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create_sampling_params_from_proto now accepts an omitted max_tokens and maps both None and 0 to None. Positive values pass through unchanged. This lets the executor derive the token budget from max_seq_len and prompt length. The proto3 scalar cannot distinguish omitted from explicit zero, so both use the unset behavior. The external proto is unchanged.

QA Engineer Review

The change adds two CPU-only tests and two entries to tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml. The tests cover conversion of omitted, zero, and positive values, and verify that Generate passes None to the request manager. The test list includes both new test IDs. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up because the added tests do not verify budget derivation with a real engine. The author reports existing SMG failures on both main and this branch, and that GPU-backed end-to-end tests were not run.

Per-File QA Perspective

• tensorrt_llm/grpc/smg/request_manager.py — Verify that omitted and zero max_tokens values reach the executor as unset, while positive values remain unchanged. The function signature now defaults max_tokens to None.
• tests/unittest/grpc/smg/test_smg.py — Adds conversion coverage and a servicer-level check that omitted max_tokens reaches the request manager as None. Both tests are listed in the CPU CI test list; neither exercises budget derivation with a real engine.
• tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml — Adds the two new SMG tests to the CPU CI test list. No manual-QA list change is shown.

Description

Fixes #16549. This carries forward #16552 by @tanmayv25, which had two approvals but was closed unmerged by its author; the file it changed had since moved to tensorrt_llm/grpc/smg/ in #17179.

GenerateRequest.max_tokens in smg-grpc-proto (trtllm_service.proto: uint32 max_tokens = 5;) is a proto3 scalar without field presence, so a request that omits it arrives with max_tokens == 0. TrtllmServiceServicer.Generate passes that value to create_sampling_params_from_proto, which put it into SamplingParams(max_tokens=0). The executor's _deduce_max_tokens then rejects the request with ValueError: `max_tokens` (0) must be greater than 0, so an SMG gRPC client always has to send a concrete value.

/v1/completions (max_tokens: Optional[int] = None) and the OpenEngine gRPC adapter (request_mapping.py: kwargs.setdefault("max_tokens", None)) leave an omitted value as None instead, and _deduce_max_tokens derives the budget from max_seq_len and the prompt length.

The change, in create_sampling_params_from_proto:

• max_tokens defaults to None, and 0 or None is passed on as None, the engine's unset sentinel.
• An explicit positive value is unchanged.

Behaviour note: an explicit max_tokens=0 cannot be told apart from an omitted field on the wire, so it is now treated the same way instead of being rejected. The .proto file belongs to the external smg-grpc-proto package and is not changed.

Test Coverage

New cpu-only test tests/unittest/grpc/smg/test_smg.py::TestSamplingParamsConversion::test_omitted_max_tokens_defers_to_engine_default. It builds a real pb2.GenerateRequest without max_tokens, converts it with create_sampling_params_from_proto, and checks that SamplingParams.max_tokens is None, both for the request's value and when the argument is left out. The test is added to l0_cpu.yml next to the two test_smg.py streaming tests already listed there, since the GPU stages run test_smg.py with -m "not cpu_only".

Run locally on a CPU-only machine with smg-grpc-proto==0.4.28:

$ python -m pytest -q -p no:cacheprovider -m cpu_only tests/unittest/grpc/smg/test_smg.py::TestSamplingParamsConversion::test_omitted_max_tokens_defers_to_engine_default
1 passed, 1 warning in 0.29s                 # this branch

E       assert 0 is None                     # the same test against main's request_manager.py
1 failed, 1 warning in 0.28s

• pytest -m cpu_only tests/unittest/grpc/smg/test_smg.py: main gives 6 failed, 24 passed; this branch gives 6 failed, 25 passed, with the same 6 failures. They fail on main too in my environment (five float32 comparisons such as 0.699999988079071 == 0.7, and test_basic_lora_config's AttributeError on LoRARequest.task_id); l0_cpu.yml lists none of them.
• pytest -m cpu_only tests/unittest/grpc/test_grpc_optional.py: the same results on main and on this branch.
• pre-commit run --files on the three changed files passes.
• I also sent a request without max_tokens through the real TrtllmServiceServicer.Generate and fed the SamplingParams it produced to the executor's _deduce_max_tokens code (max_seq_len=2048, 3-token prompt). On main that raises ValueError: `max_tokens` (0) must be greater than 0; with this change it returns 2045. An explicit max_tokens=16 gives 16 in both cases.

Not run: the end-to-end gRPC tests with a real engine (TestGrpcServiceEndToEnd), which need a GPU.

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Walkthrough

The gRPC sampling-parameter conversion now accepts an omitted max_tokens argument. It maps omitted or zero values to None, allowing the executor to derive the generation budget. Tests cover conversion, request-manager validation, and CPU integration test registration.

