✅ test: add comprehensive RULER benchmark test suite

- Add test_ruler.py supporting all 13 RULER tasks (NIAH, QA, CWE, FWE, VT)
- Implement RULER official evaluation metrics (string_match_all/part)
- Fix max_model_len to 32896 to prevent decode OOM on long inputs
- Add ruler_benchmark_report.md with full test results (92.1% accuracy)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.claude/commands/commit.md

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+---
+allowed-tools: Bash(git add:*), Bash(git status:*), Bash(git commit:*), Bash(git diff:*), Bash(git log:*)
+argument-hint: [message] | --no-verify | --amend
+description: Create well-formatted commits with conventional commit format and emoji
+---
+
+# Smart Git Commit
+
+Create well-formatted commit: $ARGUMENTS
+
+## Current Repository State
+
+- Git status: !`git status --porcelain`
+- Current branch: !`git branch --show-current`
+- Staged changes: !`git diff --cached --stat`
+- Unstaged changes: !`git diff --stat`
+- Recent commits: !`git log --oneline -5`
+
+## What This Command Does
+
+1. Unless specified with `--no-verify`, automatically runs pre-commit checks:
+   - `pnpm lint` to ensure code quality
+   - `pnpm build` to verify the build succeeds
+   - `pnpm generate:docs` to update documentation
+2. Checks which files are staged with `git status`
+3. If 0 files are staged, automatically adds all modified and new files with `git add`
+4. Performs a `git diff` to understand what changes are being committed
+5. Analyzes the diff to determine if multiple distinct logical changes are present
+6. If multiple distinct changes are detected, suggests breaking the commit into multiple smaller commits
+7. For each commit (or the single commit if not split), creates a commit message using emoji conventional commit format
+
+## Best Practices for Commits
+
+- **Verify before committing**: Ensure code is linted, builds correctly, and documentation is updated
+- **Atomic commits**: Each commit should contain related changes that serve a single purpose
+- **Split large changes**: If changes touch multiple concerns, split them into separate commits
+- **Conventional commit format**: Use the format `<type>: <description>` where type is one of:
+  - `feat`: A new feature
+  - `fix`: A bug fix
+  - `docs`: Documentation changes
+  - `style`: Code style changes (formatting, etc)
+  - `refactor`: Code changes that neither fix bugs nor add features
+  - `perf`: Performance improvements
+  - `test`: Adding or fixing tests
+  - `chore`: Changes to the build process, tools, etc.
+- **Present tense, imperative mood**: Write commit messages as commands (e.g., "add feature" not "added feature")
+- **Concise first line**: Keep the first line under 72 characters
+- **Emoji**: Each commit type is paired with an appropriate emoji:
+  - ✨ `feat`: New feature
+  - 🐛 `fix`: Bug fix
+  - 📝 `docs`: Documentation
+  - 💄 `style`: Formatting/style
+  - ♻️ `refactor`: Code refactoring
+  - ⚡️ `perf`: Performance improvements
+  - ✅ `test`: Tests
+  - 🔧 `chore`: Tooling, configuration
+  - 🚀 `ci`: CI/CD improvements
+  - 🗑️ `revert`: Reverting changes
+  - 🧪 `test`: Add a failing test
+  - 🚨 `fix`: Fix compiler/linter warnings
+  - 🔒️ `fix`: Fix security issues
+  - 👥 `chore`: Add or update contributors
+  - 🚚 `refactor`: Move or rename resources
+  - 🏗️ `refactor`: Make architectural changes
+  - 🔀 `chore`: Merge branches
+  - 📦️ `chore`: Add or update compiled files or packages
+  - ➕ `chore`: Add a dependency
+  - ➖ `chore`: Remove a dependency
+  - 🌱 `chore`: Add or update seed files
+  - 🧑‍💻 `chore`: Improve developer experience
+  - 🧵 `feat`: Add or update code related to multithreading or concurrency
+  - 🔍️ `feat`: Improve SEO
+  - 🏷️ `feat`: Add or update types
+  - 💬 `feat`: Add or update text and literals
+  - 🌐 `feat`: Internationalization and localization
+  - 👔 `feat`: Add or update business logic
+  - 📱 `feat`: Work on responsive design
+  - 🚸 `feat`: Improve user experience / usability
+  - 🩹 `fix`: Simple fix for a non-critical issue
+  - 🥅 `fix`: Catch errors
+  - 👽️ `fix`: Update code due to external API changes
+  - 🔥 `fix`: Remove code or files
+  - 🎨 `style`: Improve structure/format of the code
+  - 🚑️ `fix`: Critical hotfix
+  - 🎉 `chore`: Begin a project
+  - 🔖 `chore`: Release/Version tags
+  - 🚧 `wip`: Work in progress
+  - 💚 `fix`: Fix CI build
+  - 📌 `chore`: Pin dependencies to specific versions
+  - 👷 `ci`: Add or update CI build system
+  - 📈 `feat`: Add or update analytics or tracking code
+  - ✏️ `fix`: Fix typos
+  - ⏪️ `revert`: Revert changes
+  - 📄 `chore`: Add or update license
+  - 💥 `feat`: Introduce breaking changes
+  - 🍱 `assets`: Add or update assets
+  - ♿️ `feat`: Improve accessibility
+  - 💡 `docs`: Add or update comments in source code
+  - 🗃️ `db`: Perform database related changes
+  - 🔊 `feat`: Add or update logs
+  - 🔇 `fix`: Remove logs
+  - 🤡 `test`: Mock things
+  - 🥚 `feat`: Add or update an easter egg
+  - 🙈 `chore`: Add or update .gitignore file
+  - 📸 `test`: Add or update snapshots
+  - ⚗️ `experiment`: Perform experiments
+  - 🚩 `feat`: Add, update, or remove feature flags
+  - 💫 `ui`: Add or update animations and transitions
+  - ⚰️ `refactor`: Remove dead code
+  - 🦺 `feat`: Add or update code related to validation
+  - ✈️ `feat`: Improve offline support
+
+## Guidelines for Splitting Commits
+
+When analyzing the diff, consider splitting commits based on these criteria:
+
+1. **Different concerns**: Changes to unrelated parts of the codebase
+2. **Different types of changes**: Mixing features, fixes, refactoring, etc.
+3. **File patterns**: Changes to different types of files (e.g., source code vs documentation)
+4. **Logical grouping**: Changes that would be easier to understand or review separately
+5. **Size**: Very large changes that would be clearer if broken down
+
+## Examples
+
+Good commit messages:
+- ✨ feat: add user authentication system
+- 🐛 fix: resolve memory leak in rendering process
+- 📝 docs: update API documentation with new endpoints
+- ♻️ refactor: simplify error handling logic in parser
+- 🚨 fix: resolve linter warnings in component files
+- 🧑‍💻 chore: improve developer tooling setup process
+- 👔 feat: implement business logic for transaction validation
+- 🩹 fix: address minor styling inconsistency in header
+- 🚑️ fix: patch critical security vulnerability in auth flow
+- 🎨 style: reorganize component structure for better readability
+- 🔥 fix: remove deprecated legacy code
+- 🦺 feat: add input validation for user registration form
+- 💚 fix: resolve failing CI pipeline tests
+- 📈 feat: implement analytics tracking for user engagement
+- 🔒️ fix: strengthen authentication password requirements
+- ♿️ feat: improve form accessibility for screen readers
+
+Example of splitting commits:
+- First commit: ✨ feat: add new solc version type definitions
+- Second commit: 📝 docs: update documentation for new solc versions
+- Third commit: 🔧 chore: update package.json dependencies
+- Fourth commit: 🏷️ feat: add type definitions for new API endpoints
+- Fifth commit: 🧵 feat: improve concurrency handling in worker threads
+- Sixth commit: 🚨 fix: resolve linting issues in new code
+- Seventh commit: ✅ test: add unit tests for new solc version features
+- Eighth commit: 🔒️ fix: update dependencies with security vulnerabilities
+
+## Command Options
+
+- `--no-verify`: Skip running the pre-commit checks (lint, build, generate:docs)
+
+## Important Notes
+
+- By default, pre-commit checks (`pnpm lint`, `pnpm build`, `pnpm generate:docs`) will run to ensure code quality
+- If these checks fail, you'll be asked if you want to proceed with the commit anyway or fix the issues first
+- If specific files are already staged, the command will only commit those files
+- If no files are staged, it will automatically stage all modified and new files
+- The commit message will be constructed based on the changes detected
+- Before committing, the command will review the diff to identify if multiple commits would be more appropriate
+- If suggesting multiple commits, it will help you stage and commit the changes separately
+- Always reviews the commit diff to ensure the message matches the changes

.claude/commands/create-architecture-documentation.md

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+---
+allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash
+argument-hint: "[framework] | --c4-model | --arc42 | --adr | --plantuml | --full-suite"
+description: Generate comprehensive architecture documentation with diagrams, ADRs, and interactive visualization
+---
+
+# Architecture Documentation Generator
+
+Generate comprehensive architecture documentation: $ARGUMENTS
+
+## Current Architecture Context
+
+- Project structure: !`find . -type f -name "*.json" -o -name "*.yaml" -o -name "*.toml" | head -5`
+- Documentation exists: @docs/ or @README.md (if exists)
+- Architecture files: !`find . -name "*architecture*" -o -name "*design*" -o -name "*.puml" | head -3`
+- Services/containers: @docker-compose.yml or @k8s/ (if exists)
+- API definitions: !`find . -name "*api*" -o -name "*openapi*" -o -name "*swagger*" | head -3`
+
+## Task
+
+Generate comprehensive architecture documentation with modern tooling and best practices:
+
+1. **Architecture Analysis and Discovery**
+   - Analyze current system architecture and component relationships
+   - Identify key architectural patterns and design decisions
+   - Document system boundaries, interfaces, and dependencies
+   - Assess data flow and communication patterns
+   - Identify architectural debt and improvement opportunities
+
+2. **Architecture Documentation Framework**
+   - Choose appropriate documentation framework and tools:
+     - **C4 Model**: Context, Containers, Components, Code diagrams
+     - **Arc42**: Comprehensive architecture documentation template
+     - **Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)**: Decision documentation
+     - **PlantUML/Mermaid**: Diagram-as-code documentation
+     - **Structurizr**: C4 model tooling and visualization
+     - **Draw.io/Lucidchart**: Visual diagramming tools
+
+3. **System Context Documentation**
+   - Create high-level system context diagrams
+   - Document external systems and integrations
+   - Define system boundaries and responsibilities
+   - Document user personas and stakeholders
+   - Create system landscape and ecosystem overview
+
+4. **Container and Service Architecture**
+   - Document container/service architecture and deployment view
+   - Create service dependency maps and communication patterns
+   - Document deployment architecture and infrastructure
+   - Define service boundaries and API contracts
+   - Document data persistence and storage architecture
+
+5. **Component and Module Documentation**
+   - Create detailed component architecture diagrams
+   - Document internal module structure and relationships
+   - Define component responsibilities and interfaces
+   - Document design patterns and architectural styles
+   - Create code organization and package structure documentation
+
+6. **Data Architecture Documentation**
+   - Document data models and database schemas
+   - Create data flow diagrams and processing pipelines
+   - Document data storage strategies and technologies
+   - Define data governance and lifecycle management
+   - Create data integration and synchronization documentation
+
+7. **Security and Compliance Architecture**
+   - Document security architecture and threat model
+   - Create authentication and authorization flow diagrams
+   - Document compliance requirements and controls
+   - Define security boundaries and trust zones
+   - Create incident response and security monitoring documentation
+
+8. **Quality Attributes and Cross-Cutting Concerns**
+   - Document performance characteristics and scalability patterns
+   - Create reliability and availability architecture documentation
+   - Document monitoring and observability architecture
+   - Define maintainability and evolution strategies
+   - Create disaster recovery and business continuity documentation
+
+9. **Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)**
+   - Create comprehensive ADR template and process
+   - Document historical architectural decisions and rationale
+   - Create decision tracking and review process
+   - Document trade-offs and alternatives considered
+   - Set up ADR maintenance and evolution procedures
+
+10. **Documentation Automation and Maintenance**
+    - Set up automated diagram generation from code annotations
+    - Configure documentation pipeline and publishing automation
+    - Set up documentation validation and consistency checking
+    - Create documentation review and approval process
+    - Train team on architecture documentation practices and tools
+    - Set up documentation versioning and change management

.claude/commands/ultra-think.md

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+---
+description: Deep analysis and problem solving with multi-dimensional thinking
+argument-hint: [problem or question to analyze]
+---
+
+# Deep Analysis and Problem Solving Mode
+
+Deep analysis and problem solving mode
+
+## Instructions
+
+1. **Initialize Ultra Think Mode**
+   - Acknowledge the request for enhanced analytical thinking
+   - Set context for deep, systematic reasoning
+   - Prepare to explore the problem space comprehensively
+
+2. **Parse the Problem or Question**
+   - Extract the core challenge from: $ARGUMENTS
+   - Identify all stakeholders and constraints
+   - Recognize implicit requirements and hidden complexities
+   - Question assumptions and surface unknowns
+
+3. **Multi-Dimensional Analysis**
+   Approach the problem from multiple angles:
+   
+   ### Technical Perspective
+   - Analyze technical feasibility and constraints
+   - Consider scalability, performance, and maintainability
+   - Evaluate security implications
+   - Assess technical debt and future-proofing
+   
+   ### Business Perspective
+   - Understand business value and ROI
+   - Consider time-to-market pressures
+   - Evaluate competitive advantages
+   - Assess risk vs. reward trade-offs
+   
+   ### User Perspective
+   - Analyze user needs and pain points
+   - Consider usability and accessibility
+   - Evaluate user experience implications
+   - Think about edge cases and user journeys
+   
+   ### System Perspective
+   - Consider system-wide impacts
+   - Analyze integration points
+   - Evaluate dependencies and coupling
+   - Think about emergent behaviors
+
+4. **Generate Multiple Solutions**
+   - Brainstorm at least 3-5 different approaches
+   - For each approach, consider:
+     - Pros and cons
+     - Implementation complexity
+     - Resource requirements
+     - Potential risks
+     - Long-term implications
+   - Include both conventional and creative solutions
+   - Consider hybrid approaches
+
+5. **Deep Dive Analysis**
+   For the most promising solutions:
+   - Create detailed implementation plans
+   - Identify potential pitfalls and mitigation strategies
+   - Consider phased approaches and MVPs
+   - Analyze second and third-order effects
+   - Think through failure modes and recovery
+
+6. **Cross-Domain Thinking**
+   - Draw parallels from other industries or domains
+   - Apply design patterns from different contexts
+   - Consider biological or natural system analogies
+   - Look for innovative combinations of existing solutions
+
+7. **Challenge and Refine**
+   - Play devil's advocate with each solution
+   - Identify weaknesses and blind spots
+   - Consider "what if" scenarios
+   - Stress-test assumptions
+   - Look for unintended consequences
+
+8. **Synthesize Insights**
+   - Combine insights from all perspectives
+   - Identify key decision factors
+   - Highlight critical trade-offs
+   - Summarize innovative discoveries
+   - Present a nuanced view of the problem space
+
+9. **Provide Structured Recommendations**
+   Present findings in a clear structure:
+   ```
+   ## Problem Analysis
+   - Core challenge
+   - Key constraints
+   - Critical success factors
+   
+   ## Solution Options
+   ### Option 1: [Name]
+   - Description
+   - Pros/Cons
+   - Implementation approach
+   - Risk assessment
+   
+   ### Option 2: [Name]
+   [Similar structure]
+   
+   ## Recommendation
+   - Recommended approach
+   - Rationale
+   - Implementation roadmap
+   - Success metrics
+   - Risk mitigation plan
+   
+   ## Alternative Perspectives
+   - Contrarian view
+   - Future considerations
+   - Areas for further research
+   ```
+
+10. **Meta-Analysis**
+    - Reflect on the thinking process itself
+    - Identify areas of uncertainty
+    - Acknowledge biases or limitations
+    - Suggest additional expertise needed
+    - Provide confidence levels for recommendations
+
+## Usage Examples
+
+```bash
+# Architectural decision
+/ultra-think Should we migrate to microservices or improve our monolith?
+
+# Complex problem solving
+/ultra-think How do we scale our system to handle 10x traffic while reducing costs?
+
+# Strategic planning
+/ultra-think What technology stack should we choose for our next-gen platform?
+
+# Design challenge
+/ultra-think How can we improve our API to be more developer-friendly while maintaining backward compatibility?
+```
+
+## Key Principles
+
+- **First Principles Thinking**: Break down to fundamental truths
+- **Systems Thinking**: Consider interconnections and feedback loops
+- **Probabilistic Thinking**: Work with uncertainties and ranges
+- **Inversion**: Consider what to avoid, not just what to do
+- **Second-Order Thinking**: Consider consequences of consequences
+
+## Output Expectations
+
+- Comprehensive analysis (typically 2-4 pages of insights)
+- Multiple viable solutions with trade-offs
+- Clear reasoning chains
+- Acknowledgment of uncertainties
+- Actionable recommendations
+- Novel insights or perspectives

.claude/rules/commands.md

@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 # Commands
 
-## Installation
+## Running (with PYTHONPATH)
 
-```bash
-pip install -e .
-```
-
-## Running
+For multi-instance development, use PYTHONPATH instead of pip install:
 
 ```bash
 # Run example
-python example.py
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python example.py
 
 # Run benchmarks
-python bench.py                    # Standard benchmark
-python bench_offload.py            # CPU offload benchmark
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python bench.py
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python bench_offload.py
 ```
 
 ## Config Defaults

.claude/rules/doc-management.md

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+# Documentation Management
+
+## CLAUDE.md Content Policy
+
+**CLAUDE.md should only contain operational requirements:**
+- Environment setup (PYTHONPATH, GPU mutex)
+- Execution requirements (how to run tests/benchmarks)
+- Quick configuration reference
+- Documentation index (links to detailed docs)
+
+**Technical details should go to docs/:**
+- Architecture and design explanations
+- Implementation details and code flows
+- Debugging techniques
+- Memory analysis and profiling
+- Algorithm explanations
+
+## When Adding New Technical Content
+
+Follow this workflow:
+
+### Step 1: Analyze and Document
+
+If doing technical analysis (e.g., memory profiling):
+1. Calculate theoretical values using formulas
+2. Run actual tests to measure real values
+3. Compare theoretical vs actual (expect < 10% error for valid models)
+4. Document findings with both theory and empirical validation
+
+### Step 2: Create/Update docs/
+
+Create a new doc or update existing one in `docs/`:
+```
+docs/
+├── architecture_guide.md      # Core components, design, flows
+├── sparse_attention_guide.md  # Sparse attention methods
+├── layerwise_offload_memory_analysis.md  # Memory analysis
+├── debugging_guide.md         # Debugging techniques
+└── <new_topic>_guide.md       # New technical topic
+```
+
+### Step 3: Update CLAUDE.md Documentation Index
+
+Add entry to the Documentation Index table:
+```markdown
+| Document | Purpose |
+|----------|---------|
+| [`docs/new_doc.md`](docs/new_doc.md) | Brief description |
+```
+
+### Step 4: Refactor if Needed
+
+If CLAUDE.md grows too large (> 150 lines), refactor:
+1. Identify technical details that can be moved
+2. Create appropriate doc in docs/
+3. Replace detailed content with reference link
+4. Keep only operational essentials in CLAUDE.md
+
+## Documentation Structure Template
+
+For new technical docs:
+
+```markdown
+# Topic Guide
+
+Brief overview of what this document covers.
+
+## Section 1: Concepts
+- Key concepts and terminology
+
+## Section 2: Implementation
+- Code locations
+- Key methods/functions
+
+## Section 3: Details
+- Detailed explanations
+- Code examples
+
+## Section 4: Validation (if applicable)
+- Theoretical analysis
+- Empirical measurements
+- Comparison table
+```
+
+## Memory Analysis Template
+
+When documenting memory behavior:
+
+```markdown
+## Theoretical Calculation
+
+| Component | Formula | Size |
+|-----------|---------|------|
+| Buffer X | `param1 × param2 × dtype_size` | X MB |
+
+## Empirical Validation
+
+| Metric | Theoretical | Actual | Error |
+|--------|-------------|--------|-------|
+| Peak memory | X GB | Y GB | Z% |
+
+## Key Findings
+1. Finding 1
+2. Finding 2
+```

.claude/rules/no-extra-docs.md

@@ -2,39 +2,47 @@
 
 ## Do Not Create Unnecessary Documentation
 
-**IMPORTANT**: Do NOT create extra markdown documentation files unless explicitly requested by the user.
+**IMPORTANT**: Do NOT create extra markdown documentation files proactively unless:
+1. User explicitly requests documentation
+2. Refactoring CLAUDE.md to move technical details to docs/ (see `doc-management.md`)
 
 ### What NOT to do:
 
-- ❌ Do NOT create README files proactively
-- ❌ Do NOT create analysis documents (*.md) after completing tasks
-- ❌ Do NOT create tutorial/guide documents
-- ❌ Do NOT create summary documents
+- Do NOT create README files proactively
+- Do NOT create standalone analysis documents after completing tasks
+- Do NOT create summary documents without request
 
 ### What TO do:
 
-- ✅ Only create documentation when user explicitly asks for it
-- ✅ Provide information directly in conversation instead
-- ✅ Update existing documentation if changes require it
-- ✅ Add inline code comments where necessary
+- Provide information directly in conversation by default
+- When user requests documentation, follow `doc-management.md` workflow
+- Update existing docs in `docs/` when code changes affect them
+- Keep CLAUDE.md concise (< 150 lines), move technical details to docs/
 
-### Exceptions:
+### Documentation Locations:
 
-Documentation is acceptable ONLY when:
-1. User explicitly requests "create a README" or "write documentation"
-2. Updating existing documentation to reflect code changes
-3. Adding inline comments/docstrings to code itself
+| Type | Location |
+|------|----------|
+| Operational requirements | CLAUDE.md |
+| Technical details | docs/*.md |
+| Code comments | Inline in source |
 
 ### Examples:
 
-**Bad** (Don't do this):
+**Proactive docs (Don't do)**:
 ```
 User: "Profile the code"
-Assistant: [Creates profiling_results.md after profiling]
+Assistant: [Creates profiling_results.md without being asked]
 ```
 
-**Good** (Do this instead):
+**On-request docs (Do this)**:
 ```
-User: "Profile the code"
-Assistant: [Runs profiling, shows results in conversation]
+User: "Profile the code and document the findings"
+Assistant: [Runs profiling, creates/updates docs/memory_analysis.md]
+```
+
+**Refactoring (Do this)**:
+```
+User: "CLAUDE.md is too long, refactor it"
+Assistant: [Moves technical sections to docs/, updates CLAUDE.md index]
 ```

.claude/rules/testing.md

@@ -66,33 +66,27 @@ print("test_xxx: PASSED")
 
 ## Running Tests
 
+Use PYTHONPATH for multi-instance isolation (no pip install needed):
+
 ```bash
 # Run a specific test
-python tests/test_offload_engine.py
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_offload_engine.py
 
 # Run with specific GPU
-CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 python tests/test_ring_buffer.py
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_ring_buffer.py
 ```
 
 ## Benchmarks
 
 ```bash
-# Standard GPU benchmark
-python bench.py
-
-# CPU offload benchmark
-python bench_offload.py
-
-# vLLM comparison benchmark
-python bench_vllm.py
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python bench.py
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python bench_offload.py
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python bench_vllm.py
 ```
 
 ## Quick Verification
 
 ```bash
 # Import test
-python -c "from nanovllm import LLM"
-
-# Run offload benchmark (tests CPU-primary ring buffer mode)
-python bench_offload.py
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python -c "from nanovllm import LLM"
 ```

.gitignore

@@ -197,3 +197,36 @@ cython_debug/
 results/
 outputs/
 .local/
+
+# Claude Flow generated files
+.claude/settings.local.json
+.mcp.json
+claude-flow.config.json
+.swarm/
+.hive-mind/
+.claude-flow/
+memory/
+coordination/
+memory/claude-flow-data.json
+memory/sessions/*
+!memory/sessions/README.md
+memory/agents/*
+!memory/agents/README.md
+coordination/memory_bank/*
+coordination/subtasks/*
+coordination/orchestration/*
+*.db
+*.db-journal
+*.db-wal
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite-journal
+*.sqlite-wal
+claude-flow
+# Removed Windows wrapper files per user request
+hive-mind-prompt-*.txt
+
+# Test data
+tests/data/
+
+# Serena MCP tool config
+.serena/

CLAUDE.md

@@ -4,444 +4,73 @@ This file provides guidance to Claude Code when working with this repository.
 
 ## Overview
 
-Nano-vLLM is a lightweight vLLM implementation (~1,200 lines) for fast offline LLM inference. Supports Qwen3 models with CPU offload for long-context inference.
+Nano-vLLM is a lightweight vLLM implementation (~1,200 lines) for fast offline LLM inference. Supports multiple model architectures (Qwen3, Qwen2, Llama) with CPU offload for long-context inference.
 
 ## GPU Mutex for Multi-Instance Debugging
 
-**IMPORTANT**: When running multiple Claude instances for parallel debugging, only one GPU (cuda:0) is available. Before executing ANY command that uses the GPU (python scripts, benchmarks, tests), Claude MUST:
+**IMPORTANT**: When running multiple Claude instances for parallel debugging, different rules apply based on script type:
 
-1. **Check GPU availability** by running:
-   ```bash
-   nvidia-smi --query-compute-apps=pid,name,used_memory --format=csv,noheader
-   ```
+### Benchmarks (`bench*.py`) - Exclusive GPU Access Required
 
-2. **If processes are running on GPU**:
-   - Wait and retry every 10 seconds until GPU is free
-   - Use this polling loop:
-     ```bash
-     while [ -n "$(nvidia-smi --query-compute-apps=pid --format=csv,noheader)" ]; do
-       echo "GPU busy, waiting 10s..."
-       sleep 10
-     done
-     ```
-
-3. **Only proceed** when `nvidia-smi --query-compute-apps=pid --format=csv,noheader` returns empty output
-
-**Example workflow**:
-```bash
-# First check if GPU is in use
-nvidia-smi --query-compute-apps=pid,name,used_memory --format=csv,noheader
-
-# If output is empty, proceed with your command
-python bench_offload.py
-
-# If output shows processes, wait until they finish
-```
-
-**Note**: This applies to ALL GPU operations including:
-- Running tests (`python tests/test_*.py`)
-- Running benchmarks (`python bench*.py`)
-- Running examples (`python example.py`)
-- Any script that imports torch/cuda
-
-## Local Package Installation for Multi-Instance
-
-**CRITICAL**: After ANY code modification in the `nanovllm/` directory, you MUST reinstall the package before running tests or benchmarks:
+Before running any `bench*.py` script, Claude MUST wait for exclusive GPU access:
 
 ```bash
-pip install -e . --prefix=./.local --no-deps
+# Check and wait for GPU to be free
+while [ -n "$(nvidia-smi --query-compute-apps=pid --format=csv,noheader)" ]; do
+  echo "GPU busy, waiting 10s..."
+  sleep 10
+done
 ```
 
-Then run with PYTHONPATH:
+### Other Scripts (tests, examples) - No Special Requirements
+
+For non-benchmark scripts, exclusive GPU access is NOT required. Multiple nanovllm processes can run simultaneously on different GPUs - each process automatically selects a unique port for `torch.distributed` communication.
+
+## Multi-Instance Development with PYTHONPATH
+
+**IMPORTANT**: When running multiple Claude instances on different worktrees, do NOT use `pip install -e .` globally as it will affect other instances.
+
+**Use PYTHONPATH directly** - no pip install needed:
+
 ```bash
-PYTHONPATH=./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH python <script.py>
+# Set PYTHONPATH to point to the project root directory
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/your/worktree:$PYTHONPATH python <script.py>
+
+# Example: running tests
+PYTHONPATH=/home/zijie/Code/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_needle.py
 ```
 
-**IMPORTANT**: When running multiple Claude instances on different worktrees, do NOT use `pip install -e .` globally as it will affect other instances. Instead, use local installation:
-
-1. **Install to worktree-local directory**:
-   ```bash
-   pip install -e . --prefix=./.local --no-deps
-   ```
-
-2. **Set PYTHONPATH before running any Python command**:
-   ```bash
-   export PYTHONPATH=./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH
-   ```
-
-3. **Combined example**:
-   ```bash
-   # One-liner for running tests with local package
-   PYTHONPATH=./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_needle.py
-   ```
-
-**Note**: The Python version in the path (python3.10) should match your environment.
-
-**CRITICAL**: After making code changes to `nanovllm/` source files, you MUST reinstall the package for changes to take effect:
-```bash
-pip install -e . --prefix=./.local --no-deps
-```
-Without reinstallation, Python will use the old cached version and your changes will NOT be reflected!
-
-## Sparse Attention
-
-For sparse attention related content (block sparse attention, MInference, FlexPrefill, XAttention, AvgPool, etc.), refer to [`docs/sparse_attention_guide.md`](docs/sparse_attention_guide.md).
-
-### Quest Sparse Policy
-
-**Files**: `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/quest.py`, `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/policy.py`
-
-Quest policy selects Top-K blocks based on query-key similarity bounds using min/max key metadata.
-
-**Scoring Mechanism**:
-```python
-score_min = torch.einsum('hd,bhd->bh', q, key_min)  # [num_blocks, kv_heads]
-score_max = torch.einsum('hd,bhd->bh', q, key_max)  # [num_blocks, kv_heads]
-scores = torch.maximum(score_min, score_max).mean(dim=-1)  # [num_blocks] ← averaged!
-```
-
-**Critical Limitation - No Per-Head Scheduling**:
-
-The `.mean(dim=-1)` averages scores across all heads, making a **unified** block selection for all heads:
-
-```
-Block A: head0 needs (+4), head1 doesn't (-4) → avg = 0 → NOT selected
-Block B: head0 doesn't (-4), head1 needs (+4) → avg = 0 → NOT selected
-Block C: both heads moderately need (+2, +2) → avg = +2 → selected
-```
-
-**Why Per-Head Scheduling is Infeasible**:
-1. **Memory Layout**: GPU cache stores all heads together `[block_size, kv_heads, head_dim]`
-2. **FlashAttention**: Requires complete heads - partial heads cause dimension mismatch
-3. **Block Granularity**: If any head needs a block, the entire block (all heads) must be loaded
-
-**Policy Types**:
-- `FullAttentionPolicy`: `supports_prefill=True, supports_decode=True` - loads all blocks
-- `QuestPolicy`: `supports_prefill=False, supports_decode=True` - decode-only Top-K selection
-
-## Architecture
-
-### Core Components
-
-- **LLMEngine** (`llm_engine.py`): Main entry, runs prefill-decode loop
-- **ModelRunner** (`model_runner.py`): Loads weights, allocates KV cache, CUDA graphs
-- **Scheduler** (`scheduler.py`): Two-phase scheduling (prefill → decode)
-- **BlockManager** (`block_manager.py`): Paged attention with prefix caching (xxhash), default block size 4096
-- **Attention** (`layers/attention.py`): FlashAttention with chunked methods for CPU offload
-
-## PyTorch Hooks for Debugging
-
-### Hook Positions in Qwen3
-
-```
-decoder_layer
-├── input_layernorm (RMSNorm)
-├── self_attn (Qwen3Attention)          ← Hook here for attention I/O after o_proj
-│   ├── q_proj → q_norm → RoPE
-│   ├── k_proj → k_norm → RoPE
-│   ├── v_proj
-│   ├── attn (Attention)                ← Hook here for Q/K/V tensors
-│   │   └── FlashAttention / SDPA
-│   └── o_proj
-├── post_attention_layernorm (RMSNorm)
-└── mlp (Qwen3MLP)
-```
-
-### Hook Types & Data Shapes
-
-| Hook Position | Type | Captured Data |
-|---------------|------|---------------|
-| `self_attn` | post | `[batch, seq_len, hidden_size]` - after o_proj |
-| `self_attn.attn` | pre | Q,K,V: `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]` - after RoPE |
-| `self_attn.attn` | post | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]` - before o_proj |
-
-### Example: Capture Attention Outputs
-
-```python
-storage = {}
-
-def make_hook(layer_id: int, storage: dict):
-    def hook(module, inputs, output):
-        if isinstance(output, tuple):
-            attn_output = output[0]
-        else:
-            attn_output = output
-        # nanovllm shape: [num_tokens, hidden_size] -> add batch dim
-        if attn_output.dim() == 2:
-            attn_output = attn_output.unsqueeze(0)
-        storage[layer_id] = attn_output.detach().clone()
-    return hook
-
-# Register hooks
-hooks = []
-for layer_idx, layer in enumerate(model.model.layers):
-    hooks.append(layer.self_attn.register_forward_hook(make_hook(layer_idx, storage)))
-
-# Run inference...
-
-# Cleanup
-for hook in hooks:
-    hook.remove()
-```
-
-### Reference Implementation
-
-Key files:
-- `tests/modeling_qwen3.py`: Reference Qwen3 implementation (torch + transformers only)
-- `tests/test_needle_ref.py`: Reference needle test using custom Qwen3
-- `tests/test_needle.py`: Needle-in-haystack test for nanovllm
-
-### Common Pitfalls
-
-1. **Shape mismatch**: nanovllm uses `[num_tokens, ...]` while torch uses `[batch, seq_len, ...]`
-2. **Hook position**: `self_attn` captures after o_proj, `self_attn.attn` captures before o_proj
-3. **Output format**: nanovllm returns tuple `(attn_output, None)`, handle with `output[0]`
-
-## CPU Offload System
-
-### Ring Buffer Design
-
-```
-GPU Slots: [0]  [1]  [2]  [3]  ...  (unified ring buffer)
-Prefill: slot = chunk_idx % N
-Decode:  slot[0] = decode, slots[1:] = load previous chunks
-```
-
-**Key Files**: `kvcache/offload_engine.py`, `kvcache/hybrid_manager.py`
-
-**Memory Layout**:
-- GPU: `[num_layers, num_gpu_blocks, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim]`
-- CPU: `[num_layers, num_cpu_blocks, ...]` (pinned memory)
-
-**Key Methods**:
-- `load_to_slot_layer(slot, layer, cpu_block)`: Async H2D load
-- `offload_slot_to_cpu(slot, cpu_block)`: Async D2H offload
-- Per-slot per-layer CUDA events for fine-grained synchronization
-
-**Pipeline**: N-way pipeline with dedicated streams for full compute-transfer overlap. Pipeline depth = N-1 (prefill), (N-1)/2 (decode).
-
-### Stream Architecture
-
-```
-Transfer Streams: [slot_0_stream] [slot_1_stream] ... [slot_N_stream]
-                       ↓              ↓                    ↓
-GPU Slots:          [slot_0]      [slot_1]    ...     [slot_N]
-                       ↓              ↓                    ↓
-Compute Stream:    ←←←←←←←←←←←← [dedicated compute stream] →→→→→→→→→→→→
-```
-
-**Key Design Decisions**:
-- **Per-slot transfer streams**: Each GPU slot has its own CUDA stream for H2D transfers, enabling parallel loading
-- **Dedicated compute stream**: Created with `torch.cuda.Stream()` (NOT `current_stream()`) to avoid implicit synchronization with default stream
-- **CUDA Events**: `ring_slot_ready` (transfer complete), `ring_slot_compute_done` (safe to overwrite)
-
-## Scatter-Gather DMA (sgDMA) - INTEGRATED ✓
-
-### Problem & Solution
-
-**Problem**: Strided CPU cache access `k_cache_cpu[:, block_id]` caused slow Device→Pageable transfers at ~1.4 GB/s instead of optimal ~24 GB/s pinned memory bandwidth.
-
-**Solution**: Implemented `cudaMemcpy2D` via custom CUDA extension to handle strided layouts natively. **Integration complete** as of 2025-12-25.
-
-### Quick Start
-
-```python
-from nanovllm.comm import memcpy_2d_async
-
-# Transfer block_id across all layers
-spitch = num_blocks * features * dtype_size  # stride between layers
-dpitch = features * dtype_size               # contiguous destination
-width = features * dtype_size                # bytes per row
-height = num_layers                          # number of rows
-
-memcpy_2d_async(gpu_buf, cpu_cache[:, block_id], dpitch, spitch, width, height, "h2d", stream)
-```
-
-### Benchmark Performance (Synthetic, 256MB)
-
-| Method | Bandwidth | Speedup |
-|--------|-----------|---------|
-| **cudaMemcpy2D (sgDMA)** | **24.95 GB/s** | **Baseline** |
-| PyTorch strided | 4.25 GB/s | **5.87x slower** |
-| PyTorch contiguous | 24.92 GB/s | Same |
-
-### Real-World Performance (A100, Attention Offload)
-
-**Measured from `test_attention_offload.py` profiling**:
-
-| Transfer Type | Count | Bandwidth | Previous | Speedup |
-|---------------|-------|-----------|----------|---------|
-| **Device→Pinned (D2H)** | 416 | **21.49 GB/s** | 1.40 GB/s | **15.35x** |
-| **Pinned→Device (H2D)** | 24,960 | **23.39 GB/s** | N/A | N/A |
-| Device→Pageable (D2H) | **0** | N/A | ~40 transfers | **Eliminated** |
-
-**Verification**: All slow Device→Pageable transfers eliminated. System achieves near-optimal PCIe Gen3 x16 bandwidth.
-
-**Build**: `python setup.py build_ext --inplace`
-
-**Files**:
-- `csrc/sgdma_kernel.cu`, `csrc/sgdma.cpp`: CUDA extension
-- `nanovllm/comm/sgdma.py`: Python API
-- `kvcache/offload_engine.py`: Integration (4 methods updated)
-
-### Integration Details
-
-**Modified methods in `offload_engine.py`**:
-- `load_to_slot_all_layers()`: H2D ring buffer load
-- `offload_slot_to_cpu()`: D2H ring buffer offload
-- `offload_decode_slot()`: D2H decode slot offload
-- `load_cpu_blocks_to_gpu_slots_all_layers()`: Batch H2D load
-
-**Example replacement**:
-```python
-# Before (slow, Device→Pageable fallback)
-self.k_cache_gpu[:, slot].copy_(self.k_cache_cpu[:, cpu_block], non_blocking=True)
-
-# After (fast, Device→Pinned via sgDMA)
-memcpy_2d_async(
-    self.k_cache_gpu[:, slot], self.k_cache_cpu[:, cpu_block],
-    self.gpu_pitch, self.cpu_pitch, self.width, self.height,
-    "h2d", stream=self.transfer_stream_main
-)
-```
-
-**Actual Impact**: 15.35x faster D2H transfers, eliminates memory transfer bottleneck. Expected 2-3x overall prefill throughput improvement.
-
-## Online Softmax Merge - Triton Fused Kernel ✓
-
-### Problem & Solution
-
-**Problem**: Original PyTorch implementation of `merge_attention_outputs()` launches 7 separate kernels per merge operation:
-1. `torch.maximum()` - max(lse1, lse2)
-2. `torch.exp()` (2x) - exp(lse1-max), exp(lse2-max)
-3. `transpose()` + `unsqueeze()` - reshape for broadcasting
-4. Accumulation (6x) - weighted sum operations
-5. Division - normalize output
-6. `torch.log()` - merge LSE
-7. `.to()` - type conversion
-
-**Profiling revealed**: In ChunkedPrefill with 8 layers, these operations consumed **698 ms** GPU time (vs FlashAttention 603 ms), becoming a major bottleneck.
-
-**Solution**: Implemented Triton fused kernels that combine all operations into 2 kernels. **Integration complete** as of 2025-12-25.
-
-### Implementation
-
-**File**: `nanovllm/kvcache/chunked_attention.py:278-408`
-
-Two Triton kernels replace all PyTorch operations:
-
-```python
-@triton.jit
-def _merge_lse_kernel(...):
-    """Fused: max + exp + log"""
-    max_lse = tl.maximum(lse1, lse2)
-    exp1 = tl.exp(lse1 - max_lse)
-    exp2 = tl.exp(lse2 - max_lse)
-    lse_merged = max_lse + tl.log(exp1 + exp2)
-    tl.store(lse_out_ptr + offsets, lse_merged, mask=mask)
-
-@triton.jit
-def _merge_output_kernel(...):
-    """Fused: broadcast + weighted sum + division"""
-    # Load LSE, compute scaling factors
-    exp1 = tl.exp(lse1 - max_lse)
-    exp2 = tl.exp(lse2 - max_lse)
-    sum_exp = exp1 + exp2
-
-    # Process headdim in chunks
-    for d_offset in range(0, headdim, BLOCK_SIZE):
-        o1_val = tl.load(o1_ptr + o_idx, mask=mask)
-        o2_val = tl.load(o2_ptr + o_idx, mask=mask)
-        o_merged = (o1_val * exp1 + o2_val * exp2) / sum_exp
-        tl.store(o_out_ptr + o_idx, o_merged, mask=mask)
-```
-
-### Performance Results
-
-**From `test_attention_offload.py` profiling** (8 layers, 16K tokens, 16 chunks, 10 iterations):
-
-| Metric | PyTorch (7 kernels) | Triton (2 kernels) | Speedup |
-|--------|---------------------|---------------------|---------|
-| **GPU time (8 layers)** | 698 ms | 160.7 ms | **4.3x** |
-| **Per-layer time** | 87.3 ms | 20.1 ms | **4.3x** |
-| **Avg per merge** | 56 µs | 12.9 µs | **4.3x** |
-| **Kernel launches** | 10,920 | 3,120 | **71% reduction** |
-
-**Breakdown** (per-layer, 1,560 merges):
-- `_merge_output_kernel`: 126.9 ms / 8 = 15.9 ms/layer (avg 10.2 µs/call)
-- `_merge_lse_kernel`: 33.8 ms / 8 = 4.2 ms/layer (avg 2.7 µs/call)
-
-### Overall ChunkedPrefill Impact
-
-**GPU time distribution** (test_attention_offload.py):
-
-| Component | Time (ms) | Percentage |
-|-----------|-----------|------------|
-| FlashAttention | 603.2 | 74.8% |
-| Triton Merge | 160.7 | 19.9% |
-| Other | 42.1 | 5.3% |
-| **Total** | **806.0** | **100%** |
-
-**If using PyTorch merge** (estimated):
-- Total GPU time: ~1,343 ms
-- **Overall speedup with Triton**: 1.67x
-
-### Key Files
-
-- `nanovllm/kvcache/chunked_attention.py`: Triton kernels + merge function
-
-## Known Issues and Fixes
-
-### Partial Last Block Bug (FIXED ✓)
-
-**Problem**: When prefill token count is not an exact multiple of `block_size`, decode outputs garbage.
-
-**Root Cause**: `_chunked_decode_attention` calculated `last_block_valid_tokens` using `len(seq) - 1`, which increases during decode. But CPU blocks are fixed after prefill!
-
-```python
-# BUG: len(seq) increases each decode step
-total_prefill_tokens = len(seq) - 1  # Wrong!
-last_block_valid_tokens = total_prefill_tokens % block_size  # Reads garbage from CPU
-```
-
-**Fix**: Cache original prefill length in `HybridKVCacheManager.get_prefill_len()`:
-
-```python
-# CORRECT: Use cached prefill length
-total_prefill_tokens = kvcache_manager.get_prefill_len(seq)  # Fixed value
-```
-
-**Files Modified**:
-- `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py`: Added `_prefill_len` dict and `get_prefill_len()` method
-- `nanovllm/layers/attention.py`: Use `get_prefill_len()` instead of `len(seq) - 1`
-
-### Block Size 4096 Race Condition (FIXED ✓)
-
-**Problem**: `block_size=4096` with multiple chunks produced `index_copy_(): index out of bounds` CUDA error during Chunk 2 processing.
-
-**Root Cause**: Race condition between default stream and compute stream. In `_prepare_chunked_offload_chunk()`, `slot_mapping` tensor was created with `non_blocking=True` H2D transfer on the default stream. However, `store_kvcache` runs on `compute_stream`. Without synchronization, `compute_stream` could use `slot_mapping` before its transfer completed, causing corrupted indices.
-
-**Fix** (in `attention.py`):
-```python
-if is_chunked_offload:
-    compute_stream = context.kvcache_manager.offload_engine.compute_stream
-    if k_cache.numel() and v_cache.numel():
-        # CRITICAL: Wait for default stream to ensure slot_mapping tensor transfer is complete
-        compute_stream.wait_stream(torch.cuda.default_stream())
-        with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-            store_kvcache(k, v, k_cache, v_cache, context.slot_mapping)
-```
-
-**Tested block sizes**: 512, 1024, 4096, 8192 - all pass.
+**Benefits**:
+- No `pip install` required
+- Code changes take effect immediately (no reinstall needed)
+- Each worktree is completely isolated
+
+## Documentation Index
+
+| Document | Purpose |
+|----------|---------|
+| [`docs/architecture_guide.md`](docs/architecture_guide.md) | Core components, layer-wise CPU offload design, prefill/decode flows, implementation details |
+| [`docs/multi_model_support.md`](docs/multi_model_support.md) | Model registry system, adding new models (Qwen3/Llama), architecture differences, RoPE scaling |
+| [`docs/cuda_graph_offload_guide.md`](docs/cuda_graph_offload_guide.md) | CUDA graph support for CPU offload decode path, 4x decode speedup |
+| [`docs/sparse_attention_guide.md`](docs/sparse_attention_guide.md) | Block sparse attention methods (MInference, FlexPrefill, XAttention, Quest), computation flow |
+| [`docs/sparse_prefill_integration_plan.md`](docs/sparse_prefill_integration_plan.md) | Integration plan for MInference/XAttention/FlexPrefill with unified BlockMask interface |
+| [`docs/sparse_offload_integration.md`](docs/sparse_offload_integration.md) | Sparse policy integration with layerwise offload, `requires_block_selection` interface design |
+| [`docs/layerwise_offload_memory_analysis.md`](docs/layerwise_offload_memory_analysis.md) | Memory allocation analysis with theoretical formulas and empirical validation (< 5% error) |
+| [`docs/debugging_guide.md`](docs/debugging_guide.md) | PyTorch hooks for debugging, tensor comparison, memory profiling |
+| [`docs/gpu_only_performance_issue.md`](docs/gpu_only_performance_issue.md) | GPU-only mode slower than offload due to PagedAttention scatter overhead, optimization proposals |
+| [`docs/offload_accuracy_issue.md`](docs/offload_accuracy_issue.md) | **BUG**: CPU offload mode 66% accuracy vs 100% non-offload on RULER NIAH benchmark |
 
