[Core] add stage:// storage protocol for shared-storage models - #788
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The model agent never evicts: a model is removed only when its CR goes away or when a selector change makes the node ineligible. A full models root therefore surfaces as failed downloads that only an operator can clear, and only the HuggingFace path checks free space before writing. Publishing free space is what makes that visible before it happens, and gives a console something to warn on before it asks a node to hold another copy. The gauge is sampled once synchronously in NewMetrics and then on the existing 15s loop; without the synchronous sample, everything between startup and the first tick reads zero, which looks exactly like a full disk. A models root that cannot be stat-ed reports zero rather than taking the agent down: zero is the safe side of an alert. AvailableDiskSpace is exported from hfutil/hub so callers can report free space rather than only assert against it, instead of duplicating the platform-specific statfs code. Signed-off-by: weetime <8436592+weetime@users.noreply.github.com>
stage:// is a source-to-destination protocol backed by a local copy: it takes a directory that is already mounted on the node and puts a copy on the node's local disk, so inference reads local disk instead of the share on every pod start. It fills the gap left by local://, which validates that a path exists and then serves it in place. When that path is a shared mount, every pod start and every replica reads the whole model over the network again. Mounting the share stays the node's job (fstab, autofs, an NFS PV), so this package implements no network protocol and treats NFS, CephFS, Lustre and plain local disks identically. Two invariants: 1. Publication is atomic. The copy lands in a staging directory beside the destination, gets a .ome-stage-complete marker, and is renamed into place. The agent decides a model is present by stat-ing its path, so a directory left behind by an interrupted copy would be indistinguishable from a finished one and would be served as truncated weights. The marker also backs ReuseIfExists and post-restart revalidation. 2. Source roots are an allowlist. stage:// lets the author of a model name any path the agent can read, and whatever is staged is then mounted into inference pods, so an unrestricted form would be an information-disclosure primitive - more so for cluster-scoped models. ResolveSource resolves symlinks before checking containment, and compares per path segment, because a string prefix would let a root of /mnt/nfs authorize /mnt/nfs-evil. With no roots configured, staging is refused outright. Signed-off-by: weetime <8436592+weetime@users.noreply.github.com>
The gopher gains a stage:// branch: downloading copies the source
directory to spec.storage.path, deleting removes only the node-local
copy. Deletion follows oci:// rather than local://, which deletes
nothing - the shared source is never ours to remove.
Four decisions worth flagging:
1. spec.storage.path is required for stage://. getDestPath falls back to
modelRootDir + storageUri when it is empty, which for stage:// would
build a directory named after the URI. Refusing is better than
letting that succeed.
2. Admission rejects the same mistakes - a missing path, a relative
path, and a destination inside the source - so they surface on
kubectl apply instead of leaving the model in In_Transit with the
reason buried in agent logs.
3. Free space is checked before copying, reusing hub.CheckDiskSpace from
the HuggingFace path. An already-staged model that is not marked
AlwaysDownload skips the check, which also skips a full walk of the
source.
4. Staging gets its own concurrency limit instead of reusing
--concurrency. It is bounded by the share's egress rather than by
this node, and N nodes each running the download concurrency would
converge on one server.
DownloadPolicy keeps its existing meaning: AlwaysDownload forces a fresh
copy, ReuseIfExists (the default) trusts the completion marker.
The chart gains modelAgent.stage.{sourceRoots,concurrency} and emits no
stage arguments at all when sourceRoots is empty, so upgrading without
opting in changes nothing.
Signed-off-by: weetime <8436592+weetime@users.noreply.github.com>
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe PR adds the Changesstage:// storage flow
Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The new stage:// flow can publish relative symlinks that resolve incorrectly after copying, leaving missing or wrong model files for inference. Merge should wait for symlink handling and a regression test; cleanup and capacity-reporting edge cases also require owner awareness. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant ModelAgent
participant SourceResolver
participant StageRunner
participant NodeLocalDisk
ModelAgent->>SourceResolver: resolve configured stage source
SourceResolver-->>ModelAgent: validated source directory
ModelAgent->>StageRunner: stage model to destination
StageRunner->>NodeLocalDisk: atomically publish completed copy
NodeLocalDisk-->>ModelAgent: staging result
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In `@pkg/hfutil/hub/utils.go`:
- Around line 416-417: Update the Windows implementation used by
AvailableDiskSpace, specifically getAvailableDiskSpaceWindowsGeneric, to query
the filesystem’s actual free space through a Windows disk-space API instead of
probing sparse-file offsets. Preserve the existing non-Windows behavior and add
a Windows regression test verifying the result is not an artificial probe-size
limit.
In `@pkg/modelagent/gopher_stage.go`:
- Around line 89-99: Update the staging flow around the method invoking
stage.Run so the active copy and subsequent publication honor ctx cancellation,
and coordinate the Delete path with that operation instead of allowing deletion
to race with a continuing copy. Ensure cancellation prevents destPath from being
recreated after deletion, and add a regression test that starts staging,
requests deletion, waits for the staging goroutine to settle, and verifies the
destination does not exist.
