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  • _check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle now always polls context-transfer status.
  • The restored is_idle parameter fixes the single-rank CTX idle-reap NameError.
  • Redundant comments and docstrings were removed.
  • Obsolete collective-safety helpers and tests were removed.
  • No public API, configuration, or test-list changes were identified.

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  • Modified test_sync_single_rank_ctx_reaps_idle_transfer.
  • Removed TestIdleDisaggLoopPacing and test_pp_ring_drained_only_when_no_microbatch_is_outstanding.
  • Existing TestDisaggTransferIdleProgress tests cover the restored idle-reap behavior.
  • No integration test-list coverage references were found.
  • Verdict: sufficient.

Description

PR #17324 left several multi-paragraph docstrings/comments on
_check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle, _pace_idle_disagg_loop, and
_pp_ring_is_drained that re-explained things already clear from the code
or from the commit history. This trims them to what's actually non-obvious.

While trimming, found that _check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle had
dropped its is_idle parameter but the body still referenced is_idle
a NameError on the single-rank CTX idle-reap path. Restored the parameter
and its two call sites (scheduled_batch.batch_size == 0, matching the
pre-#17324 semantics).

Also removes test_pp_ring_drained_only_when_no_microbatch_is_outstanding,
which only exercised _pp_ring_is_drained as an isolated private helper
rather than through actual loop behavior.

Test Coverage

No behavior change beyond the is_idle fix, which is covered by the
existing TestDisaggTransferIdleProgress tests in
tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_py_executor.py.

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The change makes idle context-transfer polling unconditional, updates the single-rank synchronous test to use the current helper API, removes obsolete distributed test support, and shortens executor documentation.

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Idle transfer polling

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Idle transfer polling behavior
tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_py_executor.py
The executor now calls _check_disagg_ctx_cache_transfer_status(0) for all idle configurations. The test verifies polling without collective calls and uses the no-argument helper API. Unused distributed imports are removed, and _pp_ring_is_drained documentation is shortened.

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The change restores the idle-state parameter, but an existing benchmark test still uses the old zero-argument call and is expected to fail. Update that test or explicitly accept the compatibility change before merging.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py`:
- Around line 3791-3792: Update the mock assertion for
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the is_idle keyword argument passed by the executor, using the scheduled batch’s
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Comment on lines +3791 to +3792
self._check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle(
is_idle=scheduled_batch.batch_size == 0)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Update the stale mock assertion for the new keyword argument.

The call at Line [3791] now passes is_idle. The existing assertion at tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_benchmark_disagg.py, Line [1211], still expects no arguments. This test will fail with a mock call mismatch.

Proposed test update
-        ex._check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle.assert_called_once_with()
+        ex._check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle.assert_called_once_with(
+            is_idle=result.batch_size == 0)
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self._check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle(
is_idle=scheduled_batch.batch_size == 0)
ex._check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle.assert_called_once_with(
is_idle=result.batch_size == 0)
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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/pyexecutor/py_executor.py` around lines 3791 - 3792,
Update the mock assertion for _check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle in
test_benchmark_disagg.py to expect the is_idle keyword argument passed by the
executor, using the scheduled batch’s idle state; leave the production call
unchanged.

@Tabrizian Tabrizian changed the title [None][chore] Trim excessive comments from the idle disagg transfer poll [None][chore] Clean up disagg transfer idle progress Aug 26, 2026

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Stamp on behalf of runtime-devs, delegating review to @NVIDIA/trt-llm-disagg-devs

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image Confirmed no perf regression with pp4

PR NVIDIA#17324 left verbose, redundant docstrings/comments on
_check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle, _pace_idle_disagg_loop and
_pp_ring_is_drained, and dropped an is_idle parameter that the body
of _check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle still referenced (a
NameError on the single-rank CTX idle-reap path). Restore the
parameter and its call sites, and cut the comments down to what's
non-obvious. Also drops the PP-ring test added alongside the pacing
change, which only exercised a private helper directly.

Signed-off-by: Iman Tabrizian <10105175+tabrizian@users.noreply.github.com>
Drops the _pace_idle_disagg_loop unit test coverage added by PR NVIDIA#17324.

Signed-off-by: Iman Tabrizian <10105175+tabrizian@users.noreply.github.com>
The function is called every iteration regardless of idleness, and the
multi-rank/async-transfer branch already polls context status
unconditionally, so the single-rank branch's extra is_idle and
has_any_inflight_requests gating was inconsistent with that. Poll
unconditionally there too, matching how every other branch behaves.

Also fixes test_sync_single_rank_ctx_reaps_idle_transfer, which called
the old (pre-NVIDIA#17324) five-argument signature and would TypeError.

Signed-off-by: Iman Tabrizian <10105175+tabrizian@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Iman Tabrizian <10105175+tabrizian@users.noreply.github.com>
_check_disagg_transfer_progress_when_idle now always calls
_check_disagg_ctx_cache_transfer_status(0), dropping the guard that
skipped it during a synchronous multi-rank GEN transfer. Removes the
now-dead real-distributed test that verified the old collective-safety
gating (_TorchCollectiveDist, _run_sync_idle_progress_rank,
test_sync_multi_rank_does_not_wait_for_blocked_peer) and the now-false
test_sync_transfer_skips_idle_progress_collectives.

Signed-off-by: Iman Tabrizian <10105175+tabrizian@users.noreply.github.com>
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Thanks for the PR! I left 2 comments inline.

Also, some PR description seems stale. It currently says is_idle was restored and that there is no behavior change beyond that fix, but current head removes is_idle, makes context polling unconditional, and deletes several tests.

Comment on lines +3626 to 3627
"""Reap completed context KV transfers so their blocks can be freed."""
self._check_disagg_ctx_cache_transfer_status(0)

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I think I get where the cleanup motivation came from. For single-rank GEN with the Python transceiver, unconditional polling is functionally harmless because its no-sender fast path returns before consensus. The difference from HEAD is small: HEAD avoids the call entirely whenever no context transfer is currently in flight. This still preserves the #17564 liveness fix.

My concern for unconditional polling however is for synchronous multi-rank GEN with the active C++ transceiver. It lacks the Python fast path and can enter a TP collective after rank-local blocking receives, without guaranteeing every rank reaches it together.

I suggest preserving HEAD semantics while flattening / improving the readability:

uses_synchronous_gen_transfer = (
    not self._uses_async_disagg_gen_transfer()
    and not self._is_disagg_gen_only_no_context_benchmark()
)
should_poll_synchronous_context_status = (
    uses_synchronous_gen_transfer
    and self._dist_size(self.dist, "world_size") == 1
    and self.async_transfer_manager.has_any_inflight_requests()
)
if (
    uses_synchronous_gen_transfer 
    and not should_poll_synchronous_context_status
):
    return

self._check_disagg_ctx_cache_transfer_status(0)

)


class TestIdleDisaggLoopPacing:

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I see the production pacing behavior remains unchanged, so I assume these tests are being removed because they exercise private helpers directly. Is there equivalent loop-level coverage elsewhere? The PP-ring predicate is straightforward, but TestIdleDisaggLoopPacing verifies when the executor may sleep versus remain responsive. If there is no replacement coverage, shall we retain at least the pacing test.

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