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agentic-kvc/scripts/cache_aware_proxy.py
Gahow Wang ce616f46d1 Add per-request breakdown profiling, identify KV cache memory bottleneck
Breakdown profiling at proxy level captures:
  t_proxy_recv → t_prefill_sent → t_prefill_done → t_decode_sent → t_first_token

Key finding: 87.7% of TTFT is spent in kv+decode phase, NOT prefill.
Root cause: decode instance KV cache memory saturation (97.1% usage).

With 6P+2D config, 2 decode GPUs have only ~56GB total KV cache.
Large agentic requests (avg 33.6k tokens) fill this quickly.
Small requests (49 tokens, prefill=0.044s) wait 114s for KV cache
to be freed by large requests completing decode.

vLLM log confirms: Running=0, Waiting=6, KV cache=97.1%
GPU is idle but requests queue for KV cache memory, not compute.

This is the fundamental bottleneck of single-machine PD separation
for long-context agentic workloads: concentrating decode onto fewer
GPUs creates a KV cache memory wall.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-22 00:13:50 +08:00

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"""Unified cache-aware + token-level load-balanced global scheduler.
Supports two modes:
--combined URL [URL ...]: PD co-located instances (normal vLLM, no KV transfer)
--prefill URL BP --decode URL: PD disaggregated instances (Mooncake KV transfer)
Routing policy (same for both modes):
score = ongoing_tokens / avg_ongoing - ALPHA * cache_hit_ratio
Normalized load prevents "rich get richer"; cache bonus gives affinity.
Session affinity: multi-turn sessions stick to same instance.
"""
import argparse
import asyncio
import os
import urllib.parse
import uuid
from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
import httpx
import uvicorn
from fastapi import FastAPI, HTTPException, Request
from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
BLOCK_SIZE = 512
CACHE_HIT_ALPHA = 1.0 # weight for cache bonus in scoring
class InstanceState:
def __init__(self, url: str, bootstrap_port: int | None = None):
self.url = url
self.bootstrap_port = bootstrap_port
self.client = httpx.AsyncClient(
timeout=None, base_url=url,
limits=httpx.Limits(max_connections=None, max_keepalive_connections=None),
)
self.ongoing_tokens = 0
self.engine_id: dict[int, str] = {}
self.dp_size = 1
self.cached_blocks: set[int] = set()
def estimate_cache_hit(self, token_ids: list[int] | None) -> int:
if not token_ids or len(token_ids) < BLOCK_SIZE:
return 0
hit = 0
for i in range(0, len(token_ids) - BLOCK_SIZE + 1, BLOCK_SIZE):
bh = hash(tuple(token_ids[i:i + BLOCK_SIZE]))
if bh in self.cached_blocks:
hit += BLOCK_SIZE
else:
break
return hit
def record_prefix(self, token_ids: list[int] | None):
if not token_ids:
return
for i in range(0, len(token_ids) - BLOCK_SIZE + 1, BLOCK_SIZE):
self.cached_blocks.add(hash(tuple(token_ids[i:i + BLOCK_SIZE])))
if len(self.cached_blocks) > 200000:
self.cached_blocks = set(list(self.cached_blocks)[-100000:])
def pick_instance(instances: list[InstanceState], token_ids: list[int] | None,
session_id: str | None, input_length: int,
affinity: dict[str, int]) -> tuple[InstanceState, int]:
"""Normalized load - cache bonus scoring."""
if session_id and session_id in affinity:
idx = affinity[session_id]
if idx < len(instances):
return instances[idx], idx
avg_load = max(sum(i.ongoing_tokens for i in instances) / len(instances), 1.0)
best_idx, best_score = 0, float("inf")
for i, inst in enumerate(instances):
cache_hit = inst.estimate_cache_hit(token_ids)
cache_ratio = cache_hit / input_length if input_length > 0 else 0.0
score = inst.ongoing_tokens / avg_load - CACHE_HIT_ALPHA * cache_ratio
if score < best_score:
best_score = score
best_idx = i
if session_id:
affinity[session_id] = best_idx
return instances[best_idx], best_idx
global_args = None
combined_instances: list[InstanceState] = []
