoeRunner instances in a
class-level dict, so they live as long as the process. Each runner keeps its
GPU workspace between calls. PyExecutor.shutdown() never released those
workspaces, so the next executor in the same process started with the previous
model's MoE workspace still allocated. The only release,
MoERunner.clear_all_workspaces(), happens during the next executor's general
warmup. That is too late here: V4-Pro runs out of memory earlier, at KV-cache
estimation.

Allocation history recorded in the reused workers on B200 x8 traced
28.27 GiB per rank, still allocated at handover, to run_moe in
trtllm::fused_moe. This was the DeepSeek-R1 NVFP4 CUTLASS MoE workspace.
V4-Pro's torch memory after loading weights went from 126.53 GiB (fresh pool)
to 156.79 GiB, which left about 7.5 GiB free for the 6.56 GiB estimation
allocation.

Fix. Release the cached MoE runner workspaces when the executor shuts down
for good, before its CUDA graphs are released. Under capture the workspace is
allocated from the graph's private memory pool, so it has to be freed while that
pool still exists. The KV-cache estimation shutdown leaves the workspaces in
place, because its model and model-owned graphs are reused by the final
executor, whose warmup already releases them. The workspaces are re-allocated on
next use.

Test Coverage

  • tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_py_executor_shutdown_moe_workspace.py
    (new, CPU-only): terminal shutdown releases the MoE runner workspaces before
    the CUDA graphs; the KV-cache estimation shutdown keeps them. The first test
    fails without the fix.
  • On DGX B200 x8, in one pytest session (the CI stage order):
    accuracy/test_glm52.py::TestGLM52NVFP4::test_mtp_index_share[tp_size=8-ep_size=8],
    TestDeepSeekR1::test_fp8_blockscale[throughput],
    TestDeepSeekR1::test_nvfp4_multi_gpus[throughput_mtp], then
    TestDeepSeekV4Pro::test_gsm8k_full_accuracy. Before the fix, V4-Pro fails
    with the OOM above (156.79 GiB in torch after loading weights). After the fix
    it passes (128.53 GiB; GSM8K 96.437 against a threshold of 92.797). It also
    passes with PYTORCH_CUDA_ALLOC_CONF=expandable_segments:True.
  • The same R1 sequence followed by
    examples/test_deepseek_v4_pro.py::test_short_token_boundary_smoke fails with
    the same OOM before the fix and passes after it.
  • The new unit test and the nearby executor tests (test_py_executor.py,
    test_pytorch_model_engine_warmup.py, test_pp_mpi_progress_thread.py,
    test_kv_connector_executor_lifetime.py) pass.

Removes the waiver of TestDeepSeekV4Pro::test_gsm8k_full_accuracy.

It also removes the waiver of TestDeepSeekV4ProDSpark::test_gsm8k_megamoe_deepgemm[dp8] (https://nvbugs/7010731), which fails the same way: on DGX B200 x8, run right after TestDeepSeekR1::test_nvfp4_multi_gpus[throughput_bs8_mtp] in one pytest session, it runs out of memory (1.75 GiB free) without the fix and passes with it (GSM8K 96.78 against a reference of 95.9).

Fixes https://nvbugs/6939213

Dev Engineer Review

Terminal shutdown clears process-wide MoERunner workspaces before releasing model-owned CUDA graphs. Profiling release retains the workspaces because the model and graphs are reused. If KV connector cleanup has failed, the method returns before releasing execution resources, including the MoE workspaces.

The implementation comments explain that this order preserves graph memory pools while captured workspaces are freed. The change adds no public API. It removes three waivers: the [dp4] and [dp8] DeepSeek V4 Pro accuracy skips and the DeepSeek V4 Pro DSpark [dp8] skip. Review severity counts are not available.

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The new CPU-only tests verify workspace cleanup order during terminal shutdown and workspace retention during profiling release. They do not cover the KV connector failure path or actual CUDA graph teardown. The author reports that the new and nearby executor tests passed, but those results are not independently verified.

The waiver list removes the two DeepSeek V4 Pro accuracy skips and the DSpark DeepGEMM [dp8] skip. The new unit test was not found in the integration test-db/ or qa/ lists. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up to verify CUDA graph teardown and the reported integration behavior.

Per-File QA Perspective

  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py — Verify that terminal shutdown clears cached workspaces before graph release and profiling release retains them. Also verify resource-retention behavior when KV connector cleanup fails.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_py_executor_shutdown_moe_workspace.py — The two CPU-only tests cover cleanup ordering and profiling-release retention. The test was not found in the integration test-db/ or qa/ lists.
  • tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt — Removes the [dp4] and [dp8] DeepSeek V4 Pro accuracy waivers and the DSpark DeepGEMM [dp8] waiver.

… executor shutdown

MoERunner caches the C++ FusedMoeRunner instances for the whole process,
and each runner keeps its GPU workspace between calls. Executor shutdown
never released them, so a later executor in the same process started with
the previous model's MoE workspace still allocated. In CI the reused MPI
worker pool hands the DeepSeek-R1 NVFP4 workers (28 GiB of CUTLASS MoE
workspace per rank) to TestDeepSeekV4Pro, whose KV-cache estimation then
runs out of memory.

