feat(zmq): score TokenSpeed DP ranks on piggybacked scheduler load - #2131
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### Problem TokenSpeed groups route on the gateway's own in-flight counts alone: the slim batch carried no scheduler stats, so least-loaded selection is blind to queue depth and KV pressure on the ranks. Upstream lightseekorg/tokenspeed#1079 closes the wire gap by piggybacking a load snapshot on every BatchTokenIDOutSlim (the msgpack wire drops the pickle-mode GetLoad control replies, so the output batch is the only in-band channel). That signal has one structural flaw the client must own: engines report load only when tokens flow, and a terminal batch's snapshot is sampled before its own finish commits — so the last thing an idle rank ever says is "still busy". Left stored, an idle rank is shunned forever. ### Solution Decode the four appended tail fields (num_running, num_waiting, kv_active_pages, kv_total_pages) and surface them as the engine-neutral EngineLoad the DP scorer already consumes — running/waiting verbatim, KV usage as active/total. `kv_total_pages == 0` marks a pre-piggyback sender: report no load rather than fabricating an empty scheduler. For staleness, the client is the authority on quiescence: it routed every request, so when a rank's id-keyed in-flight set empties, `release` zeroes that rank's stored queue counts (KV is left as reported — cache pages outlive requests). The dispatcher stores a batch's load before releasing its finished ids, so a terminal batch's own stale snapshot is clamped in the same tick. This is engine-neutral and covers vLLM dense-DP ranks too, which stop reporting the same way. ## Changes - `protocol/tokenspeed/output.rs`: model the four load tail fields (append-only wire; zeros from older senders); cross-language vector re-captured from the Python msgspec encoder in the 14-element form, with the 9- and 10-element older-sender vectors kept as decode tests. - `protocol/tokenspeed/mod.rs`: `decode_batch` maps the snapshot to `EngineBatch.load`, `None` without one. - `connector.rs`: `release` zeroes a rank's stored queue counts when its in-flight set empties. - Two existing tests asserted the staleness artifact (reported load surviving past the reporting rank's last request); both now observe load mid-stream, which was their actual intent. ## Test Plan - `cargo test -p engine-zmq-client`: 77 passed. New coverage: - `decode_batch_maps_outputs_and_finished_ids` asserts the snapshot surfaces as `EngineLoad` (kv 100/400 -> 0.25). - `decode_batch_reports_no_load_without_a_snapshot` pins the `kv_total_pages == 0` contract. - `pre_load_ten_element_batch_decodes_with_zero_snapshot` + `pre_dp_nine_element_batch_decodes_as_rank_zero` pin both older sender generations against real msgspec bytes. - `an_emptied_rank_sheds_its_stale_queue_counts` — rank 0 finishes its last request with a stale-heavy terminal snapshot; the next unpinned request must prefer it over a rank with real work. Mutation-tested: fails with the clamp removed. - `cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warnings` clean; pre-commit clean on touched files. - Live effect arrives with the tokenspeed pin bump that adopts #1079; until then the decoder sees zeros and reports no load, exactly as before this change. Signed-off-by: Simo Lin <25425177+slin1237@users.noreply.github.com>
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WalkthroughTokenSpeed batches now include scheduler-load metrics with backward-compatible decoding. The decoder propagates valid metrics as ChangesTokenSpeed load tracking
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Mergeability Score: 🟠 High · up to The change uses scheduler load to influence rank selection and clears queue counts when ranks become idle. A lock-order inversion can deadlock concurrent routing and request completion, preventing requests from being assigned or retired; mixed-version telemetry can also temporarily skew unpinned routing. Merge should wait for the lock-order issue to be fixed and the bounded telemetry risks to be explicitly accepted. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant TokenSpeedOutput
participant TokenSpeedDecoder
participant ClientInner
participant RankRouter
TokenSpeedOutput->>TokenSpeedDecoder: provide scheduler and KV-cache metrics
TokenSpeedDecoder->>ClientInner: propagate optional EngineLoad
ClientInner->>ClientInner: clear queue counts when requests reach zero
ClientInner->>RankRouter: route the next unpinned request
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239-251: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔴 Critical | 🏗️ Heavy lift🔴 Important Use one lock order for
loadandinflight.
select_enginelocksloadbeforeinflight.releasenow locksinflightbeforeload. A terminal release that races an unpinned submission can deadlock both tasks. The client then cannot route or retire requests.Acquire
loadbeforeinflightinrelease, while keeping the reset atomic.Proposed fix
- let mut inflight = self.inflight.lock(); + // Match `select_engine`: always lock `load` before `inflight`. + let mut load = self.load.lock(); + let mut inflight = self.inflight.lock(); let Some(ids) = inflight.get_mut(&engine_index) else { return; }; @@ if ids.is_empty() { - if let Some(load) = self.load.lock().get_mut(&engine_index) { + if let Some(load) = load.get_mut(&engine_index) { load.num_running = 0; load.num_waiting = 0; } }🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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1129-1143: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win🟡 Nit Assert KV-cache preservation.