prefill_instances: list[InstanceState] = []
decode_instances: list[InstanceState] = []
session_affinity: dict[str, int] = {}
is_pd_sep = False
async def init_prefill_bootstrap(instances: list[InstanceState], ready: asyncio.Event):
for inst in instances:
if inst.bootstrap_port is None:
continue
while True:
try:
await inst.client.get("/health")
except Exception:
await asyncio.sleep(1)
continue
parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(str(inst.client.base_url))
url = f"http://{parsed.hostname}:{inst.bootstrap_port}/query"
resp = await inst.client.get(url)
resp.raise_for_status()
data = resp.json()
for dp_rank, dp_entry in data.items():
inst.engine_id[int(dp_rank)] = dp_entry["engine_id"]
inst.dp_size = len(data)
print(f"Inited {inst.url} engine_ids={inst.engine_id}")
break
ready.set()
@asynccontextmanager
async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
global is_pd_sep
app.state.ready = asyncio.Event()
if global_args.combined:
is_pd_sep = False
for url in global_args.combined:
combined_instances.append(InstanceState(url))
app.state.ready.set()
print(f"Combined mode: {len(combined_instances)} instances")
else:
is_pd_sep = True
for url, bp in global_args.prefill:
prefill_instances.append(InstanceState(url, bp))
for url in global_args.decode:
decode_instances.append(InstanceState(url))
await init_prefill_bootstrap(prefill_instances, app.state.ready)
print(f"PD-Sep mode: {len(prefill_instances)}P + {len(decode_instances)}D")
yield
for inst in combined_instances + prefill_instances + decode_instances:
await inst.client.aclose()
app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
@app.post("/v1/completions")
async def handle_completions(request: Request):
return await _handle(request, "/v1/completions")
@app.post("/v1/chat/completions")
async def handle_chat(request: Request):
return await _handle(request, "/v1/chat/completions")
async def _handle(request: Request, api: str):
if not app.state.ready.is_set():
raise HTTPException(status_code=503, detail="Service Unavailable")
req_data = await request.json()
request_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
prompt = req_data.get("prompt")
token_ids = prompt if isinstance(prompt, list) else None
input_length = len(token_ids) if token_ids else 0
session_id = request.headers.get("X-Session-Id")
headers = {"X-Request-Id": request_id}
api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
if api_key:
headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {api_key}"
if is_pd_sep:
return await _handle_pd_sep(api, req_data, request_id, token_ids,
input_length, session_id, headers)
else:
return await _handle_combined(api, req_data, token_ids,
input_length, session_id, headers)
async def _handle_combined(api, req_data, token_ids, input_length, session_id, headers):
"""Combined mode: route to best instance, send normal request."""
inst, idx = pick_instance(combined_instances, token_ids, session_id,
input_length, session_affinity)
inst.ongoing_tokens += input_length
async def generate():
try:
async with inst.client.stream("POST", api, json=req_data, headers=headers) as resp:
resp.raise_for_status()
async for chunk in resp.aiter_bytes():
yield chunk
inst.record_prefix(token_ids)
finally:
inst.ongoing_tokens -= input_length
return StreamingResponse(generate(), media_type="text/event-stream")
import time as _time
# Per-request breakdown log (append-only)
_breakdown_log: list[dict] = []
async def _send_prefill_async(p_inst, api, prefill_data, p_headers, token_ids,
input_length, breakdown):
"""Fire-and-forget prefill: send and don't block caller."""
try:
resp = await p_inst.client.post(api, json=prefill_data, headers=p_headers)
breakdown["t_prefill_done"] = _time.monotonic()
resp.raise_for_status()
await resp.aclose()
p_inst.record_prefix(token_ids)
except Exception:
breakdown["t_prefill_done"] = _time.monotonic()
