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Runtime knobs (ctx/util/seqs/async/APC/drafter block) + mamba prefix-hit seed fix (vllm#55600), README on the single-Spark memory budget - #4

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Companion to #3. Defaults stay exactly as shipped (262144 / 0.90 / max-num-seqs 4 / async default / prefix caching on / drafter block 64 / indexer workspace stock); the only behaviour change is the mamba seed fix, which is on by default because without it any prefix-cache hit of ≥ 8 mamba blocks kills the engine (Xid 31) and shorter hits silently restore the wrong KDA state — upstream bug filed as vllm-project/vllm#55600 with PR vllm-project/vllm#55601.

What the PR adds:

  • scripts/serve-one-spark.sh: ONE_SPARK_CTX, ONE_SPARK_UTIL, ONE_SPARK_SEQS, ONE_SPARK_MNBT, ONE_SPARK_ASYNC=0|1, ONE_SPARK_APC=0|1, ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK=N, ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=1 (fail-closed sed at container start; documented inline).
  • start.sh: passes those and GLM53_INDEXER_WORKSPACE into the container. ONE_SPARK_CTX/UTIL/SEQS were referenced in the serve script but never reached the container, so they were effectively hard-coded.
  • README.md: a section on the single-Spark memory budget (why 0.90 starves the host on unified memory), where the 16 GiB of KV at 262k actually goes (drafter padding, 13 GiB), the measured-safe configuration at 0.80 (262k at 2.6×, 524k at 1.7×, ~20 GB host headroom, decode/prefill unchanged), and the prefix-hit fix.

Measured on one Spark with the general23 image: 3-hour soak at 524k with prefix hits on every turn, 133/133 OK, zero faults; multi-needle 5/5 at 100k/250k/350k/450k; GSM8K/HumanEval against the full model via OpenRouter in #3.

If you'd rather carry the two seds as overlay patches (overlay/patch_glm5_drafter_group.py already owns the compact_block line), happy to rework — I kept them as start-time seds so the pinned GHCR image works without a rebuild.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable runtime settings for context length, GPU memory usage, batching, scheduling, prefix caching, and workspace sizing.
    • Added optional controls for draft-block sizing and asynchronous execution.
    • Added a startup safeguard that detects when the prefix-cache compatibility fix cannot be applied.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed crashes affecting larger prefix-cache hits.
    • Improved warm-request performance and consistency for long-context workloads.
  • Documentation

    • Added guidance for safer memory settings, long-context serving, runtime configuration, and a measured example launch command.

…for single-Spark serving

- scripts/serve-one-spark.sh: ONE_SPARK_CTX/UTIL/SEQS/MNBT (defaults unchanged: 262144 / 0.90 / 4 / 7168),
  ONE_SPARK_ASYNC=0|1, ONE_SPARK_APC=0|1, ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK=N (drafter compact block in the padded
  slot-share path; 1024 measured lossless, cuts the drafter's KV reservation from 145-257 blocks to ~10),
  ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=1 (default on, fail-closed): one-line patch for vllm-project/vllm#55600 -
  prefix-cache hits of >= 8 mamba blocks read past the block-table row (Xid 31) and shorter hits restore
  the wrong KDA state, because add_request seeds the state index with cache_config.block_size after
  EngineCore lowered it to the drafter's block size.
- start.sh: pass the knobs and GLM53_INDEXER_WORKSPACE into the container (ONE_SPARK_CTX/UTIL/SEQS were
  documented but never reached the container).
- README: single-Spark memory budget (0.90 starves the host on GB10), where the KV goes at 262k, the
  measured-safe configuration (0.80 with 262k/524k), and the prefix-hit fix. Numbers in issue gitcommit90#3.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The launch scripts now expose Single-Spark runtime settings for memory, context length, batching, scheduling, prefix caching, draft blocks, and the Mamba seed fix. The README documents measured memory behavior, cache failures, and a safe launch configuration.

Changes

Single-Spark runtime controls

Layer / File(s) Summary
Container environment configuration
start.sh
Passes configurable GLM53_INDEXER_WORKSPACE and ONE_SPARK_* variables into the container.
Serve runtime and source patches
scripts/serve-one-spark.sh
Maps environment variables to vLLM flags, optionally changes draft block sizing, and applies a validated Mamba seed patch.
Single-Spark operating guidance
README.md
Documents memory limits, KV usage, prefix-cache behavior, runtime settings, and a safe launch example.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to b3589

The new runtime controls can start serving with unsafe cache or memory behavior when settings are invalid or source patches no longer match. Startup should reject these conditions before merge to avoid incorrect responses, engine crashes, or hangs.