Changes

gRPC max_tokens handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Sampling limit conversion and validation tensorrt_llm/grpc/smg/request_manager.py, tests/unittest/grpc/smg/test_smg.py, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml	The converter defaults max_tokens to None, maps zero and None to None, and preserves nonzero values. Unit tests verify conversion and confirm that an omitted value reaches the request manager. The CPU integration test list includes both tests.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Low · up to 6bb3b

The conversion is covered, but the derived generation budget still needs complementary testing. No production failure is established.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: treating omitted SMG gRPC max_tokens as unset.
Description check		The description explains the issue, implementation, behavior change, test coverage, test results, limitations, and checklist status. It satisfies the required template sections.
Linked Issues check		Issue [#16549] requires an omitted GenerateRequest.max_tokens to use an engine-side default. create_sampling_params_from_proto now accepts a default None and maps proto3 0 and None to `Sampl…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within issue [#16549]. The request conversion implements the unset-value behavior. The two tests verify conversion and servicer integration. The CPU test-list entries enable those tes…

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Explanation

Issue [#16549] requires an omitted GenerateRequest.max_tokens to use an engine-side default. create_sampling_params_from_proto now accepts a default None and maps proto3 0 and None to SamplingParams.max_tokens=None. Positive values remain unchanged. The added conversion test and servicer test verify the omitted-field path. The external proto is unchanged, but the repository now provides the required observable behavior.

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The changes stay within issue [#16549]. The request conversion implements the unset-value behavior. The two tests verify conversion and servicer integration. The CPU test-list entries enable those tests. The AsyncIterator import supports the test annotation. No unrelated production or configuration change is present.

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Nitpick comments: 1

tensorrt_llm/grpc/smg/request_manager.py: 1

295-295: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Cover the executor budget for omitted max_tokens.

The SMG test covers only the conversion to SamplingParams.max_tokens=None. BaseWorker._enqueue_request then derives the effective budget from max_seq_len and the prompt length. Add a CPU-only executor test, such as in tests/unittest/executor/test_base_worker.py, that captures the request created from a three-token prompt with max_seq_len=2048 and asserts max_tokens == 2045. Stub the request constructor if needed; a GPU-gated end-to-end test is not required.

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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/grpc/smg/request_manager.py at line 295:
Add a CPU-only test for BaseWorker._enqueue_request that captures the request
created from a three-token prompt with max_seq_len=2048 and verifies its
effective max_tokens is 2045 when the input omits max_tokens. Stub the request
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[brnguyen2]

Approving — the comments below are optional touch-ups, not blockers.

This matches how /v1/completions and the OpenEngine adapter handle a missing max_tokens. The only caller (tensorrt_llm/grpc/smg/servicer.py:103) passes the argument by keyword, so the new default doesn't affect it.

Two optional follow-ups:

• Explicit max_tokens=0. These requests used to fail fast. Now they generate up to max_seq_len - prompt_len tokens, so a client that sent 0 on purpose (for example, to score a prompt) will silently get a full-length generation. The description already explains why the wire format forces this. If SMG has client-facing docs for GenerateRequest, add a line there too. The longer-term fix is to declare the field optional uint32 max_tokens upstream in smg-grpc-proto and check HasField here.
• Coverage. The new test exercises create_sampling_params_from_proto on its own. TestGenerateValidation already drives Generate through a mock context. A case there that sends a GenerateRequest without max_tokens and checks that the SamplingParams handed to the request manager has max_tokens is None would also cover the servicer wiring.

[zhaoyangwang-nvidia]

Approve with nits.

[zw-g]

@brnguyen2 Thanks for the review!

• Coverage: added TestGenerateValidation::test_omitted_max_tokens_reaches_request_manager_as_none in 4a515a3. It sends a GenerateRequest without max_tokens through Generate with a recording request manager and checks that the SamplingParams it receives has max_tokens is None. It fails against main's request_manager.py (assert 0 is None), passes here, and is listed in l0_cpu.yml next to the other new test.
• Explicit max_tokens=0: this repo has no client-facing docs for the SMG GenerateRequest (the gRPC README here covers OpenEngine, and the SMG proto ships in smg-grpc-proto), so the note stays in the PR description and the docstring. Agreed that optional uint32 max_tokens with a HasField check is the cleaner fix once smg-grpc-proto declares it.

@tanmayv25 This is your fix from #16552, ported to the file's new location, and it now has two approvals. Could you take a look and, if it looks right, start CI with /bot run?

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[zw-g]

@zhaoyangwang-nvidia Thanks for the approval. CI hasn't run on this PR yet; could you start it with /bot run? The branch still merges cleanly with main.