In offload mode, GQA expansion buffers (_k_expanded, _v_expanded) are not needed since compute_chunked_prefill() handles GQA inline. Previously, these buffers were always allocated based on max_model_len, causing OOM on 24GB GPUs (e.g., RTX 3090) when max_model_len=1M (16GB buffer). Changes: - Add enable_cpu_offload parameter to alloc_policy_metadata() in base class - Skip GQA buffer allocation when enable_cpu_offload=True in XAttentionBSAPolicy - Pass enable_cpu_offload from model_runner to policy Memory savings: ~16GB for 1M seq, ~1.1GB for 72K seq Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Issue: XAttention Offload Mode GQA Buffer OOM
问题描述
在使用 XAttention BSA (Block Sparse Attention) + CPU Offload 模式运行 GLM-4-9B 等大模型时,出现 CUDA OOM 错误。
错误信息
torch.OutOfMemoryError: CUDA out of memory. Tried to allocate 8.00 GiB.
GPU 0 has a total capacity of 23.57 GiB of which 4.19 GiB is free.
复现环境
| 项目 | 值 |
|---|---|
| 模型 | GLM-4-9B-Chat-1M |
| GPU | RTX 3090 (24GB) |
| Context Length | 32K |
| sparse_policy | XATTN_BSA |
| enable_cpu_offload | true |
| max_model_len | 1048576 (1M) |
错误位置
File "nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/xattn_bsa.py", line 246, in alloc_policy_metadata
self._k_expanded = torch.empty(shape, dtype=dtype, device=device)
问题分析
内存分配分析
alloc_policy_metadata() 在 KV cache 初始化时分配以下 buffer:
| Buffer | 用途 | 大小 (GLM-4, 1M seq) |
|---|---|---|
_prefill_mask_buffer |
BSA mask | ~32 MB |
_m_partial_buffer |
KV chunking m stats | ~32 MB |
_l_partial_buffer |
KV chunking l stats | ~32 MB |
_block_sums_buffer |
Block sums | ~64 MB |
_k_expanded |
GQA K 扩展 | ~8 GB |
_v_expanded |
GQA V 扩展 | ~8 GB |
GQA Buffer 计算
shape = (1, num_heads, max_seq_len, head_dim)
= (1, 32, 1048576, 128)
size = 1 × 32 × 1048576 × 128 × 2 bytes (fp16)
= 8,589,934,592 bytes
= 8 GB per buffer
根本原因
- 设计意图冲突:
_k_expanded和_v_expanded的文档注释明确说是 "for GPU-only mode" - 条件检查不完整:代码只检查了
num_heads == num_kv_heads来跳过分配,没有检查 offload 模式 - Offload 模式不需要这些 buffer:
compute_chunked_prefill()使用不同的计算路径,不依赖预分配的 GQA buffer
相关代码
# xattn_bsa.py:238-247
# Only allocate GQA expansion buffers if GQA (num_heads != num_kv_heads)
if num_heads == num_kv_heads:
logger.info(f"[XAttn] No GQA expansion needed (num_heads == num_kv_heads = {num_heads})")
return # <-- 只检查了 GQA,没检查 offload 模式
# Shape: [1, num_heads, max_seq_len, head_dim] for xattn_estimate format
shape = (1, num_heads, max_seq_len, head_dim)
self._k_expanded = torch.empty(shape, dtype=dtype, device=device) # <-- OOM here
self._v_expanded = torch.empty(shape, dtype=dtype, device=device)
解决思路
方案 1: 在 Offload 模式下跳过 GQA Buffer 分配 (推荐)
在 alloc_policy_metadata() 中添加 offload 模式检查:
def alloc_policy_metadata(
self,
num_heads: int,
num_kv_heads: int,
head_dim: int,
max_seq_len: int,
dtype: torch.dtype,
device: torch.device,
enable_cpu_offload: bool = False, # <-- 新增参数
) -> None:
# ... 分配 mask buffer 和 KV chunking buffers (offload 模式需要)
# Skip GQA buffers in offload mode
# Chunked prefill uses compute_chunked_prefill() which doesn't need these
if enable_cpu_offload:
logger.info("[XAttn] Offload mode: skipping GQA expansion buffers")
return
# GPU-only mode: pre-allocate GQA buffers for compute_prefill()
if num_heads == num_kv_heads:
logger.info(f"[XAttn] No GQA expansion needed")
return
shape = (1, num_heads, max_seq_len, head_dim)
self._k_expanded = torch.empty(shape, dtype=dtype, device=device)
self._v_expanded = torch.empty(shape, dtype=dtype, device=device)
需要修改的文件:
nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/xattn_bsa.py-alloc_policy_metadata()方法nanovllm/engine/model_runner.py- 调用alloc_policy_metadata()时传入enable_cpu_offload
方案 2: 延迟分配 (Lazy Allocation)
只在 compute_prefill() 首次调用时分配 GQA buffer,offload 模式走 compute_chunked_prefill() 不会触发分配。
def compute_prefill(self, ...):
# Lazy allocation on first use
if self._k_expanded is None and num_heads != num_kv_heads:
self._allocate_gqa_buffers(...)
...
方案 3: 基于 chunk_size 限制 buffer 大小
不预分配 max_seq_len 大小,而是只分配 chunk_size 大小:
# 原来: max_seq_len (1M tokens) -> 8 GB
# 修改后: chunk_size (16K tokens) -> ~130 MB
buffer_len = self.chunk_size if enable_cpu_offload else max_seq_len
shape = (1, num_heads, buffer_len, head_dim)
验证方法
修复后运行以下命令验证:
cd /home/zijie/Code/COMPASS
GPULIST=0 ./scripts/run_ruler.sh glm4-9b-xattn-nanovllm synthetic xattn --task niah_single_1
预期结果:
- 不再出现 8GB allocation 的 OOM 错误
- 模型正常加载并完成推理
相关文档
docs/xattn_bsa_policy_design.md- XAttention BSA Policy 设计文档docs/gpu_only_xattn_guide.md- GPU-Only XAttention 指南
优先级
High - 阻塞 9B+ 模型在 24GB 显存 GPU 上使用 XAttention + Offload 模式
修复状态
✅ 已修复 (2026-02-05)
修复内容
采用方案 1,在 offload 模式下跳过 GQA buffer 分配:
nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/policy.py: 基类添加enable_cpu_offload参数nanovllm/kvcache/sparse/xattn_bsa.py: 实现 offload 模式检查,跳过 GQA buffernanovllm/engine/model_runner.py: 传入enable_cpu_offload参数
验证结果
# 64K offload 测试
CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=/home/zijie/Code/nano-vllm:$PYTHONPATH \
python tests/test_ruler.py \
--model ~/models/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct \
--data-dir tests/data/ruler_64k \
--datasets niah_single_1 \
--num-samples 1 \
--max-model-len 72000 \
--enable-offload \
--sparse-policy XATTN_BSA
- ✅ 日志显示:
[XAttn] Offload mode: skipping GQA expansion buffers - ✅ 测试通过: 100% 准确率
- ✅ 内存节省: ~16 GB (for 1M max_seq_len)
内存对比
| 配置 | 修复前 | 修复后 |
|---|---|---|
| max_model_len=72K | +1.1 GB | 0 GB |
| max_model_len=1M | +16 GB | 0 GB |