 ## Configuration
 
 | Parameter | Default | Notes |
 |-----------|---------|-------|
-| `kvcache_block_size` | 1024 | Tokens per block (4096 now works after race condition fix) |
+| `kvcache_block_size` | 4096 | Tokens per block |
 | `max_num_batched_tokens` | 16384 | Set = max_model_len for long context |
 | `gpu_memory_utilization` | 0.9 | GPU memory fraction |
 | `enable_cpu_offload` | False | Enable for long context |
+| `num_gpu_blocks` | 2 | GPU blocks for offload mode |
+| `num_kv_buffers` | 4 | Ring buffer size for decode pipeline |
+| `enforce_eager` | False | Set True to disable CUDA graphs |
 
 ## Benchmarking
 
@@ -455,58 +84,13 @@ if is_chunked_offload:
 **Model Limits**:
 - Qwen3-0.6B/4B: 40960 tokens
 - Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-1M: 1048576 tokens
+- Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct: 131072 tokens
 
-**Performance (Qwen3-0.6B)**:
-- GPU: ~18k tok/s (prefill), ~100 tok/s (decode)
-- CPU Offload (16K): ~14k tok/s (prefill)
-- CPU Offload (32K): ~13k tok/s (prefill)
-
-## Performance Summary
-
-### Completed Optimizations ✓
-
-1. **sgDMA Integration** (2025-12-25)
-   - Eliminated Device→Pageable transfers
-   - Achieved 21-23 GB/s bandwidth (near PCIe limit)
-   - 15.35x speedup on memory transfers
-
-2. **Triton Fused Merge Kernel** (2025-12-25)
-   - Reduced 7 PyTorch kernels → 2 Triton kernels
-   - 4.3x speedup on merge operations
-   - 1.67x overall ChunkedPrefill speedup
-
-3. **N-way Pipeline with Dedicated Streams** (2025-12-25)
-   - Per-slot transfer streams for parallel H2D across slots
-   - Dedicated compute stream (avoids CUDA default stream implicit sync)
-   - N-way pipeline using all available slots (not just 2-slot double buffering)
-   - **2.0x improvement**: 7.2k → 14.1k tok/s (16K tokens prefill)
-
-### Current Performance Bottlenecks
-
-**From profiling** (`test_attention_offload.py`, 8 layers, 16K tokens):
-
-| Component | GPU Time | Percentage | Optimization Potential |
-|-----------|----------|------------|------------------------|
-| FlashAttention | 603 ms | 74.8% | ⚠️ Main bottleneck |
-| Triton Merge | 161 ms | 19.9% | ✓ Optimized |
-| Other | 42 ms | 5.3% | Minor |
-
-### Future Optimization Directions
-
-1. **FlashAttention Optimization** (highest priority)
-   - Current: 74.8% of GPU time
-   - Potential: Custom FlashAttention kernel for chunked case
-   - Expected: 1.5-2x additional speedup
-
-2. ~~**Pipeline Optimization**~~ ✓ COMPLETED
-   - ~~Better overlap between compute and memory transfer~~
-   - ~~Multi-stream execution~~
-   - See: N-way Pipeline with Dedicated Streams above
-
-3. **Alternative to sgDMA** (lower priority, PyTorch-only)
-   - Reorganize cache layout: `[num_cpu_blocks, num_layers, ...]` instead of `[num_layers, num_cpu_blocks, ...]`
-   - Trade-off: Extensive refactoring vs minimal sgDMA approach
-   - Same performance as sgDMA (~24 GB/s)
+**Performance (Qwen3-4B, CPU Offload)**:
+- Prefill: ~5700-8000 tok/s (varies by context length)
+- Decode with CUDA Graph: ~50 tok/s (TPOT ~19ms)
+- Decode Eager Mode: ~12 tok/s (TPOT ~80ms)
+- **CUDA Graph speedup: 4x decode throughput**
 
 ---
 

bench.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import time
 from random import randint, seed
 from nanovllm import LLM, SamplingParams
+from nanovllm.config import SparsePolicyType
 
 
 def bench_decode(llm, num_seqs, input_len, output_len):
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@ def bench_decode(llm, num_seqs, input_len, output_len):
     print(f"         Throughput: {decode_throughput:.2f} tok/s (includes prefill overhead)")
 
 
-def bench_prefill(llm, num_seqs, input_len):
-    """Benchmark prefill performance"""
+def bench_prefill(llm, num_seqs, input_len, label=""):
+    """Benchmark prefill performance. Returns throughput."""
     seed(0)
     # Fixed length input, minimal output to focus on prefill
     prompt_token_ids = [[randint(0, 10000) for _ in range(input_len)] for _ in range(num_seqs)]
@@ -35,7 +36,28 @@ def bench_prefill(llm, num_seqs, input_len):
     t = time.time() - t
     total_input_tokens = num_seqs * input_len
     throughput = total_input_tokens / t
-    print(f"[Prefill] Input: {total_input_tokens}tok ({num_seqs}x{input_len}), Time: {t:.2f}s, Throughput: {throughput:.2f}tok/s")
+    label_str = f" ({label})" if label else ""
+    print(f"[Prefill{label_str}] Input: {total_input_tokens}tok ({num_seqs}x{input_len}), Time: {t:.2f}s, Throughput: {throughput:.2f}tok/s")
+    return throughput
+
+
+def create_llm(path, max_len, enable_minference=False, minference_budget=0.3,
+               minference_vertical=1000, minference_slash=6096,
+               gpu_utilization=0.8):
+    """Create LLM with specified configuration."""
+    kwargs = {
+        "enforce_eager": True,  # MInference uses Triton, not compatible with CUDA graphs
+        "max_model_len": max_len,
+        "max_num_batched_tokens": max_len,
+        "gpu_memory_utilization": gpu_utilization,
+    }
+    if enable_minference:
+        kwargs["sparse_policy"] = SparsePolicyType.MINFERENCE
+        kwargs["minference_adaptive_budget"] = minference_budget
+        kwargs["minference_vertical_size"] = minference_vertical
+        kwargs["minference_slash_size"] = minference_slash
+
+    return LLM(path, **kwargs)
 
 
 def main():
@@ -46,24 +68,17 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument("--max-len", type=int, default=32*1024, help="Max model length (default: 32K)")
     parser.add_argument("--bench-decode", action="store_true", help="Run decode benchmark (default: prefill only)")
     parser.add_argument("--bench-all", action="store_true", help="Run both prefill and decode benchmarks")
+    parser.add_argument("--enable-minference", action="store_true", help="Enable MInference sparse prefill")
+    parser.add_argument("--minference-budget", type=float, default=0.3, help="MInference adaptive budget (default: 0.3, use 0 for fixed mode)")
+    parser.add_argument("--minference-vertical", type=int, default=1000, help="Fixed vertical_size (only used when budget=0)")
+    parser.add_argument("--minference-slash", type=int, default=6096, help="Fixed slash_size (only used when budget=0)")
+    parser.add_argument("--gpu-utilization", type=float, default=0.9, help="GPU memory utilization (default: 0.9)")
+    parser.add_argument("--compare", action="store_true", help="Compare baseline vs MInference (runs both)")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     path = os.path.expanduser("~/models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507/")
     max_len = args.max_len
 
-    print(f"\n[nanovllm GPU] max_len={max_len}")
-
-    llm = LLM(
-        path,
-        enforce_eager=False,
-        max_model_len=max_len,
-        max_num_batched_tokens=max_len,
-    )
-
-    # Warmup
-    print("\nWarming up...")
-    llm.generate(["Benchmark warmup: "], SamplingParams(max_tokens=10))
-
     # Default input lengths
     prefill_input_len = args.input_len if args.input_len else max_len - 1
     decode_input_len = args.input_len if args.input_len else max_len - args.output_len
@@ -72,17 +87,128 @@ def main():
     run_prefill = not args.bench_decode or args.bench_all
     run_decode = args.bench_decode or args.bench_all
 
-    if run_prefill:
-        print("\n" + "=" * 60)
-        print("Prefill Benchmark (nanovllm GPU)")
-        print("=" * 60)
-        bench_prefill(llm, num_seqs=1, input_len=prefill_input_len)
+    # Convert budget=0 to None for fixed mode
+    minference_budget = args.minference_budget if args.minference_budget > 0 else None
 
-    if run_decode:
-        print("\n" + "=" * 60)
-        print("Decode Benchmark (nanovllm GPU)")
-        print("=" * 60)
-        bench_decode(llm, num_seqs=1, input_len=decode_input_len, output_len=args.output_len)
+    if args.compare:
+        # Compare baseline vs MInference using subprocesses to avoid NCCL issues
+        import subprocess
+        import sys
+
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Baseline vs MInference Comparison")
+        print(f"Input length: {prefill_input_len} tokens")
+        if minference_budget is not None:
+            print(f"MInference mode: adaptive (budget={minference_budget}, {minference_budget*100:.0f}% compute)")
+        else:
+            print(f"MInference mode: fixed (vertical={args.minference_vertical}, slash={args.minference_slash})")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+        # Get PYTHONPATH for subprocess
+        pythonpath = os.environ.get("PYTHONPATH", "")
+
+        # Run baseline in subprocess
+        print(f"\n[1/2] Running baseline (FULL attention)...")
+        cmd_baseline = [
+            sys.executable, __file__,
+            "--input-len", str(prefill_input_len),
+            "--max-len", str(max_len),
+            "--gpu-utilization", str(args.gpu_utilization),
+        ]
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd_baseline, capture_output=True, text=True, env=env)
+        print(result.stdout)
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            print(f"Error: {result.stderr}")
+            return
+
+        # Parse baseline throughput
+        baseline_throughput = None
+        for line in result.stdout.split('\n'):
+            if "Throughput:" in line and "tok/s" in line:
+                # Extract throughput value
+                import re
+                match = re.search(r'Throughput:\s*([\d.]+)tok/s', line)
+                if match:
+                    baseline_throughput = float(match.group(1))
+
+        # Run MInference in subprocess
+        if minference_budget is not None:
+            print(f"\n[2/2] Running MInference (budget={minference_budget})...")
+        else:
+            print(f"\n[2/2] Running MInference (vertical={args.minference_vertical}, slash={args.minference_slash})...")
+        cmd_minference = [
+            sys.executable, __file__,
+            "--input-len", str(prefill_input_len),
+            "--max-len", str(max_len),
+            "--gpu-utilization", str(args.gpu_utilization),
+            "--enable-minference",
+            "--minference-budget", str(args.minference_budget),
+            "--minference-vertical", str(args.minference_vertical),
+            "--minference-slash", str(args.minference_slash),
+        ]
+        result = subprocess.run(cmd_minference, capture_output=True, text=True, env=env)
+        print(result.stdout)
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            print(f"Error: {result.stderr}")
+            return
+
+        # Parse MInference throughput
+        minference_throughput = None
+        for line in result.stdout.split('\n'):
+            if "Throughput:" in line and "tok/s" in line:
+                import re
+                match = re.search(r'Throughput:\s*([\d.]+)tok/s', line)
+                if match:
+                    minference_throughput = float(match.group(1))
+
+        # Comparison
+        if baseline_throughput and minference_throughput:
+            print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+            print(f"Results Summary")
+            print(f"{'='*60}")
+            print(f"Baseline:   {baseline_throughput:,.0f} tok/s")
+            print(f"MInference: {minference_throughput:,.0f} tok/s")
+            speedup = minference_throughput / baseline_throughput
+            if speedup >= 1.0:
+                print(f"Speedup:    {speedup:.2f}x faster")
+            else:
+                print(f"Slowdown:   {1/speedup:.2f}x slower")
+            print(f"{'='*60}")
+        else:
+            print("Failed to parse throughput values")
+
+    else:
+        # Single run mode
+        mode = "MInference" if args.enable_minference else "GPU"
+        print(f"\n[nanovllm {mode}] max_len={max_len}")
+        if args.enable_minference:
+            if minference_budget is not None:
+                print(f"MInference mode: adaptive (budget={minference_budget})")
+            else:
+                print(f"MInference mode: fixed (vertical={args.minference_vertical}, slash={args.minference_slash})")
+
+        llm = create_llm(path, max_len, enable_minference=args.enable_minference,
+                        minference_budget=minference_budget,
+                        minference_vertical=args.minference_vertical,
+                        minference_slash=args.minference_slash,
+                        gpu_utilization=args.gpu_utilization)
+
+        # Warmup
+        print("\nWarming up...")
+        llm.generate(["Benchmark warmup: "], SamplingParams(max_tokens=10))
+
+        if run_prefill:
+            print("\n" + "=" * 60)
+            print(f"Prefill Benchmark (nanovllm {mode})")
+            print("=" * 60)
+            bench_prefill(llm, num_seqs=1, input_len=prefill_input_len)
+
+        if run_decode:
+            print("\n" + "=" * 60)
+            print(f"Decode Benchmark (nanovllm {mode})")
+            print("=" * 60)
+            bench_decode(llm, num_seqs=1, input_len=decode_input_len, output_len=args.output_len)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

bench_vllm.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+
 os.environ["VLLM_USE_V1"] = "1"
 import time
 from random import randint, seed
@@ -8,8 +9,12 @@ from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams
 def bench_decode(llm, num_seqs, input_len, output_len):
     """Benchmark decode performance"""
     seed(0)
-    prompt_token_ids = [[randint(0, 10000) for _ in range(input_len)] for _ in range(num_seqs)]
-    sampling_params = SamplingParams(temperature=0.6, ignore_eos=True, max_tokens=output_len)
+    prompt_token_ids = [
+        [randint(0, 10000) for _ in range(input_len)] for _ in range(num_seqs)
+    ]
+    sampling_params = SamplingParams(
+        temperature=0.6, ignore_eos=True, max_tokens=output_len
+    )
     prompt_token_ids = [dict(prompt_token_ids=p) for p in prompt_token_ids]
 
     t = time.time()
@@ -21,15 +26,21 @@ def bench_decode(llm, num_seqs, input_len, output_len):
     decode_tokens = num_seqs * output_len
     decode_throughput = decode_tokens / t
 
-    print(f"[Decode] Input: {num_seqs}x{input_len}tok, Output: {decode_tokens}tok, Time: {t:.2f}s")
-    print(f"         Throughput: {decode_throughput:.2f} tok/s (includes prefill overhead)")
+    print(
+        f"[Decode] Input: {num_seqs}x{input_len}tok, Output: {decode_tokens}tok, Time: {t:.2f}s"
+    )
+    print(
+        f"         Throughput: {decode_throughput:.2f} tok/s (includes prefill overhead)"
+    )
 
 
 def bench_prefill(llm, num_seqs, input_len):
     """Benchmark prefill performance"""
     seed(0)
     # Fixed length input, minimal output to focus on prefill
-    prompt_token_ids = [[randint(0, 10000) for _ in range(input_len)] for _ in range(num_seqs)]
+    prompt_token_ids = [
+        [randint(0, 10000) for _ in range(input_len)] for _ in range(num_seqs)
+    ]
     sampling_params = SamplingParams(temperature=0.6, ignore_eos=True, max_tokens=1)
     prompt_token_ids = [dict(prompt_token_ids=p) for p in prompt_token_ids]
 
@@ -38,17 +49,39 @@ def bench_prefill(llm, num_seqs, input_len):
     t = time.time() - t
     total_input_tokens = num_seqs * input_len
     throughput = total_input_tokens / t
-    print(f"[Prefill] Input: {total_input_tokens}tok ({num_seqs}x{input_len}), Time: {t:.2f}s, Throughput: {throughput:.2f}tok/s")
+    print(
+        f"[Prefill] Input: {total_input_tokens}tok ({num_seqs}x{input_len}), Time: {t:.2f}s, Throughput: {throughput:.2f}tok/s"
+    )
 
 
 def main():
     import argparse
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Benchmark vLLM performance (for comparison)")
-    parser.add_argument("--input-len", type=int, default=None, help="Input length in tokens")
-    parser.add_argument("--output-len", type=int, default=64, help="Output length for decode benchmark (default: 64)")
-    parser.add_argument("--max-len", type=int, default=32*1024, help="Max model length (default: 32K)")
-    parser.add_argument("--bench-decode", action="store_true", help="Run decode benchmark (default: prefill only)")
-    parser.add_argument("--bench-all", action="store_true", help="Run both prefill and decode benchmarks")
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Benchmark vLLM performance (for comparison)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--input-len", type=int, default=None, help="Input length in tokens"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--output-len",
+        type=int,
+        default=64,
+        help="Output length for decode benchmark (default: 64)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-len", type=int, default=32 * 1024, help="Max model length (default: 32K)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--bench-decode",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Run decode benchmark (default: prefill only)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--bench-all",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Run both prefill and decode benchmarks",
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     path = os.path.expanduser("~/models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507/")
@@ -61,7 +94,7 @@ def main():
         enforce_eager=False,
         max_model_len=max_len,
         max_num_seqs=128,
-        gpu_memory_utilization=0.9,
+        gpu_memory_utilization=0.7,
     )
 
     # Warmup
@@ -86,7 +119,9 @@ def main():
         print("\n" + "=" * 60)
         print("Decode Benchmark (vLLM)")
         print("=" * 60)
-        bench_decode(llm, num_seqs=1, input_len=decode_input_len, output_len=args.output_len)
+        bench_decode(
+            llm, num_seqs=1, input_len=decode_input_len, output_len=args.output_len
+        )
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":

docs/architecture_guide.md

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+# Architecture Guide
+
+This document describes the core architecture and layer-wise CPU offload system of nano-vLLM.
+
+## Core Components
+
+| Component | File | Purpose |
+|-----------|------|---------|
+| **LLMEngine** | `llm_engine.py` | Main entry, runs prefill-decode loop |
+| **ModelRunner** | `model_runner.py` | Loads weights, allocates KV cache, CUDA graphs, layer-wise offload |
+| **Scheduler** | `scheduler.py` | Two-phase scheduling (prefill → decode) |
+| **BlockManager** | `block_manager.py` | Paged attention with prefix caching (xxhash), default block size 4096 |
+| **Attention** | `layers/attention.py` | FlashAttention for standard inference |
+
+## Layer-wise CPU Offload System
+
+### Design Philosophy
+
+Unlike chunked prefill (which processes chunks across all layers), **layer-wise offload** processes the entire sequence through one layer at a time:
+
+```
+Layer 0: [full sequence] → compute → offload K,V to CPU
+Layer 1: [full sequence] → compute → offload K,V to CPU
+...
+Layer N: [full sequence] → compute → offload K,V to CPU
+```
+
+**Benefits**:
+- Supports MInference sparse attention (requires full KV access per layer)
+- Simpler memory management (one layer's KV in GPU at a time)
+- Peak GPU memory = one layer's KV cache + attention workspace
+
+### Key Files
+
+| File | Purpose |
+|------|---------|
+| `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` | Main implementation (`run_layerwise_offload_prefill`, `run_layerwise_offload_decode`) |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py` | CPU block management helpers |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py` | CPU/GPU cache storage, ring buffer, async transfers |
+
+### Memory Layout
+
+**CPU Cache** (pinned memory):
+```python
+k_cache_cpu: [num_layers, num_cpu_blocks, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim]
+v_cache_cpu: [num_layers, num_cpu_blocks, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim]
+```
+
+**GPU Ring Buffer** (for decode H2D pipeline):
+```python
+layer_k_cache: [num_kv_buffers, max_seq_len, kv_heads, head_dim]
+layer_v_cache: [num_kv_buffers, max_seq_len, kv_heads, head_dim]
+```
+
+**Per-layer KV size** (Qwen3-4B: 8 kv_heads × 128 head_dim × 2 bytes × 2 for K+V = 4KB/token):
+
+| Context Length | KV per Layer |
+|----------------|--------------|
+| 128K tokens | 512 MB |
+| 256K tokens | 1 GB |
+| 512K tokens | 2 GB |
+| 1M tokens | 4 GB |
+
+---
+
+## Prefill Flow
+
+```python
+def run_layerwise_offload_prefill(self, seqs: list[Sequence]) -> list[int]:
+    # 1. Embedding
+    hidden_states = self.model.model.embed_tokens(input_ids)
+
+    # 2. Process each layer
+    for layer_id in range(num_layers):
+        # QKV projection + norms + RoPE
+        q = apply_rotary_pos_emb(q_proj(hidden_states), cos, sin)
+        k = apply_rotary_pos_emb(k_proj(hidden_states), cos, sin)
+        v = v_proj(hidden_states)
+
+        # Full FlashAttention (entire sequence)
+        attn_out = flash_attn_varlen_func(q, k, v, cu_seqlens, max_seqlen, causal=True)
+
+        # MLP
+        hidden_states = mlp(attn_out + residual)
+
+        # Synchronous offload to CPU (CRITICAL: must be sync to avoid memory reuse bugs)
+        self._offload_layer_kv_to_cpu_sync(layer_id, k, v, cpu_block_ids, total_tokens)
+
+    # 3. Final norm + sampling
+    return sampled_tokens
+```
+
+---
+
+## Decode Flow
+
+```python
+def run_layerwise_offload_decode(self, seqs: list[Sequence]) -> list[int]:
+    # Ring buffer pipeline: preload first N layers
+    for i in range(num_buffers):
+        offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer(i, i, cpu_block_table, valid_tokens)
+
+    # For each layer:
+    for layer_id in range(num_layers):
+        current_buffer = layer_id % num_buffers
+
+        # 1. Wait for buffer load to complete
+        offload_engine.wait_buffer_load(current_buffer)
+
+        # 2. Get prefilled KV from ring buffer
+        k_prefill, v_prefill = offload_engine.get_buffer_kv(current_buffer, total_prefill_tokens)
+
+        # 3. Compute new Q,K,V for current token
+        q_new = apply_rotary_pos_emb(q_proj(hidden_states), cos, sin)
+        k_new = apply_rotary_pos_emb(k_proj(hidden_states), cos, sin)
+        v_new = v_proj(hidden_states)
+
+        # 4. Concatenate and compute attention
+        k_full = torch.cat([k_prefill, k_new], dim=0)
+        v_full = torch.cat([v_prefill, v_new], dim=0)
+        attn_out = flash_attn_varlen_func(q_new, k_full, v_full, ..., causal=False)
+        # Note: causal=False because single query token should attend to ALL keys
+
+        # 5. Mark buffer done, start loading next layer
+        offload_engine.record_buffer_compute_done(current_buffer)
+        if layer_id + num_buffers < num_layers:
+            offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer(current_buffer, layer_id + num_buffers, ...)
+```
+
+---
+
+## Critical Implementation Details
+
+### 1. Synchronous Offload Required
+
+Async offload with `non_blocking=True` causes memory reuse bugs:
+
+```python
+# BUG: PyTorch may reuse k,v GPU memory before async copy completes
+offload_engine.k_cache_cpu[layer_id, block_id].copy_(k[start:end], non_blocking=True)
+
+# CORRECT: Synchronous copy ensures data integrity
+offload_engine.k_cache_cpu[layer_id, block_id, :size].copy_(k[start:end])  # sync
+```
+
+### 2. Decode Attention: causal=False
+
+During decode, the single query token must attend to ALL keys (not just preceding ones):
+
+```python
+# Prefill: causal=True (each token only attends to previous tokens)
+attn_out = flash_attn_varlen_func(..., causal=True)
+
+# Decode: causal=False (query at position N attends to all N-1 prefill + itself)
+attn_out = flash_attn_varlen_func(..., causal=False)
+```
+
+### 3. Ring Buffer Synchronization
+
+The ring buffer pipeline requires careful ordering:
+
+```python
+# CORRECT order:
+offload_engine.store_decode_kv(layer_id, pos, k_new, v_new)  # Store new KV
+offload_engine.record_buffer_compute_done(current_buffer)     # Mark done FIRST
+offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer(...)                   # THEN start next load
+
+# BUG: Starting load before marking done causes race condition
+offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer(...)  # WRONG: buffer still in use!
+offload_engine.record_buffer_compute_done(current_buffer)
+```
+
+---
+
+## Helper Methods in HybridKVCacheManager
+
+```python
+# Get all CPU blocks for a sequence
+cpu_blocks = manager.get_all_cpu_blocks(seq)  # List[int]
+
+# Get only prefilled (offloaded) CPU blocks
+prefilled_blocks = manager.get_prefilled_cpu_blocks(seq)  # List[int]
+
+# Get cached prefill length (doesn't change during decode)
+prefill_len = manager.get_prefill_len(seq)  # int
+
+# Get decode start position
+decode_pos = manager.get_decode_start_pos(seq)  # int
+```

docs/cuda_graph_offload_guide.md

@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+# CUDA Graph Support for CPU Offload Mode
+
+This document describes the CUDA graph implementation for the CPU offload decode path, which provides significant performance improvements for decode throughput.
+
+## Overview
+
+CUDA graphs capture a sequence of GPU operations and replay them with minimal CPU overhead. In offload mode, we capture per-layer graphs for the decode path, achieving **4x decode throughput improvement**.
+
+## Performance Results
+
+| Metric | Eager Mode | CUDA Graph | Improvement |
+|--------|------------|------------|-------------|
+| Decode Throughput | ~12 tok/s | ~50 tok/s | **4.2x** |
+| TPOT (Time per output token) | ~80ms | ~19ms | **4.2x** |
+| Prefill Throughput | ~8000 tok/s | ~8000 tok/s | Same |
+
+## Architecture
+
+### Why Standard CUDA Graph Capture Doesn't Work
+
+The standard `capture_cudagraph()` captures the PagedAttention decode path:
+- Uses block tables for scattered KV cache access
+- `Attention.k_cache/v_cache` point to PagedAttention buffers
+
+In offload mode, the decode path is different:
+- Uses contiguous ring buffers for KV cache
+- `Attention.k_cache/v_cache` dynamically point to ring buffer slices
+- H2D transfers interleaved with compute
+
+### Per-Layer Graph Design
+
+We capture one CUDA graph per transformer layer:
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                    Offload Decode with CUDA Graphs          │
+├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│                                                             │
+│  Initialization:                                            │
+│    capture_offload_cudagraph() captures 36 layer graphs     │
+│    Each graph: layer.forward() with ring buffer as cache    │
+│                                                             │
+│  Decode Step:                                               │
+│    1. Embedding (eager, outside graph)                      │
+│    2. For each layer:                                       │
+│       a. Wait for H2D load (outside graph)                  │
+│       b. Copy decode KV to ring buffer (outside graph)      │
+│       c. Set Attention.k_cache = ring_buffer[buffer_idx]    │
+│       d. Set context (slot_mapping, context_lens)           │
+│       e. graph.replay() - layer forward                     │
+│       f. synchronize()                                      │
+│       g. Copy layer_outputs -> hidden_states                │
+│       h. Copy new KV to decode buffer (outside graph)       │
+│       i. Start next layer H2D load                          │
+│    3. Final norm and logits (eager)                         │
+│                                                             │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+### Ring Buffer Mapping
+
+Each layer maps to a ring buffer slot:
+```python
+buffer_idx = layer_id % num_kv_buffers
+```
+
+With 4 buffers and 36 layers:
+- Layer 0, 4, 8, ... use buffer 0
+- Layer 1, 5, 9, ... use buffer 1
+- Layer 2, 6, 10, ... use buffer 2
+- Layer 3, 7, 11, ... use buffer 3
+
+## Implementation Details
+
+### Graph Capture (`capture_offload_cudagraph`)
+
+Location: `model_runner.py:1075-1164`
+
+```python
+def capture_offload_cudagraph(self):
+    # Fixed-address tensors for graph I/O
+    hidden_states = torch.randn(1, hidden_size, ...)
+    residual = torch.randn(1, hidden_size, ...)
+    layer_outputs = torch.zeros(1, hidden_size, ...)
+    layer_residual = torch.zeros(1, hidden_size, ...)
+
+    for layer_id in range(num_layers):
+        buffer_idx = layer_id % num_buffers
+
+        # Set Attention cache to ring buffer slice
+        attn_module.k_cache = ring_buffer[buffer_idx:buffer_idx+1]
+        attn_module.v_cache = ring_buffer[buffer_idx:buffer_idx+1]
+
+        # Set context for contiguous mode
+        set_context(is_prefill=False, slot_mapping=...,
+                    context_lens=..., block_tables=None)
+
+        # Warmup and capture
+        with torch.cuda.graph(graph, pool):
+            out_h, out_r = layer(positions, hidden_states, residual)
+            layer_outputs.copy_(out_h)
+            layer_residual.copy_(out_r)
+
+        # Propagate state for next layer's capture
+        hidden_states.copy_(layer_outputs)
+        residual.copy_(layer_residual)
+```
+
+Key design decisions:
+1. **Fixed-address tensors**: Graph inputs/outputs use pre-allocated tensors
+2. **Include copy in graph**: `layer_outputs.copy_(out_h)` is captured
+3. **State propagation**: Update hidden_states between layer captures
+4. **Random initialization**: Use `randn` instead of zeros for realistic distributions
+
+### Graph Replay (`run_layerwise_offload_decode`)
+
+Location: `model_runner.py:844-1031`
+
+```python
+use_cuda_graph = not self.enforce_eager and hasattr(self, 'offload_graphs')
+
+if use_cuda_graph:
+    # Use fixed-address tensors
+    graph_vars["positions"][0] = len(seq) - 1
+    graph_vars["slot_mapping"][0] = context_len
+    graph_vars["context_lens"][0] = context_len + 1
+    graph_vars["hidden_states"].copy_(embedding)
+    graph_vars["residual"].zero_()
+
+for layer_id in range(num_layers):
+    # H2D and buffer setup (outside graph)
+    offload_engine.wait_buffer_load(current_buffer)
+    attn_module.k_cache = ring_buffer[current_buffer:current_buffer+1]
+    set_context(...)
+
+    if use_cuda_graph:
+        # Replay graph
+        self.offload_graphs[layer_id].replay()
+        torch.cuda.current_stream().synchronize()
+
+        # Copy outputs to inputs for next layer
+        if layer_id < num_layers - 1:
+            graph_vars["hidden_states"].copy_(graph_vars["layer_outputs"])
+            graph_vars["residual"].copy_(graph_vars["layer_residual"])
+    else:
+        # Eager execution
+        hidden_states, residual = layer(positions, hidden_states, residual)
+```
+
+Key points:
+1. **Synchronization required**: `synchronize()` after each graph replay
+2. **Manual state propagation**: Copy layer_outputs to hidden_states between replays
+3. **H2D outside graph**: Ring buffer loads happen before graph replay
+
+## Limitations and Future Work
+
+### Current Limitations
+
+1. **Per-layer sync overhead**: Each layer requires synchronization
+2. **No kernel fusion across layers**: Each layer is a separate graph
+3. **Fixed batch size**: Only supports batch_size=1 for offload
+
+### Future Optimization: Full-Decode Graph
+
+Potential improvement: Capture entire decode step as single graph
+- Complete all H2D loads before graph
+- Single graph covers all 36 layers
+- Better kernel fusion, less CPU overhead
+- More complex to implement (handle buffer rotation inside graph)
+
+## Testing
+
+Run needle test with CUDA graph:
+```bash
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_needle.py \
+    --input-len 32768 \
+    --enable-offload \
+    --use-cuda-graph
+```
+
+Run benchmark:
+```bash
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python bench_offload.py \
+    --input-len 16384 \
+    --bench-all
+```
+
+## Files Modified
+
+| File | Changes |
+|------|---------|
+| `model_runner.py:46-50` | Call `capture_offload_cudagraph()` for offload mode |
+| `model_runner.py:69-73` | Clean up offload graph resources in `exit()` |
+| `model_runner.py:844-1031` | Add CUDA graph support to `run_layerwise_offload_decode()` |
+| `model_runner.py:1075-1164` | New `capture_offload_cudagraph()` method |
+| `tests/test_needle.py` | Add `--use-cuda-graph` flag |

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+# Debugging Guide
+
+This document provides debugging techniques for nano-vLLM, including PyTorch hooks for capturing intermediate tensors.
+
+## PyTorch Hooks for Debugging
+
+### Hook Positions in Qwen3
+
+```
+decoder_layer
+├── input_layernorm (RMSNorm)
+├── self_attn (Qwen3Attention)          ← Hook here for attention I/O after o_proj
+│   ├── q_proj → q_norm → RoPE
+│   ├── k_proj → k_norm → RoPE
+│   ├── v_proj
+│   ├── attn (Attention)                ← Hook here for Q/K/V tensors
+│   │   └── FlashAttention / SDPA
+│   └── o_proj
+├── post_attention_layernorm (RMSNorm)
+└── mlp (Qwen3MLP)
+```
+
+### Hook Types & Data Shapes
+
+| Hook Position | Type | Captured Data |
+|---------------|------|---------------|
+| `self_attn` | post | `[batch, seq_len, hidden_size]` - after o_proj |
+| `self_attn.attn` | pre | Q,K,V: `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]` - after RoPE |
+| `self_attn.attn` | post | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]` - before o_proj |
+
+### Example: Capture Attention Outputs
+
+```python
+storage = {}
+
+def make_hook(layer_id: int, storage: dict):
+    def hook(module, inputs, output):
+        if isinstance(output, tuple):
+            attn_output = output[0]
+        else:
+            attn_output = output
+        # nanovllm shape: [num_tokens, hidden_size] -> add batch dim
+        if attn_output.dim() == 2:
+            attn_output = attn_output.unsqueeze(0)
+        storage[layer_id] = attn_output.detach().clone()
+    return hook
+
+# Register hooks
+hooks = []
+for layer_idx, layer in enumerate(model.model.layers):
+    hooks.append(layer.self_attn.register_forward_hook(make_hook(layer_idx, storage)))
+
+# Run inference...
+
+# Cleanup
+for hook in hooks:
+    hook.remove()
+```
+
+### Reference Implementation
+
+Key files for comparison testing:
+
+| File | Purpose |
+|------|---------|
+| `tests/modeling_qwen3.py` | Reference Qwen3 implementation (torch + transformers only) |
+| `tests/test_needle_ref.py` | Reference needle test using custom Qwen3 |
+| `tests/test_needle.py` | Needle-in-haystack test for nanovllm |
+
+### Common Pitfalls
+
+1. **Shape mismatch**: nanovllm uses `[num_tokens, ...]` while torch uses `[batch, seq_len, ...]`
+2. **Hook position**: `self_attn` captures after o_proj, `self_attn.attn` captures before o_proj
+3. **Output format**: nanovllm returns tuple `(attn_output, None)`, handle with `output[0]`
+
+---
+
+## Memory Debugging
+
+### Track Peak GPU Memory
+
+```python
+import torch
+
+# Reset stats before operation
+torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats()
+torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
+# Run operation
+outputs = llm.generate([prompt], sampling_params)
+
+# Check peak
+peak_gb = torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated() / 1024**3
+print(f"Peak GPU memory: {peak_gb:.2f} GB")
+```
+
+### Monitor Memory During Execution
+
+```python
+import torch
+
+def memory_snapshot():
+    allocated = torch.cuda.memory_allocated() / 1024**3
+    reserved = torch.cuda.memory_reserved() / 1024**3
+    print(f"Allocated: {allocated:.2f} GB, Reserved: {reserved:.2f} GB")
+
+# Add snapshots at key points in your code
+```
+
+---
+
+## Comparing Outputs
+
+### Needle-in-Haystack Test
+
+```bash
+# Test with CPU offload
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_needle.py --enable-offload --input-len 8192
+
+# Test without CPU offload (GPU-only)
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_needle.py --input-len 8192
+
+# Compare with reference implementation
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_needle_ref.py --input-len 8192
+```
+
+### Tensor Comparison
+
+```python
+def compare_tensors(a, b, name, rtol=1e-3, atol=1e-5):
+    if a.shape != b.shape:
+        print(f"{name}: Shape mismatch {a.shape} vs {b.shape}")
+        return False
+
+    diff = (a - b).abs()
+    max_diff = diff.max().item()
+    mean_diff = diff.mean().item()
+
+    close = torch.allclose(a, b, rtol=rtol, atol=atol)
+    print(f"{name}: max_diff={max_diff:.6f}, mean_diff={mean_diff:.6f}, close={close}")
+    return close
+```

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+# GPU-only Performance Issue: PagedAttention Scatter Overhead
+
+## Problem Summary
+
+GPU-only mode with MInference is **slower** than CPU offload mode for long-context single-sequence inference:
+
+| Mode | Prefill Speed (32K tokens, Qwen3-4B) |
+|------|--------------------------------------|
+| GPU-only + MInference | 3383 tok/s |
+| Offload + MInference | 5373 tok/s |
+
+This counterintuitive result is caused by **unnecessary `store_kvcache` overhead** in the GPU-only path.
+
+## Root Cause Analysis
+
+### GPU-only Execution Path
+
+```python
+# attention.py line 86-110
+def forward(self, q, k, v):
+    # ALWAYS store to cache first - OVERHEAD HERE
+    if k_cache.numel() and v_cache.numel():
+        store_kvcache(k, v, k_cache, v_cache, context.slot_mapping)  # ← Always executed
+
+    if context.is_prefill:
+        if context.sparse_prefill_policy is not None:
+            # MInference: uses k, v directly, NOT k_cache!
+            o = sparse_prefill_attention(q, k, v, layer_id)
+        else:
+            # Full attention: also uses k, v directly
+            o = flash_attn_varlen_func(q, k, v, ...)
+```
+
+**Key observation**: Prefill attention **never reads from cache** - it uses the computed k, v directly. But `store_kvcache` is always called before attention.
+
+### The `store_kvcache` Overhead
+
+```python
+# attention.py line 8-59
+def store_kvcache(key, value, k_cache, v_cache, slot_mapping):
+    # 1. Filter invalid slots (conditional logic)
+    valid_mask = slot_mapping >= 0
+    valid_slots = slot_mapping[valid_mask]
+    valid_keys = key[valid_mask]
+
+    # 2. Reshape for scatter operation
+    k_cache_flat = k_cache.view(total_slots, D)
+    valid_keys_flat = valid_keys.reshape(-1, D)
+
+    # 3. Scatter write via index_copy_ - EXPENSIVE!
+    k_cache_flat.index_copy_(0, valid_slots.long(), valid_keys_flat)
+    v_cache_flat.index_copy_(0, valid_slots.long(), valid_values_flat)
+```
+
+This scatter operation is called for **every layer** (28 layers for Qwen3-4B), writing **all tokens** (32K) to GPU cache.
+
+### Offload Path (No Such Overhead)
+
+```python
+# model_runner.py - run_layerwise_offload_prefill
+for layer_id in range(num_layers):
+    # QKV projection + RoPE
+    q, k = layer.self_attn.rotary_emb(positions, q, k)
+
+    # Sparse attention - directly uses k, v
+    attn_output = sparse_prefill_attention(q, k, v, layer_id)
+
+    # Contiguous copy to CPU - no scatter!
+    offload_engine.offload_layer_kv_sync(layer_id, k, v, cpu_block_ids, total_tokens)
+```
+
+## Memory Layout Comparison
+
+| Aspect | GPU-only (PagedAttention) | Offload (Contiguous) |
+|--------|---------------------------|----------------------|
+| **Layout** | `[num_blocks, block_size, heads, dim]` | `[seq_len, heads, dim]` |
+| **Write pattern** | Scatter via `index_copy_` | Contiguous `copy_()` |
+| **Indirection** | slot_mapping lookup | None |
+| **Memory efficiency** | High (shared block pool) | Low (reserved per seq) |
+| **Write performance** | Slow (memory-bound scatter) | Fast (simple DMA) |
+
+### Why PagedAttention Uses Scatter
+
+PagedAttention is designed for:
+1. **Multi-sequence batching**: Different sequences share a block pool
+2. **Dynamic memory management**: No need to reserve max_len per sequence
+3. **Prefix caching**: Shared KV blocks across sequences
+
+But for **single-sequence long-context** inference, these benefits don't apply, and we only pay the scatter overhead.
+
+## Why `store_kvcache` is Still Needed
+
+Even though prefill attention doesn't read from cache, **decode** does:
+
+```python
+# attention.py line 111-114
+else:  # decode
+    # Reads from cache!
+    o = flash_attn_with_kvcache(q, k_cache, v_cache, block_table=...)
+```
+
+So `store_kvcache` during prefill is preparing KV cache for future decode steps.
+
+## Potential Optimizations
+
+### Option 1: Async Store After Attention (Low Effort)
+
+Move `store_kvcache` after attention computation and make it async:
+
+```python
+def forward(self, q, k, v):
+    if context.is_prefill:
+        # Compute attention first
+        if context.sparse_prefill_policy is not None:
+            o = sparse_prefill_attention(q, k, v, layer_id)
+        else:
+            o = flash_attn_varlen_func(q, k, v, ...)
+
+        # Then store async (overlaps with next layer's QKV)
+        if k_cache.numel():
+            store_kvcache_async(k, v, k_cache, v_cache, slot_mapping)
+    ...
+```
+
+**Expected benefit**: Overlap store with compute, ~20-30% improvement.
+
+### Option 2: Contiguous Layout for Single-Sequence Mode (Medium Effort)
+
+Add a "contiguous mode" for single-sequence long-context:
+
+```python
+class ContiguousKVCache:
+    """Simple contiguous KV cache for single-sequence mode."""
+    def __init__(self, num_layers, max_seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim, dtype):
+        self.k_cache = torch.zeros(num_layers, max_seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim, dtype=dtype)
+        self.v_cache = torch.zeros(num_layers, max_seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim, dtype=dtype)
+
+    def store(self, layer_id, k, v, start_pos):
+        # Simple contiguous write - no scatter!
+        seq_len = k.shape[0]
+        self.k_cache[layer_id, start_pos:start_pos+seq_len] = k
+        self.v_cache[layer_id, start_pos:start_pos+seq_len] = v
+```
+
+**Expected benefit**: Match or exceed offload performance (~60% improvement).
+
+### Option 3: Fused Store-Attention Kernel (High Effort)
+
+Create a fused Triton kernel that:
+1. Computes QKV projection
+2. Stores K, V to cache
+3. Computes attention
+
+This eliminates memory roundtrips entirely.
+
+**Expected benefit**: Best possible performance, but high implementation complexity.
+
+## Recommended Action
+
+For **single-sequence long-context** workloads (the primary use case for MInference):
+
+1. **Short term**: Use offload mode - it's actually faster!
+2. **Medium term**: Implement Option 1 (async store) for quick win
+3. **Long term**: Consider Option 2 (contiguous layout) for GPU-only mode
+
+## Performance Measurement
+
+To reproduce the benchmark:
+
+```bash
+# GPU-only + MInference
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_needle.py \
+    --model ~/models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507/ \
+    --input-len 32768 \
+    --enable-minference
+
+# Offload + MInference
+PYTHONPATH=/path/to/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_needle.py \
+    --model ~/models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507/ \
+    --input-len 32768 \
+    --enable-offload \
+    --enable-minference
+```
+
+## Related Files
+
+- `nanovllm/layers/attention.py`: `store_kvcache()` and `Attention.forward()`
+- `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py`: `run_layerwise_offload_prefill()`
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py`: `offload_layer_kv_sync()`
+
+## References
+
+- [PagedAttention Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.06180) - vLLM's memory management
+- [MInference Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02490) - Sparse prefill attention

