[Bugfix][Nixl] Fix kernel physical<>logical block_size issue (#28677)

Signed-off-by: NickLucche <nlucches@redhat.com>

tests/v1/worker/test_gpu_model_runner.py

@@ -985,8 +985,10 @@ def test_hybrid_block_table_initialization():
     req_index = 0
     block_table.append_row(kvcache_manager_blocks, req_index)
     # Get expected kernel blocks from the implementation for verification.
-    expected_kernel_blocks = block_table._map_to_kernel_blocks(
+    expected_kernel_blocks = block_table.map_to_kernel_blocks(
-        np.array(kvcache_manager_blocks)
+        np.array(kvcache_manager_blocks),
+        block_table.blocks_per_kv_block,
+        block_table._kernel_block_arange,
     )
     # Verify block table state
     assert block_table.num_blocks_per_row[req_index] == len(expected_kernel_blocks)

vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.utils.network_utils import make_zmq_path, make_zmq_socket
 from vllm.v1.attention.backends.utils import get_kv_cache_layout
 from vllm.v1.core.sched.output import SchedulerOutput
+from vllm.v1.worker.block_table import BlockTable
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from vllm.attention.backends.abstract import AttentionMetadata
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ class NixlAgentMetadata(KVConnectorHandshakeMetadata):
 @dataclass
 class ReqMeta:
     local_block_ids: list[int]
+    # To be used when logical block size does not match the kernel block size
+    local_physical_block_ids: list[int]
     remote_block_ids: list[int]
     remote_host: str
     remote_port: int
@@ -139,6 +142,7 @@ class NixlConnectorMetadata(KVConnectorMetadata):
         assert load_remote_cache ^ save_to_host
         _req = ReqMeta(
             local_block_ids=local_block_ids,
+            local_physical_block_ids=local_block_ids,
             remote_block_ids=kv_transfer_params["remote_block_ids"],
             remote_engine_id=kv_transfer_params["remote_engine_id"],
             remote_host=kv_transfer_params["remote_host"],
@@ -935,6 +939,7 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
             attn_backend=backend,
         )
         self._use_pallas = self.kv_topo._use_pallas
+        self._physical_blocks_per_logical_kv_block = 1
 
     def _nixl_handshake(
         self,
@@ -1133,6 +1138,22 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
                 if base_addr in seen_base_addresses:
                     continue
 
+                # TODO (NickLucche): Get kernel_block_size in a cleaner way
+                # NHD default "view" for non-MLA cache
+                kernel_block_size = cache.shape[-2] if self.use_mla else cache.shape[-3]
+
+                if self.block_size != kernel_block_size:
+                    logger.info_once(
+                        "User-specified logical block size (%s) does not match"
+                        " physical kernel block size (%s). Using the latter. ",
+                        self.block_size,
+                        kernel_block_size,
+                    )
+                    self._physical_blocks_per_logical_kv_block = (
+                        self.block_size // kernel_block_size
+                    )
+                    self.block_size = kernel_block_size
+
                 seen_base_addresses.append(base_addr)
                 curr_tensor_size_bytes = cache.numel() * cache.element_size()
 
@@ -1479,7 +1500,7 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
         assert self.use_host_buffer
         assert self.copy_blocks is not None
 
-        local_block_ids = meta.local_block_ids
+        local_block_ids = meta.local_physical_block_ids
         self.copy_blocks(
             self.host_xfer_buffers,
             self.device_kv_caches,
@@ -1492,7 +1513,7 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
                 "synced recved kv of request[%s] to device kv buffer,"
                 "local_block_ids: %s. ",
                 req_id,
-                ",".join(map(str, meta.local_block_ids)),
+                ",".join(map(str, local_block_ids)),
             )
 
     def save_kv_to_host(self, metadata: NixlConnectorMetadata):
@@ -1501,19 +1522,22 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
         assert self.copy_blocks is not None
 
         for req_id, meta in metadata.reqs_to_save.items():
+            meta.local_physical_block_ids = self._logical_to_kernel_block_ids(
+                meta.local_block_ids
+            )
             if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
                 logger.debug(
                     "save_load_kv for request[%s] to host xfer buffer."
                     "local_block_ids: %s. ",
                     req_id,
-                    ",".join(map(str, meta.local_block_ids)),
+                    ",".join(map(str, meta.local_physical_block_ids)),
                 )
             # blocking
             self.copy_blocks(
                 self.device_kv_caches,
                 self.host_xfer_buffers,
-                meta.local_block_ids,
+                meta.local_physical_block_ids,
-                meta.local_block_ids,
+                meta.local_physical_block_ids,
                 "d2h",
             )
 
