test-model-qwen3.5-0.8b-pd-nixl
Testing & QualityLightLLM Qwen3.5-0.8B PD disaggregation over NIXL gsm8k: pd_master on 8089, prefill on 8001, decode on 8002. Supports TP1 and TP2 runs by setting TP / PREFILL_CUDA_DEVICES / DECODE_CUDA_DEVICES. Qwen3.5 has linear-attention state transfer; use --pd_kv_page_size 2048 and --pd_kv_page_num 16. lm_eval hits pd_master URL. Requires UCX/RDMA env, nvidia_peermem check, curl warmup before lm_eval, registration wait in pd_master.log, and summary.txt. Includes optional repeated-prompt decode cache probe for linear-att page-boundary behavior.
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Qwen3.5-0.8B PD 分离(NIXL) 本地 GSM8K 评测
测试标识:同一 MODEL_DIR(Qwen3.5-0.8B) 下拆三条 api_server 进程:
pd_master、prefill、decode。评测和 warmup 只访问
pd_master 的 HTTP 端口 8089。
Qwen3.5 与 Qwen3-8B 的关键差异:
| 项 | Qwen3.5-0.8B NIXL PD 要点 |
|---|---|
| linear-att 状态 | PD 传输除了 KV page,还会传 linear_att_state 特殊页 |
| NIXL page size | 建议固定 --pd_kv_page_size 2048;1024 可能不足以容纳 linear-att 状态 |
| page num | 建议 --pd_kv_page_num 16 起步,避免 page 池过大导致显存压力 |
| cache 判断 | repeated prompt 可能只在 prefill 侧命中,decode 侧不一定 decode-only 命中 |
日志目录
每轮使用独立 LOG_DIR,至少保留:
summary.txtpd_master.logprefill.logdecode.logcurl_warmup.logeval_gsm8k.log
建议命名:
export LOG_DIR="/mtc/wzj/lightllm_dev2/LightLLM/test/benchmark/static_inference/log/qwen35_pd_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
mkdir -p "${LOG_DIR}"
启动前检查
- 模型目录:优先使用
MODEL_DIR=/mtc/models/Qwen3.5-0.8B;不存在时再改成本机实际路径。 - 端口:确认
8089、8001、8002空闲。 - 显卡:TP1 需要 prefill/decode 各 1 张卡;TP2 需要 prefill/decode 各 2 张卡,互不重叠。
- 代理:启动服务和评测前清空
http_proxy/https_proxy;评测设置no_proxy。 - UCX/RDMA:prefill/decode 启动前设置
UCX_NET_DEVICES、UCX_TLS。本机若默认 UCX 打到mlx5_8报Address not valid,可显式使用mlx5_0:1到mlx5_7:1。 - nvidia_peermem:运行本目录的
check_nvidia_peermem.sh,结果写入summary.txt。 - MPS:如需更稳定的高并发/传输性能,可在启动服务前开启 NVIDIA MPS,并把开启状态写入
summary.txt。
变量配置
TP2 推荐配置
export MODEL_DIR=/mtc/models/Qwen3.5-0.8B
export MODEL_NAME='qwen/Qwen3.5-0.8B'
export TP=2
export PREFILL_CUDA_DEVICES='0,1'
export DECODE_CUDA_DEVICES='2,3'
export PD_KV_PAGE_SIZE=2048
export PD_KV_PAGE_NUM=16
export PD_MASTER_IP="$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')"
export HOST="${PD_MASTER_IP}"
TP1 快速验证配置
export MODEL_DIR=/mtc/models/Qwen3.5-0.8B
export MODEL_NAME='qwen/Qwen3.5-0.8B'
export TP=1
export PREFILL_CUDA_DEVICES='4'
export DECODE_CUDA_DEVICES='5'
export PD_KV_PAGE_SIZE=2048
export PD_KV_PAGE_NUM=16
export PD_MASTER_IP="$(hostname -I | awk '{print $1}')"
export HOST="${PD_MASTER_IP}"
UCX 示例
按本机拓扑调整,不要盲目照抄其它机器:
export UCX_NET_DEVICES='mlx5_0:1,mlx5_1:1,mlx5_2:1,mlx5_3:1,mlx5_4:1,mlx5_5:1,mlx5_6:1,mlx5_7:1'
export UCX_TLS=rc,cuda,gdr_copy
启动命令
先写入基础信息:
export http_proxy=
export https_proxy=
export no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,::1,${PD_MASTER_IP}
{
echo "MODEL_DIR=${MODEL_DIR}"
echo "MODEL_NAME=${MODEL_NAME}"