Release the cached workspaces on terminal executor shutdown, before the
CUDA graphs are released: a workspace captured into a graph's memory pool
must be freed while that pool still exists. The KV-cache estimation
shutdown keeps them, since its model and model-owned graphs are reused.
They are re-allocated on next use.

Remove the waiver of TestDeepSeekV4Pro::test_gsm8k_full_accuracy.

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PyExecutor clears cached MoE workspaces before releasing CUDA graphs when release_model_owned_graphs is true. CPU-only tests cover this path and profiling release, where workspace clearing is skipped. The waiver list removes two full-accuracy entries and one DSpark DeepGemM entry while retaining the DSpark Megamoe CUTEDSL waiver.

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PyExecutor shutdown

Layer / File(s) Summary
MoE workspace cleanup during shutdown
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tests/unittest/_torch/pyexecutor/test_py_executor_shutdown_moe_workspace.py
When release_model_owned_graphs is true, PyExecutor clears MoE workspaces before graph release. CPU-only tests check the shutdown order and verify that profiling release skips workspace clearing.

DeepSeek V4 Pro test waivers

Layer / File(s) Summary
Update DeepSeek V4 Pro waivers
tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt
The dp4 and dp8 full-accuracy entries and the DSpark DeepGemM dp8 entry are removed. The DSpark Megamoe CUTEDSL waiver remains.

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Suggested reviewers: zhaoyangwang-nvidia, lori-ren

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review d5170

The fix releases cached MoE workspaces on the direct shutdown path, but not when resources were released before shutdown, so memory can still be retained across executors. Cleanup is also process-wide, which can disrupt another live executor in single-process setups. These gaps should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_py_executor_shutdown_moe_workspace.py: 1

41-44: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Record model-owned graph release in the shutdown tests.

The mock does not record _release_model_owned_cuda_graphs(). Both tests can therefore pass when that call occurs in the wrong order or during KV-cache estimation. Record the event, include it between workspace cleanup and _release_cuda_graphs() in the terminal sequence, and assert that it is absent from the estimation sequence.

Suggested test fix
     executor.model_engine = Mock()
+    executor.model_engine._release_model_owned_cuda_graphs.side_effect = (
+        lambda: events.append("release_model_owned_cuda_graphs")
+    )
     executor.model_engine._release_cuda_graphs.side_effect = lambda: events.append(
         "release_cuda_graphs"
     )
...
     assert events == [
         "clear_moe_workspaces",
+        "release_model_owned_cuda_graphs",
         "release_cuda_graphs",
         "resource_manager_shutdown",
     ]
...
+    assert "release_model_owned_cuda_graphs" not in events
     assert events == ["release_cuda_graphs", "resource_manager_shutdown"]
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Update the shutdown tests around the `executor.model_engine` mock to record
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The production change looks right; the new unit test needs an update after the rebase (inline).

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- Line 2525: Update shutdown cleanup so both terminal paths, including the path
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Thanks, my comments are addressed. LGTM.

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…[dp4]

The [dp4] case had never run under this waiver. On GB300 x4, after the
DeepSeek-R1-0528 test and six of the seven DeepSeek-V3-Lite 4-GPU tests
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- Line 2539: Existing shutdown tests mock MoERunner.clear_all_workspaces and
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regression test around executor shutdown that allocates a real MoE workspace,
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This fix also covers the DSpark dp8 OOM in nvbug 7010731 (https://nvbugs/7010731). Same mechanism: a MoE runner workspace left by the previous test in the reused MPI worker pool.

Verified on 8xB200 with the CI post-merge wheel and CI image, main 35ae2c0, one pytest session reusing the 8-worker pool:

  • TestDeepSeekR1::test_nvfp4_multi_gpus[throughput_bs8_mtp] -> TestDeepSeekV4ProDSpark::test_gsm8k_megamoe_deepgemm[dp8]
    • without this PR: R1 leaves 28.27 GiB/rank of MoE runner workspace; DSpark dp8 OOMs (1.75 GiB free).
    • with this PR: the workspace is released at R1 shutdown; DSpark dp8 PASSES (GSM8K 96.78 vs ref 95.9).

Request: please also remove this waiver in this PR:

accuracy/test_llm_api_pytorch.py::TestDeepSeekV4ProDSpark::test_gsm8k_megamoe_deepgemm[dp8] SKIP (https://nvbugs/7010731)

and run the DGX_B200-8_GPUs-PyTorch-2 stage (--stage-list "DGX_B200-8_GPUs-PyTorch-2") to confirm DSpark dp8 passes in the CI test order.

Note: in the CI list order (R1 -> GLM52 test_tep[tp8ep8] -> DSpark) I could not reproduce the failure locally, because GLM52's warmup already clears the workspace. So the CI stage run is the real check for 7010731.

…Spark dp8

The DSpark dp8 OOM has the same cause as nvbug 6939213: the MoE runner
workspace left by an earlier test in the reused MPI worker pool. Releasing
it at executor shutdown lets the test pass on DGX B200 x8 when it runs
right after TestDeepSeekR1::test_nvfp4_multi_gpus[throughput_bs8_mtp].

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