The test verifies queue-count reset only. Set a nonzero
kv_cache_usageand assert that terminal release retains it. This validates the stated idle-reset contract.Proposed test update
scheduler_stats: Some(Box::new(SchedulerStats { num_running_reqs: 3, num_waiting_reqs: 5, + kv_cache_usage: 0.75, ..Default::default() })), @@ let load = client.engine_load(0).expect("snapshot stored"); assert_eq!((load.num_running, load.num_waiting), (0, 0)); + assert_eq!(load.kv_cache_usage, 0.75);As per coding guidelines, “Run the pr-test-analyzer agent to verify that tests adequately cover new or changed functionality.”
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- Around line 239-251: Update release to acquire the load lock before the
inflight lock, matching select_engine’s lock order, while keeping the empty-ids
check and load counter reset atomic with the inflight update.
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In `@crates/engine_zmq_client/src/connector.rs`:
- Around line 1129-1143: Update the test around SchedulerStats and the final
engine_load assertion to initialize a nonzero kv_cache_usage and assert that
terminal release preserves this value while num_running and num_waiting reset to
zero. Keep the existing finished_requests and output-processing flow unchanged.
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🔴 Important: Inverted lock ordering — deadlock risk.
The dispatch path (unpinned submit, line 192–193) acquires self.load.lock() then self.inflight.lock(). This new code acquires them in the opposite order: self.inflight is already held from line 240, then self.load.lock() is taken here. Two concurrent threads (one dispatching, one processing an output batch) can each hold one lock and block on the other — classic ABBA deadlock.
Fix: drop the inflight guard before acquiring load:
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| if ids.is_empty() { | |
| if let Some(load) = self.load.lock().get_mut(&engine_index) { | |
| load.num_running = 0; | |
| load.num_waiting = 0; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| let rank_empty = ids.is_empty(); | |
| drop(inflight); | |
| if rank_empty { | |
| if let Some(load) = self.load.lock().get_mut(&engine_index) { | |
| load.num_running = 0; | |
| load.num_waiting = 0; | |
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The brief TOCTOU window (a new request could land between the inflight drop and the load zeroing) is benign: the next output batch from that rank will re-report its load, so the zero is transient. The deadlock is not.
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Description
Problem
TokenSpeed groups route on the gateway's own in-flight counts alone:
the slim batch carried no scheduler stats, so least-loaded selection is
blind to queue depth and KV pressure on the ranks. Upstream
lightseekorg/tokenspeed#1079 closes the wire gap by piggybacking a load
snapshot on every BatchTokenIDOutSlim (the msgpack wire drops the
pickle-mode GetLoad control replies, so the output batch is the only
in-band channel).
That signal has one structural flaw the client must own: engines report
load only when tokens flow, and a terminal batch's snapshot is sampled
before its own finish commits — so the last thing an idle rank ever
says is "still busy". Left stored, an idle rank is shunned forever.
Solution
Decode the four appended tail fields (num_running, num_waiting,
kv_active_pages, kv_total_pages) and surface them as the engine-neutral
EngineLoad the DP scorer already consumes — running/waiting verbatim,
KV usage as active/total.
kv_total_pages == 0marks a pre-piggybacksender: report no load rather than fabricating an empty scheduler.
For staleness, the client is the authority on quiescence: it routed
every request, so when a rank's id-keyed in-flight set empties,
releasezeroes that rank's stored queue counts (KV is left asreported — cache pages outlive requests). The dispatcher stores a
batch's load before releasing its finished ids, so a terminal batch's
own stale snapshot is clamped in the same tick. This is engine-neutral
and covers vLLM dense-DP ranks too, which stop reporting the same way.
Changes
protocol/tokenspeed/output.rs: model the four load tail fields(append-only wire; zeros from older senders); cross-language vector
re-captured from the Python msgspec encoder in the 14-element form,
with the 9- and 10-element older-sender vectors kept as decode tests.
protocol/tokenspeed/mod.rs:decode_batchmaps the snapshot toEngineBatch.load,Nonewithout one.connector.rs:releasezeroes a rank's stored queue counts whenits in-flight set empties.
surviving past the reporting rank's last request); both now observe
load mid-stream, which was their actual intent.
Test Plan
cargo test -p engine-zmq-client: 77 passed. New coverage:decode_batch_maps_outputs_and_finished_idsasserts the snapshotsurfaces as
EngineLoad(kv 100/400 -> 0.25).decode_batch_reports_no_load_without_a_snapshotpins thekv_total_pages == 0contract.pre_load_ten_element_batch_decodes_with_zero_snapshot+pre_dp_nine_element_batch_decodes_as_rank_zeropin both oldersender generations against real msgspec bytes.
an_emptied_rank_sheds_its_stale_queue_counts— rank 0 finishesits last request with a stale-heavy terminal snapshot; the next
unpinned request must prefer it over a rank with real work.
Mutation-tested: fails with the clamp removed.
cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets -- -D warningsclean;pre-commit clean on touched files.
until then the decoder sees zeros and reports no load, exactly as
before this change.
Refs: lightseekorg/tokenspeed#1079 (the wire side), #2121 (TokenSpeed DP).
Checklist
cargo +nightly fmtpassescargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warningspasses