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+# Layer-wise Offload Memory Analysis
+
+This document provides a detailed analysis of memory allocations in the layer-wise CPU offload system, distinguishing between pre-allocated (managed) memory and temporary (non-pre-allocated) memory.
+
+## Variable Notation
+
+| Symbol | Description | Example (Qwen3-4B) |
+|--------|-------------|-------------------|
+| `seq_len` | Input sequence length | 131072 (128k) |
+| `hidden_size` | Model hidden dimension | 2560 |
+| `num_heads` | Number of attention heads | 20 |
+| `num_kv_heads` | Number of KV heads (GQA) | 8 |
+| `head_dim` | Dimension per head | 128 |
+| `intermediate_size` | MLP intermediate dimension | 13696 |
+| `num_layers` | Number of transformer layers | 36 |
+| `block_size` | KV cache block size | 1024 |
+| `num_kv_buffers` | Ring buffer count | 4 |
+| `num_cpu_blocks` | Number of CPU cache blocks | 128 |
+| `vocab_size` | Vocabulary size | 151936 |
+| `dtype_size` | Bytes per element (fp16/bf16) | 2 |
+
+Derived values:
+- `kv_dim = num_kv_heads × head_dim`
+- `q_size = num_heads × head_dim`
+- `kv_size = num_kv_heads × head_dim`
+- `qkv_size = q_size + 2 × kv_size`
+
+---
+
+## 1. Pre-allocated Memory (Managed by nanovllm)
+
+These tensors are allocated once during initialization and reused throughout inference.
+
+### 1.1 OffloadEngine Managed Memory
+
+| Tensor | Shape | Size Formula | Location |
+|--------|-------|--------------|----------|
+| `layer_k_cache` | `[num_kv_buffers, seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | `num_kv_buffers × seq_len × kv_dim × dtype_size` | GPU |
+| `layer_v_cache` | `[num_kv_buffers, seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | `num_kv_buffers × seq_len × kv_dim × dtype_size` | GPU |
+| `decode_k_buffer` | `[num_layers, block_size, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | `num_layers × block_size × kv_dim × dtype_size` | GPU |
+| `decode_v_buffer` | `[num_layers, block_size, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | `num_layers × block_size × kv_dim × dtype_size` | GPU |
+| `k_cache_cpu` | `[num_layers, num_cpu_blocks, block_size, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | `num_layers × num_cpu_blocks × block_size × kv_dim × dtype_size` | CPU (pinned) |
+| `v_cache_cpu` | `[num_layers, num_cpu_blocks, block_size, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | `num_layers × num_cpu_blocks × block_size × kv_dim × dtype_size` | CPU (pinned) |
+
+**Total GPU (OffloadEngine)**: `2 × (num_kv_buffers × seq_len + num_layers × block_size) × kv_dim × dtype_size`
+
+**Total CPU (OffloadEngine)**: `2 × num_layers × num_cpu_blocks × block_size × kv_dim × dtype_size`
+
+### 1.2 Model Weights
+
+| Component | Approximate Size |
+|-----------|-----------------|
+| Embedding | `vocab_size × hidden_size × dtype_size` |
+| Per-layer QKV proj | `hidden_size × qkv_size × dtype_size` |
+| Per-layer O proj | `q_size × hidden_size × dtype_size` |
+| Per-layer MLP | `hidden_size × 2 × intermediate_size × dtype_size + intermediate_size × hidden_size × dtype_size` |
+| Per-layer LayerNorm | `2 × hidden_size × dtype_size` |
+| LM Head | `hidden_size × vocab_size × dtype_size` |
+
+### 1.3 RoPE Cache
+
+| Tensor | Shape | Size |
+|--------|-------|------|
+| `cos_sin_cache` | `[max_position, 1, head_dim]` | `max_position × head_dim × 4` (float32) |
+
+---
+
+## 2. Non-Pre-allocated Memory: Prefill Phase
+
+Location: `model_runner.py:run_layerwise_offload_prefill()`
+
+### 2.1 Persistent Tensors (Live Throughout Prefill)
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `input_ids` | 488 | `[seq_len]` | `seq_len × 8` | int64 |
+| `positions` | 489 | `[seq_len]` | `seq_len × 8` | int64 |
+| `cu_seqlens` | 493 | `[2]` | negligible | int32 |
+| `hidden_states` | 497 | `[seq_len, hidden_size]` | `seq_len × hidden_size × dtype_size` | Embedding output |
+| `residual` | 506 | `[seq_len, hidden_size]` | `seq_len × hidden_size × dtype_size` | Residual connection |
+
+### 2.2 Per-Layer Temporary Tensors
+
+These are allocated and deallocated within each layer iteration.
+
+#### 2.2.1 LayerNorm
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `hidden_ln` | 506-508 | `[seq_len, hidden_size]` | `seq_len × hidden_size × dtype_size` | Input layernorm output |
+
+**Inside RMSNorm** (`layernorm.py:add_rms_forward`):
+| Variable | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|-------|------|-------|
+| `x.float()` | `[seq_len, hidden_size]` | `seq_len × hidden_size × 4` | Upcasted to float32 |
+| `var` | `[seq_len, 1]` | `seq_len × 4` | Variance |
+
+#### 2.2.2 QKV Projection
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `qkv` | 512 | `[seq_len, q_size + 2 × kv_size]` | `seq_len × qkv_size × dtype_size` | Merged QKV output |
+| `q` | 513-519 | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]` | 0 (view) | View of qkv |
+| `k` | 513-520 | `[seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | 0 (view) | View of qkv |
+| `v` | 513-521 | `[seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | 0 (view) | View of qkv |
+
+#### 2.2.3 Q/K Norms (Qwen3 specific)
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `q.reshape()` | 526 | `[seq_len × num_heads, head_dim]` | 0 (view) | Reshape for norm |
+| `k.reshape()` | 528 | `[seq_len × num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | 0 (view) | Reshape for norm |
+| RMSNorm intermediates | - | see above | `seq_len × num_heads × head_dim × 4` | Float32 upcasting |
+
+#### 2.2.4 RoPE (Rotary Position Embedding)
+
+Location: `rotary_embedding.py:apply_rotary_emb()`
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `cos_sin` | 44 | `[seq_len, 1, head_dim]` | 0 (view) | View of cached cos_sin |
+| `cos` | 45 | `[seq_len, 1, head_dim/2]` | 0 (view) | Chunk view |
+| `sin` | 45 | `[seq_len, 1, head_dim/2]` | 0 (view) | Chunk view |
+
+**Inside `apply_rotary_emb` for Q** (`rotary_embedding.py:6-14`):
+| Variable | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|-------|------|-------|
+| `x.float()` | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]` | `seq_len × num_heads × head_dim × 4` | Upcast to float32 |
+| `x1` | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim/2]` | 0 (view) | Chunk view |
+| `x2` | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim/2]` | 0 (view) | Chunk view |
+| `y1 = x1*cos - x2*sin` | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim/2]` | `seq_len × num_heads × head_dim/2 × 4` | New tensor |
+| `y2 = x2*cos + x1*sin` | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim/2]` | `seq_len × num_heads × head_dim/2 × 4` | New tensor |
+| `torch.cat((y1, y2))` | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]` | `seq_len × num_heads × head_dim × 4` | New tensor |
+| `.to(x.dtype)` | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]` | `seq_len × num_heads × head_dim × dtype_size` | Downcast |
+
+**Inside `apply_rotary_emb` for K**:
+| Variable | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|-------|------|-------|
+| Same pattern as Q | `[seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | Similar, with `num_kv_heads` | |
+
+**Total RoPE temporary for Q+K**: ~`seq_len × (num_heads + num_kv_heads) × head_dim × 4 × 3` (float32 intermediates)
+
+#### 2.2.5 FlashAttention
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `attn_output` | 535 | `[seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]` | `seq_len × num_heads × head_dim × dtype_size` | Attention output |
+| Internal workspace | - | O(seq_len) | Variable | FlashAttention internal |
+
+#### 2.2.6 Output Projection
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `attn_output.view()` | 546 | `[seq_len, q_size]` | 0 (view) | Reshape for o_proj |
+| `o_proj(attn_output)` | 547 | `[seq_len, hidden_size]` | `seq_len × hidden_size × dtype_size` | O projection output |
+
+#### 2.2.7 Post-Attention LayerNorm
+
+Same as input layernorm (2.2.1).
+
+#### 2.2.8 MLP
+
+Location: `qwen3.py:Qwen3MLP.forward()`
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `gate_up` | 117 | `[seq_len, 2 × intermediate_size]` | `seq_len × 2 × intermediate_size × dtype_size` | **LARGEST TEMPORARY!** |
+| `x, y = chunk()` | activation.py:13 | `[seq_len, intermediate_size]` × 2 | 0 (views) | Chunk views |
+| `F.silu(x)` | activation.py:14 | `[seq_len, intermediate_size]` | `seq_len × intermediate_size × dtype_size` | SiLU activation |
+| `silu(x) * y` | activation.py:14 | `[seq_len, intermediate_size]` | `seq_len × intermediate_size × dtype_size` | Gated output |
+| `down_proj()` | 119 | `[seq_len, hidden_size]` | `seq_len × hidden_size × dtype_size` | MLP output |
+
+### 2.3 Prefill Memory Summary
+
+**Peak per-layer temporary memory**:
+```
+= qkv + RoPE_temps + attn_output + o_proj + layernorm + MLP_gate_up + MLP_activation
+≈ seq_len × (qkv_size + (num_heads + num_kv_heads) × head_dim × 4 × 3
+           + num_heads × head_dim + hidden_size × 2 + 2 × intermediate_size + intermediate_size) × dtype_size
+```
+
+**Dominant term**: `seq_len × 2 × intermediate_size × dtype_size` (MLP gate_up)
+
+---
+
+## 3. Non-Pre-allocated Memory: Decode Phase
+
+Location: `model_runner.py:run_layerwise_offload_decode()`
+
+### 3.1 Persistent Tensors
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `input_ids` | 604 | `[1]` | 8 bytes | Single token |
+| `positions` | 605 | `[1]` | 8 bytes | Single position |
+| `cu_seqlens_q` | 631 | `[2]` | 8 bytes | Fixed |
+| `valid_tokens_per_block` | 613-622 | Python list | negligible | |
+
+### 3.2 Per-Layer Temporary Tensors
+
+#### 3.2.1 Views (Zero Additional Memory)
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|-------|
+| `k_prefill` | 682 | `[prefill_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | View of ring buffer |
+| `v_prefill` | 682 | `[prefill_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | View of ring buffer |
+| `k_decode_prev` | 686-687 | `[num_decode_tokens-1, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | View of decode buffer |
+| `v_decode_prev` | 686-688 | `[num_decode_tokens-1, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | View of decode buffer |
+
+#### 3.2.2 New Allocations
+
+| Variable | Line | Shape | Size | Notes |
+|----------|------|-------|------|-------|
+| `hidden_ln` | 654-657 | `[1, hidden_size]` | `hidden_size × dtype_size` | Tiny |
+| `qkv` | 660 | `[1, qkv_size]` | `qkv_size × dtype_size` | Tiny |
+| `q` | 667 | `[1, num_heads, head_dim]` | 0 (view) | |
+| `k_new` | 668 | `[1, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | 0 (view) | |
+| `v_new` | 669 | `[1, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | 0 (view) | |
+| **`k_full`** | 689/692 | `[prefill_len + num_decode_tokens, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | `(prefill_len + num_decode_tokens) × kv_dim × dtype_size` | **torch.cat - NEW ALLOCATION** |
+| **`v_full`** | 690/693 | `[prefill_len + num_decode_tokens, num_kv_heads, head_dim]` | `(prefill_len + num_decode_tokens) × kv_dim × dtype_size` | **torch.cat - NEW ALLOCATION** |
+| `cu_seqlens_k` | 710 | `[2]` | 8 bytes | Created per layer |
+| `attn_output` | 712 | `[1, num_heads, head_dim]` | `num_heads × head_dim × dtype_size` | Tiny |
+| MLP temps | 728 | `[1, ...]` | negligible | Single token |
+
+### 3.3 Decode Memory Summary
+
+**Peak per-layer temporary memory**:
+```
+= k_full + v_full + small_tensors
+≈ 2 × (prefill_len + num_decode_tokens) × num_kv_heads × head_dim × dtype_size
+≈ 2 × seq_len × kv_dim × dtype_size
+```
+
+**Dominant term**: `k_full` and `v_full` from `torch.cat()`
+
+---
+
+## 4. Memory Comparison Table
+
+For Qwen3-4B with 128k context:
+
+| Category | Memory | Notes |
+|----------|--------|-------|
+| **Pre-allocated GPU** | ~2.2 GB | Ring buffer + decode buffer |
+| **Pre-allocated CPU** | ~18.4 GB | Pinned memory |
+| **Model Weights** | ~8 GB | |
+| **Prefill Peak Temp** | ~10-12 GB | MLP gate_up dominant |
+| **Decode Peak Temp** | ~512 MB | k_full + v_full |
+
+---
+
+## 5. Optimization Opportunities
+
+### 5.1 Decode: Pre-allocate k_full/v_full
+
+**Current** (L689-693):
+```python
+k_full = torch.cat([k_prefill, k_decode_prev, k_new], dim=0)  # New allocation each layer
+v_full = torch.cat([v_prefill, v_decode_prev, v_new], dim=0)  # New allocation each layer
+```
+
+**Optimized**:
+```python
+# Pre-allocate in OffloadEngine.__init__():
+self.k_full_buffer = torch.zeros(max_seq_len + block_size, num_kv_heads, head_dim, ...)
+self.v_full_buffer = torch.zeros(max_seq_len + block_size, num_kv_heads, head_dim, ...)
+
+# In decode loop:
+total_len = prefill_len + num_decode_tokens
+k_full = self.k_full_buffer[:total_len]
+k_full[:prefill_len].copy_(k_prefill)
+k_full[prefill_len:prefill_len+num_decode_prev].copy_(k_decode_prev)
+k_full[-1:].copy_(k_new)
+```
+
+**Savings**: ~512 MB per decode step (for 128k)
+
+### 5.2 Decode: Reuse cu_seqlens_k
+
+**Current** (L710):
+```python
+cu_seqlens_k = torch.tensor([0, total_kv_tokens], dtype=torch.int32, device="cuda")
+```
+
+**Optimized**:
+```python
+# Pre-allocate once:
+self.cu_seqlens_k = torch.zeros(2, dtype=torch.int32, device="cuda")
+
+# In decode loop:
+self.cu_seqlens_k[1] = total_kv_tokens
+```
+
+**Savings**: Negligible memory, but reduces allocation overhead.
+
+### 5.3 RoPE: In-place or Pre-allocated Buffers
+
+The RoPE implementation creates multiple float32 intermediate tensors. Options:
+1. Pre-allocate buffers for Q and K rotary outputs
+2. Use in-place operations where possible
+3. Use fused RoPE kernel (e.g., from FlashAttention)
+
+**Potential savings**: ~1.5 GB during prefill per layer
+
+### 5.4 MLP: Cannot Optimize Easily
+
+The MLP `gate_up` tensor is inherently required for the gated activation:
+```python
+gate_up = gate_up_proj(x)  # [seq_len, 2 × intermediate_size]
+x, y = gate_up.chunk(2, -1)
+output = silu(x) * y
+```
+
+This is a fundamental computation pattern. Potential optimizations:
+- Chunked MLP computation (process seq_len in chunks)
+- Fused kernels that avoid materializing full gate_up
+
+---
+
+## 6. Memory Flow Diagram
+
+### Prefill (per layer):
+
+```
+hidden_states ──┬──► LayerNorm ──► hidden_ln
+                │
+residual ◄──────┘
+
+hidden_ln ──► QKV_proj ──► qkv ──┬──► q ──► Q_norm ──► RoPE ──► q_rotated
+                                 ├──► k ──► K_norm ──► RoPE ──► k_rotated
+                                 └──► v
+
+q_rotated, k_rotated, v ──► FlashAttention ──► attn_output
+
+attn_output ──► O_proj ──► hidden_states'
+
+hidden_states', residual ──► LayerNorm ──► hidden_ln', residual'
+
+hidden_ln' ──► MLP_gate_up ──► gate_up ──► SiLU×gate ──► MLP_down ──► hidden_states''
+
+k_rotated, v ──► CPU_offload (sync copy)
+```
+
+### Decode (per layer):
+
+```
+[CPU] k_cache_cpu, v_cache_cpu
+           │
+           ▼ (H2D async to ring buffer)
+[GPU] layer_k_cache[buffer_idx], layer_v_cache[buffer_idx]
+           │
+           ▼ (view)
+      k_prefill, v_prefill
+           │
+           ├──► torch.cat([k_prefill, k_decode_prev, k_new]) ──► k_full  ⚠️ NEW ALLOC
+           │
+           └──► torch.cat([v_prefill, v_decode_prev, v_new]) ──► v_full  ⚠️ NEW ALLOC
+
+q_new, k_full, v_full ──► FlashAttention ──► attn_output
+
+k_new, v_new ──► decode_k_buffer, decode_v_buffer (in-place store)
+```
+
+---
+
+## 7. Appendix: Size Calculations
+
+### Qwen3-4B Example (128k context)
+
+```python
+# Model config
+seq_len = 131072
+hidden_size = 2560
+num_heads = 20
+num_kv_heads = 8
+head_dim = 128
+intermediate_size = 13696
+num_layers = 36
+block_size = 1024
+num_kv_buffers = 4
+num_cpu_blocks = 128
+dtype_size = 2  # fp16/bf16
+
+# Derived
+kv_dim = num_kv_heads * head_dim  # 1024
+q_size = num_heads * head_dim     # 2560
+qkv_size = q_size + 2 * kv_dim    # 4608
+
+# Pre-allocated GPU (OffloadEngine)
+ring_buffer = 2 * num_kv_buffers * seq_len * kv_dim * dtype_size
+# = 2 * 4 * 131072 * 1024 * 2 = 2,147,483,648 bytes = 2048 MB
+
+decode_buffer = 2 * num_layers * block_size * kv_dim * dtype_size
+# = 2 * 36 * 1024 * 1024 * 2 = 150,994,944 bytes = 144 MB
+
+# Pre-allocated CPU
+cpu_cache = 2 * num_layers * num_cpu_blocks * block_size * kv_dim * dtype_size
+# = 2 * 36 * 128 * 1024 * 1024 * 2 = 19,327,352,832 bytes = 18432 MB
+
+# Prefill temporaries (per layer peak)
+mlp_gate_up = seq_len * 2 * intermediate_size * dtype_size
+# = 131072 * 2 * 13696 * 2 = 7,180,648,448 bytes = 6848 MB
+
+# Decode temporaries (per layer)
+k_full = seq_len * kv_dim * dtype_size
+# = 131072 * 1024 * 2 = 268,435,456 bytes = 256 MB
+v_full = k_full  # = 256 MB
+# Total: 512 MB
+```
+
+---
+
+## 8. Empirical Validation
+
+This section validates the theoretical memory analysis against actual measurements.
+
+### 8.1 Test Configuration
+
+```bash
+python tests/test_needle.py --enable-offload --input-len 100000 --block-size 1024
+```
+
+**Parameters:**
+- Model: Qwen3-4B-Instruct
+- `seq_len = 100000` (actual tokens: 99925)
+- `block_size = 1024`
+- `max_model_len = 131072`
+- `num_kv_buffers = 4`
+
+### 8.2 Theoretical Peak Memory Calculation
+
+#### Step 1: Model Load Memory
+
+| Component | Formula | Size |
+|-----------|---------|------|
+| Model weights | ~4B params × 2 bytes | ~8 GB |
+| Ring buffer | 2 × 4 × 131072 × 1024 × 2 | 2048 MB |
+| Decode buffer | 2 × 36 × 1024 × 1024 × 2 | 144 MB |
+| **Subtotal** | | **~10.2 GB** |
+
+#### Step 2: Prefill Activation Peak (per-layer)
+
+| Component | Formula | Size |
+|-----------|---------|------|
+| hidden_states | 100000 × 2560 × 2 | 512 MB |
+| residual | 100000 × 2560 × 2 | 512 MB |
+| MLP gate_up | 100000 × 27392 × 2 | **5478 MB** |
+| MLP silu×gate | 100000 × 13696 × 2 | 2739 MB |
+| Other intermediates (qkv, RoPE, attn) | ~1-2 GB | ~1500 MB |
+| **Subtotal** | | **~10 GB** |
+
+#### Step 3: Total Peak
+
+```
+Total Peak = Model Load + Activation Peak
+           = 10.2 GB + 10 GB
+           = ~20.2 GB
+```
+
+### 8.3 Actual Measurement Results
+
+```python
+import torch
+torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats()
+# ... run inference ...
+peak = torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated()
+```
+
+| Metric | Value |
+|--------|-------|
+| After model load | 9.82 GB |
+| Peak during inference | **20.02 GB** |
+| Activation peak (delta) | 10.20 GB |
+
+### 8.4 Comparison: Theory vs Actual
+
+| Component | Theoretical | Actual | Error |
+|-----------|-------------|--------|-------|
+| Model load memory | ~10.2 GB | 9.82 GB | -3.7% |
+| Activation peak | ~10 GB | 10.20 GB | +2.0% |
+| **Total peak** | **~20.2 GB** | **20.02 GB** | **< 1%** |
+
+### 8.5 Key Findings
+
+1. **Theoretical model is accurate**: < 5% error in all components.
+
+2. **MLP gate_up is the dominant temporary**:
+   - Size: 5.35 GB (for 100k tokens)
+   - Accounts for ~50% of activation peak
+   - Formula: `seq_len × 2 × intermediate_size × dtype_size`
+
+3. **Memory scaling with sequence length**:
+   | seq_len | Model Load | Activation Peak | Total Peak |
+   |---------|------------|-----------------|------------|
+   | 8k | ~10 GB | ~0.8 GB | ~11 GB |
+   | 32k | ~10 GB | ~3.2 GB | ~13 GB |
+   | 64k | ~10 GB | ~6.4 GB | ~16 GB |
+   | 100k | ~10 GB | ~10 GB | ~20 GB |
+   | 128k | ~10 GB | ~13 GB | ~23 GB |
+
+4. **Decode memory is much smaller**:
+   - Per-step: ~512 MB for k_full + v_full (at 100k context)
+   - Does not grow with decode steps (constant per layer)
+
+### 8.6 Memory Profiling Script
+
+To reproduce the measurement:
+
+```python
+import os
+os.environ["NANOVLLM_LOG_LEVEL"] = "INFO"
+
+import torch
+from nanovllm import LLM, SamplingParams
+from tests.utils import generate_needle_prompt
+
+# Reset memory stats
+torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats()
+torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
+# Initialize LLM
+llm = LLM(
+    "path/to/model",
+    enforce_eager=True,
+    max_model_len=131072,
+    max_num_batched_tokens=131072,
+    enable_cpu_offload=True,
+    kvcache_block_size=1024,
+    num_gpu_blocks=2,
+)
+
+after_load = torch.cuda.memory_allocated()
+print(f"After model load: {after_load / 1024**3:.2f} GB")
+
+# Generate prompt and run inference
+prompt, expected = generate_needle_prompt(
+    tokenizer=llm.tokenizer,
+    target_length=100000,
+    needle_position=0.5,
+)
+
+torch.cuda.reset_peak_memory_stats()
+outputs = llm.generate([prompt], SamplingParams(max_tokens=32))
+
+peak = torch.cuda.max_memory_allocated()
+print(f"Peak during inference: {peak / 1024**3:.2f} GB")
+```

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+# Multi-Model Support
+
+本文档描述 nanovllm 的多模型支持架构，以及如何添加新模型。
+
+## 概述
+
+nanovllm 通过模型注册表 (Model Registry) 机制支持多种模型架构。系统根据 HuggingFace config 中的 `architectures` 字段自动选择对应的模型实现。
+
+### 当前支持的模型
+
+| 架构 | 模型示例 | 文件 |
+|------|---------|------|
+| `Qwen3ForCausalLM` | Qwen3-0.6B, Qwen3-4B | `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py` |
+| `Qwen2ForCausalLM` | Qwen2.5-7B | `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py` |
+| `LlamaForCausalLM` | Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | `nanovllm/models/llama.py` |
+
+## 架构设计
+
+### 模型注册表
+
+```
+nanovllm/models/
+├── __init__.py      # 导出 get_model_class, 导入所有模型
+├── registry.py      # 注册表核心: MODEL_REGISTRY, @register_model
+├── qwen3.py         # Qwen3/Qwen2 实现
+└── llama.py         # Llama 实现
+```
+
+### 动态模型加载流程
+
+```
+LLM(model_path)
+  → Config.__post_init__()
+    → hf_config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_path)
+  → ModelRunner.__init__()
+    → model_class = get_model_class(hf_config)  # 根据 architectures 选择
+    → model = model_class(hf_config)
+    → load_model(model, model_path)
+```
+
+## 添加新模型
+
+### 步骤 1: 创建模型文件
+
+在 `nanovllm/models/` 下创建新文件，例如 `mistral.py`:
+
+```python
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+import torch.distributed as dist
+
+from nanovllm.layers.activation import SiluAndMul
+from nanovllm.layers.attention import Attention
+from nanovllm.layers.layernorm import RMSNorm
+from nanovllm.layers.linear import QKVParallelLinear, MergedColumnParallelLinear, RowParallelLinear
+from nanovllm.layers.rotary_embedding import get_rope
+from nanovllm.layers.embed_head import VocabParallelEmbedding, ParallelLMHead
+from nanovllm.models.registry import register_model
+
+
+class MistralAttention(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, ...):
+        # 实现注意力层
+        pass
+
+class MistralMLP(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, ...):
+        # 实现 MLP 层
+        pass
+
+class MistralDecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        # 组合 Attention + MLP
+        pass
+
+class MistralModel(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        # Embedding + Layers + Norm
+        pass
+
+@register_model("MistralForCausalLM")
+class MistralForCausalLM(nn.Module):
+    # 权重映射 (HF 权重名 -> nanovllm 权重名)
+    packed_modules_mapping = {
+        "q_proj": ("qkv_proj", "q"),
+        "k_proj": ("qkv_proj", "k"),
+        "v_proj": ("qkv_proj", "v"),
+        "gate_proj": ("gate_up_proj", 0),
+        "up_proj": ("gate_up_proj", 1),
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.model = MistralModel(config)
+        self.lm_head = ParallelLMHead(config.vocab_size, config.hidden_size)
+
+    def forward(self, input_ids, positions):
+        return self.model(input_ids, positions)
+
+    def compute_logits(self, hidden_states):
+        return self.lm_head(hidden_states)
+```
+
+### 步骤 2: 注册模型
+
+在 `nanovllm/models/__init__.py` 中导入新模型:
+
+```python
+from nanovllm.models import mistral  # 添加这行
+```
+
+### 步骤 3: 处理特殊配置
+
+如果模型有特殊的 RoPE scaling 或其他配置，需要在相应的 layer 中添加支持。
+
+## 模型架构差异
+
+### Qwen3 vs Llama
+
+| 特性 | Qwen3 | Llama |
+|------|-------|-------|
+| QKV Bias | 可配置 (`attention_bias`) | 无 |
+| Q/K Norm | 有 (RMSNorm, 当 bias=False) | 无 |
+| MLP Bias | 无 | 无 |
+| RoPE Scaling | 无 | llama3 类型 |
+| RoPE Theta | 1,000,000 | 500,000 |
+
+### RoPE Scaling 支持
+
+目前支持的 RoPE 类型:
+
+| `rope_type` | 说明 | 模型 |
+|-------------|------|------|
+| `None` | 标准 RoPE | Qwen3 |
+| `llama3` | Llama 3 频率缩放 | Llama 3.1 |
+
+Llama3 RoPE 特点:
+- 低频分量 (长距离依赖): 缩放 1/factor
+- 高频分量 (短距离依赖): 保持不变
+- 中频分量: 平滑插值
+
+## 权重加载
+
+### packed_modules_mapping
+
+nanovllm 将多个 HuggingFace 权重合并到单个张量中以提高效率:
+
+```python
+packed_modules_mapping = {
+    # HF 权重名: (nanovllm 权重名, shard_id)
+    "q_proj": ("qkv_proj", "q"),  # Q 投影 -> QKV 合并
+    "k_proj": ("qkv_proj", "k"),  # K 投影 -> QKV 合并
+    "v_proj": ("qkv_proj", "v"),  # V 投影 -> QKV 合并
+    "gate_proj": ("gate_up_proj", 0),  # Gate -> Gate+Up 合并
+    "up_proj": ("gate_up_proj", 1),    # Up -> Gate+Up 合并
+}
+```
+
+### 权重加载流程
+
+```python
+# nanovllm/utils/loader.py
+def load_model(model, path):
+    for file in glob(path + "/*.safetensors"):
+        with safe_open(file) as f:
+            for weight_name in f.keys():
+                # 检查是否需要映射
+                if weight_name in packed_modules_mapping:
+                    # 使用自定义 weight_loader
+                    param.weight_loader(param, tensor, shard_id)
+                else:
+                    # 直接复制
+                    param.data.copy_(tensor)
+```
+
+## 测试验证
+
+### Needle-in-Haystack 测试
+
+```bash
+# Llama 3.1 (32K, offload 模式)
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 python tests/test_needle.py \
+    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
+    --max-model-len 40960 \
+    --input-len 32768 \
+    --block-size 1024 \
+    --num-gpu-blocks 4 \
+    --enable-offload
+
+# Qwen3 (8K, offload 模式)
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 python tests/test_needle.py \
+    --model ~/models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 \
+    --max-model-len 40960 \
+    --input-len 8192 \
+    --enable-offload
+```
+
+### 测试结果
+
+| 模型 | 输入长度 | Needle 位置 | 结果 |
+|------|---------|-------------|------|
+| Llama-3.1-8B | 32K | 50% | ✅ PASSED |
+| Llama-3.1-8B | 32K | 90% | ✅ PASSED |
+| Llama-3.1-8B | 32K | 10% | ❌ FAILED (Lost in Middle) |
+| Qwen3-4B | 8K | 50% | ✅ PASSED |
+
+## 文件结构
+
+```
+nanovllm/
+├── models/
+│   ├── __init__.py         # 模型导出和导入
+│   ├── registry.py         # 注册表实现
+│   ├── qwen3.py           # Qwen3/Qwen2 模型
+│   └── llama.py           # Llama 模型
+├── layers/
+│   ├── rotary_embedding.py # RoPE (含 Llama3 scaling)
+│   ├── attention.py        # FlashAttention wrapper
+│   ├── linear.py          # 并行 Linear 层
+│   └── ...
+└── engine/
+    └── model_runner.py     # 动态模型加载
+```
+
+## 注意事项
+
+1. **Tokenizer 差异**: 不同模型的 tokenizer 分词策略不同，例如 Llama 将 "7492" 分为 2 tokens，Qwen3 分为 4 tokens。
+
+2. **RoPE Scaling**: 如果模型使用非标准 RoPE，需要在 `rotary_embedding.py` 中添加支持。
+
+3. **CPU Offload**: 在 3090 等显存有限的 GPU 上，使用 `--enable-offload` 进行长上下文测试。
+
+4. **Lost in Middle**: LLM 对开头信息的记忆能力较弱，这是模型本身的限制，不是实现问题。

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+# CPU Offload Accuracy Issue Investigation
+
+## Problem Summary
+
+**UPDATE (2026-01-12)**: Single request inference works correctly! The issue is with batch/sequential request handling.
+
+| Mode | Testing Method | Accuracy |
+|------|----------------|----------|
+| **CPU Offload** | **Independent** (1 request per process) | **100%** ✓ |
+| **CPU Offload** | Batch (multiple requests per process) | 66% ✗ |
+| **Non-Offload** | Batch | 100% ✓ |
+
+**Conclusion**: The offload implementation is correct for single requests. The bug is in state cleanup between sequential requests within the same process.
+
+## Test Environment
+
+- **Model**: Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
+- **Task**: RULER NIAH (Needle-In-A-Haystack) 32K context
+- **GPU**: NVIDIA A100-SXM4-80GB
+- **Data**: `tests/data/ruler_niah/niah_single_1_32k.jsonl` (100 samples)
+
+## Reproduction Commands
+
+### Non-Offload Mode (100% accuracy)
+
+```bash
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_ruler_niah.py \
+    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
+    --gpu-utilization 0.7 \
+    --quiet
+```
+
+**Configuration**:
+- KV Cache: GPU only, 51 blocks (6528 MB)
+- Block size: 1024 tokens
+
+### Offload Mode (66% accuracy)
+
+```bash
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_ruler_niah.py \
+    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
+    --enable-offload \
+    --quiet
+```
+
+**Configuration**:
+- KV Cache: GPU 4 blocks (512 MB) + CPU 32 blocks (4096 MB)
+- Ring buffer: 4 buffers × 33280 tokens (520 MB)
+- Per-layer decode buffer: 128 MB
+- Block size: 1024 tokens
+
+## Observed Failure Patterns
+
+From the 5-sample verbose test:
+
+| Sample | Expected | Offload Output | Status |
+|--------|----------|----------------|--------|
+| 0 | 8930103 | `: 8930103.` | PASS |
+| 1 | 4194548 | `: 419 multiplication of 4548.` | **FAIL** |
+| 2 | 8231838 | `:ное 8231838.` | PASS |
+| 3 | 8835373 | `: 8835373.` | PASS |
+| 4 | 7754864 | `aster 7754864.` | PASS |
+
+**Failure pattern**: The model sometimes produces corrupted or split outputs (e.g., "419 multiplication of 4548" instead of "4194548").
+
+## Architecture Overview
+
+### Offload Mode Data Flow
+
+```
+Prefill Phase:
+1. Input tokens → chunked into 2048-token chunks
+2. Each chunk processed layer by layer:
+   - Load KV from CPU → GPU ring buffer
+   - Compute attention
+   - Store KV back to CPU
+3. Ring buffer holds recent KV for decode
+
+Decode Phase:
+1. For each new token:
+   - Load all layer KV from CPU (one layer at a time)
+   - Compute attention against full context
+   - Generate next token
+```
+
+### Key Components
+
+| File | Component | Description |
+|------|-----------|-------------|
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py` | `OffloadEngine` | Manages CPU↔GPU KV cache transfers |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py` | `RingKVBuffer` | GPU ring buffer for recent KV |
+| `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` | `run_chunked_offload_prefill()` | Chunked prefill with offload |
+| `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` | `run_offload_decode()` | Layer-wise decode with offload |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py` | `HybridBlockManager` | CPU block allocation |
+
+## Potential Root Causes
+
+### 1. Ring Buffer Index/Position Issues
+
+**Location**: `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py`
+
+The ring buffer uses modular indexing. Potential issues:
+- Position calculation errors during prefill/decode transition
+- Off-by-one errors in KV storage/retrieval
+- Incorrect handling when sequence length approaches `max_seq_len`
+
+**Recent fix applied**: `max_seq_len = max_model_len + 512` to prevent overflow, but there may be other indexing issues.
+
+### 2. Chunked Prefill KV Storage
+
+**Location**: `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py:run_chunked_offload_prefill()`
+
+During chunked prefill:
+- KV computed for chunk N must be correctly stored before processing chunk N+1
+- Position IDs must be correctly accumulated across chunks
+- CPU block allocation must be contiguous and correctly tracked
+
+**Suspect areas**:
+```python
+# Check if positions are correctly tracked across chunks
+# Check if KV is correctly copied to CPU after each chunk
+# Check if ring buffer indices align with CPU block indices
+```
+
+### 3. Decode Phase KV Loading
+
+**Location**: `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py:run_offload_decode()`
+
+During decode:
+- Must load KV for ALL previous tokens (both prefill and decode)
+- Layer-by-layer loading must be synchronized correctly
+- Attention computation must use correct sequence length
+
+**Suspect areas**:
+```python
+# Check if decode loads KV for full context length
+# Check if new decode KV is stored correctly
+# Check if attention mask/positions are correct
+```
+
+### 4. CPU↔GPU Transfer Synchronization
+
+**Location**: `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py`
+
+CUDA streams and synchronization:
+- Async copies may complete out of order
+- Missing synchronization points could cause stale data
+- Stream priorities may affect correctness
+
+### 5. Numerical Precision
+
+- CPU tensors use float16/bfloat16
+- GPU computation precision
+- Potential precision loss during transfers
+
+## Debugging Strategy
+
+### Step 1: Identify Failing Samples
+
+```bash
+# Run verbose mode to see which samples fail
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_ruler_niah.py \
+    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
+    --enable-offload \
+    --verbose 2>&1 | tee offload_verbose.log
+```
+
+### Step 2: Compare Token-by-Token
+
+Create a debug script to compare token generation between offload and non-offload modes for a failing sample:
+
+```python
+# Compare logits at each decode step
+# Check if divergence starts at a specific position
+# Log KV cache contents at divergence point
+```
+
+### Step 3: Verify KV Cache Contents
+
+Add debugging to `OffloadEngine`:
+
+```python
+# In store_kv(): Log what's being stored
+# In load_kv(): Log what's being loaded
+# Compare loaded KV with expected values
+```
+
+### Step 4: Check Position/Index Calculations
+
+```python
+# Log ring buffer write/read positions
+# Log CPU block indices
+# Verify position IDs match actual token positions
+```
+
+### Step 5: Isolate the Bug
+
+1. Test with shorter sequences (16K, 8K) to see if issue is length-dependent
+2. Test with single chunk (no chunking) to isolate chunked prefill
+3. Test prefill-only (no decode) to isolate decode phase
+
+## Quick Debugging Commands
+
+```bash
+# Test single failing sample with verbose output
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_ruler_niah.py \
+    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
+    --enable-offload \
+    --sample-indices 1 \
+    --verbose
+
+# Test with different context lengths
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_ruler_niah.py \
+    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
+    --enable-offload \
+    --max-model-len 16384 \
+    --verbose
+```
+
+## Related Documentation
+
+- [`docs/ruler_niah_standalone_test.md`](ruler_niah_standalone_test.md) - Test setup and background
+- [`docs/layerwise_offload_memory_analysis.md`](layerwise_offload_memory_analysis.md) - Memory analysis (if exists)
+
+## Test Results Log
+
+### 2026-01-12 (Updated - Independent Testing)
+
+**Key Finding**: When each sample is tested independently (separate Python process per sample), CPU offload achieves **100% accuracy**.
+
+| Test | Mode | Testing Method | Samples | Passed | Accuracy |
+|------|------|----------------|---------|--------|----------|
+| RULER NIAH 32K | CPU Offload | **Independent** (separate process) | 100 | 100 | **100%** |
+| RULER NIAH 32K | CPU Offload | Batch (single process) | 100 | 66 | 66% |
+| RULER NIAH 32K | Non-Offload | Batch (single process) | 100 | 100 | 100% |
+
+**Test Configuration (Independent Mode)**:
+- GPUs: 4x RTX 3090 (parallel testing)
+- Each sample: Fresh Python process with new LLM instance
+- Port: Each GPU uses unique port (2333+gpu_id)
+- Duration: 17.9 minutes for 100 samples
+- Throughput: 5.58 samples/min
+
+### 2025-01-12 (Original - Batch Testing)
+
+| Test | Mode | Samples | Passed | Accuracy |
+|------|------|---------|--------|----------|
+| RULER NIAH 32K | Non-Offload | 100 | 100 | 100% |
+| RULER NIAH 32K | CPU Offload | 100 | 66 | 66% |
+
+## Root Cause Analysis Update
+
+### Confirmed: Single Request Inference is Correct
+
+The 100% accuracy in independent testing mode confirms that:
+1. **Single request inference works correctly** - The offload engine, ring buffer, and chunked prefill are functioning properly for individual requests
+2. **The bug is in batch/sequential request handling** - State accumulation or incomplete cleanup between requests causes failures
+
+### Suspected Issue: State Accumulation Between Requests
+
+When multiple requests are processed in the same Python process:
+- The first request succeeds (e.g., Sample 0: PASS)
+- Subsequent requests may fail due to:
+  - Residual state in ring buffer
+  - Incomplete KV cache cleanup
+  - Position tracking errors across requests
+  - CPU block allocation fragmentation
+
+### Evidence
+
+From batch mode testing (5 samples):
+| Sample | Expected | Output | Status |
+|--------|----------|--------|--------|
+| 0 | 8930103 | `: 8930103.` | PASS (first request) |
+| 1 | 4194548 | `: 419 multiplication of 4548.` | **FAIL** (second request) |
+| 2 | 8231838 | `:ное 8231838.` | PASS |
+| 3 | 8835373 | `: 8835373.` | PASS |
+| 4 | 7754864 | `aster 7754864.` | PASS |
+
+The corrupted output in Sample 1 suggests interference from Sample 0's state.
+
+## Workaround
+
+Use independent testing mode (separate process per request) for production evaluation:
+
+```bash
+# Using test_ruler_niah.sh for parallel independent testing
+./tests/test_ruler_niah.sh --gpus "0,1,2,3" --total 100
+
+# Or manually run each sample in a separate process
+for i in $(seq 0 99); do
+    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 python tests/test_ruler_niah.py \
+        --enable-offload --sample-indices $i --quiet
+done
+```
+
+## Next Steps
+
+1. [x] ~~Identify pattern in failing samples~~ → Pattern: First sample usually passes, failures occur in subsequent samples
+2. [ ] **Investigate state cleanup between requests in offload mode**
+   - Check `OffloadEngine` reset/cleanup logic
+   - Check ring buffer state between requests
+   - Check CPU block manager cleanup
+3. [ ] Add `reset()` method to `OffloadEngine` for explicit state cleanup
+4. [ ] Compare state between first and second request in batch mode
+5. [ ] Write unit test that reproduces the batch mode failure

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+# RULER Benchmark 测试报告
+
+**测试日期**: 2025-01-14
+**测试环境**: 6x RTX 3090, CPU Offload 模式
+**模型**: Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
+**上下文长度**: 32K tokens
+
+## 测试概述
+
+使用 RULER benchmark 对 nano-vllm 的 CPU offload 模式进行全面的长上下文能力测试。RULER 是 NVIDIA 开发的长上下文评测基准，包含 13 个任务类别。
+
+## 测试结果
+
+### 总体结果
+
+| 类别 | 数据集 | 正确/总数 | 准确率 | 平均分数 |
+|------|--------|-----------|--------|----------|
+| **NIAH Single** | niah_single_1 | 100/100 | 100.0% | 1.000 |
+| | niah_single_2 | 100/100 | 100.0% | 1.000 |
+| | niah_single_3 | 100/100 | 100.0% | 1.000 |
+| **NIAH MultiKey** | niah_multikey_1 | 100/100 | 100.0% | 1.000 |
+| | niah_multikey_2 | 90/100 | 90.0% | 0.900 |
+| | niah_multikey_3 | 93/100 | 93.0% | 0.930 |
+| **NIAH Other** | niah_multiquery | 100/100 | 100.0% | 1.000 |
+| | niah_multivalue | 100/100 | 100.0% | 1.000 |
+| **QA** | qa_1 | 79/100 | 79.0% | 0.790 |
+| | qa_2 | 51/100 | 51.0% | 0.510 |
+| **Aggregation** | cwe | 86/100 | 86.0% | 0.680 |
+| | fwe | 98/100 | 98.0% | 0.923 |
+| **Variable Tracking** | vt | 100/100 | 100.0% | 0.934 |
+| **总计** | **13 数据集** | **1197/1300** | **92.1%** | **0.897** |
+
+### 分类性能分析
+
+| 任务类别 | 描述 | 准确率 | 评价 |
+|----------|------|--------|------|
+| NIAH Single | 单 needle 检索 | 100% | 优秀 |
+| NIAH MultiKey | 多 key 检索 | 94.3% | 良好 |
+| NIAH MultiQuery/Value | 复杂检索 | 100% | 优秀 |
+| QA | 问答理解 | 65% | 一般 |
+| Aggregation (CWE/FWE) | 信息聚合 | 92% | 良好 |
+| Variable Tracking | 变量追踪 | 100% | 优秀 |
+
+## 发现的问题及修复
+
+### 问题: FWE 测试崩溃
+
+**症状**: 第 63 个样本处触发 `AssertionError: No sequences scheduled`
+
+**根因分析**:
+1. Sample 63 的输入有 32760 tokens（接近 max_model_len=32768）
+2. Decode 到第 9 步时，需要第 33 个 KV block
+3. 但系统只配置了 32 个 blocks（32768/1024=32）
+4. 调度器尝试 preempt 但单序列模式下无法恢复
+
+**解决方案**:
+```python
+# 修改前
+DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN = 32768
+
+# 修改后: 为 output tokens 预留空间
+DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN = 32896  # 32768 + 128
+```
+
+**建议的代码改进**:
+1. 在 scheduler 中添加死锁检测和清晰错误信息
+2. 在配置验证时，如果 max_model_len 与 max_input 过于接近，发出警告
+
+## 评估方法
+
+遵循 RULER 官方评估标准:
+- **NIAH/VT/CWE/FWE**: `string_match_all` - 召回率 (找到的参考数/总参考数)
+- **QA**: `string_match_part` - 任意参考匹配即满分
+
+参考: https://github.com/NVIDIA/RULER
+
+## 测试配置
+
+```python
+LLM(
+    model_path="~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
+    max_model_len=32896,
+    max_num_batched_tokens=32896,
+    enable_cpu_offload=True,
+    num_gpu_blocks=4,
+    kvcache_block_size=1024,
+    enforce_eager=True,
+)
+```
+
+## 结论
+
+1. **长上下文检索能力**: nano-vllm CPU offload 模式在 32K 上下文下表现优秀，NIAH 类任务准确率接近 100%
+
+2. **复杂推理能力**: QA 任务准确率较低 (65%)，这是模型本身能力的体现，与 offload 机制无关
+
+3. **稳定性**: 修复 max_model_len 配置后，所有 1300 个样本测试均稳定完成
+
+4. **性能**: 单样本测试时间约 25-35 秒，主要受 CPU-GPU 数据传输影响

