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Description

When a modeling_v2 implementation supports NVFP4 KV on SM107, validating the benchmark's config without that implementation applies the built-in FP8 fallback. That affects both automatic capacity sizing and the reported KV dtype.

For the target-dependent SM107 case, sizing and reporting now resolve the target using the engine's modeling_v2 router and model defaults before running the shared KV validator. Sizing respects explicit CLI topology over YAML, just like engine startup. An auto-mode rejection or modeling_v2=off keeps the built-in fallback.

This is the benchmark follow-up to #21585, which adds the StairCase target and its NVFP4 KV capability. Please merge #21585 first so closing the issue coincides with enabling the corrected path.

Fixes #21889

Test Coverage

• Targeted regression: pytest -q -m cpu_only tests/unittest/others/test_bench.py -k bench_kv_cache_quant. Full-package collection is blocked on the local macOS environment (missing PyTorch/TensorRT-LLM runtime).
• Isolated CPU execution of the sizing and reporting regressions: 4 eligible cases reproduced the FP8 mismatch on the baseline; all 10 cases pass with the fix. A second run using the [None][feat] StairCase: GLM-5.2 NVFP4 Rubin high-throughput target #21585 routing and KV validation source with a stand-in target also passed all 10 cases.
• Repository pre-commit checks on the changed files: passed, including the baseline-gated python scripts/legacy_utils.py lint-precommit hook.
• Real SM107 run: NOT_RUN.

PR Checklist

• Reviewed the repository PR checklist for this change.

Implemented with Codex (AI-assisted).

Dev Engineer Review

• KV-cache sizing and reporting now use resolve_benchmark_kv_cache_quant so the shared validator can account for the selected modeling_v2 target. The resolver limits target routing to requested NVFP4 on CUDA SM107; other paths continue to use the validator’s existing behavior.
• Sizing now passes explicit CLI keys into get_settings. The latency and throughput commands reuse the same key set for runtime configuration. This supports CLI-over-YAML precedence during target resolution.
• The resolver loads model configuration and defaults, then cleans up the checkpoint loader in a finally block and restores temporary environment overrides. Target selection and capability validation still depend on the imported routing and validator implementations.
• The change adds an optional keyword-only argument to get_settings and a new resolver API. Review callers of get_settings if they depend on exact function signatures.
• No completed SM107 validation is established. The PR objective reports that hardware testing was not run.

QA Engineer Review

• tests/unittest/others/test_bench.py adds test_bench_kv_cache_quant_uses_modeling_v2_target, parameterized across sizing/reporting and five combinations of modeling_v2 mode, attention DP, and tactic autotuning. It checks expected NVFP4 or FP8 selection and restoration of the autotune environment variable.
• The test exercises mocked routing and capability checks. It does not establish behavior on real SM107 hardware. The objective reports a targeted CPU test and pre-commit checks, but completed check results on the current head are not available from the supplied evidence.
• The changed test is a unit test, not an integration test. No matching test-list entry was found in the searched integration test-list paths.
• Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.

Per-File QA Perspective

• tensorrt_llm/bench/benchmark/low_latency.py: Verify that explicit CLI keys reach both sizing resolution and runtime configuration for latency runs.
• tensorrt_llm/bench/benchmark/throughput.py: Verify the same CLI-key propagation for throughput runs, including YAML options that conflict with explicit CLI options.
• tensorrt_llm/bench/benchmark/utils/general.py: get_settings now uses the target-aware resolver before automatic capacity sizing. Verify the computed capacity uses the effective KV-cache dtype.
• tensorrt_llm/bench/dataclasses/reporting.py: Reporting now uses the shared resolver. Verify reported KV-cache dtype agrees with the engine’s effective dtype.
• tensorrt_llm/bench/tuning/settings.py: Adds the SM107 NVFP4 target-resolution path, temporary environment overrides, and checkpoint-loader cleanup. Verify supported and rejected targets, modeling_v2 off, and cleanup on routing errors.
• tests/unittest/others/test_bench.py: Adds mocked CPU-only tests for sizing and reporting across target-selection conditions. It is not listed in the searched integration CI or manual-QA lists.

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Walkthrough

Benchmark sizing and reporting now resolve KV-cache quantization against modeling-v2 routing targets on eligible SM107 NVFP4 paths. Latency and throughput commands pass explicit CLI keys into settings resolution. Tests cover NVFP4 and FP8 outcomes and environment restoration.