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  participant start.sh
  participant serve-one-spark.sh
  participant vLLM
  start.sh->>serve-one-spark.sh: Pass ONE_SPARK_* and GLM53_INDEXER_WORKSPACE
  serve-one-spark.sh->>serve-one-spark.sh: Apply optional source patches
  serve-one-spark.sh->>vLLM: Launch with configured runtime flags
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In `@scripts/serve-one-spark.sh`:
- Line 32: Validate ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX in the startup logic to accept only
0 or 1, and reject value 0 when ONE_SPARK_APC is enabled. Ensure invalid
combinations terminate before serving begins, while preserving the default value
of 1 and valid behavior for APC-disabled configurations.
- Around line 29-30: Update the drafter patch block around the sed and grep
commands to validate that both substitutions matched at least one site before
starting vLLM. Fail immediately with a nonzero status when either the
compact_block or block_size replacement count is zero, while preserving the
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sed -i "s/compact_block = 64$/compact_block = ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}/; s/s.block_size != 64 or s.page_size_padded != mla_page/s.block_size != ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK} or s.page_size_padded != mla_page/" "$KVU"
echo "[one-spark] drafter block patch: $(grep -c "compact_block = ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU") + $(grep -c "block_size != ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU") sites"

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#!/bin/bash
set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- scripts/serve-one-spark.sh ---'
cat -n scripts/serve-one-spark.sh | sed -n '1,110p'
printf '%s\n' '--- references to ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK and KVU ---'
rg -n -C 3 'ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK|KVU|drafter block patch|vllm' scripts/serve-one-spark.sh

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Fail closed when the drafter patch is incomplete.

set -euo pipefail already stops the script when sed cannot open KVU. However, sed returns success when either substitution matches zero lines. The echo command then prints the counts, and exec vllm serve still runs with the unchanged 64-token layout.

Require both patch sites before startup.

Proposed validation
+if ! sed -i "..." "$KVU"; then
+  echo "[one-spark] FATAL: drafter block patch failed" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+compact_sites=$(grep -Fc "compact_block = ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU" || true)
+guard_sites=$(grep -Fc "s.block_size != ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU" || true)
+if [ "$compact_sites" -eq 0 ] || [ "$guard_sites" -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "[one-spark] FATAL: drafter block patch did not apply" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
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In `@scripts/serve-one-spark.sh` around lines 29 - 30, Update the drafter patch
block around the sed and grep commands to validate that both substitutions
matched at least one site before starting vLLM. Fail immediately with a nonzero
status when either the compact_block or block_size replacement count is zero,
while preserving the existing successful count output and exec vllm serve flow.

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sed -i "s/compact_block = 64$/compact_block = ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}/; s/s.block_size != 64 or s.page_size_padded != mla_page/s.block_size != ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK} or s.page_size_padded != mla_page/" "$KVU"
echo "[one-spark] drafter block patch: $(grep -c "compact_block = ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU") + $(grep -c "block_size != ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU") sites"
fi
if [ "${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}" = "1" ]; then

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- scripts/serve-one-spark.sh (numbered) ---'
cat -n scripts/serve-one-spark.sh
printf '%s\n' '--- references to the settings ---'
rg -n -C 3 'ONE_SPARK_(MAMBA_SEED_FIX|APC)|MAMBA_SEED_FIX|prefix.cache|block.table|KDA' --glob '!node_modules' --glob '!build' --glob '!dist' .

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- script metadata and relevant definitions ---'
wc -l scripts/serve-one-spark.sh
sed -n '1,90p' scripts/serve-one-spark.sh
printf '%s\n' '--- callers and documentation ---'
rg -n -C 4 'serve-one-spark|ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX|ONE_SPARK_APC' --glob '!node_modules' --glob '!build' --glob '!dist' .

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- exact startup branch matrix for the reviewed conditions ---'
for pair in '1 1' '0 0' '0 1' '2 1'; do
  read -r mamba apc <<EOF
$pair
EOF
  if [ "$mamba" = "1" ]; then
    mamba_branch=apply_fix
  else
    mamba_branch=skip_fix
  fi
  case "$apc" in
    0) apc_flag=disable_apc ;;
    *) apc_flag=enable_apc ;;
  esac
  printf 'ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=%s ONE_SPARK_APC=%s -> %s, %s\n' \
    "$mamba" "$apc" "$mamba_branch" "$apc_flag"
done
printf '%s\n' '--- README safety statements ---'
sed -n '69,90p' README.md

Repository: gitcommit90/glm-5.3-one-spark

Length of output: 2178


Reject invalid Mamba-fix settings.

ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=2 skips the fix while ONE_SPARK_APC=1 enables prefix caching. This can cause the documented Mamba block-table fault or incorrect KDA state restoration.

Accept only 0 and 1. Reject 0 unless APC is disabled.

Proposed validation
+MAMBA_SEED_FIX="${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}"
+case "$MAMBA_SEED_FIX" in
+  1) ;;
+  0)
+    if [ "${ONE_SPARK_APC:-1}" != "0" ]; then
+      echo "[one-spark] FATAL: MAMBA_SEED_FIX=0 requires APC=0" >&2
+      exit 97
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "[one-spark] FATAL: ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX must be 0 or 1" >&2
+    exit 97
+    ;;
+esac
-if [ "${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}" = "1" ]; then
+if [ "$MAMBA_SEED_FIX" = "1" ]; then
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if [ "${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}" = "1" ]; then
MAMBA_SEED_FIX="${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}"
case "$MAMBA_SEED_FIX" in
1) ;;
0)
if [ "${ONE_SPARK_APC:-1}" != "0" ]; then
echo "[one-spark] FATAL: MAMBA_SEED_FIX=0 requires APC=0" >&2
exit 97
fi
;;
*)
echo "[one-spark] FATAL: ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX must be 0 or 1" >&2
exit 97
;;
esac
if [ "$MAMBA_SEED_FIX" = "1" ]; then
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In `@scripts/serve-one-spark.sh` at line 32, Validate ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX in
the startup logic to accept only 0 or 1, and reject value 0 when ONE_SPARK_APC
is enabled. Ensure invalid combinations terminate before serving begins, while
preserving the default value of 1 and valid behavior for APC-disabled
configurations.

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