echo "TP=${TP}"
echo "PREFILL_CUDA_DEVICES=${PREFILL_CUDA_DEVICES}"
echo "DECODE_CUDA_DEVICES=${DECODE_CUDA_DEVICES}"
echo "PD_KV_PAGE_SIZE=${PD_KV_PAGE_SIZE}"
echo "PD_KV_PAGE_NUM=${PD_KV_PAGE_NUM}"
echo "PD_MASTER_IP=${PD_MASTER_IP}"
echo "HOST=${HOST}"
echo "UCX_NET_DEVICES=${UCX_NET_DEVICES-}"
echo "UCX_TLS=${UCX_TLS-}"
} | tee "${LOG_DIR}/summary.txt"
bash skills/test_model/qwen3.5-0.8b-pd-nixl/check_nvidia_peermem.sh >> "${LOG_DIR}/summary.txt" 2>&1
1. 启动 pd_master
nohup python -m lightllm.server.api_server \
--model_dir "${MODEL_DIR}" \
--run_mode pd_master \
--host "${PD_MASTER_IP}" \
--port 8089 \
>> "${LOG_DIR}/pd_master.log" 2>&1 &
等待 8089 listen 后再启动节点。
2. 启动 prefill
LOADWORKER=18 CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="${PREFILL_CUDA_DEVICES}" \
nohup python -m lightllm.server.api_server \
--model_dir "${MODEL_DIR}" \
--run_mode prefill \
--tp "${TP}" \
--dp 1 \
--host "${HOST}" \
--port 8001 \
--disable_cudagraph \
--pd_master_ip "${PD_MASTER_IP}" \
--pd_master_port 8089 \
--pd_kv_page_size "${PD_KV_PAGE_SIZE}" \
--pd_kv_page_num "${PD_KV_PAGE_NUM}" \
>> "${LOG_DIR}/prefill.log" 2>&1 &
3. 启动 decode
LOADWORKER=18 CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES="${DECODE_CUDA_DEVICES}" \
nohup python -m lightllm.server.api_server \
--model_dir "${MODEL_DIR}" \
--run_mode decode \
--tp "${TP}" \
--dp 1 \
--host "${HOST}" \
--port 8002 \
--pd_master_ip "${PD_MASTER_IP}" \
--pd_master_port 8089 \
--pd_kv_page_size "${PD_KV_PAGE_SIZE}" \
--pd_kv_page_num "${PD_KV_PAGE_NUM}" \
>> "${LOG_DIR}/decode.log" 2>&1 &
就绪判定
不要只看端口。必须等待 pd_master.log 同时出现:
mode: prefill ... registed
mode: decode ... registed
可用命令:
rg 'mode: prefill .* registed|mode: decode .* registed|ERROR|Traceback|Exception' "${LOG_DIR}/pd_master.log" "${LOG_DIR}/prefill.log" "${LOG_DIR}/decode.log"
Warmup
lm_eval 前必须先打一次 pd_master:
curl -sS -w "\nhttp_code:%{http_code}\n" -X POST "http://${PD_MASTER_IP}:8089/v1/completions" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"model\":\"${MODEL_NAME}\",\"prompt\":\"warmup\",\"max_tokens\":16,\"temperature\":0}" \
| tee "${LOG_DIR}/curl_warmup.log"
期望 http_code:200。失败时先查 pd_master.log / prefill.log / decode.log,不要直接跑全量评测。
GSM8K 评测
默认并发和 batch 使用 64,避免高并发掩盖关键问题;压测时再提高。
export http_proxy=
export https_proxy=
export no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0,::1,${PD_MASTER_IP}
HF_ALLOW_CODE_EVAL=1 HF_DATASETS_OFFLINE=0 \
lm_eval --model local-completions \
--model_args "model=${MODEL_NAME},base_url=http://${PD_MASTER_IP}:8089/v1/completions,num_concurrent=64,max_retries=3,tokenized_requests=False,tokenizer=${MODEL_DIR}" \
--tasks gsm8k \
--batch_size 64 \
--confirm_run_unsafe_code \
>> "${LOG_DIR}/eval_gsm8k.log" 2>&1
提取结果:
rg -n 'flexible-extract|strict-match|exact_match|Traceback|ERROR|can not find waiting WRITE task|has_error=True' \
