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[None][fix] Share speculative capture buffers across CUDA graph buckets - #19350

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DFlashSpecMetadata/DSparkSpecMetadata allocate a hidden-state capture buffer sized for the full token budget (max_num_tokens x hidden_size * num_capture_layers). create_cuda_graph_metadata() shallow-copies the metadata and re-runs __post_init__ for every CUDA graph bucket, so each bucket allocated its own full-size buffer even though model forwards and their consumers are ordered on the same execution stream and never need more than one.

This change keeps the existing buffer when it is already compatible (same shape, dtype and device) and reallocates only on a real mismatch, so all graph buckets share one full-token-budget scratch buffer. Behavior is unchanged; per-bucket memory for the capture buffer drops to a single allocation.

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  • tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_capture_buffer.py (cpu_only): buckets share the parent buffer, incompatible buffers (rows/width/dtype/device/missing) are reallocated, no-capture configurations stay None.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_capture_buffer_cuda.py (CUDA): graph capture/replay across alternating buckets writes through the shared buffer and replays correctly, including after the parent metadata is garbage-collected; multi-device allocation follows the current device.

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DFlashSpecMetadata and DSparkSpecMetadata now reuse compatible capture buffers. They reallocate buffers when shape, dtype, device, or buffer presence is incompatible. Reallocation uses the batch-index tensor device. This reduces per-bucket memory use and supports multi-device CUDA graph metadata. Review findings and test execution results are unavailable.

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CPU tests cover buffer sharing, independent allocations, reallocation conditions, and disabled capture. CUDA tests cover bucket capture/replay, metadata lifetime, and multi-device allocation. l0_h100.yml adds the CUDA test to the H100 pre-merge PyTorch MPI test set. Coverage verdict: sufficient.

Per-File QA Perspective

  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dflash.py: Verify compatible-buffer reuse and device-correct reallocation.
  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark.py: Verify compatible-buffer reuse and device-correct reallocation.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_capture_buffer.py: Covers shared buffers, independent batch-index allocations, incompatible-buffer reallocation, and disabled capture. No list entry was found for this CPU test file.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_capture_buffer_cuda.py: Covers capture/replay across graph buckets, eager writes, metadata lifetime, and current-device allocation. The test is listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml.
  • tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml: Adds unittest/_torch/speculative/test_capture_buffer_cuda.py to the H100 pre-merge PyTorch MPI test set.

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DFlash and DSpark metadata now reuse compatible capture buffers and allocate incompatible buffers on the batch-index device. CPU and CUDA tests cover sharing, reallocation, disabled capture, graph replay, metadata lifetime, and multi-device behavior.

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Speculative capture buffer lifecycle

Layer / File(s) Summary
Metadata buffer allocation
tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dflash.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/speculative/dspark.py
Compatible capture buffers are reused. Missing or incompatible buffers are allocated with the expected shape and dtype on the batch-index tensor’s device.
Allocation and replay validation
tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic/test_capture_buffer.py, tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_capture_buffer_cuda.py, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml
CPU and CUDA tests cover buffer sharing, reallocation, disabled capture, graph replay, metadata lifetime, output values, and multi-device allocation. The CUDA test is added to the H100 pre-merge PyTorch MPI test list.

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The CUDA tests skip when the required hardware or dtype support is unavailable, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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In `@tests/unittest/_torch/speculative/test_capture_buffer_cuda.py`:
- Line 17: Add module-level CUDA capability gating with pytestmark =
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
"""Synthetic CUDA capture/replay checks without model weights."""

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Did we add this file to L0? The CPU coverage under speculative/hw_agnostic is already selected, but this CUDA module is outside that directory and is not referenced by any L0 test list.

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It's in L0 — this PR adds unittest/_torch/speculative/test_capture_buffer_cuda.py to tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_h100.yml, right after the unittest/_torch/speculative/hw_agnostic entry. It's listed explicitly rather than picked up by the hw_agnostic directory glob because hw_agnostic is CPU-only coverage, and this module does real CUDA capture/replay and needs a GPU, so it belongs on the H100 list.

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Signed-off-by: Brian Nguyen <brnguyen@nvidia.com>
… scope

The fixture allocates bfloat16 capture/replay buffers on cuda during setup,
so a CPU-only (or non-bf16) run failed at fixture setup instead of skipping.
Add a module-scope skipif on torch.cuda.is_available() and is_bf16_supported().

Signed-off-by: Brian Nguyen <brnguyen@nvidia.com>
test_capture_buffer_cuda.py lives outside speculative/hw_agnostic, so unlike
the CPU capture tests it was not selected by any L0 list and never ran in CI.
Add it to the h100 speculative unit-test block so its synthetic CUDA
capture/replay checks are exercised pre-merge.

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