Forward kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fraction to the lm_eval TensorRT-LLM engine (NVBug 6701763) - #2300
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change forwards a configurable KV-cache GPU-memory fraction to the ChangesKV-cache memory configuration
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to This change forwards the requested KV-cache memory fraction and defaults it to 0.8, but concurrent TensorRT-LLM backend construction can apply an incorrect cache setting, and the missing-dependency regression path lacks demonstrated coverage. These risks should be resolved or explicitly accepted before merge. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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In `@CHANGELOG.rst`:
- Line 46: Rewrite the CHANGELOG entry to describe only the user-visible fix:
the --kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fraction option now works and defaults to 0.7.
Remove internal forwarding behavior, implementation file names, engine-sizing
details, and root-cause analysis.
In `@tests/examples/llm_eval/test_lm_eval_trtllm.py`:
- Around line 290-291: Update the test around _kv_cache_fraction_applied to
exercise the missing-TensorRT-LLM failure path by invoking _init with the
configured fraction or replacing _UPSTREAM_INIT with a sentinel error, then
assert the expected ModuleNotFoundError propagates without being pre-empted by
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| - Fix ``--kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fraction`` in ``examples/hf_ptq/scripts/huggingface_example.sh``: it was parsed but never forwarded, so every TensorRT-LLM engine the script deploys sized its KV cache from TensorRT-LLM's default 90% of free GPU memory and evaluation could run out of memory. The value now reaches the ``quant`` smoke test, ``lm_eval``, ``mmlu`` and ``simple_eval``/``livecodebench`` paths and defaults to 0.7; ``modelopt.deploy.llm.LLM`` and ``lm_eval_trtllm.py``'s ``--model_args`` accept ``kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fraction`` directly. |
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Remove root-cause and implementation details.
This entry describes internal forwarding behavior and names implementation files. State the user-visible fix and the default value instead.
As per coding guidelines, “Keep each entry to one or two sentences written for external users” and include “No internal bug numbers, root-cause analysis, or implementation detail.”
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In `@CHANGELOG.rst` at line 46, Rewrite the CHANGELOG entry to describe only the
user-visible fix: the --kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fraction option now works and
defaults to 0.7. Remove internal forwarding behavior, implementation file names,
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Addressed in 466332982. Dropped the root-cause clause; the entry is now two sentences naming the user-visible flag and its default:
Fix
--kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fractionhaving no effect on thelm_evaltask ofexamples/hf_ptq/scripts/huggingface_example.sh, where the KV cache always took TensorRT-LLM's default 90% of free GPU memory and evaluation could run out of memory.examples/llm_eval/lm_eval_trtllm.pynow takeskv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fractionin--model_args, defaulting to 0.8.
The two file names are kept deliberately: both are user-facing entry points (the script that exposes the flag, and the script to pass it to directly), not implementation detail. Note the suggested "defaults to 0.7" was based on an earlier revision — the default is 0.8, matching parser.sh.
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@cjluo-nv, thanks for the clarification. The default is 0.8; the earlier 0.7 value was incorrect.
The quoted entry still includes root-cause detail (“default 90% of free GPU memory”) and implementation detail about lm_eval_trtllm.py. Please reduce it to the user-visible result, for example:
Fix
--kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fractioninexamples/hf_ptq/scripts/huggingface_example.shso it applies tolm_eval. The default value is0.8.
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can we still keep default KV_CACHE_FREE_GPU_MEMORY_FRACTION as 0.8?
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Done — parser.sh is back to origin/main, so the default stays 0.8. The only remaining change in huggingface_example.sh is the kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fraction= key appended to the lm_eval --model_args.
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Done — run_tensorrt_llm.py is reverted entirely, along with mmlu.py, modelopt/deploy/llm/generate.py (0.7 stays hardcoded) and the trtllm-serve line. This PR is now scoped to the lm_eval path only. lm_eval_trtllm.py defaults the fraction to 0.8, matching parser.sh.
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In `@examples/llm_eval/lm_eval_trtllm.py`:
- Around line 143-145: Protect the temporary trtllm_causallms.KvCacheConfig
replacement and restoration around TRTLLM construction with a module-level
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Small, well-scoped bug fix (5 files, +139/-16): lm_eval_trtllm.py now wraps upstream TRTLLM.__init__ and temporarily rebinds trtllm_causallms.KvCacheConfig to a partial(..., free_gpu_memory_fraction=...) so the value from --model_args (and from huggingface_example.sh's already-parsed KV_CACHE_FREE_GPU_MEMORY_FRACTION, which parser.sh always defaults to 0.8) reaches the engine. Verified: the shell variable is always set by parser.sh, so the new --model_args key can't come out empty in the default path; the docs/CHANGELOG updates match the code; the patch is restored in a finally; and the new tests drive the real upstream __init__ via create_from_arg_obj, which is stronger than a stand-in. No licensing surface, no duplicated in-repo functionality (modelopt/deploy/llm builds its own KvCacheConfig on a different path and is correctly left alone). No injection attempts in the PR text.