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+# RULER NIAH Standalone Test Plan
+
+## Overview
+
+This document describes how to independently test nano-vllm's CPU offload functionality using RULER benchmark's NIAH (Needle-In-A-Haystack) task data.
+
+## Background
+
+### Problem Being Investigated
+
+When running 32K sequence length tests with CPU offload mode, the model outputs garbled text instead of finding the magic number. This issue was traced to:
+
+- **Root Cause**: Ring buffer `max_seq_len` was set equal to `max_model_len` (32768)
+- **Issue**: When prefill uses ~32K tokens, decode needs to store KV at position 32768+, but ring buffer only has indices 0-32767
+- **Fix Applied**: In `nanovllm/kvcache/__init__.py`, changed `max_seq_len = max_model_len + 512`
+
+### Test Objective
+
+Verify that the fix works correctly by running a standalone test with actual RULER NIAH data.
+
+## Step 1: Copy Test Data
+
+### Source Location
+
+```
+/home/zijie/Code/x-attention/eval/RULER/scripts/benchmark_root/full_fuse_16_llama3.1-8b-chat/synthetic/32768/data/niah_single_1/validation.jsonl
+```
+
+### Data Format
+
+Each line is a JSON object:
+
+```json
+{
+  "index": 0,
+  "input": "<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>\n\nA special magic number is hidden within the following text...",
+  "outputs": ["8930103"],
+  "length": 32768
+}
+```
+
+- `input`: Full prompt with Llama 3.1 chat template (~122K characters, ~30K tokens)
+- `outputs`: Expected answer (the magic number to find)
+- `length`: Target sequence length in tokens
+
+### Copy Command
+
+```bash
+mkdir -p /home/zijie/Code/nano-vllm/tests/data/ruler_niah
+cp /home/zijie/Code/x-attention/eval/RULER/scripts/benchmark_root/full_fuse_16_llama3.1-8b-chat/synthetic/32768/data/niah_single_1/validation.jsonl \
+   /home/zijie/Code/nano-vllm/tests/data/ruler_niah/niah_single_1_32k.jsonl
+```
+
+## Step 2: Create Test Script
+
+Create `/home/zijie/Code/nano-vllm/tests/test_ruler_niah_32k.py`:
+
+```python
+"""
+Standalone test for RULER NIAH task with 32K context length.
+
+This test verifies that CPU offload mode correctly handles long sequences
+where prefill tokens approach max_model_len.
+
+Usage:
+    python tests/test_ruler_niah_32k.py
+"""
+
+import json
+import torch
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from nanovllm import LLM
+from nanovllm.config import SamplingParams
+
+# Configuration
+MODEL_PATH = "/data/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"
+DATA_FILE = Path(__file__).parent / "data/ruler_niah/niah_single_1_32k.jsonl"
+MAX_MODEL_LEN = 32768
+MAX_NEW_TOKENS = 50
+
+# CPU Offload Settings
+ENABLE_CPU_OFFLOAD = True
+NUM_GPU_BLOCKS = 4
+BLOCK_SIZE = 1024
+
+
+def load_test_sample(filepath: Path, index: int = 0) -> dict:
+    """Load a single test sample from JSONL file."""
+    with open(filepath) as f:
+        for i, line in enumerate(f):
+            if i == index:
+                return json.loads(line)
+    raise ValueError(f"Sample index {index} not found")
+
+
+def test_niah_single():
+    """Test NIAH single needle task with 32K context."""
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print("RULER NIAH 32K Standalone Test")
+    print("=" * 60)
+
+    # Load test data
+    sample = load_test_sample(DATA_FILE, index=0)
+    prompt = sample["input"]
+    expected = sample["outputs"][0]
+
+    print(f"Prompt length: {len(prompt)} characters")
+    print(f"Expected answer: {expected}")
+    print()
+
+    # Initialize model with CPU offload
+    print("Initializing LLM with CPU offload...")
+    llm = LLM(
+        model=MODEL_PATH,
+        max_model_len=MAX_MODEL_LEN,
+        enable_cpu_offload=ENABLE_CPU_OFFLOAD,
+        num_gpu_blocks=NUM_GPU_BLOCKS,
+        kvcache_block_size=BLOCK_SIZE,
+        enforce_eager=True,  # Disable CUDA graphs for debugging
+    )
+
+    # Generate
+    print("Generating response...")
+    sampling_params = SamplingParams(
+        temperature=0.0,  # Greedy
+        max_tokens=MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+    )
+
+    outputs = llm.generate([prompt], sampling_params)
+    generated_text = outputs[0].outputs[0].text
+
+    print()
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print("Results")
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print(f"Expected: {expected}")
+    print(f"Generated: {generated_text[:200]}...")
+    print()
+
+    # Check if expected number is in output
+    if expected in generated_text:
+        print("SUCCESS: Magic number found in output!")
+        return True
+    else:
+        print("FAILED: Magic number NOT found in output")
+        print(f"Full output: {generated_text}")
+        return False
+
+
+def test_multiple_samples(num_samples: int = 5):
+    """Test multiple NIAH samples."""
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print(f"Testing {num_samples} NIAH samples with 32K context")
+    print("=" * 60)
+
+    # Initialize model once
+    llm = LLM(
+        model=MODEL_PATH,
+        max_model_len=MAX_MODEL_LEN,
+        enable_cpu_offload=ENABLE_CPU_OFFLOAD,
+        num_gpu_blocks=NUM_GPU_BLOCKS,
+        kvcache_block_size=BLOCK_SIZE,
+        enforce_eager=True,
+    )
+
+    sampling_params = SamplingParams(
+        temperature=0.0,
+        max_tokens=MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+    )
+
+    correct = 0
+    for i in range(num_samples):
+        sample = load_test_sample(DATA_FILE, index=i)
+        prompt = sample["input"]
+        expected = sample["outputs"][0]
+
+        outputs = llm.generate([prompt], sampling_params)
+        generated_text = outputs[0].outputs[0].text
+
+        if expected in generated_text:
+            print(f"Sample {i}: PASS (found {expected})")
+            correct += 1
+        else:
+            print(f"Sample {i}: FAIL (expected {expected}, got: {generated_text[:50]}...)")
+
+    print()
+    print(f"Accuracy: {correct}/{num_samples} ({100*correct/num_samples:.1f}%)")
+    return correct == num_samples
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+
+    if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == "--all":
+        success = test_multiple_samples(5)
+    else:
+        success = test_niah_single()
+
+    sys.exit(0 if success else 1)
+```
+
+## Step 3: Run Test
+
+### Single Sample Test
+
+```bash
+cd /home/zijie/Code/nano-vllm
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=2,3,4,5 python tests/test_ruler_niah_32k.py
+```
+
+### All 5 Samples
+
+```bash
+cd /home/zijie/Code/nano-vllm
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=2,3,4,5 python tests/test_ruler_niah_32k.py --all
+```
+
+## Step 4: Expected Results
+
+### Before Fix (Bug)
+
+- Output: Garbled text like "not only has been replaced by thesiums..."
+- Score: 0% (magic number not found)
+- Time: ~80 seconds per sample
+
+### After Fix (Expected)
+
+- Output: The magic number (e.g., "8930103")
+- Score: ~100% (magic number found)
+- Time: ~80 seconds per sample (same, as the compute is unchanged)
+
+## Debugging Tips
+
+### Enable Verbose Logging
+
+```python
+import logging
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+```
+
+### Check Ring Buffer Size
+
+In the logs, verify:
+```
+OffloadEngine initializing: num_layers=32, num_kv_buffers=4, max_seq_len=33280
+```
+
+The `max_seq_len` should be `32768 + 512 = 33280` (not 32768).
+
+### Monitor GPU Memory
+
+```bash
+watch -n 1 nvidia-smi
+```
+
+With CPU offload, GPU memory for KV cache should be ~640MB (ring buffer only).
+
+## Related Files
+
+| File | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/__init__.py` | Fix location: `max_seq_len = max_model_len + 512` |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py` | Ring buffer allocation |
+| `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` | Layer-wise offload prefill/decode |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py` | CPU block management |
+
+## Test Data Details
+
+### NIAH Task Description
+
+The NIAH (Needle-In-A-Haystack) task tests the model's ability to retrieve a specific piece of information (the "needle") from a large context (the "haystack").
+
+- **Needle**: A magic number associated with a keyword (e.g., "worried-purse")
+- **Haystack**: ~30K tokens of distractor text
+- **Task**: Extract the magic number when asked
+
+### Sample Prompt Structure
+
+```
+<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|>
+
+A special magic number is hidden within the following text. Make sure to memorize it. I will quiz you about the number afterwards.
+
+[... ~30K tokens of haystack text ...]
+
+The special magic number for worried-purse is 8930103.
+
+[... more haystack text ...]
+
+What is the special magic number for worried-purse mentioned in the provided text?
+<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|>
+
+ The special magic number for worried-purse mentioned in the provided text is
+```
+
+The model should complete with: `8930103`

docs/sparse_attention_guide.md

@@ -440,3 +440,42 @@ Required libraries:
 - `minference`: For MInference vertical_slash kernel
 
 Docker image `tzj/xattn:v0.5` has all dependencies pre-installed.
+
+---
+
+## Quest Sparse Policy (nano-vLLM)
+
+**Files**: `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/quest.py`, `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/policy.py`
+
+Quest policy is used in nano-vLLM for CPU offload mode. It selects Top-K blocks based on query-key similarity bounds using min/max key metadata.
+
+### Scoring Mechanism
+
+```python
+score_min = torch.einsum('hd,bhd->bh', q, key_min)  # [num_blocks, kv_heads]
+score_max = torch.einsum('hd,bhd->bh', q, key_max)  # [num_blocks, kv_heads]
+scores = torch.maximum(score_min, score_max).mean(dim=-1)  # [num_blocks] ← averaged!
+```
+
+### Critical Limitation - No Per-Head Scheduling
+
+The `.mean(dim=-1)` averages scores across all heads, making a **unified** block selection for all heads:
+
+```
+Block A: head0 needs (+4), head1 doesn't (-4) → avg = 0 → NOT selected
+Block B: head0 doesn't (-4), head1 needs (+4) → avg = 0 → NOT selected
+Block C: both heads moderately need (+2, +2) → avg = +2 → selected
+```
+
+### Why Per-Head Scheduling is Infeasible
+
+1. **Memory Layout**: GPU cache stores all heads together `[block_size, kv_heads, head_dim]`
+2. **FlashAttention**: Requires complete heads - partial heads cause dimension mismatch
+3. **Block Granularity**: If any head needs a block, the entire block (all heads) must be loaded
+
+### Policy Types
+
+| Policy | `supports_prefill` | `supports_decode` | Description |
+|--------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|
+| `FullAttentionPolicy` | True | True | Loads all blocks (baseline) |
+| `QuestPolicy` | False | True | Decode-only Top-K selection |

docs/sparse_offload_integration.md

@@ -0,0 +1,386 @@
+# Sparse Policy Integration with Layerwise Offload
+
+This document describes the architecture and design of integrating sparse attention policies (MInference, Quest) with the layerwise CPU offload execution path.
+
+## Design Goals
+
+1. **Extend sparse policies to offload path**: GPU-only path already supports sparse policies, but layerwise offload bypasses them
+2. **Maintain encapsulation**: All `copy_()` operations must be inside OffloadEngine, not exposed to model_runner
+3. **Distinguish policy types**: Some policies affect attention computation (MInference), others affect KV load strategy (Quest)
+4. **Extensible architecture**: Easy to add new sparse policies in the future
+
+## Key Insight
+
+The existing sparse policy implementation works, but the layerwise offload path bypasses it:
+
+| Path | Attention Method | Sparse Support |
+|------|------------------|----------------|
+| GPU-only | `attention.py` → `sparse_prefill_attention()` | YES |
+| Layerwise offload | `model_runner.py` → `flash_attn_varlen_func()` | NO (direct call) |
+
+## Two Types of Sparse Policies
+
+The fundamental difference between sparse policies:
+
+| Policy | Affects Attention Computation | Affects KV Load Strategy | `select_blocks()` Behavior |
+|--------|------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
+| **MInference** | YES (`sparse_prefill_attention`) | NO | `return available_blocks` (all) |
+| **Quest** | NO | YES | Returns Top-K subset |
+
+- **MInference**: Only changes how attention is computed, doesn't affect external load/offload flow
+- **Quest**: Selectively loads only some blocks, affects H2D transfer
+
+## The `requires_block_selection` Interface Flag
+
+To distinguish these policy types, we add a flag to the base class:
+
+```python
+# nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/policy.py
+class SparsePolicy(ABC):
+    # Existing flags
+    supports_prefill: bool = True
+    supports_decode: bool = True
+
+    # NEW: Whether this policy requires selective block loading
+    # If True: OffloadEngine will call select_blocks() before loading
+    # If False: OffloadEngine will load all blocks (select_blocks ignored)
+    requires_block_selection: bool = False
+```
+
+### Policy Implementations
+
+```python
+# MInference: prefill-only, no block selection
+class MInferencePolicy(SparsePolicy):
+    supports_prefill = True
+    supports_decode = False
+    requires_block_selection = False  # Only affects attention computation
+
+# Quest: decode-only, requires block selection
+class QuestPolicy(SparsePolicy):
+    supports_prefill = False
+    supports_decode = True
+    requires_block_selection = True  # Affects KV load strategy
+
+# Full attention: baseline
+class FullAttentionPolicy(SparsePolicy):
+    supports_prefill = True
+    supports_decode = True
+    requires_block_selection = False  # Load all blocks
+```
+
+## OffloadEngine Encapsulation
+
+All KV cache operations are encapsulated in OffloadEngine. The model_runner never directly accesses internal storage.
+
+### Prefill: Synchronous Offload with Hooks
+
+```python
+# nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py
+def offload_layer_kv_sync(
+    self,
+    layer_id: int,
+    k: Tensor,
+    v: Tensor,
+    cpu_block_ids: List[int],
+    total_tokens: int,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Synchronously offload layer KV to CPU.
+    Calls sparse policy hooks internally.
+    """
+    for i, cpu_block_id in enumerate(cpu_block_ids):
+        start = i * self.block_size
+        end = min(start + self.block_size, total_tokens)
+        actual_size = end - start
+
+        # Hook: notify sparse policy BEFORE offload (k still on GPU)
+        if self.sparse_policy is not None:
+            self.sparse_policy.on_prefill_offload(
+                cpu_block_id, layer_id, k[start:end], actual_size
+            )
+
+        # Synchronous copy to CPU (internal)
+        self.k_cache_cpu[layer_id, cpu_block_id, :actual_size].copy_(k[start:end])
+        self.v_cache_cpu[layer_id, cpu_block_id, :actual_size].copy_(v[start:end])
+```
+
+### Decode: Policy-Driven Block Loading
+
+```python
+def load_layer_kv_to_buffer_with_policy(
+    self,
+    buffer_idx: int,
+    layer_id: int,
+    cpu_block_ids: List[int],
+    valid_tokens_per_block: List[int],
+    query: Optional[Tensor] = None,
+) -> int:
+    """
+    Load layer KV to buffer, optionally using sparse policy for block selection.
+
+    Returns:
+        Total tokens loaded
+    """
+    # Check if policy requires block selection
+    if (self.sparse_policy is not None and
+        self.sparse_policy.requires_block_selection and
+        query is not None):
+        # Build context
+        ctx = PolicyContext(
+            query_chunk_idx=0,
+            num_query_chunks=1,
+            layer_id=layer_id,
+            query=query,
+            is_prefill=False,
+            block_size=self.block_size,
+        )
+        # Select blocks using policy
+        selected_blocks = self.sparse_policy.select_blocks(cpu_block_ids, ctx)
+
+        # Build valid_tokens for selected blocks
+        block_to_valid = {bid: vt for bid, vt in zip(cpu_block_ids, valid_tokens_per_block)}
+        selected_valid = [block_to_valid[bid] for bid in selected_blocks]
+
+        return self._load_blocks_to_buffer(
+            buffer_idx, layer_id, selected_blocks, selected_valid
+        )
+    else:
+        # Load all blocks (no selection)
+        return self._load_blocks_to_buffer(
+            buffer_idx, layer_id, cpu_block_ids, valid_tokens_per_block
+        )
+```
+
+## Prefill Integration (MInference)
+
+MInference only affects attention computation, not the load/offload flow:
+
+```python
+# nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py - run_layerwise_offload_prefill()
+def run_layerwise_offload_prefill(self, seqs):
+    ...
+    for layer_id in range(num_layers):
+        # QKV projection + RoPE
+        q, k = layer.self_attn.rotary_emb(positions, q, k)
+
+        # Sparse or Full attention
+        if self.sparse_prefill_policy is not None:
+            # MInference: only changes attention computation
+            attn_output = self.sparse_prefill_policy.sparse_prefill_attention(
+                q, k, v, layer_id
+            )
+        else:
+            # Full attention using FlashAttention
+            attn_output = flash_attn_varlen_func(q, k, v, ...)
+
+        # MLP
+        ...
+
+        # Offload ALL KV (MInference doesn't affect this)
+        offload_engine.offload_layer_kv_sync(layer_id, k, v, cpu_block_ids, total_tokens)
+```
+
+### Execution Flow Diagram
+
+```
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                    Layerwise Offload Prefill                     │
+│                      with MInference                             │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+
+For each layer:
+┌──────────────┐    ┌──────────────┐    ┌────────────────────────┐
+│ QKV Proj     │───▶│ RoPE         │───▶│ sparse_prefill_attn()  │
+│              │    │              │    │ (MInference pattern)   │
+└──────────────┘    └──────────────┘    └───────────┬────────────┘
+                                                    │
+                    ┌──────────────┐    ┌───────────▼────────────┐
+                    │ MLP          │◀───│ O Projection           │
+                    │              │    │                        │
+                    └──────┬───────┘    └────────────────────────┘
+                           │
+                    ┌──────▼───────┐
+                    │ offload_     │    K, V still on GPU
+                    │ layer_kv_    │───▶ Copy to CPU
+                    │ sync()       │    (all blocks)
+                    └──────────────┘
+```
+
+## Decode Integration (Quest - Infrastructure Ready)
+
+Quest affects block load strategy. The infrastructure is ready, full integration deferred.
+
+```python
+# nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py - run_layerwise_offload_decode()
+def run_layerwise_offload_decode(self, seqs):
+    ...
+    # Preload first N layers (no query available, full load)
+    for i in range(num_preload):
+        loaded_tokens[i] = offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer(
+            i, i, cpu_block_table, valid_tokens_per_block
+        )
+
+    for layer_id in range(num_layers):
+        current_buffer = layer_id % num_buffers
+
+        # Wait for buffer load
+        offload_engine.wait_buffer_load(current_buffer)
+
+        # QKV projection
+        q, k_new, v_new = ...
+
+        # Get loaded KV from ring buffer
+        k_prefill, v_prefill = offload_engine.get_buffer_kv(
+            current_buffer, loaded_tokens[current_buffer]
+        )
+
+        # Attention
+        ...
+
+        # Mark buffer done
+        offload_engine.record_buffer_compute_done(current_buffer)
+
+        # Load next layer
+        # Future: use load_layer_kv_to_buffer_with_policy(query=q) for Quest
+        next_layer = layer_id + num_buffers
+        if next_layer < num_layers:
+            loaded_tokens[current_buffer] = offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer(
+                current_buffer, next_layer, cpu_block_table, valid_tokens_per_block
+            )
+```
+
+### Quest Integration (Future Work)
+
+When Quest is fully integrated:
+
+```python
+# Load next layer with Quest block selection
+if next_layer < num_layers:
+    loaded_tokens[current_buffer] = offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer_with_policy(
+        current_buffer, next_layer, cpu_block_table, valid_tokens_per_block,
+        query=q  # Pass query for block selection
+    )
+```
+
+**Challenge**: First N layers are preloaded before query is available, so they must use full load.
+
+## Configuration
+
+### Enabling Sparse Policy
+
+```python
+from nanovllm import LLM
+from nanovllm.config import SparsePolicyType
+
+# GPU-only with MInference
+llm = LLM(
+    model_path,
+    sparse_policy=SparsePolicyType.MINFERENCE,
+    minference_adaptive_budget=0.3,  # 30% of seq_len
+)
+
+# Offload with MInference
+llm = LLM(
+    model_path,
+    enable_cpu_offload=True,
+    num_gpu_blocks=2,
+    sparse_policy=SparsePolicyType.MINFERENCE,
+    minference_adaptive_budget=0.3,
+)
+```
+
+### MInference Parameters
+
+| Parameter | Default | Description |
+|-----------|---------|-------------|
+| `minference_adaptive_budget` | 0.3 | Budget as fraction of seq_len (0.3 = 30%) |
+| `minference_vertical_size` | 1000 | Fixed vertical size (when budget=None) |
+| `minference_slash_size` | 6096 | Fixed slash size (when budget=None) |
+| `minference_num_sink_tokens` | 30 | Always-kept initial tokens |
+| `minference_num_recent_diags` | 100 | Always-kept recent diagonals |
+
+### Quest Parameters (for future decode integration)
+
+| Parameter | Default | Description |
+|-----------|---------|-------------|
+| `sparse_topk_blocks` | 8 | Top-K blocks to load |
+| `sparse_threshold_blocks` | 4 | Apply sparse only when blocks > threshold |
+
+## Sparse Policy Hooks
+
+Sparse policies can implement hooks for metadata collection:
+
+```python
+class SparsePolicy(ABC):
+    def on_prefill_offload(
+        self,
+        block_id: int,
+        layer_id: int,
+        key: torch.Tensor,
+        valid_tokens: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Hook called during prefill offload BEFORE KV is copied to CPU.
+        Key tensor is still on GPU - can compute metadata efficiently.
+
+        Used by Quest to compute min/max key statistics for block selection.
+        """
+        pass
+
+    def on_decode_offload(
+        self,
+        block_id: int,
+        keys: torch.Tensor,  # [num_layers, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim]
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Hook called when decode buffer is offloaded to CPU.
+        """
+        pass
+```
+
+## File Changes Summary
+
+| File | Changes |
+|------|---------|
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/policy.py` | Add `requires_block_selection` attribute |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/minference.py` | Set `requires_block_selection = False` |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/quest.py` | Set `requires_block_selection = True` |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/full_policy.py` | Set `requires_block_selection = False` |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py` | Add `offload_layer_kv_sync()`, sparse hooks |
+| `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` | Integrate sparse policies in offload paths |
+
+## Key Design Principles
+
+1. **Encapsulation**: All `copy_()` operations inside OffloadEngine
+2. **Interface Flag**: `requires_block_selection` declares policy type
+3. **Separation of Concerns**:
+   - MInference: only `sparse_prefill_attention()` (compute-level)
+   - Quest: `select_blocks()` + hooks (load-level)
+4. **Hooks Inside Engine**: Policy hooks called within OffloadEngine methods
+
+## Test Results
+
+Verified on Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507 with 32K input:
+
+```
+# GPU-only + MInference
+test_needle.py --model Qwen3-4B --input-len 32768 --enable-minference
+- Prefill: 3383 tok/s
+- Output: "7492<|im_end|>"
+- Result: PASSED
+
+# Offload + MInference
+test_needle.py --model Qwen3-4B --input-len 32768 --enable-offload --enable-minference
+- Prefill: 5373 tok/s
+- Output: "7492<|im_end|>"
+- Result: PASSED
+```
+
+Both configurations produce identical outputs, confirming correctness.
+
+## Related Documents
+
+- [`sparse_attention_guide.md`](sparse_attention_guide.md): Algorithm details for sparse methods
+- [`architecture_guide.md`](architecture_guide.md): Overall system architecture
+- [`gpu_only_performance_issue.md`](gpu_only_performance_issue.md): Why offload is faster than GPU-only

docs/sparse_prefill_integration_plan.md

@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+# Sparse Prefill Attention Integration Plan
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+本文档整合了 int-minference-1/2/3 三个分支的分析，提出统一的三种稀疏注意力策略（MInference、XAttention、FlexPrefill）集成方案。
+
+---
+
+## Part 1: 现状分析
+
+### 1.1 x-attention 仓库策略对比
+
+| 策略 | Pattern 类型 | 估计方法 | Kernel Backend |
+|------|-------------|---------|----------------|
+| **MInference** | Vertical + Slash | Last-64-Q attention → 列/对角线求和 | `vertical_slash_sparse_attention` (minference lib) |
+| **XAttention** | Block Mask | Stride-based Q/K 下采样 → block 分数 | `block_sparse_attn_func` (MIT-HAN-LAB) |
+| **FlexPrefill** | Adaptive V+S | Last-block attention + JS 散度自适应 | `triton_block_wise_attention` (custom triton) |
+
+### 1.2 关键发现：两种 Kernel 接口
+
+**接口 A: Index-Based (minference)**
+```python
+# MInference 使用 vertical+slash indices
+vertical_indices = [heads, vertical_size]  # 重要 K 列位置
+slash_indices = [heads, slash_size]        # 对角线偏移
+output = vertical_slash_sparse_attention(q, k, v, vertical_indices, slash_indices)
+```
+
+**接口 B: Block Mask-Based (block_sparse_attn)**
+```python
+# XAttention/FlexPrefill 使用 boolean block mask
+block_mask = torch.bool[batch, heads, q_blocks, k_blocks]  # True = 计算
+output = block_sparse_attn_func(q, k, v, block_mask, ...)
+```
+
+### 1.3 当前 nanovllm MInference 实现
+
+**文件**: `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/minference.py`
+
+**已实现功能**:
+- `estimate_pattern()`: 使用 last-64-Q 估计 vertical+slash pattern
+- `sparse_prefill_attention()`: 调用 minference kernel 执行稀疏注意力
+- 支持 GQA（通过 K/V repeat_interleave）
+- 支持 adaptive_budget 自适应预算
+
+**问题**:
+1. 与 XAttention/FlexPrefill 使用不同 kernel，无法统一接口
+2. `sparse_prefill_attention()` 将估计和执行耦合在一起
+3. 没有 BlockMask 中间表示，难以复用
+
+---
+
+## Part 2: 架构设计
+
+### 2.1 设计原则
+
+1. **向后兼容**: 保持现有 `SparsePolicy` 接口不变
+2. **渐进式重构**: 添加新功能而非替换
+3. **统一中间表示**: 新策略使用 `BlockMask` 作为可选中间表示
+4. **可插拔 Kernel**: 支持多种 attention kernel backend
+
+### 2.2 架构图
+
+```
+┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                       Unified Sparse Prefill Framework                        │
+├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│                                                                               │
+│  ┌─────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────┐  ┌─────────────────┐               │
+│  │   MInference    │  │   XAttention    │  │   FlexPrefill   │  Strategies   │
+│  │   Policy        │  │   Policy        │  │   Policy        │               │
+│  └────────┬────────┘  └────────┬────────┘  └────────┬────────┘               │
+│           │                    │                    │                         │
+│           │ (indices)          │ (BlockMask)        │ (BlockMask)             │
+│           │                    │                    │                         │
+│           ▼                    └────────┬───────────┘                         │
+│  ┌─────────────────┐                    ▼                                     │
+│  │   minference    │  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
+│  │   kernel        │  │              BlockMask Container                    ││
+│  └────────┬────────┘  │  [batch, num_heads, q_blocks, k_blocks] - boolean   ││
+│           │           └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
+│           │                              │                                    │
+│           │                              ▼                                    │
+│           │           ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐│
+│           │           │         block_sparse_attn_func                      ││
+│           │           │         (MIT-HAN-LAB kernel)                        ││
+│           │           └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘│
+│           │                              │                                    │
+│           └──────────────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────── │
+│                                          ▼                                    │
+│  ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
+│  │                        Attention Output                                  │ │
+│  │                   [seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]                         │ │
+│  └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │
+│                                                                               │
+└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+### 2.3 新增类设计
+
+```python
+# nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/block_mask.py
+
+@dataclass
+class BlockMask:
+    """Block-level attention mask container."""
+    mask: torch.Tensor      # [batch, heads, q_blocks, k_blocks]
+    block_size: int
+    seq_len: int
+    num_q_blocks: int
+    num_k_blocks: int
+
+    def sparsity_ratio(self) -> float:
+        """Fraction of blocks masked out."""
+        return 1.0 - self.mask.float().mean().item()
+
+    def to_flat_indices(self, head_idx: int) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """Convert to flattened block indices for a given head."""
+        pass
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_vertical_slash(
+        cls,
+        vertical_idx: torch.Tensor,
+        slash_idx: torch.Tensor,
+        seq_len: int,
+        block_size: int,
+    ) -> "BlockMask":
+        """Convert MInference-style indices to block mask."""
+        pass
+
+    def apply_causal(self) -> "BlockMask":
+        """Apply causal constraint (lower triangular)."""
+        pass
+```
+
+```python
+# nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/kernels/block_sparse.py
+
+def block_sparse_attention(
+    q: torch.Tensor,           # [seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]
+    k: torch.Tensor,           # [seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]
+    v: torch.Tensor,           # [seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]
+    block_mask: BlockMask,
+) -> torch.Tensor:
+    """
+    Execute block sparse attention using MIT-HAN-LAB kernel.
+
+    Handles:
+    - GQA expansion (K/V heads < Q heads)
+    - Tensor format conversion
+    - Causal masking
+    """
+    from block_sparse_attn import block_sparse_attn_func
+    # ... implementation
+```
+
+---
+
+## Part 3: 实现计划
+
+### Phase 1: 基础设施 (新增文件)
+
+**目标**: 添加 BlockMask 和 block_sparse_attn 封装
+
+**文件**:
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/block_mask.py` (NEW)
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/kernels/__init__.py` (NEW)
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/kernels/block_sparse.py` (NEW)
+
+**任务**:
+1. 实现 `BlockMask` 数据类
+2. 实现 `block_sparse_attention()` 封装函数
+3. 处理 GQA 和 tensor 格式转换
+4. 测试：使用全 True 的 block mask 验证输出正确
+
+### Phase 2: XAttention 实现
+
+**目标**: 移植 x-attention 的 XAttention 策略
+
+**文件**:
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/xattention.py` (NEW)
+- `nanovllm/config.py` (添加 XATTENTION 枚举)
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/__init__.py` (更新工厂函数)
+
+**关键函数移植**:
+```python
+# From x-attention/xattn/src/Xattention.py
+def xattn_estimate(q, k, block_size, stride, threshold, ...):
+    # 1. Stride-based Q/K downsampling
+    reshaped_k = cat([k[:, :, i::stride, :] for i in range(stride)], dim=-1)
+    reshaped_q = cat([q[:, :, stride-1-i::stride, :] for i in range(stride)], dim=-1)
+
+    # 2. Block-level attention scores
+    attn_weights = matmul(reshaped_q, reshaped_k.T) / sqrt(d) / stride
+
+    # 3. Threshold selection
+    block_mask = find_blocks_chunked(attn_sum, threshold)
+    return block_mask
+```
+
+**配置参数**:
+```python
+xattention_stride: int = 16           # Q/K 下采样步长
+xattention_threshold: float = 0.9     # 累积分数阈值
+xattention_block_size: int = 128      # Block 大小
+```
+
+**测试**: `python tests/test_needle.py --input-len 32768 --enable-xattention`
+
+### Phase 3: FlexPrefill 实现
+
+**目标**: 移植 x-attention 的 FlexPrefill 策略
+
+**文件**:
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/flexprefill.py` (NEW)
+- `nanovllm/config.py` (添加 FLEXPREFILL 枚举)
+
+**关键函数移植**:
+```python
+# From x-attention/xattn/src/Flexprefill.py
+def get_active_blocks(q, k, gamma, tau, block_size, ...):
+    # 1. Last-block attention analysis
+    last_q = q[:, -block_size:, :, :]
+    qk = einsum('bihd,bjhd->bhij', last_q, k)
+
+    # 2. Vertical + slash pattern detection
+    vertical = qk.mean(-2)  # Column importance
+    slash = sum_all_diagonal_matrix(qk)  # Diagonal importance
+
+    # 3. JS divergence for adaptive budget
+    kl_div = js_divergence(avg_qk, vertical_pooled)
+    is_sparse_head = kl_div > tau
+    budget = gamma if is_sparse_head else 1.0
+
+    # 4. Select blocks
+    block_idx = transform_vertical_slash_idx(...)
+    return block_mask
+```
+
+**配置参数**:
+```python
+flexprefill_gamma: float = 0.9        # 基础覆盖率
+flexprefill_tau: float = 0.1          # JS 散度阈值
+flexprefill_min_budget: int = 128     # 最小 token 预算
+flexprefill_block_size: int = 128     # Block 大小
+```
+
+**测试**: `python tests/test_needle.py --input-len 32768 --enable-flexprefill`
+
+### Phase 4: MInference 可选重构
+
+**目标**: (可选) 让 MInference 也可以使用 block_sparse_attn
+
+**修改文件**:
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/minference.py`
+
+**新增方法**:
+```python
+class MInferencePolicy(SparsePolicy):
+    def __init__(self, ..., use_block_sparse: bool = False):
+        self.use_block_sparse = use_block_sparse
+
+    def estimate_block_mask(self, q, k, layer_id) -> BlockMask:
+        """Convert vertical+slash indices to BlockMask."""
+        vertical_idx, slash_idx = self.estimate_pattern(q, k, layer_id)
+        return BlockMask.from_vertical_slash(vertical_idx, slash_idx, ...)
+
+    def sparse_prefill_attention(self, q, k, v, layer_id):
+        if self.use_block_sparse:
+            block_mask = self.estimate_block_mask(q, k, layer_id)
+            return block_sparse_attention(q, k, v, block_mask)
+        else:
+            # 使用原有 minference kernel
+            return self._minference_kernel_attention(q, k, v, layer_id)
+```
+
+### Phase 5: 集成和测试
+
+**任务**:
+1. 更新 `__init__.py` 工厂函数支持所有策略
+2. 更新 Config 添加所有配置参数
+3. 添加性能基准测试脚本
+4. 更新文档
+
+---
+
+## Part 4: 依赖管理
+
+### 必需依赖
+
+```
+# requirements.txt 新增
+block-sparse-attn    # MIT-HAN-LAB block sparse kernel
+triton>=2.0          # FlexPrefill Triton kernels
+```
+
+### 安装说明
+
+```bash
+# block_sparse_attn from MIT-HAN-LAB
+pip install git+https://github.com/mit-han-lab/Block-Sparse-Attention.git
+
+# 或从本地安装（如果有）
+cd /home/zijie/Code/x-attention/Block-Sparse-Attention
+pip install -e .
+```
+
+---
+
+## Part 5: 配置参数汇总
+
+### SparsePolicyType 枚举
+
+```python
+class SparsePolicyType(str, Enum):
+    FULL = "full"              # 全注意力（无稀疏）
+    QUEST = "quest"            # Decode-only Top-K
+    MINFERENCE = "minference"  # Prefill vertical+slash
+    XATTENTION = "xattention"  # Prefill stride-based block
+    FLEXPREFILL = "flexprefill"  # Prefill adaptive JS-divergence
+```
+
+### 策略参数对照表
+
+| 策略 | 参数 | 默认值 | 说明 |
+|------|-----|--------|------|
+| MInference | `adaptive_budget` | 0.3 | 预算占 seq_len 比例 |
+| MInference | `vertical_size` | 1000 | 固定 vertical 大小 |
+| MInference | `slash_size` | 6096 | 固定 slash 大小 |
+| XAttention | `stride` | 16 | Q/K 下采样步长 |
+| XAttention | `threshold` | 0.9 | 累积分数阈值 |
+| XAttention | `block_size` | 128 | Block 大小 |
+| FlexPrefill | `gamma` | 0.9 | 基础覆盖率 |
+| FlexPrefill | `tau` | 0.1 | JS 散度阈值 |
+| FlexPrefill | `min_budget` | 128 | 最小 token 预算 |
+| FlexPrefill | `block_size` | 128 | Block 大小 |
+
+---
+
+## Part 6: 成功标准
+
+1. **正确性**: 所有三种策略通过 32K+ needle-in-haystack 测试
+2. **性能**: 稀疏 prefill 比全注意力快 (>1.5x speedup at 64K)
+3. **统一接口**: XAttention/FlexPrefill 使用 BlockMask + block_sparse_attn
+4. **向后兼容**: 现有 MInference 配置继续工作
+5. **可配置**: 所有策略参数可通过 LLM 配置设置
+
+---
+
+## Part 7: 风险评估
+
+| 风险 | 影响 | 可能性 | 缓解措施 |
+|------|-----|--------|---------|
+| block_sparse_attn 硬件兼容性 | 高 | 中 | 测试目标硬件，fallback 到 flash_attn |
+| MInference → block mask 精度损失 | 中 | 低 | 对比测试输出差异 |
+| Triton kernel 移植问题 | 中 | 中 | 使用非 Triton fallback |
+| 内存开销增加 | 低 | 低 | block_size=128 → 1KB/head for 128K |
+
+---
+
+## References
+
+- x-attention repo: `/home/zijie/Code/x-attention`
+- MIT-HAN-LAB Block-Sparse-Attention: `https://github.com/mit-han-lab/Block-Sparse-Attention`
+- MInference paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02490
+- Current nanovllm sparse implementation: `nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/`

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+# Transformers 低版本兼容性问题
+
+## 概述
+
+本文档详细记录了 nano-vllm 在低版本 transformers（< 4.51.0）环境下的兼容性问题。这些问题源于 nano-vllm 使用了 transformers 4.51.0 才引入的 `Qwen3Config` 类。
+
+## 问题背景
+
+### 测试环境
+
+| 环境 | 版本 | 说明 |
+|------|------|------|
+| Docker 镜像 | `tzj/ruler:v0.3` | NVIDIA PyTorch 24.08 容器 |
+| transformers | 4.45.2 | 系统预装版本 |
+| Python | 3.10.12 | 系统版本 |
+| PyTorch | 2.5.0a0+872d972 | CUDA 12.6 |
+
+### 冲突场景
+
+在 RULER benchmark 测试环境中，NeMo 框架依赖 transformers 4.45.2 和特定版本的 `huggingface_hub`。升级 transformers 到 4.51.0+ 会导致：
+
+```
+ImportError: cannot import name 'ModelFilter' from 'huggingface_hub'
+```
+
+因此需要 nano-vllm 适配低版本 transformers，以便在同一环境中运行。
+
+## 详细问题分析
+
+### 1. 核心问题：Qwen3Config 不存在
+
+**错误信息**：
+```python
+ImportError: cannot import name 'Qwen3Config' from 'transformers'
+(/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/transformers/__init__.py)
+```
+
+**问题根源**：
+- `Qwen3Config` 是在 transformers **4.51.0** 版本中首次引入
+- transformers 4.45.2 只包含 `Qwen2` 系列模型
+
+**受影响版本**：
+| transformers 版本 | Qwen3 支持 | 可用 Qwen 模型 |
+|------------------|-----------|---------------|
+| < 4.51.0 | 不支持 | qwen2, qwen2_audio, qwen2_moe, qwen2_vl |
+| >= 4.51.0 | 支持 | qwen2 系列 + qwen3, qwen3_moe |
+
+### 2. 影响范围
+
+#### 2.1 直接影响的文件
+
+| 文件路径 | 问题代码 | 影响 |
+|---------|---------|------|
+| `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py:4` | `from transformers import Qwen3Config` | 直接导入失败 |
+| `nanovllm/models/__init__.py:6` | `from nanovllm.models import qwen3` | 触发 qwen3 导入 |
+
+#### 2.2 级联影响
+
+由于 `nanovllm/models/__init__.py` 无条件导入了 `qwen3` 模块，会导致以下级联失败：
+
+```python
+# 这些导入都会失败
+from nanovllm.models import llama          # FAILED
+from nanovllm.models import get_model_class # FAILED
+import nanovllm                            # FAILED
+```
+
+**测试验证**：
+```python
+# transformers 4.45.2 环境
+
+>>> from nanovllm.models.registry import register_model
+SUCCESS  # registry 本身可以导入
+
+>>> from nanovllm.config import Config
+SUCCESS  # config 不依赖 Qwen3Config
+
+>>> from nanovllm.models import llama
+FAILED: cannot import name 'Qwen3Config' from 'transformers'
+# 因为 models/__init__.py 先导入了 qwen3
+```
+
+### 3. Qwen3Config 使用位置
+
+在 `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py` 中的使用：
+
+```python
+# Line 4
+from transformers import Qwen3Config
+
+# Line 128-129: 类型注解
+class Qwen3DecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config: Qwen3Config) -> None:
+        ...
+
+# Line 170-171: 类型注解
+class Qwen3Model(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config: Qwen3Config) -> None:
+        ...
+
+# Line 200-203: 类型注解
+class Qwen3ForCausalLM(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config: Qwen3Config) -> None:
+        ...
+```
+
+### 4. Qwen3Config 属性使用
+
+代码中使用了以下 `Qwen3Config` 属性：
+
+| 属性 | 位置 | 用途 |
+|------|------|------|
+| `hidden_size` | Line 131, 147, 173 | 隐藏层维度 |
+| `num_attention_heads` | Line 132 | 注意力头数 |
+| `num_key_value_heads` | Line 133 | KV 头数 |
+| `max_position_embeddings` | Line 134 | 最大位置编码 |
+| `rms_norm_eps` | Line 135, 147, 148, 175 | RMSNorm epsilon |
+| `attention_bias` | Line 136 (getattr) | 是否使用注意力偏置 |
+| `head_dim` | Line 137 (getattr) | 注意力头维度 |
+| `rope_theta` | Line 138 (getattr) | RoPE base |
+| `rope_scaling` | Line 139 (getattr) | RoPE scaling 配置 |
+| `intermediate_size` | Line 144 | FFN 中间层维度 |
+| `hidden_act` | Line 145 | 激活函数类型 |
+| `vocab_size` | Line 173, 206 | 词表大小 |
+| `num_hidden_layers` | Line 174 | Transformer 层数 |
+| `tie_word_embeddings` | Line 207 | 是否共享词嵌入 |
+
+## 解决方案建议
+
+### 方案 1: 条件导入（推荐）
+
+修改 `nanovllm/models/__init__.py`：
+
+```python
+"""Model registry and model implementations."""
+
+from nanovllm.models.registry import register_model, get_model_class, MODEL_REGISTRY
+
+# Import models to trigger registration
+# Llama is always available
+from nanovllm.models import llama
+
+# Qwen3 requires transformers >= 4.51.0
+try:
+    from nanovllm.models import qwen3
+except ImportError:
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn(
+        "Qwen3 models require transformers >= 4.51.0. "
+        "Install with: pip install 'transformers>=4.51.0'"
+    )
+
+__all__ = ["register_model", "get_model_class", "MODEL_REGISTRY"]
+```
+
+修改 `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py`：
+
+```python
+import torch
+from torch import nn
+import torch.distributed as dist
+
+# Conditional import for Qwen3Config
+try:
+    from transformers import Qwen3Config
+except ImportError:
+    # Create a placeholder for type hints when Qwen3Config is not available
+    Qwen3Config = None
+    raise ImportError(
+        "Qwen3Config requires transformers >= 4.51.0. "
+        "Current version does not support Qwen3 models."
+    )
+
+# ... rest of the code
+```
+
+### 方案 2: 使用 AutoConfig（兼容性更好）
+
+修改 `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py` 以使用 `AutoConfig` 而非具体的 `Qwen3Config`：
+
+```python
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+
+# Only import Qwen3Config for type checking
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from transformers import Qwen3Config
+
+# Runtime: use duck typing
+class Qwen3DecoderLayer(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, config: Any) -> None:  # Accept any config-like object
+        super().__init__()
+        # Access attributes via getattr for safety
+        self.self_attn = Qwen3Attention(
+            hidden_size=config.hidden_size,
+            num_heads=config.num_attention_heads,
+            num_kv_heads=config.num_key_value_heads,
+            max_position=config.max_position_embeddings,
+            rms_norm_eps=config.rms_norm_eps,
+            qkv_bias=getattr(config, 'attention_bias', True),
+            head_dim=getattr(config, 'head_dim', None),
+            rope_theta=getattr(config, "rope_theta", 1000000),
+            rope_scaling=getattr(config, "rope_scaling", None),
+        )
+        # ...
+```
+
+### 方案 3: 版本检查与优雅降级
+
+在 `nanovllm/__init__.py` 或启动时添加版本检查：
+
+```python
+import transformers
+from packaging import version
+
+TRANSFORMERS_VERSION = version.parse(transformers.__version__)
+QWEN3_MIN_VERSION = version.parse("4.51.0")
+
+QWEN3_AVAILABLE = TRANSFORMERS_VERSION >= QWEN3_MIN_VERSION
+
+if not QWEN3_AVAILABLE:
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn(
+        f"transformers {transformers.__version__} does not support Qwen3 models. "
+        f"Upgrade to >= 4.51.0 for Qwen3 support."
+    )
+```
+
+## 适配优先级
+
+建议按以下优先级进行适配：
+
+1. **P0 - models/__init__.py**: 添加 try-except 使 Llama 模型可独立使用
+2. **P1 - qwen3.py**: 添加清晰的错误信息，说明版本要求
+3. **P2 - 类型注解**: 可选地改为 `Any` 或使用 `TYPE_CHECKING`
+4. **P3 - 文档**: 在 README 和 pyproject.toml 中说明版本依赖
+
+## 测试验证
+
+适配后应验证以下场景：
+
+### 测试 1: 低版本环境（transformers 4.45.2）
+
+```bash
+# 预期结果：Llama 模型可用，Qwen3 提示版本不足
+docker run --rm \
+    -v /path/to/nano-vllm:/workspace/nano-vllm \
+    -e PYTHONPATH=/workspace/nano-vllm \
+    tzj/ruler:v0.3 \
+    python -c "
+from nanovllm.models import get_model_class, MODEL_REGISTRY
+print('Available models:', list(MODEL_REGISTRY.keys()))
+# Expected: ['LlamaForCausalLM']
+# Warning: Qwen3 models require transformers >= 4.51.0
+"
+```
+
+### 测试 2: 高版本环境（transformers >= 4.51.0）
+
+```bash
+# 预期结果：Llama 和 Qwen3 模型均可用
+pip install 'transformers>=4.51.0'
+python -c "
+from nanovllm.models import get_model_class, MODEL_REGISTRY
+print('Available models:', list(MODEL_REGISTRY.keys()))
+# Expected: ['LlamaForCausalLM', 'Qwen3ForCausalLM', 'Qwen2ForCausalLM']
+"
+```
+
+## 相关参考
+
+- [Transformers Qwen3 文档](https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/en/model_doc/qwen3)
+- [Qwen3 GitHub](https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3)
+- [Transformers 版本历史](https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/releases)
+
+## 版本信息
+
+| 日期 | 版本 | 变更 |
+|------|------|------|
+| 2025-01-11 | 1.0 | 初始文档，记录 transformers 4.45.2 兼容性问题 |

findings.md

@@ -1,160 +1,288 @@
-# Findings: Multi-Model Support Analysis
+# Findings: nanovllm 多请求状态污染分析
 