@@ -1582,7 +1606,7 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
             if self.use_host_buffer:
                 self.sync_recved_kv_to_device(req_id, meta)
             if self.enable_permute_local_kv:
-                block_ids_to_permute += meta.local_block_ids
+                block_ids_to_permute += meta.local_physical_block_ids
         if len(block_ids_to_permute) > 0:
             self.permute_device_kv(block_ids_to_permute)
 
@@ -1669,7 +1693,7 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
                         req_id,
                         xfer_state,
                     )
-                    # mark all blocks for this request as invalid
+                    # mark all (logical)blocks for this request as invalid
                     if meta := self._recving_metadata.pop(req_id, None):
                         self._invalid_block_ids.update(meta.local_block_ids)
                     self._recving_metadata.pop(req_id, None)
@@ -1686,13 +1710,19 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
         We check for these trnxs to complete in each step().
         """
         for req_id, meta in metadata.reqs_to_recv.items():
+            meta.local_physical_block_ids = self._logical_to_kernel_block_ids(
+                meta.local_block_ids
+            )
+            meta.remote_block_ids = self._logical_to_kernel_block_ids(
+                meta.remote_block_ids
+            )
             remote_engine_id = meta.remote_engine_id
             logger.debug(
                 "start_load_kv for request %s from remote engine %s. "
                 "Num local_block_ids: %s. Num remote_block_ids: %s. ",
                 req_id,
                 remote_engine_id,
-                len(meta.local_block_ids),
+                len(meta.local_physical_block_ids),
                 len(meta.remote_block_ids),
             )
             # always store metadata for failure recovery
@@ -1740,7 +1770,7 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
         self._read_blocks(
             request_id=req_id,
             dst_engine_id=meta.remote_engine_id,
-            local_block_ids=meta.local_block_ids,
+            local_block_ids=meta.local_physical_block_ids,
             remote_block_ids=meta.remote_block_ids,
         )
 
@@ -1867,7 +1897,7 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
                 "Marking blocks as invalid.",
                 request_id,
             )
-            # mark all blocks for this request as invalid
+            # mark all (logical) blocks for this request as invalid
             if meta := self._recving_metadata.get(request_id):
                 self._invalid_block_ids.update(meta.local_block_ids)
             self.xfer_stats.record_failed_transfer()
@@ -1906,6 +1936,23 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
         descs_ids = region_ids * num_blocks + block_ids
         return descs_ids.flatten()
 
+    def _logical_to_kernel_block_ids(self, block_ids: list[int]) -> list[int]:
+        """
+        Convert logical block ids to kernel physical block ids.
+        This is required when the logical block size (the one set by the user)
+        does not match the one required by the attn backend.
+        """
+        if self._physical_blocks_per_logical_kv_block == 1:
+            # Noop when physical and logical block sizes are the same
+            return block_ids
+        block_ids_np = np.array(block_ids)
+        block_arange = np.arange(0, self._physical_blocks_per_logical_kv_block).reshape(
+            1, -1
+        )
+        return BlockTable.map_to_kernel_blocks(
+            block_ids_np, self._physical_blocks_per_logical_kv_block, block_arange
+        ).tolist()
+
     def get_backend_aware_kv_block_len(self, layer_idx: int):
         """
         Get the block length for one K/V element (K and V have the same size).

vllm/v1/worker/block_table.py

@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ class BlockTable:
             return
 
         if self.use_hybrid_blocks:
-            block_ids = self._map_to_kernel_blocks(np.array(block_ids))
+            block_ids = self.map_to_kernel_blocks(
+                np.array(block_ids), self.blocks_per_kv_block, self._kernel_block_arange
+            )
 
         num_blocks = len(block_ids)
         start = self.num_blocks_per_row[row_idx]
@@ -188,7 +190,12 @@ class BlockTable:
         self.block_table.gpu.fill_(0)
         self.block_table.cpu.fill_(0)
 
-    def _map_to_kernel_blocks(self, kv_manager_block_ids: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
+    @staticmethod
+    def map_to_kernel_blocks(
+        kv_manager_block_ids: np.ndarray,
+        blocks_per_kv_block: int,
+        kernel_block_arange: np.ndarray,
+    ) -> np.ndarray:
         """Convert kv_manager_block_id IDs to kernel block IDs.
 
         Example:
@@ -203,12 +210,12 @@ class BlockTable:
             # kv_manager_block_id 1 → kernel block id [2, 3]
             # kv_manager_block_id 2 → kernel block id [4, 5]
         """
-        if not self.use_hybrid_blocks:
+        if blocks_per_kv_block == 1:
             return kv_manager_block_ids
 
         kernel_block_ids = (
-            kv_manager_block_ids.reshape(-1, 1) * self.blocks_per_kv_block
+            kv_manager_block_ids.reshape(-1, 1) * blocks_per_kv_block
-            + self._kernel_block_arange
+            + kernel_block_arange
         )
 
         return kernel_block_ids.reshape(-1)