Changes

Benchmark KV-cache quantization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Target-aware quantization resolution tensorrt_llm/bench/tuning/settings.py	The new resolver checks eligible NVFP4 paths against the modeling-v2 routing target. It restores temporary environment overrides and validates the resulting KV-cache quantization.
Sizing and CLI settings integration tensorrt_llm/bench/benchmark/utils/general.py, tensorrt_llm/bench/benchmark/low_latency.py, tensorrt_llm/bench/benchmark/throughput.py	get_settings accepts explicit CLI keys and calls the resolver. Latency and throughput commands pass the collected keys to settings and runtime configuration.
Reporting and behavior tests tensorrt_llm/bench/dataclasses/reporting.py, tests/unittest/others/test_bench.py	Reporting uses the configuration returned by the resolver. Parameterized tests cover sizing and reporting quantization outcomes and verify environment restoration.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: juney-nvidia, bowenfu

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 5a7b4

Benchmark KV-cache sizing and reporting now resolve the modeling_v2 target on eligible SM107 NVFP4 paths. No concrete merge-blocking issue was found. A real SM107 hardware run has not been done.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 5a7b4

The inspected command-line flows remain operator-controlled, and no new externally reachable privilege path was established. Limited risk remains around shared process settings when the reporting API is used concurrently.

Retained concerns

• Low · reliability · inferred: Concurrent embedded use is not isolated between invocations. Overlapping resolution calls can restore another call's environment snapshot, while routing records a process-wide target mode without rollback if later validation fails. This can cause configuration drift or change fallback behavior during overlapping engine construction. Normal CLI ordering is counterevidence to practical exposure; no cross-tenant or privilege impact is established.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The demonstrated exposure is the benchmark driver's process and other operations sharing its environment and routing state. The inspected commands run reporting after benchmark execution; the evidence does not establish a remote or cross-tenant caller for this path.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — Extra benchmark configuration uses safe YAML loading and requires a mapping. Target selection consults registered routes, and require mode raises on routing rejection rather than silently falling back. These constrain configuration handling but are not a sandbox for explicitly trusted model code.

Hardening Proposals

• proposed — If concurrent embedding is supported, separate read-only benchmark target selection from persistent engine-mode registration and pass routing environment explicitly rather than temporarily changing process-wide state.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 75.00% 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.

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly summarizes the change to pass the modeling_v2 target into benchmark KV-cache sizing and reporting.
Description check		The description explains the issue and solution, lists regression tests and validation results, and acknowledges the PR checklist. It also clearly states that real SM107 testing was not run.
Linked Issues check		Issue [#21889] requires sizing and reporting to use the selected modeling_v2 target for target-dependent NVFP4 validation, while preserving fallback behavior for rejected or disabled paths. `resolve_b…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes in low_latency.py and throughput.py pass explicit CLI keys to sizing, which supports issue [#21889]’s CLI-over-YAML precedence requirement. The shared resolver and its tests directly a…

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue [#21889] requires sizing and reporting to use the selected modeling_v2 target for target-dependent NVFP4 validation, while preserving fallback behavior for rejected or disabled paths. resolve_benchmark_kv_cache_quant resolves model defaults and the target on SM107, then validates the target-aware config and effective dtype. Automatic sizing passes explicit CLI keys and YAML options to the resolver. Reporting uses the same resolver. The regression test covers sizing and reporting for auto and require, plus no-attention-DP, autotune rejection, and off fallback cases.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The changes in low_latency.py and throughput.py pass explicit CLI keys to sizing, which supports issue [#21889]’s CLI-over-YAML precedence requirement. The shared resolver and its tests directly address target-aware KV-cache sizing and reporting. No unrelated changes are evident in the reviewed diff.

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Explanation

Docstring coverage is 75.00% 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. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 8 functions across 6 files.

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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• tensorrt_llm/bench/benchmark/low_latency.py
• tensorrt_llm/bench/benchmark/throughput.py
• tensorrt_llm/bench/benchmark/utils/general.py
• tensorrt_llm/bench/dataclasses/reporting.py
• tensorrt_llm/bench/tuning/settings.py
• tests/unittest/others/test_bench.py

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