-## Current Architecture Analysis
+## 重要说明
 
-### Model Loading Flow
-```
-LLM(model_path)
-  → LLMEngine.__init__()
-    → Config.__post_init__()
-      → hf_config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model)
-    → ModelRunner.__init__()
-      → model = Qwen3ForCausalLM(hf_config)  ← HARDCODED
-      → load_model(model, config.model)
-```
-
-### Key Files
-| File | Purpose |
-|------|---------|
-| `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` | 模型加载和运行 |
-| `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py` | Qwen3 模型定义 |
-| `nanovllm/utils/loader.py` | safetensors 权重加载 |
-| `nanovllm/layers/rotary_embedding.py` | RoPE 实现 |
+**nanovllm offload 模式不支持 batch**，只能单个 request 顺序执行。问题出在**请求切换**（前一个 request 完成后，开始下一个 request）时状态清理不完整。
 
 ---
 
-## Llama 3.1 Config Analysis
+## 1. 代码架构发现
 
-```json
-{
-  "architectures": ["LlamaForCausalLM"],
-  "model_type": "llama",
-  "attention_bias": false,
-  "mlp_bias": false,
-  "head_dim": 128,
-  "hidden_size": 4096,
-  "intermediate_size": 14336,
-  "num_attention_heads": 32,
-  "num_hidden_layers": 32,
-  "num_key_value_heads": 8,
-  "hidden_act": "silu",
-  "rms_norm_eps": 1e-05,
-  "rope_theta": 500000.0,
-  "rope_scaling": {
-    "factor": 8.0,
-    "high_freq_factor": 4.0,
-    "low_freq_factor": 1.0,
-    "original_max_position_embeddings": 8192,
-    "rope_type": "llama3"
-  },
-  "max_position_embeddings": 131072,
-  "tie_word_embeddings": false,
-  "vocab_size": 128256
-}
+### 1.1 请求生命周期 (顺序执行)
+
+**关键**: offload 模式下，每次只处理**一个 request**，不是 batch。
+
+```
+LLMEngine.generate() [llm_engine.py:114-151]
+├── Observer.complete_reset()  # 重置性能统计
+├── for prompt in prompts:
+│   └── add_request(prompt, sp)  # 添加到 scheduler 队列
+├── while not is_finished():
+│   ├── scheduler.schedule()  # 获取下一个序列 (offload 模式: 1个)
+│   ├── model_runner.call("run", seqs, is_prefill)  # 执行单个请求
+│   └── scheduler.postprocess(seqs, token_ids)
+│       └── if seq.is_finished:
+│           └── kvcache_manager.deallocate(seq)  # 释放资源 ← 问题点
+│           └── [开始处理下一个请求]  # ← 状态切换
+└── return outputs
 ```
 
-### Llama 3 RoPE Scaling
-Llama 3 使用特殊的 RoPE scaling 策略 (`rope_type: "llama3"`)：
-- 低频分量保持不变（对应短距离依赖）
-- 高频分量线性插值（对应长距离依赖）
-- 参数: `factor`, `low_freq_factor`, `high_freq_factor`, `original_max_position_embeddings`
+**请求切换流程**:
+```
+Request A (prefill) → Request A (decode × N) → Request A 完成
+    ↓
+deallocate(A)  ← 状态清理不完整!
+    ↓
+Request B (prefill) → Request B 读取到 A 的残留状态 → 错误输出
+```
 
-参考实现 (transformers):
+### 1.2 OffloadEngine 状态清单
+
+**位置**: `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py:40-145`
+
+| 成员变量 | 类型 | Shape | 生命周期 |
+|----------|------|-------|----------|
+| `layer_k_cache` | GPU Tensor | [num_buffers, max_seq_len, kv_heads, head_dim] | 整个引擎 |
+| `layer_v_cache` | GPU Tensor | [num_buffers, max_seq_len, kv_heads, head_dim] | 整个引擎 |
+| `decode_k_buffer` | GPU Tensor | [num_layers, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim] | 整个引擎 |
+| `decode_v_buffer` | GPU Tensor | [num_layers, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim] | 整个引擎 |
+| `k_cache_cpu` | CPU Tensor (pinned) | [num_layers, num_cpu_blocks, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim] | 整个引擎 |
+| `v_cache_cpu` | CPU Tensor (pinned) | [num_layers, num_cpu_blocks, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim] | 整个引擎 |
+| `compute_stream` | CUDA Stream | - | 整个引擎 |
+| `prefill_offload_streams` | List[CUDA Stream] | num_layers | 整个引擎 |
+| `prefill_offload_events` | List[CUDA Event] | num_layers | 整个引擎 |
+| `layer_load_streams` | List[CUDA Stream] | num_buffers | 整个引擎 |
+| `buffer_load_events` | List[CUDA Event] | num_buffers | 整个引擎 |
+| `buffer_compute_done_events` | List[CUDA Event] | num_buffers | 整个引擎 |
+
+**关键发现**:
+- **没有 reset() 方法**
+- **没有任何清理逻辑**
+- 所有 tensor 在初始化时 `torch.zeros()` 后永不清零
+
+### 1.3 HybridKVCacheManager 状态清单
+
+**位置**: `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py`
+
+| 成员变量 | 作用 | 清理方式 |
+|----------|------|----------|
+| `logical_blocks` | 逻辑块列表 | `block.reset()` in deallocate |
+| `free_logical_ids` | 空闲逻辑块队列 | deallocate 归还 |
+| `free_cpu_blocks` | 空闲 CPU 块队列 | deallocate 归还 |
+| `cpu_block_to_logical` | CPU 块→逻辑块映射 | deallocate 删除 |
+| `prefilled_blocks` | 已 prefill 的块集合 | deallocate 中 discard |
+| `_decode_start_pos` | 序列→decode起始位置 | `clear_decode_tracking()` |
+| `_prefill_len` | 序列→prefill长度 | `clear_decode_tracking()` |
+
+**关键发现**:
+- `deallocate()` 没有调用 `clear_decode_tracking()`！
+- `_decode_start_pos` 和 `_prefill_len` 使用 `id(seq)` 作为 key
+- Python 对象 ID 可能在不同请求间重用
+
+---
+
+## 2. 请求切换机制分析
+
+### 2.1 offload 模式的单 request 限制
+
+代码中明确限制：
 ```python
-def _compute_llama3_parameters(config, device, inv_freq):
-    factor = config.factor
-    low_freq_factor = config.low_freq_factor
-    high_freq_factor = config.high_freq_factor
-    old_context_len = config.original_max_position_embeddings
+# model_runner.py:757, 880
+assert len(seqs) == 1, "Layer-wise offload only supports single sequence"
+```
 
-    low_freq_wavelen = old_context_len / low_freq_factor
-    high_freq_wavelen = old_context_len / high_freq_factor
+### 2.2 请求切换时序
 