- Around line 39-44: Restrict stage:// storage paths to the dedicated staging
root in both ValidateStageStorage and stageDestPath. Resolve the destination and
controlled root through symlinks before verifying containment, reject paths
outside the root, and ensure deleteModel can only remove paths that pass this
validation. Add coverage for an outside-root destination.
In `@pkg/modelagent/metrics_disk_test.go`:
- Around line 25-28: Update the disk-space error test around NewMetrics to
create a regular file within t.TempDir(), then pass that file path as
modelsRootDir instead of using a potentially creatable absolute path. Keep the
assertions unchanged and ensure the temporary resource is managed by the test
framework.
In `@pkg/modelagent/stage/stage_test.go`:
- Around line 159-174: Update TestRunLeavesNoDestinationWhenCopyFails to skip
immediately when the effective user ID is 0, before creating the unreadable
file, while preserving the existing assertions for non-root execution.
In `@pkg/modelagent/stage/stage.go`:
- Around line 82-85: Set the staging directory created by MkdirTemp to explicit
0755 permissions before it is published by the rename flow, preserving the
existing error handling and ensuring the published destPath is traversable by
other UIDs.
- Around line 230-237: Update the symlink handling in copyTree to resolve each
link target relative to the source path, verify the resolved target is contained
within the allowed source root using contains, and reject or skip links that
escape before creating the destination symlink. Preserve verbatim copying for
relative links whose resolved targets remain in-tree.
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| func AvailableDiskSpace(dir string) (int64, error) { | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Use a Windows filesystem free-space API for this metric.
AvailableDiskSpace dispatches to getAvailableDiskSpaceWindowsGeneric on Windows. That implementation probes sparse-file offsets, so a one-byte write near 1 TB can succeed on a nearly full volume. The new gauge can then report up to 1 TB free when staging will fail for insufficient disk space.
Replace the sparse-file estimate with a Windows disk-space query. Add a Windows regression test that fails when the reported value is an artificial probe limit.
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In `@pkg/hfutil/hub/utils.go` around lines 416 - 417, Update the Windows
implementation used by AvailableDiskSpace, specifically
getAvailableDiskSpaceWindowsGeneric, to query the filesystem’s actual free space
through a Windows disk-space API instead of probing sparse-file offsets.
Preserve the existing non-Windows behavior and add a Windows regression test
verifying the result is not an artificial probe-size limit.
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Not changing this here. getAvailableDiskSpaceWindowsGeneric and its sparse-file probe predate this PR; the only change to this file is exporting a wrapper so the model agent can report free space instead of only asserting against it. Rewriting the Windows path is a separate fix, and I would rather not fold an untested platform change into a storage-protocol PR. Happy to open a follow-up issue for it.
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@weetime, the Windows behavior predates this PR, but AvailableDiskSpace makes the inaccurate value observable through the new free-space metric. The concern remains valid.
A separate follow-up is reasonable to avoid an untested Windows-specific change in this PR. Would you like me to open a GitHub issue for the Windows filesystem free-space API change?
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| s.logger.Infof("Staging model %s from %s to %s", modelInfo, components.SourcePath, destPath) | ||
| result, err := stage.Run(components.SourcePath, destPath, stage.Options{ | ||
| SourceRoots: s.stageConfig.SourceRoots, | ||
| AlwaysCopy: alwaysCopy, | ||
| }) | ||
| if err != nil { | ||
| s.logger.Errorf("Failed to stage model %s: %v", modelInfo, err) | ||
| s.metrics.RecordFailedDownload(modelType, namespace, name, "stage_failed") | ||
| s.markModelOnNodeFailed(task) | ||
| return err | ||
| } |
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Propagate cancellation through the staging copy.
ctx controls only acquireStageSlot. stage.Run has no cancellation input. The Delete path cancels the active download, waits two seconds, and deletes destPath in pkg/modelagent/gopher.go Lines 599-678. A long copy therefore continues after deletion. Its atomic publish can recreate destPath after the model is marked Deleted.
Make the copy and publication cancelable. Coordinate deletion with the active staging operation. Add a regression test that starts staging, requests deletion, then verifies that no staged destination exists after the copy goroutine settles. As per coding guidelines, bug fixes need a test that fails without the fix.
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In `@pkg/modelagent/gopher_stage.go` around lines 89 - 99, Update the staging flow
around the method invoking stage.Run so the active copy and subsequent
publication honor ctx cancellation, and coordinate the Delete path with that
operation instead of allowing deletion to race with a continuing copy. Ensure
cancellation prevents destPath from being recreated after deletion, and add a
regression test that starts staging, requests deletion, waits for the staging
goroutine to settle, and verifies the destination does not exist.
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Partly fixed in bcc5d78. Run now takes a context, aborts between entries, and re-checks before the rename, so a cancelled task cannot publish.
On the delete race specifically: processTask already re-checks shouldSkipStaleDownloadTask after the storage switch and runs delete cleanup when the model is deleting, so a resurrected destination gets removed. The context check closes the window earlier instead of relying on that.