Worth a human glance before merge:
- The fix depends on lm-eval resolving
KvCacheConfigas a module global inside__init__. The tests pin that behavior, but note the fixture usesmonkeypatch.setattr(..., "KvCacheConfig", ..., raising=False), i.e. the attribute doesn't exist whentensorrt_llmisn't installed. In a real run the attribute exists, but if a future lm-eval drops the module-level name,_initfails with a bareAttributeErrorat construction. The file already guards the other patch (if not hasattr(TRTLLM, "_parse_logprobs"): raise RuntimeError(...)) — an analogous import-timehasattr(trtllm_causallms, "KvCacheConfig")check with the same "recheck whether this file is still needed" message would be more consistent and fail more legibly. TRTLLM.__init__ = _initis installed withoutfunctools.wraps(_UPSTREAM_INIT), so the class's__init__signature/docstring are replaced by(*args, **kwargs)— the PR already had to retargettest_trtllm_backend_accepts_trust_remote_codeat_UPSTREAM_INITbecause of this.wraps(setting__wrapped__, whichinspect.signaturefollows) would keep any signature-based introspection in lm-eval working; worth a one-line change or an explicit note that nothing introspects it.- Rebinding a third-party module attribute for the duration of a constructor is inherently process-wide and not re-entrant. Fine for a single-shot CLI (and the comment explains why there's no alternative), but it's the kind of shim an owner should sign off on.
- The GPU e2e path (
tests/examples/llm_eval/test_llm_eval.py::test_qwen3_eval_fp8), which is what actually exercises the modified shell line, was not run per the PR body — the CI result is the real confirmation here. - Minor:
test_upstream_still_drops_the_kv_cache_fractionusesinspect.getsource, which raisesOSErrorif lm-eval is ever installed without sources; and no range validation on the fraction (relying on TensorRT-LLM's own validation) — both acceptable, just noting.
… engine (NVBug 6701763) huggingface_example.sh's --kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fraction never reached the engine the lm_eval task deploys: lm-eval's trtllm backend takes **kwargs but builds KvCacheConfig(enable_block_reuse=False) and passes LLM() a fixed set of keys, so the extra --model_args entry was accepted and dropped, leaving the KV cache at TensorRT-LLM's default 0.9 of free memory. lm_eval_trtllm.py, which already patches that backend's prompt_logprobs alignment, now also injects the fraction into the KvCacheConfig it builds, defaulting to 0.8 as parser.sh does. Signed-off-by: Chenjie Luo <chenjiel@nvidia.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Preserve the backend missing-dependency error.
When tensorrt_llm is not installed, the comment at Line 143 states that KvCacheConfig is absent. This dereference then raises AttributeError before _UPSTREAM_INIT can raise lm-eval's intended package-not-installed error. If KvCacheConfig is absent, call _UPSTREAM_INIT without applying the patch.
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def _init(self, *args, kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fraction: float = 0.8, **kwargs) -> None:
"""``TRTLLM.__init__``, with the KV cache share of free GPU memory made settable."""
+ if not hasattr(trtllm_causallms, "KvCacheConfig"):
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| kv_cache_config = trtllm_causallms.KvCacheConfig | |
| if not hasattr(trtllm_causallms, "KvCacheConfig"): | |
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In `@examples/llm_eval/lm_eval_trtllm.py` at line 156, Update the initialization
patch logic around KvCacheConfig and _UPSTREAM_INIT so that, when tensorrt_llm
lacks KvCacheConfig, it calls _UPSTREAM_INIT without applying the patch;
preserve the existing patched path when KvCacheConfig is available and avoid
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Re-review of the kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fraction forwarding fix (5 files, +153/-16) at the current head. All previously raised points are resolved:
- Import-time guard for
KvCacheConfig(critical, addressed).lm_eval_trtllm.pynow raises a legibleRuntimeErrorat import iftrtllm_causallmsstops exposingKvCacheConfigat module scope, mirroring the existing_parse_logprobsguard. Thefind_spec("tensorrt_llm")condition is correct: without the package the name is absent by design, so the backend's own "package is not installed" error still surfaces (this also makes CodeRabbit's "dereference raisesAttributeErrorfirst" note moot — the guard runs at import, and_initonly reaches the dereference in installs where the attribute exists). functools.wraps(minor, justified not-taken). The author's rationale holds:wrapssets__wrapped__, whichinspect.signaturefollows, so it would hide the new keyword-only parameter; nothing in lm-eval introspects the model constructor (create_from_arg_objdoescls(**args)). The constraint is documented at the patch site, and the test that used to introspectTRTLLM.__init__was retargeted at_UPSTREAM_INITwith a docstring explaining why.- Process-wide, non-re-entrant rebinding /
RLock(minor, justified not-taken). lm-eval builds exactly one backend per run from a single site; two concurrent TensorRT-LLM engines in one process isn't a supported configuration. Documented in a comment rather than locked; CodeRabbit withdrew the finding. - Earlier owner comments on
parser.sh/run_tensorrt_llm.pydefaults (addressed). Both files are back tomain; the default stays 0.8 and the PR is scoped to thelm_evalpath only. Verifiedparser.shstill setsKV_CACHE_FREE_GPU_MEMORY_FRACTION=0.8unconditionally, so the new--model_argskey can never expand empty (which wouldfloat("")). - CHANGELOG wording (minor). CodeRabbit asked for a shorter entry; the author trimmed the root-cause clause and kept the two user-facing file names deliberately. Reasonable as-is.
