updated

Signed-off-by: Robert Shaw <robshaw@redhat.com>

vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/v1/nixl_connector.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from concurrent.futures import Future, ThreadPoolExecutor
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from importlib import metadata
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional
 
 import msgspec
@@ -42,16 +43,19 @@ EngineId = str
 ReqId = str
 GET_META_MSG = b"get_meta_msg"
 
+import os
+VLLM_DEBUG_NIXL_XFER_TIME = os.getenv("VLLM_DEBUG_NIXL_XFER_TIME", "1") == "1"
+
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
 # Lazy import nixl_wrapper to avoid loading nixl_bindings if nixl is not used
 try:
-    from nixl._api import nixl_agent as NixlWrapper
-    logger.info("NIXL is available")
+    from nixl._api import nixl_agent as NixlWrapper, nixl_agent_config
+    NIXL_VERSION = metadata.version("nixl")
 except ImportError:
     logger.warning("NIXL is not available")
     NixlWrapper = None
-
+    NIXL_VERSION = None
 
 class NixlAgentMetadata(
         msgspec.Struct,
@@ -352,16 +356,20 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
     def __init__(self, vllm_config: VllmConfig, engine_id: str):
         if NixlWrapper is None:
             logger.error("NIXL is not available")
-            raise RuntimeError("NIXL is not available")
-        logger.info("Initializing NIXL wrapper")
-        logger.info("Initializing NIXL worker %s", engine_id)
+            raise RuntimeError("NIXL is not available.")
+        logger.info("Initializing NIXL v%s: worker %s", NIXL_VERSION, engine_id)
 
         # Config.
         self.vllm_config = vllm_config
         self.block_size = vllm_config.cache_config.block_size
 
         # Agent.
-        self.nixl_wrapper = NixlWrapper(str(uuid.uuid4()), None)
+        import os
+        NIXL_NUM_WORKERS = int(os.getenv("VLLM_NIXL_NUM_WORKERS", "8"))
+        logger.info(f"Using NIXL_NUM_WORKERS={NIXL_NUM_WORKERS} for NIXL agent.")
+
+        config = nixl_agent_config(enable_prog_thread=False, num_threads=NIXL_NUM_WORKERS)
+        self.nixl_wrapper = NixlWrapper(str(uuid.uuid4()), config)
         # Map of engine_id -> {rank0: agent_name0, rank1: agent_name1..}.
         self._remote_agents: dict[EngineId, dict[int, str]] = defaultdict(dict)
 
@@ -449,7 +457,8 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
 
     def __del__(self):
         """Cleanup background threads on destruction."""
-        self._handshake_initiation_executor.shutdown(wait=False)
+        if t_ := getattr(self, "_handshake_initiation_executor", None):
+            t_.shutdown(wait=False)
         if self._nixl_handshake_listener_t:
             self._nixl_handshake_listener_t.join(timeout=0)
 
@@ -1019,10 +1028,16 @@ class NixlConnectorWorker:
             remote_xfer_side_handle,
             remote_block_descs_ids,
             notif_msg=notif_id,
+            skip_desc_merge=True,
         )
 
         # Begin async xfer.
+        start = time.perf_counter()
         self.nixl_wrapper.transfer(handle)
+        end = time.perf_counter()
+        if VLLM_DEBUG_NIXL_XFER_TIME:
+            # Log the time taken for the transfer.
+            logger.info(f"TIME: {end - start}")
 
         # Use handle to check completion in future step().
         # TODO (NickLucche) surface xfer elapsed time