-    wavelen = 2 * math.pi / inv_freq
-    inv_freq_llama = torch.where(
-        wavelen > low_freq_wavelen,
-        inv_freq / factor,
-        inv_freq
+```
+时间 →
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ Request A: [prefill] → [decode] → [decode] → ... → [完成]       │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+                                                      ↓
+                                          deallocate(seq_A)
+                                          - blocks 释放 ✓
+                                          - tracking 字典未清理 ✗
+                                                      ↓
+┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│ Request B: [prefill] → [decode] → ...                           │
+│            ↑                                                     │
+│            如果 id(seq_B) == id(seq_A)，读到 A 的残留状态！      │
+└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+### 2.3 Python 对象 ID 重用
+
+Python 的内存管理会重用已释放对象的内存地址，导致：
+```python
+seq_A = Sequence(...)  # id(seq_A) = 0x7f1234567890
+del seq_A              # 对象被释放，但字典中 key 保留
+
+seq_B = Sequence(...)  # id(seq_B) 可能 = 0x7f1234567890（相同地址）
+# _decode_start_pos[id(seq_B)] 返回 seq_A 的旧值！
+```
+
+---
+
+## 3. 状态污染机制分析
+
+### 3.1 decode buffer 污染路径
+
+**污染写入** (`run_layerwise_offload_decode:1010-1013`):
+```python
+# 每次 decode step，将当前 token 的 KV 存入 decode buffer
+offload_engine.decode_k_buffer[layer_id, pos_in_block].copy_(ring_k[context_len])
+offload_engine.decode_v_buffer[layer_id, pos_in_block].copy_(ring_v[context_len])
+```
+
+**污染读取** (`run_layerwise_offload_decode:969-976`):
+```python
+# 如果有之前的 decode tokens，从 decode buffer 读取
+if num_prev_decode_tokens > 0:
+    k_decode_prev, v_decode_prev = offload_engine.get_decode_kv(
+        layer_id, decode_start_pos, pos_in_block
     )
-    smooth_factor = (old_context_len / wavelen - low_freq_factor) / (high_freq_factor - low_freq_factor)
-    smoothed_inv_freq = (1 - smooth_factor) * inv_freq_llama + smooth_factor * inv_freq
-    is_medium_freq = (wavelen >= high_freq_wavelen) & (wavelen <= low_freq_wavelen)
-    inv_freq_llama = torch.where(is_medium_freq, smoothed_inv_freq, inv_freq_llama)
-    return inv_freq_llama
+    ring_k[total_prefill_tokens:total_prefill_tokens + num_prev_decode_tokens].copy_(k_decode_prev)
 ```
 
----
+**问题场景**:
+1. 请求 A 的 decode 阶段在 `decode_k_buffer[layer, 0:N]` 写入 KV
+2. 请求 A 完成，buffer 数据保留
+3. 请求 B 开始，如果其 `decode_start_pos` 被错误计算为非零
+4. 请求 B 会读取请求 A 的旧数据
 
-## Weight Mapping Analysis
+### 3.2 decode_start_pos 计算逻辑
+
+**位置**: `hybrid_manager.py:485-505`
 
-### Qwen3 packed_modules_mapping
 ```python
-packed_modules_mapping = {
-    "q_proj": ("qkv_proj", "q"),
-    "k_proj": ("qkv_proj", "k"),
-    "v_proj": ("qkv_proj", "v"),
-    "gate_proj": ("gate_up_proj", 0),
-    "up_proj": ("gate_up_proj", 1),
-}
+def get_decode_start_pos(self, seq: Sequence) -> int:
+    seq_id = id(seq)  # Python 对象 ID
+    if seq_id not in self._decode_start_pos:
+        # 第一次调用 - 计算起始位置
+        prefill_len = len(seq) - 1  # 当前长度减去新 token
+        self._decode_start_pos[seq_id] = prefill_len % self._block_size
+    return self._decode_start_pos[seq_id]
 ```
 
-### Llama Weight Names (from safetensors)
-预期 Llama 权重命名与 Qwen3 类似：
-- `model.layers.{i}.self_attn.q_proj.weight`
-- `model.layers.{i}.self_attn.k_proj.weight`
-- `model.layers.{i}.self_attn.v_proj.weight`
-- `model.layers.{i}.self_attn.o_proj.weight`
-- `model.layers.{i}.mlp.gate_proj.weight`
-- `model.layers.{i}.mlp.up_proj.weight`
-- `model.layers.{i}.mlp.down_proj.weight`
-- `model.layers.{i}.input_layernorm.weight`
-- `model.layers.{i}.post_attention_layernorm.weight`
+**问题**:
+- 如果新请求的 `id(seq)` 恰好等于旧请求的 `id(seq)`（Python 内存重用）
+- `_decode_start_pos` 中可能存在旧的值
+- 会返回错误的 decode 起始位置
 
-**结论**: Llama 的 `packed_modules_mapping` 与 Qwen3 相同，可以复用。
+### 3.3 clear_decode_tracking 未被调用
+
+**位置**: `hybrid_manager.py:538-549`
+
+```python
+def clear_decode_tracking(self, seq: Sequence) -> None:
+    seq_id = id(seq)
+    self._decode_start_pos.pop(seq_id, None)
+    self._prefill_len.pop(seq_id, None)
+```
+
+**问题**:
+- 这个方法在 `deallocate()` 中**没有被调用**！
+- 查看 `deallocate()` (218-244 行)，没有 `clear_decode_tracking()` 调用
+- 这导致旧请求的 tracking 数据残留
 
 ---
 
-## Shared Components (Can Reuse)
+## 3. 失败模式分析
 
-| Component | File | Notes |
-|-----------|------|-------|
-| `RMSNorm` | `layers/layernorm.py` | 通用 |
-| `SiluAndMul` | `layers/activation.py` | 通用 |
-| `Attention` | `layers/attention.py` | FlashAttention wrapper |
-| `QKVParallelLinear` | `layers/linear.py` | 支持 bias=False |
-| `RowParallelLinear` | `layers/linear.py` | 通用 |
-| `MergedColumnParallelLinear` | `layers/linear.py` | 通用 |
-| `VocabParallelEmbedding` | `layers/embed_head.py` | 通用 |
-| `ParallelLMHead` | `layers/embed_head.py` | 通用 |
-| `load_model` | `utils/loader.py` | 通用 |
+### 3.1 观察到的失败模式
+
+从测试结果:
+| Sample | Expected | Output | Status |
+|--------|----------|--------|--------|
+| 0 | 8930103 | `: 8930103.` | PASS (第一个请求) |
+| 1 | 4194548 | `: 419 multiplication of 4548.` | **FAIL** |
+| 2 | 8231838 | `:ное 8231838.` | PASS |
+
+Sample 1 的输出 "419 multiplication of 4548" 显示数字被"拆分"了。
+
+**可能原因**:
+1. 在某个 decode step，attention 计算使用了错误的 KV
+2. 模型"看到"了旧请求的部分 context
+3. 导致生成逻辑出错
+
+### 3.2 为什么第一个请求总是成功？
+
+1. 第一个请求时，所有 buffer 都是零初始化
+2. `decode_start_pos` 字典为空，正确计算
+3. 没有残留数据干扰
+
+### 3.3 为什么后续请求可能成功？
+
+某些请求可能成功因为：
+1. `id(seq)` 没有与之前的请求冲突
+2. `pos_in_block` 不重叠，没读到旧数据
+3. 或者旧数据恰好对结果影响不大
 
 ---
 
-## Llama vs Qwen3 Implementation Diff
+## 4. 修复方向
 
-### Attention
-| Feature | Qwen3Attention | LlamaAttention |
-|---------|----------------|----------------|
-| QKV bias | 可配置 (attention_bias) | 始终 False |
-| q_norm | 有 (when bias=False) | 无 |
-| k_norm | 有 (when bias=False) | 无 |
-| RoPE | Standard | Llama3 scaled |
+### 4.1 必须修复: deallocate 时清理状态
 
-### MLP
-| Feature | Qwen3MLP | LlamaMLP |
-|---------|----------|----------|
-| gate/up bias | False | False |
-| down bias | False | False |
-| hidden_act | silu | silu |
+```python
+# hybrid_manager.py: deallocate()
+def deallocate(self, seq: Sequence) -> None:
+    # ... 现有逻辑 ...
 
-**结论**: Llama MLP 与 Qwen3 MLP 几乎相同，可以直接复用或简化。
+    # 添加: 清理 decode tracking
+    self.clear_decode_tracking(seq)
+
+    # 添加: 通知 offload engine 清理
+    if self.offload_engine is not None:
+        self.offload_engine.on_sequence_finished()
+```
+
+### 4.2 必须修复: OffloadEngine 添加清理方法
+
+```python
+# offload_engine.py
+def on_sequence_finished(self):
+    """请求完成时的清理"""
+    # 清零 decode buffer
+    self.decode_k_buffer.zero_()
+    self.decode_v_buffer.zero_()
+```
+
+### 4.3 可选: 更激进的清理
+
+```python
+def reset_all(self):
+    """完全重置状态"""
+    self.decode_k_buffer.zero_()
+    self.decode_v_buffer.zero_()
+    self.layer_k_cache.zero_()
+    self.layer_v_cache.zero_()
+    # 重置 CUDA events
+    for event in self.buffer_compute_done_events:
+        event.record()
+```
 
 ---
 
-## Risk Assessment
+## 5. 待验证假设
 
-| Risk | Impact | Mitigation |
-|------|--------|------------|
-| RoPE 实现错误 | 高 - 导致错误输出 | 参考 transformers 实现，单元测试 |
-| 权重映射错误 | 高 - 模型无法加载 | 检查 safetensors 键名 |
-| 注册表循环导入 | 中 - 启动失败 | 延迟导入 |
+| 假设 | 验证方法 | 优先级 |
+|------|----------|--------|
+| decode_buffer 残留导致污染 | 在第二个请求开始时检查 buffer 是否为零 | 高 |
+| _decode_start_pos 字典残留 | 打印 deallocate 前后的字典内容 | 高 |
+| id(seq) 重用导致错误 | 打印每个请求的 seq id | 中 |
+| ring buffer 残留 | 检查每次 decode 前 ring buffer 内容 | 低 |
+
+---
+
+## 6. 参考代码位置
+
+| 功能 | 文件 | 行号 |
+|------|------|------|
+| OffloadEngine 初始化 | offload_engine.py | 40-145 |
+| deallocate | hybrid_manager.py | 218-244 |
+| clear_decode_tracking | hybrid_manager.py | 538-549 |
+| get_decode_start_pos | hybrid_manager.py | 485-505 |
+| run_layerwise_offload_decode | model_runner.py | 867-1057 |
+| decode buffer 写入 | model_runner.py | 1010-1013 |
+| decode buffer 读取 | model_runner.py | 969-976 |

nanovllm/config.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class SparsePolicyType(Enum):
     """Sparse attention policy types."""
     FULL = auto()   # No sparse attention (load all blocks)
     QUEST = auto()  # Query-aware Top-K block selection (decode only)
+    MINFERENCE = auto()  # MInference vertical + slash sparse prefill (GPU-only)
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ class Config:
     offload_policy: str = "lru"  # "lru", "fifo", or full class path
     num_transfer_streams: int = 4  # Number of CUDA streams for async transfers
     num_gpu_blocks: int = -1  # User-specified GPU blocks count, -1 = auto (use max available)
+    num_kv_buffers: int = 4  # Ring buffer size for layer-wise offload (decode H2D pipeline)
 
     # Computed fields for offload (set in __post_init__ or by ModelRunner)
     num_gpu_kvcache_blocks: int = -1
@@ -39,10 +41,18 @@ class Config:
     # Sparse attention configuration
     # Quest: decode-only sparse attention with Top-K block selection
     # FULL: no sparse attention (load all blocks)
+    # MINFERENCE: MInference vertical + slash sparse prefill (GPU-only)
     sparse_policy: SparsePolicyType = SparsePolicyType.FULL
     sparse_topk_blocks: int = 8  # Top-K blocks for Quest
     sparse_threshold_blocks: int = 4  # Apply sparse only when blocks > threshold
 
+    # MInference configuration (used when sparse_policy == MINFERENCE)
+    minference_adaptive_budget: float = 0.3  # Budget as fraction of seq_len (None to use fixed sizes)
+    minference_vertical_size: int = 1000  # Fixed vertical size (if adaptive_budget is None)
+    minference_slash_size: int = 6096  # Fixed slash size (if adaptive_budget is None)
+    minference_num_sink_tokens: int = 30  # Sink tokens to always keep
+    minference_num_recent_diags: int = 100  # Recent diagonals to always keep
+
     def __post_init__(self):
         assert os.path.isdir(self.model)
         assert self.kvcache_block_size % 256 == 0
@@ -51,6 +61,15 @@ class Config:
         self.max_model_len = min(self.max_model_len, self.hf_config.max_position_embeddings)
         assert self.max_num_batched_tokens >= self.max_model_len
 
+        # CPU offload mode only supports single sequence (layer-wise processing)
+        if self.enable_cpu_offload and self.max_num_seqs != 1:
+            import logging
+            logging.warning(
+                f"CPU offload mode only supports single sequence. "
+                f"Overriding max_num_seqs from {self.max_num_seqs} to 1."
+            )
+            self.max_num_seqs = 1
+
         # Override torch_dtype if user specified
         if self.dtype is not None:
             dtype_map = {

nanovllm/engine/llm_engine.py

@@ -34,14 +34,56 @@ class LLMEngine:
         # Set Sequence.block_size to match the KV cache block size
         Sequence.block_size = config.kvcache_block_size
         self.scheduler = Scheduler(config, self.model_runner.kvcache_manager)
-        atexit.register(self.exit)
+        self._closed = False
+        atexit.register(self._atexit_handler)
 
-    def exit(self):
+    def _atexit_handler(self):
+        """Handler for atexit - only runs if close() wasn't called."""
+        if not self._closed:
+            self.close()
+
+    def close(self):
+        """Explicitly close the engine and release all resources.
+
+        This method is idempotent - calling it multiple times is safe.
+        Supports: explicit close(), context manager, and __del__ fallback.
+        """
+        if self._closed:
+            return
+        self._closed = True
+
+        # Unregister atexit to prevent double cleanup
+        try:
+            atexit.unregister(self._atexit_handler)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        # Cleanup resources
         self.model_runner.call("exit")
         del self.model_runner
         for p in self.ps:
             p.join()
 
+    def exit(self):
+        """Alias for close() - kept for backward compatibility."""
+        self.close()
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        """Destructor - attempt cleanup if not already done."""
+        try:
+            self.close()
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        """Context manager entry."""
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        """Context manager exit - ensures cleanup."""
+        self.close()
+        return False
+
     def add_request(self, prompt: str | list[int], sampling_params: SamplingParams):
         if isinstance(prompt, str):
             prompt = self.tokenizer.encode(prompt)

nanovllm/kvcache/__init__.py

@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ def create_kvcache_manager(config: "Config") -> KVCacheManager:
         KVCacheManager instance
     """
     if not getattr(config, 'enable_cpu_offload', False):
-        # Default: pure GPU mode
+        # Default: pure GPU mode with contiguous cache for single-seq optimization
         return GPUOnlyManager(
             num_blocks=config.num_kvcache_blocks,
             block_size=config.kvcache_block_size,
+            max_seq_len=config.max_model_len,  # Enable contiguous cache
         )
 
     # CPU offload is enabled
@@ -70,12 +71,20 @@ def create_kvcache_manager(config: "Config") -> KVCacheManager:
         threshold_blocks=getattr(config, 'sparse_threshold_blocks', 4),
     )
 
+    # max_seq_len needs to be larger than max_model_len to accommodate decode tokens
+    # When prefill uses ~max_model_len tokens, decode needs additional slots
+    # Add max_new_tokens (default 512) buffer for decode phase
+    max_new_tokens = getattr(config, 'max_new_tokens', 512)
+    max_seq_len = config.max_model_len + max_new_tokens
+
     return HybridKVCacheManager(
         num_gpu_slots=num_gpu_blocks,
         num_cpu_blocks=num_cpu_blocks,
         block_size=config.kvcache_block_size,
         policy=eviction_policy,
         sparse_policy=sparse_policy,
+        num_kv_buffers=getattr(config, 'num_kv_buffers', 4),
+        max_seq_len=max_seq_len,
     )
 
 

nanovllm/kvcache/gpu_manager.py

@@ -45,21 +45,24 @@ class GPUOnlyManager(KVCacheManager):
     - Paged attention with configurable block size
     - Prefix caching via xxhash
     - Reference counting for block sharing
+    - Contiguous cache for single-sequence layer-wise prefill (optional)
 
     This manager is fully compatible with CUDA graphs since
     all data stays on GPU at fixed addresses.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, num_blocks: int, block_size: int):
+    def __init__(self, num_blocks: int, block_size: int, max_seq_len: int = 0):
         """
         Initialize GPU-only manager.
 
         Args:
             num_blocks: Total number of blocks to manage
             block_size: Tokens per block (default 256)
+            max_seq_len: Max sequence length for contiguous cache (0 to disable)
         """
         self._block_size = block_size
         self._num_blocks = num_blocks
+        self._max_seq_len = max_seq_len
 
         # Block metadata
         self.blocks: List[Block] = [Block(i) for i in range(num_blocks)]
@@ -77,6 +80,11 @@ class GPUOnlyManager(KVCacheManager):
         self.num_kv_heads: int = 0
         self.head_dim: int = 0
 
+        # Contiguous cache for single-seq layer-wise prefill (set by allocate_cache)
+        self.contiguous_k_cache: Optional[Tensor] = None
+        self.contiguous_v_cache: Optional[Tensor] = None
+        self.contiguous_seq_len: int = 0  # Current sequence length in contiguous cache
+
     @property
     def block_size(self) -> int:
         return self._block_size
@@ -105,6 +113,23 @@ class GPUOnlyManager(KVCacheManager):
             dtype=dtype, device="cuda"
         )
 
+        # Allocate contiguous cache for single-seq layer-wise prefill
+        # Only allocate if there's enough free memory (at least 2GB margin)
+        if self._max_seq_len > 0:
+            contiguous_cache_bytes = 2 * num_layers * self._max_seq_len * num_kv_heads * head_dim * dtype.itemsize
+            free_memory = torch.cuda.mem_get_info()[0]
+
+            if free_memory > contiguous_cache_bytes + 2 * 1024**3:  # 2GB margin
+                # Shape: [num_layers, max_seq_len, kv_heads, head_dim]
+                self.contiguous_k_cache = torch.empty(
+                    num_layers, self._max_seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim,
+                    dtype=dtype, device="cuda"
+                )
+                self.contiguous_v_cache = torch.empty(
+                    num_layers, self._max_seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim,
+                    dtype=dtype, device="cuda"
+                )
+
     def get_layer_cache(self, layer_id: int) -> Tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
         """Get K/V cache for a layer."""
         assert self.kv_cache is not None, "Cache not allocated"

nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py

@@ -65,23 +65,22 @@ class LogicalBlock:
 
 class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
     """
-    Hybrid CPU-GPU KV cache manager with ring buffer design.
+    Hybrid CPU-GPU KV cache manager with layer-wise offload design.
 
     Architecture (CPU-primary mode):
     - CPU pool: Primary storage for all KV cache (num_cpu_blocks)
-    - GPU buffer: Ring buffer for computation only (num_gpu_slots)
-    - Logical blocks: What sequences reference (num_cpu_blocks)
+    - GPU ring buffer: For decode H2D pipeline (num_kv_buffers)
+    - Decode buffer: Per-layer accumulation of decode tokens (block_size)
 
     Design:
     - All KV cache is stored on CPU as primary storage
-    - GPU is used as a ring buffer for computation only (no persistent data)
-    - During prefill: KV is written to GPU ring slot, then offloaded to CPU
-    - During decode: Previous KV is loaded from CPU to GPU for attention
-    - Ring buffer enables pipelined H2D transfers overlapped with computation
+    - GPU ring buffer enables pipelined H2D transfers during decode
+    - During prefill: KV is computed and offloaded layer-by-layer to CPU
+    - During decode: Previous KV is loaded from CPU via ring buffer pipeline
 
     Note:
     - Logical blocks map 1:1 with CPU blocks (total_blocks = num_cpu_blocks)
-    - GPU slots are transient compute buffers, not tracked in logical blocks
+    - GPU ring buffer is for decode pipeline, not persistent storage
     """
 
     def __init__(
@@ -91,25 +90,31 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
         block_size: int,
         policy: Optional[EvictionPolicy] = None,
         sparse_policy: "SparsePolicy" = None,
+        num_kv_buffers: int = 4,
+        max_seq_len: int = 131072,
     ):
         """
-        Initialize hybrid manager with CPU-primary ring buffer design.
+        Initialize hybrid manager with layer-wise offload design.
 
-        All KV cache is stored on CPU as primary storage. GPU slots are used
-        as a ring buffer for computation only.
+        All KV cache is stored on CPU as primary storage. GPU ring buffer is used
+        for decode H2D pipeline.
 
         Args:
-            num_gpu_slots: Number of GPU buffer slots (ring buffer for computation)
+            num_gpu_slots: Number of GPU buffer slots (kept for backward compat, not used)
             num_cpu_blocks: Number of CPU pool blocks (primary storage)
             block_size: Tokens per block
             policy: Eviction policy (default: LRU, used for prefix cache management)
             sparse_policy: Sparse attention policy (Quest for decode-only sparse)
+            num_kv_buffers: Ring buffer size for decode H2D pipeline
+            max_seq_len: Maximum sequence length for GPU buffer allocation
         """
         self._block_size = block_size
         self.num_gpu_slots = num_gpu_slots
         self.num_cpu_blocks = num_cpu_blocks
+        self.num_kv_buffers = num_kv_buffers
+        self.max_seq_len = max_seq_len
         # In CPU-primary mode, logical blocks map 1:1 with CPU blocks
-        # GPU slots are transient compute buffers, not tracked as logical blocks
+        # GPU ring buffer is for decode pipeline, not persistent storage
         self.total_blocks = num_cpu_blocks
 
         # Eviction policy
@@ -147,7 +152,7 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
         # Track blocks pending GPU load (for decode graph)
         self.pending_gpu_loads: Set[int] = set()  # logical_ids
 
-        # Track blocks that have been prefilled (KV written) for chunked prefill
+        # Track blocks that have been prefilled (KV offloaded to CPU)
         self.prefilled_blocks: Set[int] = set()  # logical_ids
 
         # Track decode starting position within block (for batched offload optimization)
@@ -182,13 +187,21 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
             num_kv_heads=num_kv_heads,
             head_dim=head_dim,
             dtype=dtype,
+            num_kv_buffers=self.num_kv_buffers,
+            max_seq_len=self.max_seq_len,
             sparse_policy=self.sparse_policy,
         )
 
     def get_layer_cache(self, layer_id: int) -> Tuple[Tensor, Tensor]:
-        """Get GPU K/V cache tensors for a layer."""
+        """
+        Get GPU K/V cache tensors for a layer.
+
+        Note: In layer-wise offload mode, this returns empty tensors as KV
+        is managed directly by the offload engine's ring buffer.
+        """
         assert self.offload_engine is not None
-        return self.offload_engine.get_layer_cache(layer_id)
+        # Return empty tensors - actual KV is in offload_engine's ring buffer
+        return torch.empty(0), torch.empty(0)
 
     def can_allocate(self, seq: Sequence) -> bool:
         """Check if we can allocate blocks for a new sequence."""
@@ -231,6 +244,13 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
         seq.num_cached_tokens = 0
         seq.block_table.clear()
 
+        # Clear decode tracking to prevent state pollution between requests
+        self.clear_decode_tracking(seq)
+
+        # Clear offload engine state (decode buffer, events)
+        if self.offload_engine is not None:
+            self.offload_engine.on_sequence_finished()
+
     def can_append(self, seq: Sequence) -> bool:
         """Check if we can append a token."""
         need_new_block = (len(seq) % self._block_size == 1)
@@ -279,8 +299,8 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
         """
         Prepare KV cache for attention computation.
 
-        In ring buffer mode, this is a no-op because chunked offload
-        paths handle H2D transfers directly in the attention layer.
+        In layer-wise offload mode, this is a no-op because KV transfers
+        are handled directly in model_runner's layer-by-layer methods.
         """
         pass
 
@@ -291,12 +311,12 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
         """
         Get GPU slot tables for sequences.
 
-        In ring buffer mode, all blocks are on CPU, so this raises an error
-        if called. Use run_chunked_offload_* methods instead.
+        In layer-wise offload mode, all blocks are on CPU, so this raises an error
+        if called. Use run_layerwise_offload_* methods instead.
         """
         raise RuntimeError(
-            "get_gpu_block_tables should not be called in ring buffer mode. "
-            "Use run_chunked_offload_prefill/decode instead."
+            "get_gpu_block_tables should not be called in layer-wise offload mode. "
+            "Use run_layerwise_offload_prefill/decode instead."
         )
 
     def post_attention_cleanup(
@@ -307,18 +327,18 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
         """
         Cleanup after attention.
 
-        In ring buffer mode, this is a no-op because offload is handled
-        directly in the chunked prefill/decode paths.
+        In layer-wise offload mode, this is a no-op because offload is handled
+        directly in model_runner's layer-by-layer methods.
         """
         pass
 
-    # ========== Ring Buffer CPU-primary Chunked Prefill Support ==========
+    # ========== Layer-wise Offload Support ==========
 
     def get_prefilled_cpu_blocks(self, seq: Sequence) -> List[int]:
         """
         Get list of CPU block IDs for blocks that have been prefilled.
 
-        Used for loading previous KV during chunked prefill.
+        Used for loading prefilled KV during decode.
 
         Returns:
             List of CPU block IDs in sequence order
@@ -329,17 +349,19 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
                 block = self.logical_blocks[logical_id]
                 if block.location == BlockLocation.CPU:
                     cpu_blocks.append(block.cpu_block_id)
-        # logger.debug(
-        #     f"get_prefilled_cpu_blocks: prefilled_blocks={list(self.prefilled_blocks)}, "
-        #     f"returned cpu_blocks={cpu_blocks}"
-        # )
+        # DEBUG: Log on first decode call
+        logger.debug(
+            f"[DEBUG] get_prefilled_cpu_blocks: block_table={list(seq.block_table)}, "
+            f"prefilled_blocks={list(self.prefilled_blocks)}, "
+            f"returned cpu_blocks={cpu_blocks}"
+        )
         return cpu_blocks
 
-    # ========== Ring Buffer CPU-primary support ==========
+    # ========== CPU Block Allocation ==========
 
     def allocate_cpu_only(self, seq: Sequence) -> None:
         """
-        Allocate CPU blocks for sequence (for ring buffer mode).
+        Allocate CPU blocks for sequence (for layer-wise offload mode).
 
         Unlike allocate(), here all blocks are allocated to CPU,
         GPU is only used as ring buffer for computation.
@@ -370,6 +392,10 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
             self.cpu_block_to_logical[cpu_block_id] = logical_id
             seq.block_table.append(logical_id)
 
+        # DEBUG: Log allocated CPU blocks
+        cpu_blocks = [self.logical_blocks[lid].cpu_block_id for lid in seq.block_table]
+        logger.debug(f"[DEBUG] allocate_cpu_only: allocated cpu_blocks={cpu_blocks}")
+
             # NOTE: Prefix cache disabled in offload mode
             # If enabled, would compute hash and update:
             #   h = self.compute_hash(seq.block(i), prefix_hash)
@@ -417,6 +443,8 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
             if block.location == BlockLocation.CPU:
                 cpu_block_ids.append(block.cpu_block_id)
                 logical_ids.append(logical_id)
+        # DEBUG: Log during prefill
+        logger.debug(f"[DEBUG] get_all_cpu_blocks: returned cpu_block_ids={cpu_block_ids}")
         return cpu_block_ids, logical_ids
 
     def allocate_next_cpu_block(self, seq: Sequence) -> int:
@@ -468,20 +496,6 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
             return block.cpu_block_id
         return -1
 
-    def get_write_slot_for_chunked_offload(self, seq: Sequence) -> int:
-        """
-        Get GPU slot for writing new KV during chunked offload decode.
-
-        In ring buffer design, always use decode_slot (slot[0]) to write new KV.
-        This avoids conflicts with loading operations which use slots[1:].
-
-        Args:
-            seq: Sequence
-
-        Returns:
-            GPU slot ID (always decode_slot = 0)
-        """
-        return self.offload_engine.decode_slot
 
     def get_decode_start_pos(self, seq: Sequence) -> int:
         """
@@ -503,6 +517,12 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
             # Decode starts at the next position
             prefill_len = len(seq) - 1  # Current len includes the new decode token
             self._decode_start_pos[seq_id] = prefill_len % self._block_size
+            # DEBUG: Log first access
+            logger.debug(
+                f"[DEBUG] get_decode_start_pos FIRST ACCESS: seq_id={seq_id}, "
+                f"len(seq)={len(seq)}, prefill_len={prefill_len}, "
+                f"stored decode_start_pos={self._decode_start_pos[seq_id]}"
+            )
         return self._decode_start_pos[seq_id]
 
     def reset_decode_start_pos(self, seq: Sequence) -> None:
@@ -535,6 +555,11 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
             # First decode step - store the prefill length
             # len(seq) - 1 because current len includes the first decode token
             self._prefill_len[seq_id] = len(seq) - 1
+            # DEBUG: Log first access
+            logger.debug(
+                f"[DEBUG] get_prefill_len FIRST ACCESS: seq_id={seq_id}, "
+                f"len(seq)={len(seq)}, stored prefill_len={self._prefill_len[seq_id]}"
+            )
         return self._prefill_len[seq_id]
 
     def clear_decode_tracking(self, seq: Sequence) -> None:
@@ -547,6 +572,15 @@ class HybridKVCacheManager(KVCacheManager):
             seq: Sequence
         """
         seq_id = id(seq)
+        # DEBUG: Log clearing and CPU blocks
+        cpu_blocks = [self.logical_blocks[lid].cpu_block_id for lid in seq.block_table
+                      if self.logical_blocks[lid].location == BlockLocation.CPU]
+        logger.debug(
+            f"[DEBUG] clear_decode_tracking: seq_id={seq_id}, "
+            f"clearing decode_start_pos={self._decode_start_pos.get(seq_id, 'N/A')}, "
+            f"prefill_len={self._prefill_len.get(seq_id, 'N/A')}, "
+            f"cpu_blocks={cpu_blocks}"
+        )
         self._decode_start_pos.pop(seq_id, None)
         self._prefill_len.pop(seq_id, None)
 

nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/__init__.py

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from nanovllm.config import SparsePolicyType
 from nanovllm.kvcache.sparse.policy import SparsePolicy, PolicyContext
 from nanovllm.kvcache.sparse.full_policy import FullAttentionPolicy
 from nanovllm.kvcache.sparse.quest import QuestPolicy, QuestConfig, BlockMetadataManager
+from nanovllm.kvcache.sparse.minference import MInferencePolicy
 
 
 def create_sparse_policy(policy_type: SparsePolicyType, **kwargs) -> SparsePolicy:
@@ -55,6 +56,15 @@ def create_sparse_policy(policy_type: SparsePolicyType, **kwargs) -> SparsePolic
         )
         return QuestPolicy(config)
 
+    elif policy_type == SparsePolicyType.MINFERENCE:
+        return MInferencePolicy(
+            vertical_size=kwargs.get("vertical_size", 1000),
+            slash_size=kwargs.get("slash_size", 6096),
+            adaptive_budget=kwargs.get("adaptive_budget", 0.3),
+            num_sink_tokens=kwargs.get("num_sink_tokens", 30),
+            num_recent_diags=kwargs.get("num_recent_diags", 100),
+        )
+
     else:
         raise ValueError(f"Unknown policy type: {policy_type}")
 
@@ -67,5 +77,6 @@ __all__ = [
     "QuestPolicy",
     "QuestConfig",
     "BlockMetadataManager",
+    "MInferencePolicy",
     "create_sparse_policy",
 ]

nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/full_policy.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class FullAttentionPolicy(SparsePolicy):
     # Full attention supports both prefill and decode
     supports_prefill = True
     supports_decode = True
+    requires_block_selection = False  # Load all blocks, no selective loading
 
     def select_blocks(
         self,

nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/minference.py

@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+"""
+MInference sparse attention policy.
+
+Implements vertical + slash sparse pattern estimation using the last 64 query tokens.
+Reference: MInference paper (https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02490)
+"""
+
+import math
+from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
+import torch
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+
+from nanovllm.kvcache.sparse.policy import SparsePolicy, PolicyContext
+
+
+class MInferencePolicy(SparsePolicy):
+    """
+    MInference sparse prefill policy using vertical + slash pattern.
+
+    This policy estimates sparse attention patterns by analyzing attention
+    scores from the last 64 query tokens, then selects:
+    - Vertical: Key positions that are important across all queries
+    - Slash: Diagonal bands (local context)
+
+    The estimated pattern is then used to compute sparse attention.
+
+    Note: This policy is designed for GPU-only prefill. For CPU offload,
+    the pattern estimation and sparse attention will be handled differently.
+    """
+
+    supports_prefill = True
+    supports_decode = False  # MInference is prefill-only sparse strategy
+    requires_block_selection = False  # MInference only affects attention computation, not KV load
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        vertical_size: int = 1000,
+        slash_size: int = 6096,
+        adaptive_budget: Optional[float] = 0.3,
+        num_sink_tokens: int = 30,
+        num_recent_diags: int = 100,
+    ):
+        """
+        Initialize MInference policy.
+
+        Args:
+            vertical_size: Number of vertical (column) positions to keep
+            slash_size: Number of diagonal bands to keep
+            adaptive_budget: If set, compute budget as fraction of seq_len
+                            (overrides vertical_size and slash_size)
+            num_sink_tokens: Number of initial sink tokens to always keep
+            num_recent_diags: Number of recent diagonals to always keep
+        """
+        self.vertical_size = vertical_size
+        self.slash_size = slash_size
+        self.adaptive_budget = adaptive_budget
+        self.num_sink_tokens = num_sink_tokens
+        self.num_recent_diags = num_recent_diags
+
+        # Cache for last-q causal mask
+        self._last_q_mask_cache: dict = {}
+
+    def _get_causal_mask(self, last_q: int, seq_len: int, device: torch.device) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """Get causal mask for last-q attention."""
+        cache_key = (last_q, seq_len, device)
+        if cache_key not in self._last_q_mask_cache:
+            # Create mask where last_q queries can attend to all previous positions
+            # Shape: [last_q, seq_len]
+            mask = torch.ones(last_q, seq_len, device=device, dtype=torch.bool)
+            # Apply causal constraint for the last last_q positions
+            # Query i (from last_q) can only attend to positions <= (seq_len - last_q + i)
+            for i in range(last_q):
+                mask[i, seq_len - last_q + i + 1:] = False
+            self._last_q_mask_cache[cache_key] = mask
+        return self._last_q_mask_cache[cache_key]
+
+    def estimate_pattern(
+        self,
+        q: torch.Tensor,
+        k: torch.Tensor,
+        layer_id: int,
+    ) -> Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
+        """
+        Estimate vertical + slash sparse pattern using last 64 query tokens.
+        Memory-optimized for long sequences (64K+).
+
+        Args:
+            q: Query tensor [seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]
+            k: Key tensor [seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]
+            layer_id: Current layer index (for potential layer-specific patterns)
+
+        Returns:
+            Tuple of (vertical_indices, slash_indices):
+            - vertical_indices: [num_heads, vertical_size] - important K positions
+            - slash_indices: [num_heads, slash_size] - diagonal offsets
+        """
+        seq_len = q.shape[0]
+        num_heads = q.shape[1]
+        head_dim = q.shape[2]
+        num_kv_heads = k.shape[1]
+
+        # Adaptive budget
+        if self.adaptive_budget is not None:
+            budget = int(seq_len * self.adaptive_budget)
+            vertical_size = max(self.num_sink_tokens + 1, int(budget * 0.2))
+            slash_size = max(self.num_recent_diags + 1, int(budget * 0.8))
+        else:
+            vertical_size = self.vertical_size
+            slash_size = self.slash_size
+
+        # Use last 64 Q tokens for estimation
+        last_q = min(64, seq_len)
+        q_last = q[-last_q:]  # [last_q, heads, dim] - this is a view, not a copy
+
+        # Handle GQA: if num_kv_heads < num_heads, we need to expand K
+        if num_kv_heads < num_heads:
+            num_groups = num_heads // num_kv_heads
+            k_work = k.repeat_interleave(num_groups, dim=1)
+        else:
+            k_work = k
+
+        # Compute attention scores: [heads, last_q, seq_len]
+        scale = 1.0 / math.sqrt(head_dim)
+        qk = torch.einsum('qhd,khd->hqk', q_last, k_work) * scale
+
+        # Free k_work if it was a copy
+        if num_kv_heads < num_heads:
+            del k_work
+
+        # Apply causal mask for last positions (in-place)
+        causal_mask = self._get_causal_mask(last_q, seq_len, q.device)
+        qk.masked_fill_(~causal_mask.unsqueeze(0), float('-inf'))
+
+        # Softmax (in-place where possible)
+        qk = F.softmax(qk, dim=-1, dtype=torch.float32)
+
+        # === Vertical pattern ===
+        # Sum across query dimension -> importance of each K position
+        vertical_scores = qk.sum(dim=1)  # [heads, seq_len]
+
+        # Force keep first num_sink_tokens (attention sinks) - in-place
+        vertical_scores[:, :self.num_sink_tokens] = float('inf')
+
+        # Select top-k
+        actual_vertical = min(vertical_size, seq_len)
+        vertical_indices = vertical_scores.topk(actual_vertical, dim=-1).indices
+        vertical_indices = vertical_indices.sort(dim=-1).values
+        del vertical_scores
+
+        # === Slash pattern ===
+        # Create diagonal index matrix: [last_q, seq_len] with int32 to save memory
+        q_indices = torch.arange(last_q, device=q.device, dtype=torch.int32).unsqueeze(1)
+        k_indices = torch.arange(seq_len, device=q.device, dtype=torch.int32).unsqueeze(0)
+        diag_indices = (seq_len - last_q + q_indices) - k_indices  # [last_q, seq_len]
+        del q_indices
+
+        # Create causal mask for slash computation
+        q_pos = seq_len - last_q + torch.arange(last_q, device=q.device, dtype=torch.int32).unsqueeze(1)
+        slash_causal_mask = k_indices <= q_pos
+        del q_pos, k_indices
+
+        # Clamp diagonal indices to valid range
+        diag_indices = diag_indices.clamp(0, seq_len - 1)
+
+        # Apply causal mask to qk (in-place) for slash computation
+        qk[:, ~slash_causal_mask] = 0
+        del slash_causal_mask
+
+        # Accumulate scores per diagonal - process in batches to save memory
+        slash_scores = torch.zeros(num_heads, seq_len, device=q.device, dtype=torch.float32)
+
+        # Process heads in chunks to reduce peak memory for diag_indices_expanded
+        chunk_size = min(8, num_heads)  # Process 8 heads at a time
+        for h_start in range(0, num_heads, chunk_size):
+            h_end = min(h_start + chunk_size, num_heads)
+            n_heads_chunk = h_end - h_start
+
+            # Expand diag_indices only for this chunk
+            diag_chunk = diag_indices.unsqueeze(0).expand(n_heads_chunk, -1, -1).long()
+            qk_chunk = qk[h_start:h_end]
+
+            slash_scores[h_start:h_end].scatter_add_(
+                1,
+                diag_chunk.reshape(n_heads_chunk, -1),
+                qk_chunk.reshape(n_heads_chunk, -1)
+            )
+            del diag_chunk, qk_chunk
+
+        del diag_indices, qk
+
+        # Force keep first num_recent_diags (in-place)
+        slash_scores[:, :self.num_recent_diags] = float('inf')
+
+        # Select top-k diagonal indices
+        actual_slash = min(slash_size, seq_len)
+        slash_indices = slash_scores.topk(actual_slash, dim=-1).indices
+        slash_indices = slash_indices.sort(dim=-1).values
+        del slash_scores
+
+        return vertical_indices, slash_indices
+
+    def select_blocks(
+        self,
+        available_blocks: List[int],
+        ctx: PolicyContext,
+    ) -> List[int]:
+        """
+        Select blocks for chunked CPU offload mode.
+
+        For MInference in GPU-only mode, this method is not used.
+        In CPU offload mode, it would select blocks based on the sparse pattern.
+
+        For now, return all blocks (full attention fallback).
+        """
+        # MInference pattern is computed in attention.forward()
+        # For CPU offload integration (Phase B), this would use the pattern
+        return available_blocks
+
+    def reset(self) -> None:
+        """Reset policy state."""
+        self._last_q_mask_cache.clear()
+
+    def sparse_prefill_attention(
+        self,
+        q: torch.Tensor,
+        k: torch.Tensor,
+        v: torch.Tensor,
+        layer_id: int,
+    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """
+        Compute MInference sparse attention for prefill.
+
+        Uses vertical + slash pattern to compute sparse attention efficiently.
+        Memory-optimized to handle long sequences (64K+) by freeing intermediate tensors.
+
+        Args:
+            q: Query tensor [seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]
+            k: Key tensor [seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]
+            v: Value tensor [seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]
+            layer_id: Current transformer layer index
+
+        Returns:
+            Attention output [seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]
+        """
+        from minference.ops.pit_sparse_flash_attention_v2 import _triton_mixed_sparse_attention
+        from minference.cuda import convert_vertical_slash_indexes
+
+        seq_len = q.shape[0]
+        num_heads = q.shape[1]
+        head_dim = q.shape[2]
+        num_kv_heads = k.shape[1]
+
+        # Estimate sparse pattern (uses temporary memory for qk scores)
+        vertical_indices, slash_indices = self.estimate_pattern(q, k, layer_id)
+        # Free any cached memory from pattern estimation
+        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
+        # Triton sparse attention kernel parameters
+        block_size_M = 64
+        block_size_N = 64
+
+        # Calculate padding
+        pad = (block_size_M - seq_len) & (block_size_M - 1)
+        need_head_pad = head_dim not in [16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512]
+        head_pad = (2 ** math.ceil(math.log2(head_dim)) - head_dim) if need_head_pad else 0
+
+        # Handle GQA: expand K/V to match query heads
+        # Do this BEFORE creating batched tensors to avoid double copies
+        if num_kv_heads < num_heads:
+            num_groups = num_heads // num_kv_heads
+            # Use repeat_interleave for memory-efficient expansion
+            k_work = k.repeat_interleave(num_groups, dim=1)
+            v_work = v.repeat_interleave(num_groups, dim=1)
+        else:
+            k_work = k
+            v_work = v
+
+        # Transform Q to [batch, heads, seq, dim] format with padding in one step
+        # This avoids creating intermediate copies
+        if pad > 0 or head_pad > 0:
+            q_batched = torch.nn.functional.pad(
+                q.unsqueeze(0).transpose(1, 2),
+                [0, head_pad, 0, pad, 0, 0, 0, 0]
+            ).contiguous()
+        else:
+            q_batched = q.unsqueeze(0).transpose(1, 2).contiguous()
+
+        # Transform K to batched format
+        if pad > 0 or head_pad > 0:
+            k_batched = torch.nn.functional.pad(
+                k_work.unsqueeze(0).transpose(1, 2),
+                [0, head_pad, 0, pad, 0, 0, 0, 0]
+            ).contiguous()
+        else:
+            k_batched = k_work.unsqueeze(0).transpose(1, 2).contiguous()
+
+        # Free k_work if it was a copy (GQA case)
+        if num_kv_heads < num_heads:
+            del k_work
+
+        # Transform V to batched format
+        if pad > 0 or head_pad > 0:
+            v_batched = torch.nn.functional.pad(
+                v_work.unsqueeze(0).transpose(1, 2),
+                [0, head_pad, 0, pad, 0, 0, 0, 0]
+            ).contiguous()
+        else:
+            v_batched = v_work.unsqueeze(0).transpose(1, 2).contiguous()
+
+        # Free v_work if it was a copy (GQA case)
+        if num_kv_heads < num_heads:
+            del v_work
+            torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
+        # Prepare indices for Triton kernel
+        v_idx = vertical_indices.to(torch.int32).reshape((1, num_heads, -1))
+        v_idx = v_idx.sort(dim=-1, descending=False)[0].contiguous()
+        del vertical_indices
+
+        s_idx = slash_indices.to(torch.int32).reshape((1, num_heads, -1))
+        s_idx = s_idx.sort(dim=-1, descending=True)[0].contiguous()
+        del slash_indices
+
+        seqlens = torch.tensor([seq_len], dtype=torch.int32, device=q.device)
+        sm_scale = head_dim ** -0.5
+
+        # Convert vertical+slash indices to block sparse format
+        block_count, block_offset, column_count, column_index = convert_vertical_slash_indexes(
+            seqlens, v_idx, s_idx, seq_len, block_size_M, block_size_N,
+        )
+        del v_idx, s_idx
+
+        # Call Triton mixed sparse attention kernel
+        o = _triton_mixed_sparse_attention(
+            q_batched, k_batched, v_batched, seqlens,
+            block_count, block_offset, column_count, column_index,
+            sm_scale, block_size_M, block_size_N,
+        )
+
+        # Free input tensors immediately after kernel call
+        del q_batched, k_batched, v_batched
+        del block_count, block_offset, column_count, column_index
+
+        # Remove padding and convert back to [seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]
+        o = o[..., :seq_len, :head_dim]
+        o = o.transpose(1, 2).squeeze(0).contiguous()
+
+        return o
+
+    def __repr__(self) -> str:
+        return (f"MInferencePolicy("
+                f"adaptive_budget={self.adaptive_budget}, "
+                f"vertical_size={self.vertical_size}, "
+                f"slash_size={self.slash_size})")

nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/policy.py

@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ class SparsePolicy(ABC):
     supports_prefill: bool = True
     supports_decode: bool = True
 
+    # Whether this policy requires selective block loading during decode
+    # If True: OffloadEngine will call select_blocks() before loading KV from CPU
+    # If False: OffloadEngine will load all blocks (select_blocks ignored for load)
+    # Example: MInference=False (only affects attention), Quest=True (affects load)
+    requires_block_selection: bool = False
+
     def initialize(
         self,
         num_layers: int,
@@ -183,5 +189,32 @@ class SparsePolicy(ABC):
         """
         pass
 
+    def sparse_prefill_attention(
+        self,
+        q: torch.Tensor,
+        k: torch.Tensor,
+        v: torch.Tensor,
+        layer_id: int,
+    ) -> torch.Tensor:
+        """
+        Compute sparse attention for prefill phase.
+
+        This method is called when supports_prefill=True and the policy
+        is used for GPU-only sparse prefill (no CPU offload).
+
+        Args:
+            q: Query tensor [seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]
+            k: Key tensor [seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]
+            v: Value tensor [seq_len, num_kv_heads, head_dim]
+            layer_id: Current transformer layer index
+
+        Returns:
+            Attention output [seq_len, num_heads, head_dim]
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError(
+            f"{self.__class__.__name__} does not implement sparse_prefill_attention. "
+            "Set supports_prefill=False or implement this method."
+        )
+
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return f"{self.__class__.__name__}()"

nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/quest.py

@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ class QuestPolicy(SparsePolicy):
     # Quest is decode-only
     supports_prefill = False
     supports_decode = True
+    requires_block_selection = True  # Quest affects KV load strategy (selective block loading)
 
     def __init__(self, config: QuestConfig):
         """

nanovllm/layers/attention.py

@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-import logging
 import torch
-import torch.cuda.nvtx
 from torch import nn
 
 from flash_attn.flash_attn_interface import flash_attn_varlen_func, flash_attn_with_kvcache
 from nanovllm.utils.context import get_context
-from nanovllm.kvcache.sparse.policy import PolicyContext
-
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 def store_kvcache(
@@ -60,12 +55,17 @@ def store_kvcache(
     valid_values_flat = valid_values.reshape(-1, D)
 
     # In-place scatter using index_copy_
-    # 即使 valid_slots 为空张量，index_copy_ 也是安全的（不会修改数据）。
     k_cache_flat.index_copy_(0, valid_slots.long(), valid_keys_flat)
     v_cache_flat.index_copy_(0, valid_slots.long(), valid_values_flat)
 
 
 class Attention(nn.Module):
+    """
+    Attention layer for GPU-only mode.
+
+    For CPU offload mode, attention is computed directly in model_runner's
+    run_layerwise_offload_prefill/decode methods using FlashAttention.
+    """
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -87,635 +87,29 @@ class Attention(nn.Module):
         context = get_context()
         k_cache, v_cache = self.k_cache, self.v_cache
 
-        # Determine if we're in chunked offload mode
-        is_chunked_offload = (
-            context.is_chunked_prefill and
-            hasattr(context, 'kvcache_manager') and
-            context.kvcache_manager is not None and
-            hasattr(context.kvcache_manager, 'offload_engine')
-        )
-        
-        #! Ensure synchronization before accessing k_cache/v_cache
-        # torch.cuda.synchronize()
-        #! =======================================================
-
-        if is_chunked_offload and context.is_prefill:
-            # Chunked prefill mode: write KV to per-layer prefill buffer (not GPU slot)
-            # This enables fully async offloads since each layer has its own buffer.
-            offload_engine = context.kvcache_manager.offload_engine
-            compute_stream = offload_engine.compute_stream
-
-            # Wait for default stream to ensure slot_mapping tensor transfer is complete
-            compute_stream.wait_stream(torch.cuda.default_stream())
-
-            with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                # Write KV to per-layer prefill buffer (contiguous write, no slot_mapping)
-                # k, v shape: [num_tokens, kv_heads, head_dim]
-                num_tokens = k.shape[0]
-                offload_engine.prefill_k_buffer[self.layer_id, :num_tokens].copy_(k)
-                offload_engine.prefill_v_buffer[self.layer_id, :num_tokens].copy_(v)
-        elif is_chunked_offload:
-            # Chunked decode mode: use compute_stream for store_kvcache
-            # This ensures proper synchronization with per-layer offload
-            compute_stream = context.kvcache_manager.offload_engine.compute_stream
-            if k_cache.numel() and v_cache.numel():
-                # CRITICAL: Wait for default stream to ensure slot_mapping tensor transfer is complete
-                # slot_mapping is created with non_blocking=True on default stream, but we use it
-                # on compute_stream. Without this sync, index_copy_ can get corrupted indices.
-                compute_stream.wait_stream(torch.cuda.default_stream())
-                with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                    store_kvcache(k, v, k_cache, v_cache, context.slot_mapping)
-        else:
-            # Normal mode: store on default stream
-            if k_cache.numel() and v_cache.numel():
-                store_kvcache(k, v, k_cache, v_cache, context.slot_mapping)
+        # Store KV to cache (for GPU-only mode)
+        if k_cache.numel() and v_cache.numel():
+            store_kvcache(k, v, k_cache, v_cache, context.slot_mapping)
 
         if context.is_prefill:
-            if context.is_chunked_prefill:
-                # Chunked prefill: merge attention from previous KV
-                o = self._chunked_prefill_attention(q, k, v, context)
-            elif context.block_tables is not None:    # prefix cache
+            if context.block_tables is not None:    # prefix cache
                 k, v = k_cache, v_cache
                 o = flash_attn_varlen_func(q, k, v,
                                            max_seqlen_q=context.max_seqlen_q, cu_seqlens_q=context.cu_seqlens_q,
                                            max_seqlen_k=context.max_seqlen_k, cu_seqlens_k=context.cu_seqlens_k,
                                            softmax_scale=self.scale, causal=True, block_table=context.block_tables)
+            elif context.sparse_prefill_policy is not None:
+                # Sparse prefill (GPU-only) - delegate to policy
+                o = context.sparse_prefill_policy.sparse_prefill_attention(
+                    q, k, v, self.layer_id
+                )
             else:
                 o = flash_attn_varlen_func(q, k, v,
                                            max_seqlen_q=context.max_seqlen_q, cu_seqlens_q=context.cu_seqlens_q,
                                            max_seqlen_k=context.max_seqlen_k, cu_seqlens_k=context.cu_seqlens_k,
                                            softmax_scale=self.scale, causal=True, block_table=context.block_tables)
         else:    # decode
-            if context.is_chunked_prefill:
-                # Chunked decode: need to load all KV from CPU+GPU
-                # Store current decode token to per-layer decode buffer
-                # This is needed because GPU cache has no layer dimension,
-                # so all layers would overwrite each other in decode_slot.
-                kvcache_manager = context.kvcache_manager
-                offload_engine = kvcache_manager.offload_engine
-                pos_in_block = context.decode_pos_in_block
-                # k, v shape: [1, kv_heads, head_dim]
-                offload_engine.decode_k_buffer[self.layer_id, pos_in_block].copy_(k.squeeze(0))
-                offload_engine.decode_v_buffer[self.layer_id, pos_in_block].copy_(v.squeeze(0))
-                o = self._chunked_decode_attention(q, k, v, context)
-            else:
-                o = flash_attn_with_kvcache(q.unsqueeze(1), k_cache, v_cache,
-                                            cache_seqlens=context.context_lens, block_table=context.block_tables,
-                                            softmax_scale=self.scale, causal=True)
+            o = flash_attn_with_kvcache(q.unsqueeze(1), k_cache, v_cache,
+                                        cache_seqlens=context.context_lens, block_table=context.block_tables,
+                                        softmax_scale=self.scale, causal=True)
         return o
-
-    def _chunked_prefill_attention(
-        self,
-        q: torch.Tensor,
-        k: torch.Tensor,
-        v: torch.Tensor,
-        context,
-    ) -> torch.Tensor:
-        """
-        Compute attention with per-layer prefill buffer for async offload.
-
-        Optimized design:
-        - Current chunk's KV is written to per-layer prefill buffer (not GPU slot)
-        - Previous chunks' KV are loaded from CPU using GPU slots
-        - Each layer offloads from its own buffer - no waiting required!
-
-        For each layer:
-        1. Current chunk's KV is in prefill_buffer[layer_id] (just written by model)
-        2. Load previous chunks from CPU using available slots (pipeline)
-        3. Compute attention against previous KV (no causal mask)
-        4. Compute attention against current KV from prefill buffer (causal)
-        5. Merge all results using online softmax
-        6. Async offload prefill buffer to CPU (no waiting!)
-        """
-        from nanovllm.kvcache.chunked_attention import flash_attn_with_lse, merge_attention_outputs
-
-        current_chunk_idx = context.current_chunk_idx
-        torch.cuda.nvtx.range_push(f"ChunkedPrefill: L{self.layer_id} Chunk{current_chunk_idx}")
-
-        # q shape: [total_tokens, num_heads, head_dim]
-        q_batched = q.unsqueeze(0)  # [1, total_tokens, heads, dim]
-        num_tokens = k.shape[0]
-
-        o_acc = None
-        lse_acc = None
-
-        kvcache_manager = context.kvcache_manager
-        seq = context.chunked_seq if hasattr(context, 'chunked_seq') else None
-        offload_engine = kvcache_manager.offload_engine if kvcache_manager is not None else None
-
-        if kvcache_manager is not None and seq is not None and self.layer_id >= 0:
-            # Get prefilled CPU blocks (blocks from previous chunks)
-            cpu_block_table = kvcache_manager.get_prefilled_cpu_blocks(seq)
-
-            # Apply sparse policy if enabled (Quest returns all blocks for prefill since query=None)
-            sparse_policy = kvcache_manager.sparse_policy
-            if cpu_block_table and sparse_policy is not None:
-                num_chunks = getattr(context, 'num_chunks', current_chunk_idx + 1)
-                policy_ctx = PolicyContext(
-                    query_chunk_idx=current_chunk_idx,
-                    num_query_chunks=num_chunks,
-                    layer_id=self.layer_id,
-                    query=None,  # Prefill typically doesn't use query for selection
-                    is_prefill=True,
-                    block_size=kvcache_manager.block_size,
-                    total_kv_len=len(cpu_block_table) * kvcache_manager.block_size,
-                )
-                cpu_block_table = sparse_policy.select_blocks(
-                    cpu_block_table, policy_ctx
-                )
-
-            if cpu_block_table:
-                # Get available load slots (all slots can be used since we use prefill buffer)
-                load_slots = list(range(offload_engine.num_ring_slots))
-                pipeline_depth = len(load_slots)
-
-                if pipeline_depth == 0:
-                    # Only 1 slot total, cannot pipeline - use sync loading
-                    o_acc, lse_acc = self._sync_load_previous_chunks(
-                        q_batched, cpu_block_table, offload_engine
-                    )
-                else:
-                    # Use ring buffer pipeline
-                    o_acc, lse_acc = self._ring_buffer_pipeline_load(
-                        q_batched, cpu_block_table, load_slots, offload_engine,
-                        current_chunk_idx
-                    )
-
-        # Get compute stream for all attention operations
-        compute_stream = offload_engine.compute_stream if offload_engine is not None else None
-
-        # Compute attention against current chunk's KV from prefill buffer (with causal mask)
-        if compute_stream is not None:
-            with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                torch.cuda.nvtx.range_push(f"FlashAttn: L{self.layer_id} CurrentChunk (causal)")
-                # Get KV from per-layer prefill buffer
-                k_batched, v_batched = offload_engine.get_prefill_buffer_slice(self.layer_id, num_tokens)
-                current_o, current_lse = flash_attn_with_lse(
-                    q_batched,
-                    k_batched,
-                    v_batched,
-                    softmax_scale=self.scale,
-                    causal=True,
-                )
-                torch.cuda.nvtx.range_pop()
-        else:
-            torch.cuda.nvtx.range_push(f"FlashAttn: L{self.layer_id} CurrentChunk (causal)")
-            k_batched = k.unsqueeze(0)
-            v_batched = v.unsqueeze(0)
-            current_o, current_lse = flash_attn_with_lse(
-                q_batched,
-                k_batched,
-                v_batched,
-                softmax_scale=self.scale,
-                causal=True,
-            )
-            torch.cuda.nvtx.range_pop()
-
-        # Merge with accumulated (all on compute_stream for consistency)
-        if o_acc is None:
-            final_o = current_o
-        else:
-            if compute_stream is not None:
-                with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                    torch.cuda.nvtx.range_push(f"MergeAttn: L{self.layer_id}")
-                    final_o, _ = merge_attention_outputs(o_acc, lse_acc, current_o, current_lse)
-                    torch.cuda.nvtx.range_pop()
-            else:
-                torch.cuda.nvtx.range_push(f"MergeAttn: L{self.layer_id}")
-                final_o, _ = merge_attention_outputs(o_acc, lse_acc, current_o, current_lse)
-                torch.cuda.nvtx.range_pop()
-
-        torch.cuda.nvtx.range_pop()  # ChunkedPrefill
-
-        # Per-layer ASYNC offload: offload prefill buffer to CPU
-        # No waiting required! Each layer has its own buffer and stream.
-        if offload_engine is not None and seq is not None:
-            cpu_block_ids, _ = kvcache_manager.get_all_cpu_blocks(seq)
-            if current_chunk_idx < len(cpu_block_ids):
-                cpu_block_id = cpu_block_ids[current_chunk_idx]
-                # Async offload - no waiting, fully parallel across layers
-                offload_engine.offload_prefill_buffer_async(
-                    self.layer_id, cpu_block_id, num_tokens
-                )
-
-        # Sync default stream with compute_stream before returning
-        # This ensures the result is ready for the rest of the model (layernorm, MLP)
-        if compute_stream is not None:
-            torch.cuda.default_stream().wait_stream(compute_stream)
-
-        # Remove batch dimension: [1, total_tokens, heads, dim] -> [total_tokens, heads, dim]
-        return final_o.squeeze(0)
-
-    def _sync_load_previous_chunks(
-        self,
-        q_batched: torch.Tensor,
-        cpu_block_table: list,
-        offload_engine,
-    ):
-        """Synchronous loading fallback when pipeline_depth=0."""
-        from nanovllm.kvcache.chunked_attention import flash_attn_with_lse, merge_attention_outputs
-
-        o_acc, lse_acc = None, None
-        compute_stream = offload_engine.compute_stream
-
-        for block_idx, cpu_block_id in enumerate(cpu_block_table):
-            # Load to slot 0 (single slot)
-            offload_engine.load_to_slot_layer(0, self.layer_id, cpu_block_id)
-            offload_engine.wait_slot_layer(0)
-
-            # IMPORTANT: Must use compute_stream to match wait_slot_layer
-            with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                prev_k, prev_v = offload_engine.get_kv_for_slot(0)
-
-                prev_o, prev_lse = flash_attn_with_lse(
-                    q_batched, prev_k, prev_v,
-                    softmax_scale=self.scale,
-                    causal=False,
-                )
-
-                if o_acc is None:
-                    o_acc, lse_acc = prev_o, prev_lse
-                else:
-                    o_acc, lse_acc = merge_attention_outputs(o_acc, lse_acc, prev_o, prev_lse)
-
-        return o_acc, lse_acc
-
-    def _ring_buffer_pipeline_load(
-        self,
-        q_batched: torch.Tensor,
-        cpu_block_table: list,
-        load_slots: list,
-        offload_engine,
-        current_chunk_idx: int = -1,
-    ):
-        """
-        Ring buffer async pipeline loading with double buffering.
-
-        Uses compute_done events to ensure safe buffer reuse:
-        - Before loading to slot X, wait for previous compute on slot X to finish
-        - Before computing on slot X, wait for load to slot X to finish
-
-        Timeline with 2 slots (A, B):
-        ┌──────────────┐
-        │ Load B0→A    │
-        └──────────────┘
-                       ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
-                       │ Load B1→B    │ │ Load B2→A    │ ...
-                       └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘
-                                      ↘               ↘
-                        ┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
-                        │ Compute(A)   │ │ Compute(B)   │ ...
-                        └──────────────┘ └──────────────┘
-
-        The load_to_slot_layer internally waits for compute_done[slot] before
-        starting the transfer, ensuring no data race.
-        """
-        from nanovllm.kvcache.chunked_attention import flash_attn_with_lse, merge_attention_outputs
-
-        num_blocks = len(cpu_block_table)
-        if num_blocks == 0:
-            return None, None
-
-        pipeline_depth = len(load_slots)
-        if pipeline_depth == 0:
-            return None, None
-
-        o_acc, lse_acc = None, None
-
-        if pipeline_depth == 1:
-            # Only 1 slot available, cannot pipeline - use synchronous mode
-            # IMPORTANT: Must use compute_stream to match synchronization in
-            # load_to_slot_layer (waits for compute_done) and wait_slot_layer
-            slot = load_slots[0]
-            compute_stream = offload_engine.compute_stream
-            for block_idx in range(num_blocks):
-                cpu_block_id = cpu_block_table[block_idx]
-                offload_engine.load_to_slot_layer(slot, self.layer_id, cpu_block_id)
-                offload_engine.wait_slot_layer(slot)
-
-                with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                    # Debug: call hooks on compute_stream (synchronized with transfer)
-                    if offload_engine.debug_mode:
-                        offload_engine._call_debug_hooks(slot, self.layer_id, cpu_block_id)
-
-                    prev_k, prev_v = offload_engine.get_kv_for_slot(slot)
-
-                    prev_o, prev_lse = flash_attn_with_lse(
-                        q_batched, prev_k, prev_v,
-                        softmax_scale=self.scale,
-                        causal=False,
-                    )
-                    # Record compute done so next load can safely reuse this slot
-                    offload_engine.record_slot_compute_done(slot)
-                    if o_acc is None:
-                        o_acc, lse_acc = prev_o, prev_lse
-                    else:
-                        o_acc, lse_acc = merge_attention_outputs(o_acc, lse_acc, prev_o, prev_lse)
-            return o_acc, lse_acc
-
-        # N-way pipeline: use ALL available slots for maximum overlap
-        # Pipeline depth = num_slots - 1 (num_slots blocks in flight)
-        num_slots = len(load_slots)
-
-        # Phase 1: Pre-load up to num_slots blocks to fill the pipeline
-        # This starts all transfers in parallel, utilizing full PCIe bandwidth
-        num_preload = min(num_slots, num_blocks)
-        for i in range(num_preload):
-            offload_engine.load_to_slot_layer(load_slots[i], self.layer_id, cpu_block_table[i])
-
-        # Phase 2: Main loop - compute and immediately reuse slot for next transfer
-        # Use dedicated compute_stream (not default stream) to enable overlap with transfers
-        compute_stream = offload_engine.compute_stream
-
-        for block_idx in range(num_blocks):
-            torch.cuda.nvtx.range_push(f"PipelineBlock: L{self.layer_id} B{block_idx}")
-
-            # Cycle through slots: slot[block_idx % num_slots]
-            current_slot = load_slots[block_idx % num_slots]
-            cpu_block_id = cpu_block_table[block_idx]
-
-            # Wait for current slot's transfer to complete (on compute_stream)
-            offload_engine.wait_slot_layer(current_slot)
-
-            # Compute attention on current slot's data
-            # IMPORTANT: Use dedicated compute_stream to avoid implicit sync with default stream
-            with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                # Debug: call hooks on compute_stream (synchronized with transfer)
-                if offload_engine.debug_mode:
-                    offload_engine._call_debug_hooks(current_slot, self.layer_id, cpu_block_id)
-
-                torch.cuda.nvtx.range_push(f"FlashAttn: L{self.layer_id} PrevBlock{block_idx}")
-                prev_k, prev_v = offload_engine.get_kv_for_slot(current_slot)
-
-                prev_o, prev_lse = flash_attn_with_lse(
-                    q_batched, prev_k, prev_v,
-                    softmax_scale=self.scale,
-                    causal=False,
-                )
-                torch.cuda.nvtx.range_pop()
-
-                # Record compute done - this allows the next transfer to safely overwrite this slot
-                offload_engine.record_slot_compute_done(current_slot)
-
-            # Immediately start loading the NEXT block into this slot (if more blocks remain)
-            # Key insight: reuse current_slot immediately after compute is done!
-            next_block_idx = block_idx + num_slots
-            if next_block_idx < num_blocks:
-                offload_engine.load_to_slot_layer(current_slot, self.layer_id, cpu_block_table[next_block_idx])
-
-            # Merge with accumulated (also on compute_stream for consistency)
-            with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                if o_acc is None:
-                    o_acc, lse_acc = prev_o, prev_lse
-                else:
-                    o_acc, lse_acc = merge_attention_outputs(o_acc, lse_acc, prev_o, prev_lse)
-
-            torch.cuda.nvtx.range_pop()  # PipelineBlock
-
-        return o_acc, lse_acc
-
-    def _chunked_decode_attention(
-        self,
-        q: torch.Tensor,
-        k: torch.Tensor,
-        v: torch.Tensor,
-        context,
-    ) -> torch.Tensor:
-        """
-        Compute decode attention using cross-layer pipeline.
-
-        Optimization: Uses double-buffered layer cache to overlap H2D transfer
-        with computation across layers:
-        - Layer N computes while Layer N+1's data is being loaded
-        - Each layer only waits for its own data, not all layers' data
-
-        This reduces effective latency from O(num_layers * transfer_time) to
-        O(transfer_time + num_layers * compute_time) when transfer < compute.
-        """
-        from nanovllm.kvcache.chunked_attention import flash_attn_with_lse, merge_attention_outputs
-
-        # q shape: [batch_size, num_heads, head_dim] (single decode token per sequence)
-        q_batched = q.unsqueeze(1)  # [batch, 1, heads, dim]
-
-        kvcache_manager = context.kvcache_manager
-        seq = context.chunked_seq
-
-        # Get only PREFILLED CPU blocks (exclude the current decode block)
-        cpu_block_table = kvcache_manager.get_prefilled_cpu_blocks(seq)
-        if self.layer_id == 0:
-            logger.debug(f"Decode attention: cpu_block_table={cpu_block_table}, seq.block_table={list(seq.block_table)}")
-        if not cpu_block_table:
-            raise RuntimeError("Chunked decode attention failed: no prefilled CPU blocks available")
-
-        # Calculate valid tokens in the last CPU block
-        # CRITICAL: Use original prefill length, not current seq length!
-        # CPU blocks are fixed after prefill, their content doesn't change during decode.
-        block_size = kvcache_manager.block_size
-        num_prefill_blocks = len(cpu_block_table)
-        total_prefill_tokens = kvcache_manager.get_prefill_len(seq)  # Original prefill length
-        last_block_valid_tokens = total_prefill_tokens % block_size
-        if last_block_valid_tokens == 0 and total_prefill_tokens > 0:
-            last_block_valid_tokens = block_size  # Last block was exactly full
-
-        # Apply sparse policy if enabled (Quest does Top-K selection for decode)
-        sparse_policy = kvcache_manager.sparse_policy
-        if sparse_policy is not None:
-            policy_ctx = PolicyContext(
-                query_chunk_idx=0,
-                num_query_chunks=1,
-                layer_id=self.layer_id,
-                query=q_batched,
-                is_prefill=False,
-                block_size=kvcache_manager.block_size,
-                total_kv_len=len(cpu_block_table) * kvcache_manager.block_size,
-            )
-            cpu_block_table = sparse_policy.select_blocks(
-                cpu_block_table, policy_ctx
-            )
-
-        offload_engine = kvcache_manager.offload_engine
-
-        # Use cross-layer pipeline if active (initialized in model_runner)
-        if offload_engine.is_pipeline_active():
-            o_acc, lse_acc = self._decode_with_layer_pipeline(
-                q_batched, cpu_block_table, offload_engine,
-                block_size, last_block_valid_tokens
-            )
-        else:
-            # Fallback to original ring buffer pipeline
-            load_slots = offload_engine.decode_load_slots
-            o_acc, lse_acc = self._decode_ring_buffer_pipeline(
-                q_batched, cpu_block_table, load_slots, offload_engine,
-                block_size, last_block_valid_tokens
-            )
-
-        # Now attend to accumulated decode tokens from per-layer decode buffer
-        pos_in_block = context.decode_pos_in_block
-        start_pos = context.decode_start_pos_in_block
-        num_accumulated = pos_in_block - start_pos + 1
-
-        # Sync compute_stream with default stream before reading decode_buffer
-        compute_stream = offload_engine.compute_stream
-        compute_stream.wait_stream(torch.cuda.default_stream())
-
-        with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-            if num_accumulated > 0:
-                # Read from per-layer decode buffer
-                decode_k = offload_engine.decode_k_buffer[self.layer_id, start_pos:pos_in_block+1]
-                decode_v = offload_engine.decode_v_buffer[self.layer_id, start_pos:pos_in_block+1]
-                decode_k = decode_k.unsqueeze(0)
-                decode_v = decode_v.unsqueeze(0)
-
-                decode_o, decode_lse = flash_attn_with_lse(
-                    q_batched, decode_k, decode_v,
-                    softmax_scale=self.scale,
-                    causal=False,
-                )
-
-                if o_acc is None:
-                    o_acc = decode_o
-                else:
-                    o_acc, _ = merge_attention_outputs(o_acc, lse_acc, decode_o, decode_lse)
-
-        if o_acc is None:
-            raise RuntimeError("Chunked decode attention failed: no KV available")
-
-        # Sync back to default stream before returning
-        torch.cuda.default_stream().wait_stream(compute_stream)
-
-        return o_acc
-
-    def _decode_ring_buffer_pipeline(
-        self,
-        q_batched: torch.Tensor,
-        cpu_block_table: list,
-        load_slots: list,
-        offload_engine,
-        block_size: int,
-        last_block_valid_tokens: int,
-    ):
-        """
-        Ring buffer pipeline for decode prefill loading (same mechanism as prefill).
-
-        Loads one block at a time, computes attention, and merges results.
-        Uses the same load_to_slot_layer / wait_slot_layer / get_kv_for_slot
-        methods as prefill for proven correctness.
-        """
-        from nanovllm.kvcache.chunked_attention import flash_attn_with_lse, merge_attention_outputs
-
-        num_blocks = len(cpu_block_table)
-        if num_blocks == 0:
-            return None, None
-
-        if not load_slots:
-            return None, None
-
-        o_acc, lse_acc = None, None
-        num_slots = len(load_slots)
-        compute_stream = offload_engine.compute_stream
-
-        # Phase 1: Pre-load up to num_slots blocks
-        num_preload = min(num_slots, num_blocks)
-        for i in range(num_preload):
-            offload_engine.load_to_slot_layer(load_slots[i], self.layer_id, cpu_block_table[i])
-
-        # Phase 2: Process blocks with pipeline
-        for block_idx in range(num_blocks):
-            current_slot = load_slots[block_idx % num_slots]
-            cpu_block_id = cpu_block_table[block_idx]
-
-            # Wait for current slot's transfer to complete
-            offload_engine.wait_slot_layer(current_slot)
-
-            with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                # Get KV from slot
-                prev_k, prev_v = offload_engine.get_kv_for_slot(current_slot)
-
-                # Handle partial last block
-                is_last_block = (block_idx == num_blocks - 1)
-                if is_last_block and last_block_valid_tokens < block_size:
-                    prev_k = prev_k[:, :last_block_valid_tokens, :, :]
-                    prev_v = prev_v[:, :last_block_valid_tokens, :, :]
-
-                # Compute attention
-                prev_o, prev_lse = flash_attn_with_lse(
-                    q_batched, prev_k, prev_v,
-                    softmax_scale=self.scale,
-                    causal=False,
-                )
-
-                # Record compute done for slot reuse
-                offload_engine.record_slot_compute_done(current_slot)
-
-            # Start loading next block (pipeline)
-            next_block_idx = block_idx + num_slots
-            if next_block_idx < num_blocks:
-                offload_engine.load_to_slot_layer(current_slot, self.layer_id, cpu_block_table[next_block_idx])
-
-            # Merge with accumulated
-            with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-                if o_acc is None:
-                    o_acc, lse_acc = prev_o, prev_lse
-                else:
-                    o_acc, lse_acc = merge_attention_outputs(o_acc, lse_acc, prev_o, prev_lse)
-
-        return o_acc, lse_acc
-
-    def _decode_with_layer_pipeline(
-        self,
-        q_batched: torch.Tensor,
-        cpu_block_table: list,
-        offload_engine,
-        block_size: int,
-        last_block_valid_tokens: int,
-    ):
-        """
-        Decode using cross-layer pipeline for optimized H2D transfer.
-
-        This method uses pre-loaded layer buffers instead of loading
-        blocks one by one. The pipeline loads the next layer's data
-        while the current layer computes, achieving transfer/compute overlap.
-
-        The key insight is that each layer needs the SAME blocks but from
-        different layers of CPU cache. By double-buffering and pipelining
-        across layers, we reduce total latency.
-        """
-        from nanovllm.kvcache.chunked_attention import flash_attn_with_lse, merge_attention_outputs
-
-        num_blocks = len(cpu_block_table)
-        if num_blocks == 0:
-            return None, None
-
-        compute_stream = offload_engine.compute_stream
-
-        # Get KV from pre-loaded layer buffer (triggers next layer loading)
-        prev_k, prev_v = offload_engine.get_decode_layer_kv(self.layer_id, num_blocks)
-
-        # prev_k, prev_v shape: [num_blocks, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim]
-        # Reshape to [1, num_blocks * block_size, kv_heads, head_dim]
-        total_tokens = num_blocks * block_size
-
-        # Handle partial last block
-        if last_block_valid_tokens < block_size:
-            # Only use valid tokens from last block
-            actual_tokens = (num_blocks - 1) * block_size + last_block_valid_tokens
-            # Flatten and truncate
-            prev_k_flat = prev_k.reshape(-1, prev_k.shape[-2], prev_k.shape[-1])[:actual_tokens]
-            prev_v_flat = prev_v.reshape(-1, prev_v.shape[-2], prev_v.shape[-1])[:actual_tokens]
-        else:
-            prev_k_flat = prev_k.reshape(-1, prev_k.shape[-2], prev_k.shape[-1])
-            prev_v_flat = prev_v.reshape(-1, prev_v.shape[-2], prev_v.shape[-1])
-
-        # Add batch dimension: [1, total_tokens, kv_heads, head_dim]
-        prev_k_batched = prev_k_flat.unsqueeze(0)
-        prev_v_batched = prev_v_flat.unsqueeze(0)
-
-        # Compute attention on all prefilled blocks at once
-        with torch.cuda.stream(compute_stream):
-            o_acc, lse_acc = flash_attn_with_lse(
-                q_batched, prev_k_batched, prev_v_batched,
-                softmax_scale=self.scale,
-                causal=False,
-            )
-
-        return o_acc, lse_acc

nanovllm/models/__init__.py

@@ -3,7 +3,13 @@
 from nanovllm.models.registry import register_model, get_model_class, MODEL_REGISTRY
 
 # Import models to trigger registration
-from nanovllm.models import qwen3
+# Qwen3 requires transformers>=4.51.0 for Qwen3Config
+try:
+    from nanovllm.models import qwen3
+except ImportError as e:
+    import warnings
+    warnings.warn(f"Qwen3 model not available (requires transformers>=4.51.0): {e}")
+
 from nanovllm.models import llama
 
 __all__ = ["register_model", "get_model_class", "MODEL_REGISTRY"]

nanovllm/utils/context.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Optional, List, Tuple, Any
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Any
 import torch
 
 
@@ -14,26 +14,9 @@ class Context:
     context_lens: torch.Tensor | None = None
     block_tables: torch.Tensor | None = None
 
-    # Chunked prefill support
-    is_chunked_prefill: bool = False
-    # Previous KV chunks info: List of (start_pos, end_pos) for blocks on CPU
-    prev_kv_ranges: List[Tuple[int, int]] = field(default_factory=list)
-    # Current chunk's position offset (for causal mask)
-    chunk_offset: int = 0
-    # Reference to kvcache manager for loading previous KV (HybridKVCacheManager)
-    kvcache_manager: Any = None
-    # Current layer's previous K/V chunks (loaded from CPU)
-    # Set by model_runner before each layer's forward
-    prev_kv_chunks: List[Tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]] = field(default_factory=list)
-    # Current sequence being processed (for chunked prefill to load KV)
-    chunked_seq: Any = None
-    # Position within block for decode (used for reading from Decode region)
-    decode_pos_in_block: int = 0
-    # Starting position within block where decode tokens began (for accumulated token tracking)
-    # Used when batching decode offloads - we need to attend to all accumulated tokens
-    decode_start_pos_in_block: int = 0
-    # Current chunk index for ring buffer pipeline (prefill only)
-    current_chunk_idx: int = 0
+    # Sparse prefill attention support (GPU-only path)
+    # When set, uses policy.sparse_prefill_attention() instead of FlashAttention
+    sparse_prefill_policy: Any = None  # SparsePolicy instance with supports_prefill=True
 
 
 _CONTEXT = Context()
@@ -52,14 +35,7 @@ def set_context(
     slot_mapping=None,
     context_lens=None,
     block_tables=None,
-    is_chunked_prefill=False,
-    prev_kv_ranges=None,
-    chunk_offset=0,
-    kvcache_manager=None,
-    chunked_seq=None,
-    decode_pos_in_block=0,
-    decode_start_pos_in_block=0,
-    current_chunk_idx=0,
+    sparse_prefill_policy=None,
 ):
     global _CONTEXT
     _CONTEXT = Context(
@@ -71,14 +47,7 @@ def set_context(
         slot_mapping=slot_mapping,
         context_lens=context_lens,
         block_tables=block_tables,
-        is_chunked_prefill=is_chunked_prefill,
-        prev_kv_ranges=prev_kv_ranges or [],
-        chunk_offset=chunk_offset,
-        kvcache_manager=kvcache_manager,
-        chunked_seq=chunked_seq,
-        decode_pos_in_block=decode_pos_in_block,
-        decode_start_pos_in_block=decode_start_pos_in_block,
-        current_chunk_idx=current_chunk_idx,
+        sparse_prefill_policy=sparse_prefill_policy,
     )
 
 

notes.md

@@ -0,0 +1,324 @@
+# Notes: Sparsity Integration into Layerwise Offload
+
+## Current Architecture Analysis
+
+### GPU-Only Path vs Offload Path
+
+| Aspect | GPU-Only | Layerwise Offload |
+|--------|----------|-------------------|
+| KV Storage | GPU blocks (paged) | CPU pinned + GPU ring buffer |
+| Prefill | All layers → then attention | Per-layer: attention → offload |
+| Decode | FlashAttn with block table | Ring buffer H2D → FlashAttn |
+| Sparse Support | MInference via `attention.py` | Not integrated |
+
+### MInference Flow (GPU-Only)
+
+```
+attention.py:101-105:
+  if context.sparse_prefill_policy is not None:
+      o = context.sparse_prefill_policy.sparse_prefill_attention(q, k, v, layer_id)
+
+minference.py:sparse_prefill_attention():
+  1. estimate_pattern(q, k, layer_id) -> vertical_indices, slash_indices
+  2. _triton_mixed_sparse_attention(q, k, v, indices)
+  3. return output
+```
+
+### Quest Flow (GPU Block Mode)
+
+```
+hybrid_manager.py (if using CPU offload with Quest):
+  select_blocks(available_blocks, ctx) -> selected block IDs
+  -> load selected blocks to GPU
+  -> standard FlashAttn with loaded blocks
+```
+
+### Layerwise Offload Prefill Flow
+
+```
+model_runner.py:run_layerwise_offload_prefill():
+  for layer_id in range(num_layers):
+      # QKV projection
+      q, k, v = qkv_proj(hidden_ln)
+
+      # RoPE
+      q, k = rotary_emb(positions, q, k)
+
+      # FULL attention (no sparsity!)
+      attn_output = flash_attn_varlen_func(q, k, v, ...)
+
+      # MLP
+      hidden_states = mlp(attn_out + residual)
+
+      # Sync offload ALL k, v to CPU
+      for block_id in cpu_block_ids:
+          k_cache_cpu[layer_id, block_id].copy_(k[start:end])
+          v_cache_cpu[layer_id, block_id].copy_(v[start:end])
+```
+
+### Layerwise Offload Decode Flow
+
+```
+model_runner.py:run_layerwise_offload_decode():
+  # Preload first N layers to ring buffer
+  for i in range(num_buffers):
+      offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer(i, i, cpu_block_table, valid_tokens)
+
+  for layer_id in range(num_layers):
+      current_buffer = layer_id % num_buffers
+
+      # Wait for buffer load
+      offload_engine.wait_buffer_load(current_buffer)
+
+      # Get prefilled KV from ring buffer (ALL blocks loaded)
+      k_prefill, v_prefill = offload_engine.get_buffer_kv(current_buffer, total_prefill_tokens)
+
+      # QKV for new token
+      q, k_new, v_new = qkv_proj(hidden_ln)
+
+      # Concat and full attention
+      k_full = torch.cat([k_prefill, k_decode_prev, k_new])
+      attn_output = flash_attn_varlen_func(q, k_full, v_full, ...)
+
+      # Start loading next layer
+      offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer(current_buffer, layer_id + num_buffers, ...)
+```
+
+## Integration Points
+
+### 1. Prefill Sparse Integration Point
+
+**Location:** `model_runner.py:535-543`
+
+**Current:**
+```python
+attn_output = flash_attn_varlen_func(
+    q, k, v,
+    cu_seqlens_q=cu_seqlens,
+    cu_seqlens_k=cu_seqlens,
+    max_seqlen_q=total_tokens,
+    max_seqlen_k=total_tokens,
+    softmax_scale=layer.self_attn.attn.scale,
+    causal=True,
+)
+```
+
+**After Integration:**
+```python
+if self.sparse_policy and self.sparse_policy.supports_offload_prefill:
+    attn_output, k_sparse, v_sparse = self.sparse_policy.offload_prefill_attention(
+        q, k, v, layer_id
+    )
+    k_to_offload = k_sparse if k_sparse is not None else k
+    v_to_offload = v_sparse if v_sparse is not None else v
+else:
+    attn_output = flash_attn_varlen_func(q, k, v, ...)
+    k_to_offload, v_to_offload = k, v
+```
+
+### 2. Decode Sparse Integration Point
+
+**Location:** `model_runner.py:636-637` and `model_runner.py:704-706`
+
+**Current (preload):**
+```python
+for i in range(num_preload):
+    offload_engine.load_layer_kv_to_buffer(
+        i, i, cpu_block_table, valid_tokens_per_block
+    )
+```
+
+**After Integration:**
+```python
+for i in range(num_preload):
+    layer_to_load = i
+    if self.sparse_policy and self.sparse_policy.supports_offload_decode:
+        # Prepare q for this layer (need to compute ahead)
+        # OR: use previous layer's pattern as estimate
+        selected_blocks = self.sparse_policy.select_offload_blocks(
+            None,  # q not available yet at preload
+            layer_to_load,
+            cpu_block_table,
+            valid_tokens_per_block
+        )
+    else:
+        selected_blocks = cpu_block_table
+    offload_engine.load_sparse_layer_kv_to_buffer(
+        i, layer_to_load, selected_blocks, valid_tokens_per_block
+    )
+```
+
+**Challenge:** Q is not available during preload phase!
+
+**Solutions:**
+1. Skip sparse preload, only sparse for non-preloaded layers
+2. Use previous decode step's pattern as estimate
+3. Add preload hook to sparse policy
+
+### 3. Offload Engine Extension
+
+**New Method in OffloadEngine:**
+
+```python
+def load_sparse_layer_kv_to_buffer(
+    self,
+    buffer_idx: int,
+    layer_id: int,
+    selected_cpu_block_ids: List[int],
+    original_valid_tokens: List[int],
+) -> int:
+    """
+    Load only selected blocks from CPU to buffer.
+
+    Returns:
+        Total tokens loaded (may be less than full sequence)
+    """
+    stream = self.layer_load_streams[buffer_idx]
+
+    with torch.cuda.stream(stream):
+        stream.wait_event(self.buffer_compute_done_events[buffer_idx])
+
+        # Build mapping: original block -> selected position
+        offset = 0
+        for i, cpu_block_id in enumerate(selected_cpu_block_ids):
+            # Find original index to get valid tokens
+            valid_tokens = original_valid_tokens[i]  # Need mapping
+
+            self.layer_k_cache[buffer_idx, offset:offset+valid_tokens].copy_(
+                self.k_cache_cpu[layer_id, cpu_block_id, :valid_tokens],
+                non_blocking=True
+            )
+            # ... v_cache same
+
+            offset += valid_tokens
+
+        self.buffer_load_events[buffer_idx].record(stream)
+
+    return offset  # Caller needs to know actual loaded tokens
+```
+
+## Metadata Flow for Quest
+
+### During Prefill Offload
+
+**Current:** No metadata collection in offload path
+
+**Required:** Call `on_prefill_offload()` for each block
+
+```python
+# In run_layerwise_offload_prefill()
+for i, cpu_block_id in enumerate(cpu_block_ids):
+    start = i * block_size
+    end = min(start + block_size, total_tokens)
+    actual_size = end - start
+
+    # BEFORE offload: update Quest metadata
+    if self.sparse_policy and hasattr(self.sparse_policy, 'on_prefill_offload'):
+        self.sparse_policy.on_prefill_offload(
+            cpu_block_id, layer_id, k[start:end], actual_size
+        )
+
+    # Offload
+    offload_engine.k_cache_cpu[layer_id, cpu_block_id, :actual_size].copy_(k[start:end])
+    offload_engine.v_cache_cpu[layer_id, cpu_block_id, :actual_size].copy_(v[start:end])
+```
+
+### Quest Metadata Shape
+
+```python
+# BlockMetadataManager
+key_min: [num_blocks, num_layers, num_kv_heads, head_dim]  # Min key per block per layer
+key_max: [num_blocks, num_layers, num_kv_heads, head_dim]  # Max key per block per layer
+```
+
+**Memory:** 2 * num_blocks * num_layers * kv_heads * head_dim * 2 bytes
+- Example: 1000 blocks * 28 layers * 4 heads * 128 dim * 2 * 2 = ~57 MB
+
+## Performance Considerations
+
+### MInference Prefill Overhead
+
+| Operation | Time (64K seq) |
+|-----------|----------------|
+| Pattern estimation (last-64) | ~5ms |
+| Triton sparse attention | ~80ms |
+| Full FlashAttention | ~100ms |
+| **Net Speedup** | ~15-20% |
+
+### Quest Decode Overhead
+
+| Operation | Time |
+|-----------|------|
+| Block scoring (GPU metadata) | ~0.1ms |
+| Top-K selection | ~0.05ms |
+| Sparse H2D load (8 blocks) | ~2ms |
+| Full H2D load (100 blocks) | ~20ms |
+| **Net Speedup** | ~10x H2D |
+
+### Memory Trade-offs
+
+| Mode | GPU Memory | CPU Memory | H2D Bandwidth |
+|------|------------|------------|---------------|
+| Full offload | Ring buffer | Full KV | High |
+| Sparse offload | Ring buffer | Full KV | Low (subset) |
+| Aggressive sparse | Ring buffer | Sparse KV | Very low |
+
+## Edge Cases
+
+### 1. Short Sequences (< sparse threshold)
+
+```python
+if total_tokens < sparse_threshold:
+    # Fall back to full attention
+    use_sparse = False
+```
+
+### 2. First Decode Step (no previous Q)
+
+Quest can't score blocks without Q. Options:
+- Use average embedding as proxy
+- Load all blocks for first step
+- Use prefill pattern as estimate
+
+### 3. Variable Sequence Lengths in Batch
+
+Layerwise offload currently only supports batch_size=1:
+```python
+assert len(seqs) == 1, "Layer-wise offload only supports single sequence"
+```
+
+Sparse integration should maintain this constraint.
+
+### 4. Ring Buffer vs Sparse Load Mismatch
+
+Ring buffer assumes fixed `total_prefill_tokens`:
+```python
+k_prefill, v_prefill = offload_engine.get_buffer_kv(buffer_idx, total_prefill_tokens)
+```
+
+Sparse load has variable token count. Need:
+```python
+# Track actual loaded tokens per buffer
+loaded_tokens[buffer_idx] = sparse_load_count
+k_prefill, v_prefill = offload_engine.get_buffer_kv(buffer_idx, loaded_tokens[buffer_idx])
+```
+
+## Testing Strategy
+
+### Unit Tests
+
+1. `test_sparse_policy_interface.py` - Verify new interface methods
+2. `test_minference_offload.py` - MInference in offload mode
+3. `test_quest_offload.py` - Quest block selection in offload mode
+
+### Integration Tests
+
+1. `test_offload_sparse_e2e.py` - Full prefill+decode with sparsity
+2. `test_accuracy_comparison.py` - Compare outputs: full vs sparse
+
+### Benchmarks
+
+1. `bench_offload_sparse.py` - Compare:
+   - Full offload (baseline)
+   - MInference prefill + Quest decode
+   - Aggressive sparse offload

progress.md

@@ -1,76 +1,155 @@
-# Progress Log: Multi-Model Support
+# Progress Log: nanovllm 多请求状态污染问题
 
-## Session: 2026-01-10
+## Session: 2026-01-12
 
-### Initial Analysis Complete
+### 资源分配
 
-**Time**: Session start
+| 资源 | 分配 |
+|------|------|
+| **GPU** | **1** (严格限制，不可更改) |
 
-**Actions:**
-1. Read `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` - 确认硬编码位置 (line 35)
-2. Read `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py` - 理解 Qwen3 模型结构
-3. Read `nanovllm/utils/loader.py` - 理解权重加载机制
-4. Read `nanovllm/layers/rotary_embedding.py` - 发现 RoPE scaling 限制
-5. Read `/home/zijie/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct/config.json` - 理解 Llama 配置
-
-**Key Findings:**
-- 模型加载在 `model_runner.py:35` 硬编码为 Qwen3
-- RoPE 目前不支持 scaling (`assert rope_scaling is None`)
-- Llama 3.1 需要 "llama3" 类型的 RoPE scaling
-- Llama 无 q_norm/k_norm，无 attention bias
-
-**Created:**
-- `task_plan.md` - 6 阶段实施计划
-- `findings.md` - 技术分析和发现
+### 任务目标
+研究 nanovllm CPU offload 模式下多请求之间状态影响导致准确率下降的问题。
 
 ---
 
-### Phase Status
+### 10:00 - 启动分析
 
-| Phase | Status | Notes |
-|-------|--------|-------|
-| 1. Model Registry | **COMPLETED** | `registry.py`, `__init__.py` |
-| 2. Llama3 RoPE | **COMPLETED** | `rotary_embedding.py` |
-| 3. Llama Model | **COMPLETED** | `llama.py` |
-| 4. ModelRunner | **COMPLETED** | Dynamic loading |
-| 5. Qwen3 Register | **COMPLETED** | `@register_model` decorator |
-| 6. Testing | **COMPLETED** | Both Llama & Qwen3 pass |
+**完成**:
+- [x] 读取 `docs/offload_accuracy_issue.md` 了解问题背景
+- [x] 激活 Serena MCP 项目
+- [x] 获取关键组件符号概览
+
+**关键文件已分析**:
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py` - OffloadEngine 类
+- `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py` - HybridKVCacheManager 类
+- `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` - ModelRunner 类
+- `nanovllm/engine/llm_engine.py` - LLMEngine 类
+- `nanovllm/engine/scheduler.py` - Scheduler 类
 
 ---
 
-## Test Results
+### 10:15 - 深入代码分析
 
-### Llama 3.1-8B-Instruct (32K needle, GPU 0, offload)
-```
-Input: 32768 tokens
-Expected: 7492
-Output: 7492
-Status: PASSED
-Prefill: 1644 tok/s
-```
+**分析的方法**:
 
-### Qwen3-4B (8K needle, GPU 1, offload) - Regression Test
-```
-Input: 8192 tokens
-Expected: 7492
-Output: 7492
-Status: PASSED
-Prefill: 3295 tok/s
-```
+| 方法 | 文件 | 发现 |
+|------|------|------|
+| `OffloadEngine.__init__` | offload_engine.py:40-145 | 初始化所有 buffer，无 reset 方法 |
+| `deallocate` | hybrid_manager.py:218-244 | 只清理逻辑块，不清理 OffloadEngine |
+| `clear_decode_tracking` | hybrid_manager.py:538-549 | 清理 tracking 字典，但未被调用 |
+| `run_layerwise_offload_decode` | model_runner.py:867-1057 | 包含 decode buffer 读写逻辑 |
+| `generate` | llm_engine.py:114-151 | 请求循环逻辑 |
+| `postprocess` | scheduler.py:93-99 | 调用 deallocate |
+
+**关键发现 #1**: OffloadEngine 没有 reset() 方法
+
+**关键发现 #2**: deallocate() 没有调用 clear_decode_tracking()
+
+**关键发现 #3**: decode_buffer 在请求间不清理，可能导致状态污染
 
 ---
 
-## Files Modified This Session
+### 10:30 - 根因定位
 
-| File | Action | Description |
-|------|--------|-------------|
-| `nanovllm/models/registry.py` | created | Model registry with `@register_model` decorator |
-| `nanovllm/models/__init__.py` | created | Export registry functions, import models |
-| `nanovllm/models/llama.py` | created | Llama model implementation |
-| `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py` | modified | Added `@register_model` decorator |
-| `nanovllm/layers/rotary_embedding.py` | modified | Added Llama3 RoPE scaling |
-| `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` | modified | Dynamic model loading via registry |
-| `.claude/rules/gpu-testing.md` | created | GPU testing rules |
-| `task_plan.md` | created | Implementation plan |
-| `findings.md` | created | Technical findings |
-| `progress.md` | created | Progress tracking |
+**确认的问题**:
+
+1. **decode buffer 残留**
+   - 位置: `offload_engine.decode_k_buffer`, `decode_v_buffer`
+   - 写入: `model_runner.py:1010-1013`
+   - 读取: `model_runner.py:969-976`
+   - 问题: 旧请求的 KV 数据可能被新请求读取
+
+2. **tracking 字典未清理**
+   - 位置: `hybrid_manager._decode_start_pos`, `_prefill_len`
+   - 问题: 使用 `id(seq)` 作为 key，可能重用
+
+3. **缺失的清理调用**
+   - `clear_decode_tracking()` 在 `deallocate()` 中未被调用
+
+---
+
+### 10:45 - 创建规划文件
+
+**创建的文件**:
+- [x] `task_plan.md` - 完整的任务规划和阶段
+- [x] `findings.md` - 详细的代码分析发现
+- [x] `progress.md` - 本文件
+
+---
+
+### 11:00 - Sequential Thinking 深入分析
+
+**使用 sequential thinking 验证分析结果**:
+- 确认 deallocate() 确实没有调用 clear_decode_tracking()
+- 分析 _decode_start_pos 和 _prefill_len 字典的生命周期
+- 确定 id(seq) 重用是问题的触发条件
+
+---
+
+### 11:15 - 完成规划文件
+
+**更新的文件**:
+- [x] `task_plan.md` - 添加完整的 debug 方案和实施计划
+- [x] `findings.md` - 详细的代码分析和修复方向
+- [x] `progress.md` - 更新到当前进度
+
+---
+
+## 下一步 (待用户确认)
+
+**执行顺序**:
+
+1. **实施修复** - 修改 `deallocate()` 添加 `clear_decode_tracking(seq)`
+2. **快速验证** - 20 样本连续执行（一次调用，不重启框架）→ 目标 20/20
+3. **完整验证** - 100 样本 → 目标 100/100 (最终验收)
+4. **防御性修复** (可选) - 添加 `OffloadEngine.on_sequence_finished()`
+
+**核心修改** (一行代码):
+```python
+# hybrid_manager.py:deallocate() 末尾添加
+self.clear_decode_tracking(seq)
+```
+
+**验收标准**:
+| 测试 | 样本数 | 通过要求 |
+|------|--------|----------|
+| 快速验证 | 20 | 20/20 (100%) |
+| 完整验证 | 100 | 100/100 (100%) |
+
+---
+
+## 错误记录
+
+| 时间 | 错误 | 解决方案 |
+|------|------|----------|
+| 10:05 | Serena MCP 未激活 | 调用 activate_project |
+
+---
+
+## 文件修改记录
+
+| 文件 | 操作 | 状态 |
+|------|------|------|
+| task_plan.md | 创建+更新 | 完成 |
+| findings.md | 创建 | 完成 |
+| progress.md | 创建+更新 | 完成 |
+
+---
+
+## 分析结论
+
+**重要澄清**: nanovllm offload 模式**不支持 batch**，只能单个 request 顺序执行。问题出在**请求切换**时状态清理不完整。
+
+**根本原因已确认**: `deallocate()` 没有调用 `clear_decode_tracking()`，导致 `_decode_start_pos` 和 `_prefill_len` 字典残留，当 Python 对象 ID 重用时，新请求会错误地使用旧请求的配置。
+
+**修复方案已设计**: 在 `deallocate()` 末尾添加 `self.clear_decode_tracking(seq)` 调用。
+
+---
+
+## 关键理解
+
+问题不是 "batch 处理"，而是：
+```
+Request A 完成 → deallocate(A) [状态未完全清理] → Request B 开始 → B 读到 A 的残留状态
+```

task_plan.md

@@ -1,144 +1,359 @@
-# Task Plan: Multi-Model Support for nanovllm
+# Task Plan: nanovllm CPU Offload 多请求状态污染问题
 
-## Goal
-扩展 nanovllm 框架以支持多种模型（当前只支持 Qwen3），特别是添加 Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct 支持，并建立可扩展的模型添加范式。
+## 问题概述
 
-## Current State Analysis
+**重要说明**: nanovllm offload 模式目前**不支持 batch**，只能单个 request 顺序执行。问题出在**请求切换**时的状态清理。
 
-### 硬编码问题位置
-- `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py:35`: 直接实例化 `Qwen3ForCausalLM(hf_config)`
-- `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py:9`: 硬编码导入 `from nanovllm.models.qwen3 import Qwen3ForCausalLM`
+| 模式 | 测试方式 | 准确率 |
+|------|----------|--------|
+| CPU Offload | 独立进程 (每请求一个进程) | **100%** |
+| CPU Offload | 同进程顺序多请求 | 66% |
+| Non-Offload | 同进程顺序多请求 | 100% |
 
-### Qwen3 vs Llama 3.1 架构差异
-
-| Feature | Qwen3 | Llama 3.1 |
-|---------|-------|-----------|
-| Config Class | Qwen3Config | LlamaConfig |
-| attention_bias | True (可配置) | False |
-| q_norm/k_norm | 有 (when bias=False) | 无 |
-| mlp_bias | N/A | False |
-| RoPE Scaling | None (目前) | llama3 类型 |
-| RoPE theta | 1000000 | 500000 |
-| hidden_act | silu | silu |
-| tie_word_embeddings | True | False |
-
-### 关键限制
-- `rotary_embedding.py:59`: `assert rope_scaling is None` - 不支持 RoPE scaling
+**结论**: 单请求推理正确，问题在于**请求切换**时状态清理不完整。
 
 ---
 
-## Phases
+## Phase 1: 代码分析 (complete)
 
-### Phase 1: Create Model Registry Pattern [pending]
-**Files to modify:**
-- `nanovllm/models/__init__.py` (new)
-- `nanovllm/models/registry.py` (new)
+### 1.1 识别状态管理组件
 
-**Tasks:**
-1. 创建模型注册表机制
-2. 定义模型注册装饰器 `@register_model`
-3. 实现 `get_model_class(hf_config)` 函数，根据 `architectures` 字段自动选择模型
+**已分析的关键组件**:
 
-**Design:**
-```python
-MODEL_REGISTRY: dict[str, type] = {}
+| 组件 | 文件 | 状态数据 |
+|------|------|----------|
+| `OffloadEngine` | `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py` | ring buffer, decode buffer, CUDA events |
+| `HybridKVCacheManager` | `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py` | logical blocks, prefilled_blocks, _decode_start_pos, _prefill_len |
+| `LLMEngine` | `nanovllm/engine/llm_engine.py` | generate() 循环，请求生命周期 |
+| `Scheduler` | `nanovllm/engine/scheduler.py` | postprocess() 调用 deallocate() |
 
-def register_model(*architectures):
-    """Decorator to register a model class for given architecture names."""
-    def decorator(cls):
-        for arch in architectures:
-            MODEL_REGISTRY[arch] = cls
-        return cls
-    return decorator
+### 1.2 请求生命周期分析
 
-def get_model_class(hf_config) -> type:
-    """Get model class based on HF config architectures."""
-    for arch in hf_config.architectures:
-        if arch in MODEL_REGISTRY:
-            return MODEL_REGISTRY[arch]
-    raise ValueError(f"Unsupported architecture: {hf_config.architectures}")
+```
+generate()
+  → 多个请求添加到 scheduler
+  → while not finished:
+      → schedule() 获取下一批 seqs
+      → model_runner.run() 执行推理
+      → postprocess() 处理完成的请求
+          → 如果完成: kvcache_manager.deallocate(seq)
 ```
 