"${LOG_DIR}/eval_gsm8k.log" "${LOG_DIR}/pd_master.log" "${LOG_DIR}/prefill.log" "${LOG_DIR}/decode.log" \
| tee -a "${LOG_DIR}/summary.txt"
参考正常结果:
| 场景 | 参考精度 |
|---|---|
| TP1 NIXL PD | flexible-extract exact_match ~= 0.332,strict-match exact_match ~= 0.327 |
| TP2 NIXL PD | flexible-extract exact_match ~= 0.331,strict-match exact_match ~= 0.328 |
可选:decode-only cache 命中探针
这个探针用于确认重复 prompt 是否在 decode 节点全命中。Qwen3.5 的 linear-att cache 以
linear_att_hash_page_size 为粒度,默认 512。历史观察显示:
- prefill 侧会按 512 token 粒度逐步命中,例如 513 的第二次可命中 512。
- decode 侧可能仍为
gpu cache hit: False、gpu_prompt_cache_len:0。 - 只要 decode 未全命中,仍会出现
recv WRITE request from prefill和linear_att_state传输。
简单重复 prompt
在同一套服务生命周期内连续请求两次相同 prompt:
PROMPT_FILE="${LOG_DIR}/repeat_prompt.txt"
python3 - <<'PY' "${MODEL_DIR}" "${PROMPT_FILE}"
from transformers import AutoTokenizer
import sys
tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(sys.argv[1], trust_remote_code=True)
target = 2049
s = "Qwen3.5 linear attention cache boundary probe. "
unit = " Repeatable cache probe sentence."
while len(tok.encode(s, add_special_tokens=False)) < target:
s += unit
open(sys.argv[2], "w").write(s)
print(len(tok.encode(s, add_special_tokens=False)))
PY
for i in 1 2; do
curl -sS -X POST "http://${PD_MASTER_IP}:8089/v1/completions" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d "{\"model\":\"${MODEL_NAME}\",\"prompt\":$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.dumps(open(sys.argv[1]).read()))' "${PROMPT_FILE}"),\"max_tokens\":4,\"temperature\":0}" \
> "${LOG_DIR}/repeat_${i}.json"
sleep 2
done
判定信号
rg -n 'gpu cache hit:|recv WRITE request from prefill|start WRITE to decode node|linear_att_state|trans task ret success' \
"${LOG_DIR}/prefill.log" "${LOG_DIR}/decode.log" \
| tee -a "${LOG_DIR}/summary.txt"
decode-only 全命中的期望信号:
| 日志 | 期望 |
|---|---|
decode.log | gpu cache hit: True |
decode.log | gpu_prompt_cache_len 接近 prompt_tokens 或至少 input_len - cur_kv_len <= 1 |
decode.log | 不再出现真实 recv WRITE request from prefill |
prefill.log | 不再出现对应请求的 start WRITE to decode node |
如果 decode 仍是 gpu cache hit: False gpu_prompt_cache_len:0,则说明没有进入 decode-only 命中路径。
常见问题
| 现象 | 处理 |
|---|---|
NIXL_ERR_BACKEND / uct_iface_open(rc_verbs/mlx5_8:1) failed: Address not valid | 显式设置可用 UCX_NET_DEVICES,例如避开 mlx5_8/9 |
digest sent was rejected | 多为快速重启后的共享内存 / multiprocessing authkey 残留;清理端口和残留 lightllm::... worker 后重启 |
can not find waiting WRITE task | 检查 NIXL notify key、abort 日志、以及 pd_io_struct.py 中 key 是否包含进程本地 req_idx |
| 1024 page size 失败 | Qwen3.5 linear-att state 页可能放不下;使用 --pd_kv_page_size 2048 |
| 第二次同 prompt 仍走 WRITE | 可能是 decode 侧没有建立可复用 cache,或 linear-att 尾块状态无法全命中 |
收尾
结束后释放本轮服务:
fuser -k 8089/tcp 8001/tcp 8002/tcp || true
如仍有显存占用,检查残留 worker:
ps -eo pid,ppid,stat,cmd | rg 'lightllm::|api_server|hypercorn'
nvidia-smi --query-compute-apps=pid,process_name,used_memory --format=csv