breakdown["prefill_error"] = True
finally:
p_inst.ongoing_tokens -= input_length
async def _handle_pd_sep(api, req_data, request_id, token_ids, input_length,
session_id, headers):
"""PD-Sep mode with per-stage breakdown profiling."""
breakdown = {
"request_id": request_id,
"input_length": input_length,
"t_proxy_recv": _time.monotonic(),
}
p_inst, _ = pick_instance(prefill_instances, token_ids, session_id,
input_length, session_affinity)
d_inst = min(decode_instances, key=lambda x: x.ongoing_tokens)
breakdown["p_inst"] = p_inst.url
breakdown["d_inst"] = d_inst.url
prefill_data = req_data.copy()
prefill_data["kv_transfer_params"] = {
"do_remote_decode": True, "do_remote_prefill": False,
"transfer_id": f"xfer-{request_id}",
}
prefill_data["stream"] = False
prefill_data["max_tokens"] = 1
prefill_data.pop("max_completion_tokens", None)
prefill_data.pop("stream_options", None)
p_headers = {**headers, "X-data-parallel-rank": "0"}
p_inst.ongoing_tokens += input_length
breakdown["t_prefill_sent"] = _time.monotonic()
if global_args.fire_and_forget:
asyncio.create_task(_send_prefill_async(
p_inst, api, prefill_data, p_headers, token_ids, input_length, breakdown))
else:
try:
resp = await p_inst.client.post(api, json=prefill_data, headers=p_headers)
breakdown["t_prefill_done"] = _time.monotonic()
resp.raise_for_status()
await resp.aclose()
p_inst.record_prefix(token_ids)
except Exception as e:
breakdown["t_prefill_done"] = _time.monotonic()
breakdown["prefill_error"] = True
_breakdown_log.append(breakdown)
raise HTTPException(status_code=502, detail=f"Prefill failed: {e}")
finally:
p_inst.ongoing_tokens -= input_length
# Send decode
d_inst.ongoing_tokens += input_length
parsed = urllib.parse.urlparse(str(p_inst.client.base_url))
bootstrap_addr = f"http://{parsed.hostname}:{p_inst.bootstrap_port}"
decode_data = req_data.copy()
decode_data["kv_transfer_params"] = {
"do_remote_decode": False, "do_remote_prefill": True,
"remote_bootstrap_addr": bootstrap_addr,
"remote_engine_id": p_inst.engine_id.get(0, ""),
"transfer_id": f"xfer-{request_id}",
}
breakdown["t_decode_sent"] = _time.monotonic()
async def generate():
first_token = True
try:
async with d_inst.client.stream("POST", api, json=decode_data, headers=headers) as resp:
resp.raise_for_status()
async for chunk in resp.aiter_bytes():
if first_token:
breakdown["t_first_token"] = _time.monotonic()
first_token = False
yield chunk
finally:
breakdown["t_done"] = _time.monotonic()
d_inst.ongoing_tokens -= input_length
_breakdown_log.append(breakdown)
return StreamingResponse(generate(), media_type="application/json")
@app.get("/breakdown")
async def get_breakdown():
"""Return per-request breakdown data for analysis."""
return _breakdown_log
def parse_args():
p = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Unified cache-aware global scheduler")
p.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=8000)
p.add_argument("--host", type=str, default="0.0.0.0")
p.add_argument("--combined", nargs="+", help="Combined mode: list of instance URLs")
p.add_argument("--prefill", nargs="+", action="append", dest="prefill_raw",
help="PD-Sep prefill: URL [bootstrap_port]")
p.add_argument("--decode", nargs=1, action="append", dest="decode_raw",
help="PD-Sep decode: URL")
p.add_argument("--fire-and-forget", action="store_true",
help="Send prefill async, don't await before decode")
args = p.parse_args()
args.prefill = []
if args.prefill_raw:
for entry in args.prefill_raw:
url = entry[0]
bp = int(entry[1]) if len(entry) > 1 and entry[1].lower() != "none" else None
args.prefill.append((url, bp))
args.decode = [e[0] for e in (args.decode_raw or [])]
if not args.combined and not args.prefill:
p.error("Must specify either --combined or --prefill/--decode")
return args
if __name__ == "__main__":
global_args = parse_args()
uvicorn.run(app, host=global_args.host, port=global_args.port)