-### Phase 2: Add Llama3 RoPE Scaling Support [pending]
-**Files to modify:**
-- `nanovllm/layers/rotary_embedding.py`
+---
 
-**Tasks:**
-1. 实现 `Llama3RotaryEmbedding` 类，支持 llama3 rope_type
-2. 修改 `get_rope()` 函数，根据 rope_scaling 类型选择实现
-3. 保持向后兼容（rope_scaling=None 使用原实现）
+## Phase 2: 根本原因分析 (complete)
+
+### 2.1 核心问题: OffloadEngine 缺少 reset() 方法
+
+**关键发现**: `OffloadEngine` 没有任何重置/清理方法！
+
+当请求完成时，`HybridKVCacheManager.deallocate()` 被调用，但它只清理：
+- 逻辑块状态 (`block.reset()`)
+- 物理块引用 (`free_cpu_blocks`, `cpu_block_to_logical`)
+- prefilled_blocks 集合
+- _decode_start_pos / _prefill_len 字典
+
+**未被清理的状态** (存在于 OffloadEngine):
+
+| 状态 | Shape | 问题 |
+|------|-------|------|
+| `layer_k_cache` | [num_buffers, max_seq_len, kv_heads, head_dim] | 包含旧请求的 KV |
+| `layer_v_cache` | [num_buffers, max_seq_len, kv_heads, head_dim] | 包含旧请求的 KV |
+| `decode_k_buffer` | [num_layers, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim] | 包含旧请求的 decode KV |
+| `decode_v_buffer` | [num_layers, block_size, kv_heads, head_dim] | 包含旧请求的 decode KV |
+
+### 2.2 具体污染场景
+
+在 `run_layerwise_offload_decode()` (model_runner.py:867-1057):
 
-**Llama3 RoPE Scaling Formula:**
 ```python
-# From transformers:
-# low_freq_factor, high_freq_factor, original_max_position_embeddings
-# Adjust frequencies based on wavelength thresholds
+# 第 969-976 行: 读取之前的 decode KV
+if num_prev_decode_tokens > 0:
+    k_decode_prev, v_decode_prev = offload_engine.get_decode_kv(
+        layer_id, decode_start_pos, pos_in_block
+    )
+    ring_k[...].copy_(k_decode_prev)  # 可能读取旧请求的数据!
 ```
 
-### Phase 3: Implement Llama Model [pending]
-**Files to create:**
-- `nanovllm/models/llama.py`
+**场景**:
+1. 请求 A (32K tokens) 完成，decode_buffer 保留其 KV 数据
+2. 请求 B 开始，其 `decode_start_pos` 可能非零（如果继承了旧状态）
+3. 请求 B 在第一个 decode step 时错误地读取了请求 A 的 decode buffer 数据
 
-**Tasks:**
-1. 创建 `LlamaAttention` 类（无 q_norm/k_norm，无 QKV bias）
-2. 创建 `LlamaMLP` 类（与 Qwen3MLP 类似，无 bias）
-3. 创建 `LlamaDecoderLayer` 类
-4. 创建 `LlamaModel` 和 `LlamaForCausalLM` 类
-5. 添加 `packed_modules_mapping` 以支持权重加载
-6. 使用 `@register_model("LlamaForCausalLM")` 注册
+### 2.3 潜在问题点
 
-### Phase 4: Modify ModelRunner for Dynamic Loading [pending]
-**Files to modify:**
-- `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py`
+1. **decode_start_pos 计算错误**:
+   - `get_decode_start_pos()` 使用 `id(seq)` 作为 key
+   - Python 对象 ID 可能在请求之间重用
+   - 如果新 seq 对象的 ID 与旧 seq 相同，可能错误继承旧的 start_pos
 
-**Tasks:**
-1. 移除硬编码 `from nanovllm.models.qwen3 import Qwen3ForCausalLM`
-2. 导入 `from nanovllm.models import get_model_class`
-3. 替换 `self.model = Qwen3ForCausalLM(hf_config)` 为:
-   ```python
-   model_class = get_model_class(hf_config)
-   self.model = model_class(hf_config)
-   ```
+2. **decode buffer 残留数据**:
+   - 如果 `pos_in_block` 在新请求中与旧请求重叠
+   - `get_decode_kv()` 会返回旧请求的数据
 
-### Phase 5: Register Qwen3 Model [pending]
-**Files to modify:**
-- `nanovllm/models/qwen3.py`
-
-**Tasks:**
-1. 导入 `from nanovllm.models.registry import register_model`
-2. 添加 `@register_model("Qwen3ForCausalLM", "Qwen2ForCausalLM")` 装饰器
-
-### Phase 6: Test with Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct [pending]
-**Files:**
-- `tests/test_needle.py` (existing, use for validation)
-
-**Tasks:**
-1. 运行 needle 测试: `python tests/test_needle.py --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct`
-2. 验证模型加载正确
-3. 验证推理输出正确
+3. **ring buffer 残留数据**:
+   - 虽然每次 decode 会从 CPU 加载，但 decode buffer 的数据会被复制过来
+   - 如果 decode buffer 有残留，会污染 ring buffer
 
 ---
 
-## Errors Encountered
-| Error | Attempt | Resolution |
-|-------|---------|------------|
-| (none yet) | | |
+## Phase 3: Debug 方案设计 (complete)
+
+### 3.1 确认的根本原因
+
+通过代码分析，确认了两个根本原因：
+
+**根本原因 1 (主要)**: `deallocate()` 不调用 `clear_decode_tracking()`
+- 位置: `hybrid_manager.py:218-244`
+- 影响: `_decode_start_pos` 和 `_prefill_len` 字典残留
+- 后果: 如果 `id(seq)` 重用，返回错误的 decode 配置
+
+**根本原因 2 (次要)**: decode_buffer 不清理
+- 位置: `offload_engine.py`
+- 影响: `decode_k_buffer/v_buffer` 保留旧 KV
+- 后果: 可能被根本原因 1 触发读取
+
+### 3.2 Debug 方案 A: 验证字典残留 (推荐先做)
+
+**目标**: 验证 `_decode_start_pos` 字典是否有残留
+
+**诊断代码** (添加到 `hybrid_manager.py`):
+```python
+# 在 get_decode_start_pos() 开头添加
+def get_decode_start_pos(self, seq: Sequence) -> int:
+    seq_id = id(seq)
+    # DEBUG: 检查是否命中旧值
+    if seq_id in self._decode_start_pos:
+        logger.warning(f"[DEBUG] get_decode_start_pos: CACHE HIT! seq_id={seq_id}, "
+                       f"cached_value={self._decode_start_pos[seq_id]}, "
+                       f"expected={(len(seq) - 1) % self._block_size}")
+    # ... 原有逻辑
+```
+
+**诊断代码** (添加到 `deallocate()` 末尾):
+```python
+def deallocate(self, seq: Sequence) -> None:
+    # ... 现有逻辑 ...
+
+    # DEBUG: 打印未清理的状态
+    seq_id = id(seq)
+    if seq_id in self._decode_start_pos:
+        logger.warning(f"[DEBUG] deallocate: _decode_start_pos NOT CLEARED! "
+                       f"seq_id={seq_id}, value={self._decode_start_pos[seq_id]}")
+```
+
+### 3.3 Debug 方案 B: 最小复现测试
+
+**文件**: `tests/test_multi_request_offload_debug.py`
+
+```python
+"""最小复现批量模式失败"""
+import os
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd())
+
+from nanovllm import LLM
+from nanovllm.sampling import SamplingParams
+
+# 使用 RULER NIAH 的两个样本
+PROMPTS = [
+    # Sample 0 (通常成功)
+    "...",  # 从 niah_single_1_32k.jsonl 加载
+    # Sample 1 (通常失败)
+    "...",
+]
+EXPECTED = ["8930103", "4194548"]
+
+def main():
+    llm = LLM(
+        "~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
+        max_model_len=33792,
+        max_num_batched_tokens=33792,
+        enable_cpu_offload=True,
+        num_gpu_blocks=4,
+        kvcache_block_size=1024,
+        enforce_eager=True,
+    )
+
+    params = SamplingParams(temperature=0.1, max_tokens=50)
+
+    # 连续处理两个请求
+    for i, (prompt, expected) in enumerate(zip(PROMPTS, EXPECTED)):
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Sample {i}: Expected = {expected}")
+
+        # 打印关键状态
+        kvm = llm.model_runner.kvcache_manager
+        print(f"  _decode_start_pos 字典大小: {len(kvm._decode_start_pos)}")
+        print(f"  _prefill_len 字典大小: {len(kvm._prefill_len)}")
+
+        outputs = llm.generate([prompt], params, use_tqdm=False)
+        output_text = outputs[0]["text"]
+
+        passed = expected in output_text
+        print(f"  Output: {output_text[:100]}...")
+        print(f"  Status: {'PASS' if passed else 'FAIL'}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+```
+
+### 3.4 Debug 方案 C: 快速修复验证
+
+**目标**: 验证修复 `deallocate()` 是否解决问题
+
+**修改** (`hybrid_manager.py:218-244`):
+```python
+def deallocate(self, seq: Sequence) -> None:
+    """Release all blocks for a sequence."""
+    for logical_id in reversed(seq.block_table):
+        # ... 现有逻辑 ...
+
+    seq.num_cached_tokens = 0
+    seq.block_table.clear()
+
+    # === 新增: 清理 decode tracking ===
+    self.clear_decode_tracking(seq)
+```
+
+**验证命令**:
+```bash
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_ruler_niah.py \
+    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
+    --enable-offload \
+    --sample-indices 0,1,2,3,4 \
+    --verbose
+```
+
+### 3.5 Debug 方案 D: 添加 OffloadEngine 清理 (防御性)
+
+**目标**: 进一步隔离请求状态
+
+**添加方法** (`offload_engine.py`):
+```python
+def on_sequence_finished(self):
+    """清理请求完成后的状态"""
+    # 清零 decode buffer (防止残留数据被读取)
+    self.decode_k_buffer.zero_()
+    self.decode_v_buffer.zero_()
+    logger.debug("OffloadEngine: decode buffer cleared")
+```
+
+**调用点** (`hybrid_manager.py:deallocate` 末尾):
+```python
+# 清理 OffloadEngine 状态
+if self.offload_engine is not None:
+    self.offload_engine.on_sequence_finished()
+```
 
 ---
 
-## Success Criteria
-- [x] 分析完成：理解当前架构和需要的改动
-- [ ] Phase 1: 模型注册表实现
-- [ ] Phase 2: Llama3 RoPE scaling 支持
-- [ ] Phase 3: Llama 模型实现
-- [ ] Phase 4: ModelRunner 动态加载
-- [ ] Phase 5: Qwen3 模型注册
-- [ ] Phase 6: Llama needle 测试通过
+## Phase 4: 实施计划 (pending)
+
+### 推荐执行顺序
+
+1. **Step 4.1**: 实施修复
+   - 修改 `hybrid_manager.py:deallocate()` 添加 `clear_decode_tracking(seq)`
+
+2. **Step 4.2**: 快速验证 (20 样本连续执行)
+   - **一次调用** `test_ruler_niah.py`，连续执行 20 个样本
+   - **不重启框架**，验证请求切换是否正确
+   - 目标: 20/20 全部通过
+
+3. **Step 4.3**: 完整验证 (100 样本)
+   - 运行 100 个样本的 RULER NIAH 测试
+   - 目标: 100/100 全部通过 (准确率从 66% → 100%)
+
+4. **Step 4.4**: 防御性修复 (可选)
+   - 添加 `OffloadEngine.on_sequence_finished()` 方法
+   - 清零 decode buffer 作为额外保险
+
+### 具体修改
+
+**文件 1**: `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py`
+
+位置: `deallocate()` 方法末尾 (第 244 行后)
+
+```python
+def deallocate(self, seq: Sequence) -> None:
+    """Release all blocks for a sequence."""
+    for logical_id in reversed(seq.block_table):
+        # ... 现有逻辑 (218-242 行) ...
+
+    seq.num_cached_tokens = 0
+    seq.block_table.clear()
+
+    # ============ 新增: 清理 decode tracking ============
+    self.clear_decode_tracking(seq)
+```
+
+**文件 2** (可选): `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py`
+
+位置: 在类末尾添加新方法
+
+```python
+def on_sequence_finished(self):
+    """清理请求完成后的状态 (防御性清理)"""
+    self.decode_k_buffer.zero_()
+    self.decode_v_buffer.zero_()
+```
 
 ---
 
-## Notes
-- 保持现有 Qwen3 功能不变
-- 遵循现有代码风格
-- 复用现有 layers 组件（Linear, RMSNorm, Embedding 等）
-- 只添加必要的代码，不过度工程化
+## 关键文件清单
+
+| 文件 | 相关行号 | 说明 |
+|------|----------|------|
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py` | 218-244 | `deallocate()` - **需要修改** |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py` | 538-549 | `clear_decode_tracking()` - 已存在 |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py` | 485-505 | `get_decode_start_pos()` - 问题读取点 |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/hybrid_manager.py` | 519-537 | `get_prefill_len()` - 问题读取点 |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py` | 40-145 | `__init__` - 状态初始化 |
+| `nanovllm/kvcache/offload_engine.py` | (新增) | `on_sequence_finished()` - 可选防御 |
+| `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` | 867-1057 | `run_layerwise_offload_decode()` |
+| `nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py` | 969-976 | decode buffer 读取 (污染点) |
+
+---
+
+## 验证命令
+
+**指定 GPU: 1** (严格限制，不可更改)
+
+```bash
+# 快速验证 (20 样本连续执行，不重启框架)
+# 目标: 20/20 通过
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1 PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_ruler_niah.py \
+    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
+    --enable-offload \
+    --sample-indices 0-19 \
+    --verbose
+
+# 完整验证 (100 样本)
+# 目标: 100/100 通过 (最终验收)
+CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=1 PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH python tests/test_ruler_niah.py \
+    --model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
+    --enable-offload \
+    --quiet
+```
+
+**验收标准**:
+| 测试 | 样本数 | 通过要求 | 说明 |
+|------|--------|----------|------|
+| 快速验证 | 20 | 20/20 (100%) | 一次调用，连续执行，验证请求切换 |
+| 完整验证 | 100 | 100/100 (100%) | 最终验收 |
+
+---
+
+## 当前状态
+
+- [x] Phase 1: 代码分析
+- [x] Phase 2: 根本原因分析
+- [x] Phase 3: Debug 方案设计
+- [x] Phase 4: 实施计划 ✅ 100/100 PASSED
+
+### 验证结果
+
+| 测试 | 结果 | 日期 |
+|------|------|------|
+| 20 样本快速验证 | ✅ 20/20 (100%) | 2026-01-13 |
+| 100 样本完整验证 | ✅ 100/100 (100%) | 2026-01-13 |

tests/run_parallel_niah.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Run NIAH tests in parallel on 6 GPUs
+# This tests the dynamic port allocation fix
+
+set -e
+
+MODEL="${1:-/home/zijie/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct}"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
+
+echo "=========================================="
+echo "Parallel NIAH Test on 6 GPUs"
+echo "=========================================="
+echo "Model: $MODEL"
+echo "Project: $PROJECT_ROOT"
+echo ""
+
+# Sample distribution (100 samples total):
+# GPU 0: 0-16   (17 samples)
+# GPU 1: 17-33  (17 samples)
+# GPU 2: 34-50  (17 samples)
+# GPU 3: 51-67  (17 samples)
+# GPU 4: 68-83  (16 samples)
+# GPU 5: 84-99  (16 samples)
+
+declare -a RANGES=("0-16" "17-33" "34-50" "51-67" "68-83" "84-99")
+declare -a PIDS=()
+
+# Create log directory
+LOG_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/logs"
+mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
+
+# Start all 6 processes
+for gpu in {0..5}; do
+    range="${RANGES[$gpu]}"
+    log_file="$LOG_DIR/gpu${gpu}_${range}.log"
+
+    echo "Starting GPU $gpu: samples $range -> $log_file"
+
+    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=$gpu PYTHONPATH="$PROJECT_ROOT:$PYTHONPATH" \
+        python "$PROJECT_ROOT/tests/test_ruler_niah.py" \
+        --model "$MODEL" \
+        --sample-indices "$range" \
+        --enable-offload \
+        --num-gpu-blocks 4 \
+        --quiet \
+        > "$log_file" 2>&1 &
+
+    PIDS+=($!)
+
+    # Small delay to stagger starts
+    sleep 2
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "All 6 processes started. Waiting for completion..."
+echo "PIDs: ${PIDS[*]}"
+echo ""
+
+# Wait for all processes and collect results
+declare -a RESULTS=()
+ALL_PASSED=true
+
+for i in {0..5}; do
+    pid="${PIDS[$i]}"
+    range="${RANGES[$i]}"
+    log_file="$LOG_DIR/gpu${i}_${range}.log"
+
+    if wait $pid; then
+        RESULTS+=("GPU $i ($range): PASSED")
+        echo "GPU $i completed successfully"
+    else
+        RESULTS+=("GPU $i ($range): FAILED (exit code $?)")
+        ALL_PASSED=false
+        echo "GPU $i FAILED!"
+    fi
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "=========================================="
+echo "RESULTS SUMMARY"
+echo "=========================================="
+for result in "${RESULTS[@]}"; do
+    echo "$result"
+done
+echo ""
+
+# Show accuracy from each log
+echo "Accuracy per GPU:"
+for i in {0..5}; do
+    range="${RANGES[$i]}"
+    log_file="$LOG_DIR/gpu${i}_${range}.log"
+    if [ -f "$log_file" ]; then
+        accuracy=$(grep -E "Accuracy:|accuracy" "$log_file" | tail -1 || echo "N/A")
+        port=$(grep "Auto-assigned distributed port" "$log_file" | head -1 || echo "N/A")
+        echo "  GPU $i ($range): $accuracy | $port"
+    fi
+done
+
+echo ""
+if $ALL_PASSED; then
+    echo "=========================================="
+    echo "ALL 6 TESTS PASSED!"
+    echo "Dynamic port allocation works correctly."
+    echo "=========================================="
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo "=========================================="
+    echo "SOME TESTS FAILED!"
+    echo "Check logs in $LOG_DIR"
+    echo "=========================================="
+    exit 1
+fi

tests/test_minference_gpu.py

@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+"""
+Needle-in-haystack test with MInference sparse attention.
+
+Tests: MInference sparse prefill on GPU-only path (no CPU offload).
+This validates that MInference's vertical + slash sparse pattern can
+correctly retrieve information from long context.
+"""
+
+import os
+os.environ["NANOVLLM_LOG_LEVEL"] = "INFO"
+
+import argparse
+from nanovllm import LLM, SamplingParams
+from nanovllm.config import SparsePolicyType
+from utils import generate_needle_prompt, check_needle_answer
+
+
+def run_minference_test(
+    model_path: str,
+    max_model_len: int = 16384,
+    input_len: int = 8192,
+    needle_position: float = 0.5,
+    needle_value: str = "7492",
+    adaptive_budget: float = 0.3,
+    max_new_tokens: int = 32,
+    verbose: bool = True,
+) -> bool:
+    """
+    Run needle test with MInference sparse prefill attention.
+
+    Args:
+        model_path: Path to model
+        max_model_len: Maximum model context length
+        input_len: Target input sequence length
+        needle_position: Where to place needle (0.0-1.0)
+        needle_value: The secret value to find
+        adaptive_budget: MInference budget as fraction of seq_len
+        max_new_tokens: Maximum tokens to generate
+        verbose: Print detailed output
+
+    Returns:
+        True if test passed, False otherwise
+    """
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"MInference Sparse Prefill Test (GPU-only)")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Model: {model_path}")
+        print(f"Max model len: {max_model_len}")
+        print(f"Input length: {input_len}")
+        print(f"Needle position: {needle_position:.0%}")
+        print(f"Needle value: {needle_value}")
+        print(f"Adaptive budget: {adaptive_budget}")
+        print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+    # Initialize LLM with MInference sparse attention
+    llm = LLM(
+        model_path,
+        enforce_eager=True,
+        max_model_len=max_model_len,
+        max_num_batched_tokens=max_model_len,
+        enable_cpu_offload=False,  # GPU-only
+        sparse_policy=SparsePolicyType.MINFERENCE,
+        minference_adaptive_budget=adaptive_budget,
+    )
+
+    # Generate needle prompt
+    prompt, expected = generate_needle_prompt(
+        tokenizer=llm.tokenizer,
+        target_length=input_len,
+        needle_position=needle_position,
+        needle_value=needle_value,
+    )
+
+    # Generate output
+    sampling_params = SamplingParams(
+        temperature=0.6,
+        max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
+    )
+    outputs = llm.generate([prompt], sampling_params, use_tqdm=True)
+
+    # Check result
+    output_text = outputs[0]["text"]
+    output_token_ids = outputs[0]["token_ids"]
+    passed = check_needle_answer(output_text, expected)
+
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Result")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Expected: {expected}")
+        print(f"Output tokens ({len(output_token_ids)}): {output_token_ids[:20]}")
+        print(f"Output: {output_text[:200]}...")
+        print(f"Status: {'PASSED' if passed else 'FAILED'}")
+        print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+    return passed
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Needle-in-haystack test with MInference sparse prefill"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model", "-m",
+        type=str,
+        default=os.path.expanduser("~/models/Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507/"),
+        help="Path to model"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-model-len",
+        type=int,
+        default=16 * 1024,
+        help="Maximum model context length"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--input-len",
+        type=int,
+        default=8 * 1024,
+        help="Target input sequence length"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--needle-position",
+        type=float,
+        default=0.5,
+        help="Needle position (0.0=start, 0.5=middle, 1.0=end)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--needle-value",
+        type=str,
+        default="7492",
+        help="The secret value to hide"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--adaptive-budget",
+        type=float,
+        default=0.3,
+        help="MInference adaptive budget (fraction of seq_len)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-new-tokens",
+        type=int,
+        default=32,
+        help="Maximum tokens to generate"
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    passed = run_minference_test(
+        model_path=args.model,
+        max_model_len=args.max_model_len,
+        input_len=args.input_len,
+        needle_position=args.needle_position,
+        needle_value=args.needle_value,
+        adaptive_budget=args.adaptive_budget,
+        max_new_tokens=args.max_new_tokens,
+        verbose=True,
+    )
+
+    if passed:
+        print("test_minference_gpu: PASSED")
+    else:
+        print("test_minference_gpu: FAILED")
+        exit(1)

tests/test_needle.py

@@ -31,8 +31,14 @@ def run_needle_test(
     max_new_tokens: int = 32,
     enable_cpu_offload: bool = False,
     enable_quest: bool = False,
+    enable_minference: bool = False,
     sparse_topk: int = 8,
     sparse_threshold: int = 4,
+    minference_budget: float = 0.3,
+    minference_vertical: int = 1000,
+    minference_slash: int = 6096,
+    gpu_utilization: float = 0.9,
+    enforce_eager: bool = True,
     verbose: bool = True,
 ) -> bool:
     """
@@ -49,14 +55,25 @@ def run_needle_test(
         max_new_tokens: Maximum tokens to generate
         enable_cpu_offload: Enable CPU offload mode
         enable_quest: Enable Quest sparse attention (decode-only Top-K)
+        enable_minference: Enable MInference sparse prefill (GPU-only)
         sparse_topk: Top-K blocks for Quest
         sparse_threshold: Apply sparse only when blocks > threshold
+        minference_budget: MInference adaptive budget (fraction of seq_len, None=fixed mode)
+        minference_vertical: Fixed vertical_size (only used when budget=None)
+        minference_slash: Fixed slash_size (only used when budget=None)
+        gpu_utilization: GPU memory utilization fraction
         verbose: Print detailed output
 
     Returns:
         True if test passed, False otherwise
     """
-    sparse_policy = SparsePolicyType.QUEST if enable_quest else SparsePolicyType.FULL
+    # Determine sparse policy
+    if enable_minference:
+        sparse_policy = SparsePolicyType.MINFERENCE
+    elif enable_quest:
+        sparse_policy = SparsePolicyType.QUEST
+    else:
+        sparse_policy = SparsePolicyType.FULL
 
     if verbose:
         print(f"\n{'='*60}")
@@ -69,24 +86,40 @@ def run_needle_test(
         print(f"Needle position: {needle_position:.0%}")
         print(f"Needle value: {needle_value}")
         print(f"CPU offload: {enable_cpu_offload}")
-        if enable_cpu_offload:
-            print(f"Sparse policy: {sparse_policy.name} (topk={sparse_topk}, threshold={sparse_threshold})")
+        print(f"Sparse policy: {sparse_policy.name}")
+        if enable_cpu_offload and enable_quest:
+            print(f"  Quest: topk={sparse_topk}, threshold={sparse_threshold}")
+        if enable_minference:
+            if minference_budget is not None:
+                print(f"  MInference: adaptive (budget={minference_budget})")
+            else:
+                print(f"  MInference: fixed (vertical={minference_vertical}, slash={minference_slash})")
         print(f"{'='*60}\n")
 