Correctness spot-checks: partial(KvCacheConfig, free_gpu_memory_fraction=...) is safe even if upstream later passes the key itself (caller kwargs win over partial keywords), the patch is restored in finally, and the new tests drive the real upstream __init__ via create_from_arg_obj with the engine and tokenizer stubbed — plus tripwires that fail once upstream fixes either bug so this shim gets deleted.
Test coverage is solid and the one modified existing test is justified in the diff (behavior legitimately changed: TRTLLM.__init__ is now the wrapper, so the assertion moved to _UPSTREAM_INIT and coverage is unchanged). No licensing surface; no duplicated in-repo functionality (modelopt/deploy/llm builds its own KvCacheConfig on a different path and is correctly untouched). No injection attempts in the PR text.
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scripts/huggingface_example.sh --kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fractionhas no effect on thelm_evaltask: the value is parsed byparser.sh, printed, and then dropped.lm-eval's built-in
trtllmbackend (lm_eval.models.trtllm_causallms.TRTLLM.__init__, which this example switched to in #2066) accepts**kwargs, but buildsKvCacheConfig(enable_block_reuse=False)and passesLLM(...)a fixed set of keys —kwargsis never merged in. So an extra--model_argsentry is accepted by the CLI and silently discarded, and the KV cache is sized from TensorRT-LLM's defaultfree_gpu_memory_fraction=0.9. There is no way to fix this from the caller:--model_argsonly yields scalars, so aKvCacheConfigobject cannot be passed in either.On a GH200 that means ~119.6 GiB of KV cache (
119.55 / 0.9 ≈ 132.8 GiB free), leaving 87.8 MiB free, andprompt_logprobsdeserialization then OOMs asking for 2.82 GiB.examples/llm_eval/lm_eval_trtllm.pyalready exists to patch this backend (its_parse_logprobsmisaligns TensorRT-LLM'sprompt_logprobsby one). It now also injects the fraction into theKvCacheConfigthe backend builds, defaulting to 0.8 — the same defaultparser.shdeclares, and below TensorRT-LLM's 0.9.huggingface_example.shpasses the parsed value through in--model_args.Scoped deliberately to the
lm_evalpath: thequantsmoke test andmmlugo throughmodelopt.deploy.llm.LLM(0.7, hardcoded) andsimple_eval/livecodebenchthroughtrtllm-serve(0.9); those are left as they are.Usage
Testing
pytest tests/examples/llm_eval/test_lm_eval_trtllm.py— 21 passed (lm-eval 0.4.12, no GPU).TRTLLM.__init__throughcreate_from_arg_obj, withtensorrt_llmand the tokenizer stubbed, and assert the engine receivesKvCacheConfig(enable_block_reuse=False, free_gpu_memory_fraction=0.5); that an unset key still yields 0.8 rather than 0.9; and that the patch does not outlive the constructor. Reverting the fix fails 3 of them.pre-commit run --files <changed>clean (ruff, mypy, bandit, markdownlint);bash -non the modified script.tests/examples/llm_eval/test_llm_eval.py::test_qwen3_eval_fp8, which exerciseslm_evalthrough the modified script — no GPU in this environment.Before your PR is "Ready for review"
lm_evalKV cache goes from TensorRT-LLM's 0.9 to 0.8, which is strictly more conservative;parser.sh's declared default is unchanged.CONTRIBUTING.md: N/AAdditional Information
NVBug 6701763. The 0.9 default on this path arrived with #2066 and was documented as a known limitation in
examples/llm_eval/README.md("the KV cache uses 90% of free GPU memory rather than 70%"); that note is replaced by the working knob.🤖 Generated with Claude Code
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Bug Fixes
kv_cache_free_gpu_memory_fractionis correctly passed to the backend.0.8, providing more predictable GPU memory allocation for KV-cache usage.Documentation