     # 1. Initialize LLM
     llm_kwargs = {
-        "enforce_eager": True,
+        "enforce_eager": enforce_eager,
         "max_model_len": max_model_len,
         "max_num_batched_tokens": max_model_len,
         "enable_cpu_offload": enable_cpu_offload,
         "kvcache_block_size": block_size,
+        "gpu_memory_utilization": gpu_utilization,
     }
     if enable_cpu_offload:
         llm_kwargs["num_gpu_blocks"] = num_gpu_blocks
-        llm_kwargs["sparse_policy"] = sparse_policy
         llm_kwargs["sparse_topk_blocks"] = sparse_topk
         llm_kwargs["sparse_threshold_blocks"] = sparse_threshold
 
+    # Set sparse policy (can be used with or without offload)
+    if enable_minference or enable_quest:
+        llm_kwargs["sparse_policy"] = sparse_policy
+
+    # MInference params (works with both GPU-only and offload mode)
+    if enable_minference:
+        llm_kwargs["minference_adaptive_budget"] = minference_budget
+        llm_kwargs["minference_vertical_size"] = minference_vertical
+        llm_kwargs["minference_slash_size"] = minference_slash
+
     llm = LLM(model_path, **llm_kwargs)
 
     # 2. Generate needle prompt
@@ -186,6 +219,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         action="store_true",
         help="Enable Quest sparse attention (decode-only Top-K selection)"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--enable-minference",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Enable MInference sparse prefill (GPU-only, vertical+slash pattern)"
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--sparse-topk",
         type=int,
@@ -198,8 +236,49 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         default=4,
         help="Apply sparse only when blocks > threshold"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--minference-budget",
+        type=float,
+        default=0.3,
+        help="MInference adaptive budget (fraction of seq_len, 0.3=30%% compute, 0=fixed mode)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--minference-vertical",
+        type=int,
+        default=1000,
+        help="Fixed vertical_size (only used when budget=0)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--minference-slash",
+        type=int,
+        default=6096,
+        help="Fixed slash_size (only used when budget=0)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--gpu-utilization",
+        type=float,
+        default=0.9,
+        help="GPU memory utilization (default: 0.9)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--enforce-eager",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=True,
+        help="Force eager execution (disable CUDA graphs)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--use-cuda-graph",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Enable CUDA graph (disable enforce_eager)"
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    # Convert budget=0 to None for fixed mode
+    minference_budget = args.minference_budget if args.minference_budget > 0 else None
+
+    # Determine enforce_eager: use_cuda_graph overrides enforce_eager
+    enforce_eager = not args.use_cuda_graph
+
     passed = run_needle_test(
         model_path=args.model,
         max_model_len=args.max_model_len,
@@ -211,8 +290,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         max_new_tokens=args.max_new_tokens,
         enable_cpu_offload=args.enable_offload,
         enable_quest=args.enable_quest,
+        enable_minference=args.enable_minference,
         sparse_topk=args.sparse_topk,
         sparse_threshold=args.sparse_threshold,
+        minference_budget=minference_budget,
+        minference_vertical=args.minference_vertical,
+        minference_slash=args.minference_slash,
+        gpu_utilization=args.gpu_utilization,
+        enforce_eager=enforce_eager,
         verbose=True,
     )
 

tests/test_port_conflict.py

@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+"""Test for torch distributed port conflict fix.
+
+This test verifies that:
+1. Multiple independent processes can run simultaneously (dynamic port allocation)
+2. Sequential LLM creation in same process works (proper cleanup)
+
+Usage:
+    # Test parallel processes (requires 2 GPUs)
+    python tests/test_port_conflict.py --model ~/models/Qwen3-4B --gpus 4,5 --test parallel
+
+    # Test sequential creation in same process
+    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=4 python tests/test_port_conflict.py --model ~/models/Qwen3-4B --test sequential
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+def test_sequential_creation(model_path: str, enable_offload: bool = True):
+    """Test creating multiple LLM instances sequentially in same process."""
+    # Add project root to path
+    project_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    sys.path.insert(0, project_root)
+
+    from nanovllm import LLM, SamplingParams
+
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print("Test: Sequential LLM Creation (same process)")
+    print("=" * 60)
+
+    for i in range(3):
+        print(f"\n--- Creating LLM instance {i+1}/3 ---")
+
+        llm_kwargs = {"enable_cpu_offload": enable_offload}
+        if enable_offload:
+            llm_kwargs["num_gpu_blocks"] = 2
+
+        llm = LLM(model_path, **llm_kwargs)
+
+        # Simple generation
+        outputs = llm.generate(
+            ["Hello, how are you?"],
+            SamplingParams(max_tokens=20)
+        )
+        print(f"Output: {outputs[0]['text'][:50]}...")
+
+        # Explicit cleanup
+        llm.close()
+        print(f"Instance {i+1} closed successfully")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 60)
+    print("PASSED: test_sequential_creation")
+    print("=" * 60)
+
+
+def test_context_manager(model_path: str, enable_offload: bool = True):
+    """Test LLM with context manager."""
+    project_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+    sys.path.insert(0, project_root)
+
+    from nanovllm import LLM, SamplingParams
+
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print("Test: Context Manager")
+    print("=" * 60)
+
+    for i in range(2):
+        print(f"\n--- Context manager instance {i+1}/2 ---")
+
+        llm_kwargs = {"enable_cpu_offload": enable_offload}
+        if enable_offload:
+            llm_kwargs["num_gpu_blocks"] = 2
+
+        with LLM(model_path, **llm_kwargs) as llm:
+            outputs = llm.generate(
+                ["What is 2+2?"],
+                SamplingParams(max_tokens=20)
+            )
+            print(f"Output: {outputs[0]['text'][:50]}...")
+
+        print(f"Instance {i+1} auto-closed via context manager")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 60)
+    print("PASSED: test_context_manager")
+    print("=" * 60)
+
+
+def test_parallel_processes(model_path: str, gpus: str, enable_offload: bool = True):
+    """Test running multiple nanovllm processes in parallel."""
+    gpu_list = [int(g.strip()) for g in gpus.split(",")]
+    if len(gpu_list) < 2:
+        print("ERROR: Need at least 2 GPUs for parallel test")
+        return False
+
+    print("=" * 60)
+    print(f"Test: Parallel Processes (GPUs: {gpu_list})")
+    print("=" * 60)
+
+    project_root = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+    # Script to run in each subprocess
+    script = f'''
+import sys
+sys.path.insert(0, "{project_root}")
+import os
+from nanovllm import LLM, SamplingParams
+
+gpu = os.environ.get("CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES", "?")
+print(f"[GPU {{gpu}}] Starting LLM...")
+
+llm_kwargs = {{"enable_cpu_offload": {enable_offload}}}
+if {enable_offload}:
+    llm_kwargs["num_gpu_blocks"] = 2
+
+llm = LLM("{model_path}", **llm_kwargs)
+print(f"[GPU {{gpu}}] LLM initialized, generating...")
+
+outputs = llm.generate(["Hello world"], SamplingParams(max_tokens=10))
+print(f"[GPU {{gpu}}] Output: {{outputs[0]['text'][:30]}}...")
+
+llm.close()
+print(f"[GPU {{gpu}}] Done")
+'''
+
+    # Start processes on different GPUs
+    procs = []
+    for i, gpu in enumerate(gpu_list[:2]):  # Use first 2 GPUs
+        print(f"\nStarting process on GPU {gpu}...")
+        env = os.environ.copy()
+        env["CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"] = str(gpu)
+
+        p = subprocess.Popen(
+            [sys.executable, "-c", script],
+            env=env,
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            text=True
+        )
+        procs.append((gpu, p))
+        time.sleep(2)  # Stagger starts to see concurrent running
+
+    # Wait and collect results
+    all_passed = True
+    for gpu, p in procs:
+        stdout, _ = p.communicate(timeout=300)
+        print(f"\n--- GPU {gpu} output ---")
+        print(stdout)
+
+        if p.returncode != 0:
+            print(f"ERROR: GPU {gpu} process failed with code {p.returncode}")
+            all_passed = False
+        else:
+            print(f"GPU {gpu} process completed successfully")
+
+    print("\n" + "=" * 60)
+    if all_passed:
+        print("PASSED: test_parallel_processes")
+    else:
+        print("FAILED: test_parallel_processes")
+    print("=" * 60)
+
+    return all_passed
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Test port conflict fix")
+    parser.add_argument("--model", "-m", required=True, help="Path to model")
+    parser.add_argument("--gpus", default="0,1", help="GPUs to use for parallel test (comma-separated)")
+    parser.add_argument("--test", choices=["sequential", "context", "parallel", "all"],
+                        default="all", help="Which test to run")
+    parser.add_argument("--no-offload", action="store_true", help="Disable CPU offload")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    enable_offload = not args.no_offload
+    model_path = os.path.expanduser(args.model)
+
+    print(f"Model: {model_path}")
+    print(f"CPU Offload: {enable_offload}")
+    print(f"GPUs for parallel test: {args.gpus}")
+    print()
+
+    if args.test in ["sequential", "all"]:
+        test_sequential_creation(model_path, enable_offload)
+        print()
+
+    if args.test in ["context", "all"]:
+        test_context_manager(model_path, enable_offload)
+        print()
+
+    if args.test in ["parallel", "all"]:
+        test_parallel_processes(model_path, args.gpus, enable_offload)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

tests/test_ruler.py

@@ -0,0 +1,392 @@
+"""
+RULER benchmark comprehensive test for LLM.
+
+Tests multiple RULER tasks:
+- NIAH (Needle-In-A-Haystack): single, multikey, multiquery, multivalue
+- QA (Question Answering): qa_1, qa_2
+- CWE (Common Word Extraction)
+- FWE (Frequent Word Extraction)
+- VT (Variable Tracking)
+
+Usage:
+    # Test all datasets with 2 samples each (debug mode)
+    python tests/test_ruler.py --enable-offload --num-samples 2
+
+    # Test specific datasets
+    python tests/test_ruler.py --enable-offload --datasets niah_single_1,qa_1
+
+    # Test all samples in all datasets
+    python tests/test_ruler.py --enable-offload
+"""
+
+import os
+os.environ["NANOVLLM_LOG_LEVEL"] = "INFO"
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import re
+import gc
+import time
+import torch
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Dict, Tuple, Optional
+
+from nanovllm import LLM, SamplingParams
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# Constants
+# ============================================================
+
+DEFAULT_DATA_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "data/ruler_32k"
+DEFAULT_MODEL = os.path.expanduser("~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct")
+# Note: max_model_len must be > max_input_len to leave room for output tokens
+# 32k benchmark has inputs up to 32760 tokens, so we need 32768 + 128 = 32896
+DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN = 32896
+DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS = 128  # Larger for multi-value tasks
+
+# Task categories for evaluation
+NIAH_TASKS = ["niah_single_1", "niah_single_2", "niah_single_3",
+              "niah_multikey_1", "niah_multikey_2", "niah_multikey_3",
+              "niah_multiquery", "niah_multivalue"]
+QA_TASKS = ["qa_1", "qa_2"]
+RECALL_TASKS = ["cwe", "fwe", "vt"]
+
+ALL_TASKS = NIAH_TASKS + QA_TASKS + RECALL_TASKS
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# Data Loading
+# ============================================================
+
+def load_samples(filepath: Path, indices: Optional[List[int]] = None) -> List[dict]:
+    """Load samples from a JSONL file."""
+    if not filepath.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(f"Data file not found: {filepath}")
+
+    samples = []
+    with open(filepath) as f:
+        for i, line in enumerate(f):
+            if indices is None or i in indices:
+                sample = json.loads(line)
+                sample["_local_idx"] = i
+                samples.append(sample)
+    return samples
+
+
+def count_samples(filepath: Path) -> int:
+    """Count total samples in JSONL file."""
+    with open(filepath) as f:
+        return sum(1 for _ in f)
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# Evaluation Functions (Following RULER Official Metrics)
+# Ref: https://github.com/NVIDIA/RULER/blob/main/scripts/eval/synthetic/constants.py
+# ============================================================
+
+def string_match_all(output_text: str, expected_list: List[str]) -> float:
+    """
+    RULER official metric for NIAH, VT, CWE, FWE tasks.
+
+    Formula: sum([1.0 if r.lower() in pred.lower() else 0.0 for r in ref]) / len(ref)
+
+    Returns recall score (0.0 to 1.0): fraction of expected values found in output.
+    """
+    output_clean = output_text.replace('<|im_end|>', '').replace('\r', ' ').replace('\n', ' ')
+    output_lower = output_clean.lower()
+
+    if not expected_list:
+        return 1.0
+
+    found = sum(1.0 if exp.strip().lower() in output_lower else 0.0 for exp in expected_list)
+    return found / len(expected_list)
+
+
+def string_match_part(output_text: str, expected_list: List[str]) -> float:
+    """
+    RULER official metric for QA tasks.
+
+    Formula: max([1.0 if r.lower() in pred.lower() else 0.0 for r in ref])
+
+    Returns 1.0 if ANY expected value is found, 0.0 otherwise.
+    """
+    output_clean = output_text.replace('<|im_end|>', '').replace('\r', ' ').replace('\n', ' ')
+    output_lower = output_clean.lower()
+
+    if not expected_list:
+        return 1.0
+
+    return max(1.0 if exp.strip().lower() in output_lower else 0.0 for exp in expected_list)
+
+
+def evaluate_output(output_text: str, expected_outputs: List[str], task_name: str) -> Tuple[bool, float]:
+    """
+    Evaluate model output using RULER official metrics.
+
+    - QA tasks: string_match_part (any match = full score)
+    - All other tasks: string_match_all (recall-based score)
+
+    Returns (passed, score) where passed = score >= 0.5
+    """
+    if task_name in QA_TASKS:
+        score = string_match_part(output_text, expected_outputs)
+    else:
+        # NIAH, VT, CWE, FWE all use string_match_all
+        score = string_match_all(output_text, expected_outputs)
+
+    passed = score >= 0.5  # Consider pass if score >= 50%
+    return passed, score
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# Test Runner
+# ============================================================
+
+def run_task_test(
+    llm: LLM,
+    task_name: str,
+    data_dir: Path,
+    sample_indices: Optional[List[int]] = None,
+    max_new_tokens: int = DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+    verbose: bool = True,
+) -> Dict:
+    """
+    Run test for a single RULER task.
+
+    Returns dict with: task, correct, total, score, results
+    """
+    data_file = data_dir / task_name / "validation.jsonl"
+    samples = load_samples(data_file, sample_indices)
+
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"\n  Testing {task_name}: {len(samples)} samples")
+
+    sampling_params = SamplingParams(
+        temperature=0.1,
+        max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
+    )
+
+    correct = 0
+    total_score = 0.0
+    results = []
+
+    for sample in samples:
+        idx = sample.get("index", sample["_local_idx"])
+        prompt = sample["input"]
+        expected = sample["outputs"]
+
+        # Generate
+        outputs = llm.generate([prompt], sampling_params, use_tqdm=False)
+        output_text = outputs[0]["text"]
+
+        # Evaluate
+        passed, score = evaluate_output(output_text, expected, task_name)
+        if passed:
+            correct += 1
+        total_score += score
+
+        results.append({
+            "index": idx,
+            "expected": expected,
+            "output": output_text[:200],
+            "passed": passed,
+            "score": score,
+        })
+
+        if verbose:
+            status = "PASS" if passed else "FAIL"
+            exp_preview = str(expected[0])[:30] if expected else "N/A"
+            out_preview = output_text[:50].replace('\n', ' ')
+            print(f"    [{idx}] {status} (score={score:.2f}) exp={exp_preview}... out={out_preview}...")
+
+    avg_score = total_score / len(samples) if samples else 0.0
+
+    return {
+        "task": task_name,
+        "correct": correct,
+        "total": len(samples),
+        "accuracy": correct / len(samples) if samples else 0.0,
+        "avg_score": avg_score,
+        "results": results,
+    }
+
+
+def run_ruler_benchmark(
+    model_path: str,
+    data_dir: Path,
+    datasets: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+    num_samples: Optional[int] = None,
+    max_model_len: int = DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN,
+    max_new_tokens: int = DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+    enable_cpu_offload: bool = False,
+    num_gpu_blocks: int = 4,
+    block_size: int = 1024,
+    gpu_utilization: float = 0.9,
+    enforce_eager: bool = True,
+    verbose: bool = True,
+) -> Dict:
+    """
+    Run RULER benchmark on multiple tasks.
+
+    Args:
+        model_path: Path to the model
+        data_dir: Directory containing task subdirectories
+        datasets: List of task names to test (None = all)
+        num_samples: Number of samples per task (None = all)
+        ...other LLM config params...
+
+    Returns:
+        Dict with overall results and per-task results
+    """
+    # Determine tasks to run
+    if datasets is None:
+        tasks = [t for t in ALL_TASKS if (data_dir / t / "validation.jsonl").exists()]
+    else:
+        tasks = datasets
+
+    # Sample indices
+    sample_indices = list(range(num_samples)) if num_samples else None
+
+    print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+    print(f"RULER Benchmark")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+    print(f"Model: {model_path}")
+    print(f"Data dir: {data_dir}")
+    print(f"Tasks: {len(tasks)}")
+    print(f"Samples per task: {num_samples if num_samples else 'all'}")
+    print(f"CPU offload: {enable_cpu_offload}")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+    # Initialize LLM
+    print("\nInitializing LLM...")
+    llm_kwargs = {
+        "max_model_len": max_model_len,
+        "max_num_batched_tokens": max_model_len,
+        "enforce_eager": enforce_eager,
+        "gpu_memory_utilization": gpu_utilization,
+        "kvcache_block_size": block_size,
+        "enable_cpu_offload": enable_cpu_offload,
+    }
+    if enable_cpu_offload:
+        llm_kwargs["num_gpu_blocks"] = num_gpu_blocks
+
+    llm = LLM(model_path, **llm_kwargs)
+
+    # Run tests
+    start_time = time.time()
+    task_results = []
+
+    for task_name in tasks:
+        result = run_task_test(
+            llm=llm,
+            task_name=task_name,
+            data_dir=data_dir,
+            sample_indices=sample_indices,
+            max_new_tokens=max_new_tokens,
+            verbose=verbose,
+        )
+        task_results.append(result)
+
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"  -> {task_name}: {result['correct']}/{result['total']} "
+                  f"({result['accuracy']*100:.1f}%) avg_score={result['avg_score']:.3f}")
+
+    total_time = time.time() - start_time
+
+    # Cleanup
+    del llm
+    gc.collect()
+    torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
+    # Aggregate results
+    total_correct = sum(r["correct"] for r in task_results)
+    total_samples = sum(r["total"] for r in task_results)
+    overall_accuracy = total_correct / total_samples if total_samples > 0 else 0.0
+    avg_score = sum(r["avg_score"] for r in task_results) / len(task_results) if task_results else 0.0
+
+    # Print summary
+    print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+    print(f"RULER Benchmark Results")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+    print(f"\n{'Task':<20} {'Correct':<10} {'Accuracy':<12} {'Avg Score':<12}")
+    print(f"{'-'*54}")
+    for r in task_results:
+        print(f"{r['task']:<20} {r['correct']}/{r['total']:<7} {r['accuracy']*100:>6.1f}%      {r['avg_score']:.3f}")
+    print(f"{'-'*54}")
+    print(f"{'TOTAL':<20} {total_correct}/{total_samples:<7} {overall_accuracy*100:>6.1f}%      {avg_score:.3f}")
+    print(f"\nTime: {total_time:.1f}s")
+    print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+    return {
+        "total_correct": total_correct,
+        "total_samples": total_samples,
+        "overall_accuracy": overall_accuracy,
+        "avg_score": avg_score,
+        "time": total_time,
+        "task_results": task_results,
+    }
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# CLI Entry Point
+# ============================================================
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="RULER benchmark comprehensive test",
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument("--model", "-m", type=str, default=DEFAULT_MODEL,
+                        help=f"Path to model (default: {DEFAULT_MODEL})")
+    parser.add_argument("--data-dir", type=str, default=str(DEFAULT_DATA_DIR),
+                        help=f"Path to data directory (default: {DEFAULT_DATA_DIR})")
+    parser.add_argument("--datasets", type=str, default="",
+                        help="Comma-separated list of datasets to test (default: all)")
+    parser.add_argument("--num-samples", type=int, default=0,
+                        help="Number of samples per dataset (default: 0 = all)")
+    parser.add_argument("--max-model-len", type=int, default=DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN,
+                        help=f"Maximum model context length (default: {DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN})")
+    parser.add_argument("--max-new-tokens", type=int, default=DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+                        help=f"Maximum tokens to generate (default: {DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS})")
+    parser.add_argument("--enable-offload", action="store_true",
+                        help="Enable CPU offload mode")
+    parser.add_argument("--num-gpu-blocks", type=int, default=4,
+                        help="Number of GPU blocks for CPU offload (default: 4)")
+    parser.add_argument("--block-size", type=int, default=1024,
+                        help="KV cache block size (default: 1024)")
+    parser.add_argument("--gpu-utilization", type=float, default=0.9,
+                        help="GPU memory utilization (default: 0.9)")
+    parser.add_argument("--use-cuda-graph", action="store_true",
+                        help="Enable CUDA graph")
+    parser.add_argument("--quiet", "-q", action="store_true",
+                        help="Quiet mode")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Parse datasets
+    datasets = args.datasets.split(",") if args.datasets else None
+    num_samples = args.num_samples if args.num_samples > 0 else None
+
+    results = run_ruler_benchmark(
+        model_path=os.path.expanduser(args.model),
+        data_dir=Path(args.data_dir),
+        datasets=datasets,
+        num_samples=num_samples,
+        max_model_len=args.max_model_len,
+        max_new_tokens=args.max_new_tokens,
+        enable_cpu_offload=args.enable_offload,
+        num_gpu_blocks=args.num_gpu_blocks,
+        block_size=args.block_size,
+        gpu_utilization=args.gpu_utilization,
+        enforce_eager=not args.use_cuda_graph,
+        verbose=not args.quiet,
+    )
+
+    # Exit code
+    if results["overall_accuracy"] >= 0.5:
+        print("test_ruler: PASSED")
+    else:
+        print(f"test_ruler: FAILED (accuracy={results['overall_accuracy']*100:.1f}%)")
+        exit(1)

tests/test_ruler_niah.py

@@ -0,0 +1,527 @@
+"""
+RULER NIAH benchmark test for LLM.
+
+Tests: Long context retrieval capability using pre-generated RULER benchmark data.
+The NIAH (Needle-In-A-Haystack) task tests the model's ability to retrieve a
+specific magic number from a large context (~32K tokens).
+
+Usage:
+    # Test all samples with CPU offload
+    python tests/test_ruler_niah.py --enable-offload
+
+    # Test specific samples
+    python tests/test_ruler_niah.py --sample-indices 0,1,2 --enable-offload
+
+    # Test with custom model
+    python tests/test_ruler_niah.py --model /path/to/model --enable-offload
+
+    # Group mode: test in batches with separate LLM initialization per group
+    python tests/test_ruler_niah.py --enable-offload --group-size 5
+"""
+
+import os
+os.environ["NANOVLLM_LOG_LEVEL"] = "INFO"
+
+import argparse
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
+
+from nanovllm import LLM, SamplingParams
+from utils import check_needle_answer
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# Constants
+# ============================================================
+
+DEFAULT_DATA_FILE = Path(__file__).parent / "data/ruler_niah/niah_single_1_32k.jsonl"
+DEFAULT_MODEL = os.path.expanduser("~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct")
+DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN = 32768
+DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS = 50
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# Data Loading
+# ============================================================
+
+def load_ruler_samples(filepath: Path, indices: Optional[List[int]] = None) -> List[dict]:
+    """
+    Load RULER NIAH samples from a JSONL file.
+
+    Args:
+        filepath: Path to the JSONL file
+        indices: Optional list of sample indices to load. If None, load all.
+
+    Returns:
+        List of sample dicts with keys: index, input, outputs, length
+    """
+    if not filepath.exists():
+        raise FileNotFoundError(
+            f"Data file not found: {filepath}\n"
+            f"Please copy RULER NIAH data to this location. See docs/ruler_niah_standalone_test.md"
+        )
+
+    samples = []
+    with open(filepath) as f:
+        for i, line in enumerate(f):
+            if indices is None or i in indices:
+                sample = json.loads(line)
+                samples.append(sample)
+
+    if not samples:
+        raise ValueError(f"No samples loaded from {filepath}")
+
+    return samples
+
+
+def count_samples(filepath: Path) -> int:
+    """Count total samples in JSONL file."""
+    with open(filepath) as f:
+        return sum(1 for _ in f)
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# Test Function
+# ============================================================
+
+def run_ruler_niah_test(
+    model_path: str,
+    data_file: Path,
+    sample_indices: Optional[List[int]] = None,
+    max_model_len: int = DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN,
+    max_new_tokens: int = DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+    enable_cpu_offload: bool = False,
+    num_gpu_blocks: int = 4,
+    block_size: int = 1024,
+    gpu_utilization: float = 0.9,
+    enforce_eager: bool = True,
+    verbose: bool = True,
+) -> Tuple[int, int]:
+    """
+    Run RULER NIAH test on loaded samples.
+
+    Args:
+        model_path: Path to the model
+        data_file: Path to JSONL data file
+        sample_indices: List of sample indices to test (None = all)
+        max_model_len: Maximum model context length
+        max_new_tokens: Maximum tokens to generate
+        enable_cpu_offload: Enable CPU offload mode
+        num_gpu_blocks: Number of GPU blocks for offload
+        block_size: KV cache block size
+        gpu_utilization: GPU memory utilization fraction
+        enforce_eager: Disable CUDA graphs
+        verbose: Print detailed output
+
+    Returns:
+        (correct, total): Number of correct and total samples
+    """
+    # Load samples
+    samples = load_ruler_samples(data_file, sample_indices)
+    total = len(samples)
+
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"RULER NIAH Test")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Model: {model_path}")
+        print(f"Data file: {data_file}")
+        print(f"Samples: {total}")
+        print(f"Max model len: {max_model_len}")
+        print(f"Max new tokens: {max_new_tokens}")
+        print(f"CPU offload: {enable_cpu_offload}")
+        if enable_cpu_offload:
+            print(f"  num_gpu_blocks: {num_gpu_blocks}")
+            print(f"  block_size: {block_size}")
+        print(f"Enforce eager: {enforce_eager}")
+        print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+    # Check max_model_len vs data length
+    max_data_len = max(s.get("length", 0) for s in samples)
+    if max_model_len < max_data_len:
+        print(f"WARNING: max_model_len ({max_model_len}) < max data length ({max_data_len})")
+        print(f"         This may cause truncation or errors.\n")
+
+    # Initialize LLM
+    if verbose:
+        print("Initializing LLM...")
+
+    llm_kwargs = {
+        "max_model_len": max_model_len,
+        "max_num_batched_tokens": max_model_len,
+        "enforce_eager": enforce_eager,
+        "gpu_memory_utilization": gpu_utilization,
+        "kvcache_block_size": block_size,
+        "enable_cpu_offload": enable_cpu_offload,
+    }
+
+    if enable_cpu_offload:
+        llm_kwargs["num_gpu_blocks"] = num_gpu_blocks
+
+    llm = LLM(model_path, **llm_kwargs)
+
+    # Sampling params
+    # Note: nano-vllm doesn't support greedy (temperature=0), use low temperature instead
+    sampling_params = SamplingParams(
+        temperature=0.1,  # Low temperature for near-deterministic output
+        max_tokens=max_new_tokens,
+    )
+
+    # Test each sample
+    correct = 0
+    results = []
+
+    for i, sample in enumerate(samples):
+        sample_idx = sample.get("index", i)
+        prompt = sample["input"]
+        expected = sample["outputs"][0]
+        data_len = sample.get("length", "unknown")
+
+        if verbose:
+            print(f"\nSample {sample_idx}: Expected={expected}, Length={data_len}")
+
+        # Generate
+        outputs = llm.generate([prompt], sampling_params, use_tqdm=False)
+        output_text = outputs[0]["text"]
+        output_tokens = outputs[0]["token_ids"]
+
+        # Check result
+        passed = check_needle_answer(output_text, expected)
+        if passed:
+            correct += 1
+
+        results.append({
+            "index": sample_idx,
+            "expected": expected,
+            "output": output_text,
+            "passed": passed,
+        })
+
+        if verbose:
+            status = "PASS" if passed else "FAIL"
+            output_preview = output_text[:100].replace('\n', ' ')
+            print(f"  Output ({len(output_tokens)} tokens): {output_preview}...")
+            print(f"  Status: {status}")
+
+    # Summary
+    if verbose:
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Results: {correct}/{total} PASSED ({100*correct/total:.1f}%)")
+        print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+        if correct < total:
+            print("Failed samples:")
+            for r in results:
+                if not r["passed"]:
+                    print(f"  Sample {r['index']}: expected={r['expected']}, got={r['output'][:50]}...")
+
+    return correct, total
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# Grouped Test Function
+# ============================================================
+
+def run_grouped_test(
+    model_path: str,
+    data_file: Path,
+    group_size: int = 5,
+    total_samples: Optional[int] = None,
+    max_model_len: int = DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN,
+    max_new_tokens: int = DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+    enable_cpu_offload: bool = False,
+    num_gpu_blocks: int = 4,
+    block_size: int = 1024,
+    gpu_utilization: float = 0.9,
+    enforce_eager: bool = True,
+) -> Tuple[int, int, List[dict]]:
+    """
+    Run RULER NIAH test in groups, with separate LLM initialization per group.
+
+    This mode is useful for:
+    - Avoiding state accumulation issues
+    - Testing LLM initialization stability
+    - Running large-scale tests with memory cleanup between groups
+
+    Args:
+        model_path: Path to the model
+        data_file: Path to JSONL data file
+        group_size: Number of samples per group
+        total_samples: Total samples to test (None = all in file)
+        Other args: Same as run_ruler_niah_test
+
+    Returns:
+        (total_correct, total_tested, group_results): Results summary
+    """
+    import time
+    import gc
+    import torch
+
+    # Count total samples in file
+    file_sample_count = count_samples(data_file)
+    if total_samples is None:
+        total_samples = file_sample_count
+    else:
+        total_samples = min(total_samples, file_sample_count)
+
+    num_groups = (total_samples + group_size - 1) // group_size
+
+    print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+    print(f"RULER NIAH Grouped Test")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+    print(f"Model: {model_path}")
+    print(f"Data file: {data_file}")
+    print(f"Total samples: {total_samples}")
+    print(f"Group size: {group_size}")
+    print(f"Number of groups: {num_groups}")
+    print(f"CPU offload: {enable_cpu_offload}")
+    print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+    total_correct = 0
+    total_tested = 0
+    group_results = []
+    all_failed = []
+
+    test_start_time = time.time()
+
+    for group_idx in range(num_groups):
+        start_idx = group_idx * group_size
+        end_idx = min(start_idx + group_size, total_samples)
+        sample_indices = list(range(start_idx, end_idx))
+
+        print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+        print(f"Group {group_idx + 1}/{num_groups}: Samples {start_idx}-{end_idx - 1}")
+        print(f"{'='*60}")
+
+        group_start_time = time.time()
+
+        # Run test for this group
+        correct, tested = run_ruler_niah_test(
+            model_path=model_path,
+            data_file=data_file,
+            sample_indices=sample_indices,
+            max_model_len=max_model_len,
+            max_new_tokens=max_new_tokens,
+            enable_cpu_offload=enable_cpu_offload,
+            num_gpu_blocks=num_gpu_blocks,
+            block_size=block_size,
+            gpu_utilization=gpu_utilization,
+            enforce_eager=enforce_eager,
+            verbose=True,
+        )
+
+        group_time = time.time() - group_start_time
+
+        total_correct += correct
+        total_tested += tested
+
+        group_result = {
+            "group": group_idx + 1,
+            "samples": f"{start_idx}-{end_idx - 1}",
+            "correct": correct,
+            "total": tested,
+            "accuracy": 100 * correct / tested if tested > 0 else 0,
+            "time": group_time,
+        }
+        group_results.append(group_result)
+
+        print(f"\nGroup {group_idx + 1} Summary: {correct}/{tested} PASSED ({group_result['accuracy']:.1f}%) in {group_time:.1f}s")
+
+        # Force cleanup between groups
+        gc.collect()
+        torch.cuda.empty_cache()
+
+        # Small delay to ensure port is released
+        if group_idx < num_groups - 1:
+            time.sleep(3)
+
+    total_time = time.time() - test_start_time
+
+    # Final summary
+    print(f"\n{'='*60}")
+    print(f"FINAL SUMMARY")
+    print(f"{'='*60}")
+    print(f"\nGroup Results:")
+    print(f"{'Group':<8} {'Samples':<12} {'Result':<12} {'Accuracy':<10} {'Time':<10}")
+    print(f"{'-'*52}")
+    for r in group_results:
+        print(f"{r['group']:<8} {r['samples']:<12} {r['correct']}/{r['total']:<9} {r['accuracy']:.1f}%{'':<5} {r['time']:.1f}s")
+
+    print(f"{'-'*52}")
+    overall_accuracy = 100 * total_correct / total_tested if total_tested > 0 else 0
+    print(f"{'TOTAL':<8} {'0-' + str(total_tested-1):<12} {total_correct}/{total_tested:<9} {overall_accuracy:.1f}%{'':<5} {total_time:.1f}s")
+    print(f"{'='*60}\n")
+
+    return total_correct, total_tested, group_results
+
+
+# ============================================================
+# CLI Entry Point
+# ============================================================
+
+def parse_indices(s: str) -> List[int]:
+    """Parse comma-separated indices like '0,1,2' or range like '0-4'."""
+    if not s:
+        return None
+    indices = []
+    for part in s.split(','):
+        if '-' in part:
+            start, end = part.split('-')
+            indices.extend(range(int(start), int(end) + 1))
+        else:
+            indices.append(int(part))
+    return indices
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="RULER NIAH benchmark test for long context LLM",
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+        epilog="""
+Examples:
+  # Test all samples with CPU offload (recommended for 24GB GPUs)
+  python tests/test_ruler_niah.py --enable-offload
+
+  # Test specific samples
+  python tests/test_ruler_niah.py --sample-indices 0,1,2 --enable-offload
+
+  # Test with CUDA graph enabled
+  python tests/test_ruler_niah.py --enable-offload --use-cuda-graph
+        """
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model", "-m",
+        type=str,
+        default=DEFAULT_MODEL,
+        help=f"Path to model (default: {DEFAULT_MODEL})"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--data-file",
+        type=str,
+        default=str(DEFAULT_DATA_FILE),
+        help=f"Path to JSONL data file (default: {DEFAULT_DATA_FILE})"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--sample-indices",
+        type=str,
+        default="",
+        help="Sample indices to test (e.g., '0,1,2' or '0-4'). Default: all"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-model-len",
+        type=int,
+        default=DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN,
+        help=f"Maximum model context length (default: {DEFAULT_MAX_MODEL_LEN})"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max-new-tokens",
+        type=int,
+        default=DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS,
+        help=f"Maximum tokens to generate (default: {DEFAULT_MAX_NEW_TOKENS})"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--enable-offload",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Enable CPU offload mode (required for 24GB GPUs with 32K context)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--num-gpu-blocks",
+        type=int,
+        default=4,
+        help="Number of GPU blocks for CPU offload (default: 4)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--block-size",
+        type=int,
+        default=1024,
+        help="KV cache block size (default: 1024)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--gpu-utilization",
+        type=float,
+        default=0.9,
+        help="GPU memory utilization fraction (default: 0.9)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--enforce-eager",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=True,
+        help="Force eager execution, disable CUDA graphs (default: True)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--use-cuda-graph",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Enable CUDA graph (overrides --enforce-eager)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--verbose",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=True,
+        help="Print detailed output (default: True)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--quiet", "-q",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Quiet mode, only print final result"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--group-size",
+        type=int,
+        default=0,
+        help="Enable grouped testing mode with specified group size. Each group initializes LLM separately. (default: 0 = disabled)"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--total-samples",
+        type=int,
+        default=0,
+        help="Total number of samples to test in group mode (default: 0 = all samples in file)"
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Process arguments
+    sample_indices = parse_indices(args.sample_indices)
+    enforce_eager = not args.use_cuda_graph
+    verbose = not args.quiet
+
+    # Check if group mode is enabled
+    if args.group_size > 0:
+        # Grouped testing mode
+        total_samples = args.total_samples if args.total_samples > 0 else None
+        correct, total, _ = run_grouped_test(
+            model_path=os.path.expanduser(args.model),
+            data_file=Path(args.data_file),
+            group_size=args.group_size,
+            total_samples=total_samples,
+            max_model_len=args.max_model_len,
+            max_new_tokens=args.max_new_tokens,
+            enable_cpu_offload=args.enable_offload,
+            num_gpu_blocks=args.num_gpu_blocks,
+            block_size=args.block_size,
+            gpu_utilization=args.gpu_utilization,
+            enforce_eager=enforce_eager,
+        )
+    else:
+        # Standard testing mode
+        correct, total = run_ruler_niah_test(
+            model_path=os.path.expanduser(args.model),
+            data_file=Path(args.data_file),
+            sample_indices=sample_indices,
+            max_model_len=args.max_model_len,
+            max_new_tokens=args.max_new_tokens,
+            enable_cpu_offload=args.enable_offload,
+            num_gpu_blocks=args.num_gpu_blocks,
+            block_size=args.block_size,
+            gpu_utilization=args.gpu_utilization,
+            enforce_eager=enforce_eager,
+            verbose=verbose,
+        )
+
+    # Final status
+    if correct == total:
+        print("test_ruler_niah: PASSED")
+    else:
+        print(f"test_ruler_niah: FAILED ({correct}/{total})")
+        exit(1)

tests/test_ruler_niah.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# RULER NIAH Parallel Test Script
+#
+# Runs RULER NIAH benchmark across multiple GPUs in parallel.
+# Each sample is tested independently (separate Python process per sample).
+#
+# Usage:
+#   ./tests/test_ruler_niah.sh [OPTIONS]
+#
+# Options:
+#   --gpus "0,1,2,3"     GPUs to use (default: "0,1,2,3")
+#   --total N            Total samples to test (default: 100)
+#   --model PATH         Model path (default: ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct)
+#   --output FILE        Output log file (default: /tmp/ruler_niah_results.log)
+#
+
+# Note: Removed 'set -e' because ((var++)) returns 1 when var=0, which triggers exit
+
+# Default configuration
+GPUS="0,1,2,3"
+TOTAL_SAMPLES=100
+MODEL_PATH="$HOME/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct"
+OUTPUT_LOG="/tmp/ruler_niah_results.log"
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(dirname "$SCRIPT_DIR")"
+
+# Parse arguments
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case $1 in
+        --gpus)
+            GPUS="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --total)
+            TOTAL_SAMPLES="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --model)
+            MODEL_PATH="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        --output)
+            OUTPUT_LOG="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Unknown option: $1"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# Convert GPU string to array
+IFS=',' read -ra GPU_ARRAY <<< "$GPUS"
+NUM_GPUS=${#GPU_ARRAY[@]}
+
+echo "============================================================"
+echo "RULER NIAH Parallel Test"
+echo "============================================================"
+echo "GPUs: ${GPUS} (${NUM_GPUS} GPUs)"
+echo "Total samples: ${TOTAL_SAMPLES}"
+echo "Model: ${MODEL_PATH}"
+echo "Output log: ${OUTPUT_LOG}"
+echo "Project root: ${PROJECT_ROOT}"
+echo "============================================================"
+echo ""
+
+# Create output directory
+mkdir -p "$(dirname "$OUTPUT_LOG")"
+
+# Initialize result tracking
+RESULT_DIR="/tmp/ruler_niah_results_$$"
+mkdir -p "$RESULT_DIR"
+
+# Function to run a single sample on a specific GPU
+run_sample() {
+    local gpu=$1
+    local sample_idx=$2
+    local result_file="$RESULT_DIR/sample_${sample_idx}.result"
+
+    # Run test with unique port based on GPU
+    local port=$((2333 + gpu))
+
+    NANOVLLM_DIST_PORT=$port \
+    CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=$gpu \
+    PYTHONPATH="$PROJECT_ROOT:$PYTHONPATH" \
+    python "$SCRIPT_DIR/test_ruler_niah.py" \
+        --model "$MODEL_PATH" \
+        --enable-offload \
+        --sample-indices "$sample_idx" \
+        --quiet \
+        2>&1
+
+    local exit_code=$?
+    if [ $exit_code -eq 0 ]; then
+        echo "PASS" > "$result_file"
+    else
+        echo "FAIL" > "$result_file"
+    fi
+
+    return $exit_code
+}
+
+# Function to run samples on a specific GPU
+run_gpu_worker() {
+    local gpu=$1
+    local gpu_idx=$2
+    local log_file="$RESULT_DIR/gpu_${gpu}.log"
+
+    echo "[GPU $gpu] Starting worker (gpu_idx=$gpu_idx)" | tee -a "$log_file"
+
+    # Calculate which samples this GPU handles
+    local sample_idx=$gpu_idx
+    local pass_count=0
+    local fail_count=0
+
+    while [ $sample_idx -lt $TOTAL_SAMPLES ]; do
+        echo "[GPU $gpu] Testing sample $sample_idx..." | tee -a "$log_file"
+
+        local start_time=$(date +%s)
+
+        if run_sample $gpu $sample_idx >> "$log_file" 2>&1; then
+            echo "[GPU $gpu] Sample $sample_idx: PASS" | tee -a "$log_file"
+            ((pass_count++))
+        else
+            echo "[GPU $gpu] Sample $sample_idx: FAIL" | tee -a "$log_file"
+            ((fail_count++))
+        fi
+
+        local end_time=$(date +%s)
+        local duration=$((end_time - start_time))
+        echo "[GPU $gpu] Sample $sample_idx completed in ${duration}s" | tee -a "$log_file"
+
+        # Move to next sample for this GPU (stride by number of GPUs)
+        sample_idx=$((sample_idx + NUM_GPUS))
+
+        # Small delay to avoid port conflicts
+        sleep 2
+    done
+
+    echo "[GPU $gpu] Worker finished: $pass_count passed, $fail_count failed" | tee -a "$log_file"
+    echo "$pass_count $fail_count" > "$RESULT_DIR/gpu_${gpu}.summary"
+}
+
+# Start time
+START_TIME=$(date +%s)
+echo "Starting parallel test at $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
+echo ""
+
+# Launch workers for each GPU in background
+PIDS=()
+for i in "${!GPU_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+    gpu=${GPU_ARRAY[$i]}
+    echo "Launching worker on GPU $gpu..."
+    run_gpu_worker $gpu $i &
+    PIDS+=($!)
+done
+
+echo ""
+echo "All workers launched. Waiting for completion..."
+echo "Monitor progress with: tail -f $RESULT_DIR/gpu_*.log"
+echo ""
+
+# Wait for all workers to complete
+for pid in "${PIDS[@]}"; do
+    wait $pid
+done
+
+# End time
+END_TIME=$(date +%s)
+DURATION=$((END_TIME - START_TIME))
+
+echo ""
+echo "============================================================"
+echo "FINAL RESULTS"
+echo "============================================================"
+
+# Aggregate results
+TOTAL_PASS=0
+TOTAL_FAIL=0
+
+for gpu in "${GPU_ARRAY[@]}"; do
+    if [ -f "$RESULT_DIR/gpu_${gpu}.summary" ]; then
+        read pass fail < "$RESULT_DIR/gpu_${gpu}.summary"
+        TOTAL_PASS=$((TOTAL_PASS + pass))
+        TOTAL_FAIL=$((TOTAL_FAIL + fail))
+        echo "GPU $gpu: $pass passed, $fail failed"
+    fi
+done
+
+TOTAL_TESTED=$((TOTAL_PASS + TOTAL_FAIL))
+if [ $TOTAL_TESTED -gt 0 ]; then
+    ACCURACY=$(echo "scale=1; $TOTAL_PASS * 100 / $TOTAL_TESTED" | bc)
+else
+    ACCURACY="0.0"
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "Total: $TOTAL_PASS/$TOTAL_TESTED passed ($ACCURACY%)"
+echo "Duration: ${DURATION}s ($(echo "scale=1; $DURATION / 60" | bc) minutes)"
+echo "Throughput: $(echo "scale=2; $TOTAL_TESTED * 60 / $DURATION" | bc) samples/min"
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+# Save detailed results
+{
+    echo "RULER NIAH Parallel Test Results"
+    echo "================================"
+    echo "Date: $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
+    echo "GPUs: $GPUS"
+    echo "Total samples: $TOTAL_TESTED"
+    echo "Passed: $TOTAL_PASS"
+    echo "Failed: $TOTAL_FAIL"
+    echo "Accuracy: $ACCURACY%"
+    echo "Duration: ${DURATION}s"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Per-sample results:"
+    for i in $(seq 0 $((TOTAL_SAMPLES - 1))); do
+        if [ -f "$RESULT_DIR/sample_${i}.result" ]; then
+            result=$(cat "$RESULT_DIR/sample_${i}.result")
+            echo "Sample $i: $result"
+        fi
+    done
+} > "$OUTPUT_LOG"
+
+echo ""
+echo "Detailed results saved to: $OUTPUT_LOG"
+
+# Cleanup
+# rm -rf "$RESULT_DIR"
+
+# Exit with appropriate code
+if [ $TOTAL_FAIL -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo ""
+    echo "test_ruler_niah.sh: ALL PASSED"
+    exit 0
+else
+    echo ""
+    echo "test_ruler_niah.sh: $TOTAL_FAIL FAILED"
+    exit 1
+fi