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@weetime, the implementation now addresses the functional race.
processTask registers the download context. Delete cancels that context. processStageStorageModel passes it to stage.Run. stage.Run checks cancellation during traversal and before publication. If cancellation occurs after that final check but before os.Rename, the post-download shouldSkipStaleDownloadTask check runs Delete cleanup instead of marking the model Ready.
The remaining gap is regression coverage. TestRunStopsOnCancelledContext cancels the context before Run starts. It does not start a staging operation, request deletion while staging is active, wait for completion, and verify that destPath does not exist. Please add that test to fully close this finding.
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Three issues from review, all reachable in normal use: 1. MkdirTemp creates 0700, and that directory becomes the published model after the rename. A runtime that drops privileges could not traverse it. This did not surface in cluster testing because the engine happened to run as root. The staging directory is now chmod'ed to 0755. 2. Symlinks were staged verbatim on the reasoning that following them could pull in data from outside the source roots. Copying them has the same effect one step later: the staged tree is mounted into inference pods, which can then follow a link the allowlist exists to deny. Link targets are now resolved lexically — a dangling link has to be judged too — and held to the same roots as the source. Relative links that stay in-tree, as hub-style snapshots use, still copy unchanged. 3. Run took no context, so a copy that may run for minutes could not be abandoned. It now aborts between entries and re-checks before the rename, so a cancelled task cannot publish — and therefore cannot resurrect a model that was deleted while it copied. Two tests were fragile rather than wrong, and are fixed alongside: the free-space test used an absent path that EnsureDir would happily create when running as root, and the copy-failure test relied on mode bits that root ignores. Signed-off-by: weetime <8436592+weetime@users.noreply.github.com>
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In `@pkg/modelagent/stage/stage.go`:
- Around line 280-288: Update the symlink handling around resolvedTarget and
os.Symlink so source-external relative targets are not recreated unchanged in
the staged layout: either remap/materialize the target inside the staged tree or
reject it. Preserve valid in-tree symlinks, and add a regression test covering a
snapshot-to-blobs link whose staged target resolves within the published model
and remains readable.
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| resolvedTarget := linkTarget | ||
| if !filepath.IsAbs(resolvedTarget) { | ||
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift
Do not publish source-external relative symlinks unchanged.
A relative link is validated in the source layout, then recreated in the destination layout. For example, a source at /share/repo/snapshot with ../blobs/sha is accepted when /share is a source root. After staging to /models/foo, that link resolves to /models/blobs/sha, not /share/repo/blobs/sha. The target is not copied, so inference reads a dangling or wrong file.
Materialize or remap source-external link targets into the staged tree. Otherwise, reject them. Add a regression test with a snapshot-to-blobs link and verify that its staged target resolves inside the published model and is readable.
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In `@pkg/modelagent/stage/stage.go` around lines 280 - 288, Update the symlink
handling around resolvedTarget and os.Symlink so source-external relative
targets are not recreated unchanged in the staged layout: either
remap/materialize the target inside the staged tree or reject it. Preserve valid
in-tree symlinks, and add a regression test covering a snapshot-to-blobs link
whose staged target resolves within the published model and remains readable.
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What this PR does
Adds a
stage://storage protocol. The model agent copies a model from an already-mounted source directory onto the node's local disk, and inference then loads the weights from local disk:The source is a filesystem path, not a network address — mounting the underlying share stays the node's job (fstab, autofs, an NFS PV). No network-protocol code is added, so NFS, CephFS, Lustre, GPFS and plain local disks are all handled identically.
Three things are worth a reviewer's attention:
1. This is a model-agent-only change. Serving reads only
spec.storage.path— the volume, the mount path andMODEL_PATHall derive from it — and never looks atstorageUri. The controller, pod construction and existing webhook behaviour are untouched.2. Atomic publication is required, not a nicety. The agent decides a model is present by stat-ing its path, so a directory left behind by an interrupted copy would be indistinguishable from a complete one and would be served as truncated weights. The copy lands in a staging directory beside the destination, gets a
.ome-stage-completemarker, and is renamed into place. The marker also backsReuseIfExistsand post-restart revalidation.3. Source roots are an allowlist, and staging is off by default.
stage://lets the author of a (cluster-scoped) model name any path the agent can read, and whatever is staged is then mounted into inference pods.ResolveSourceresolves symlinks before checking containment, and compares per path segment — a string prefix would let a root of/mnt/nfsauthorize/mnt/nfs-evil. With no--stage-source-rootsconfigured, staging is refused outright, and the chart emits no stage arguments at all, so upgrading without opting in changes nothing.Also included:
spec.storage.pathis required forstage://, and admission rejects a missing path, a relative path, and a destination inside the source.getDestPathfalls back tomodelRootDir + storageUriwhenpathis empty, which forstage://would build a directory named after the URI; refusing is better than letting that succeed, and rejecting at admission keeps the model out of a silentIn_Transit.hub.CheckDiskSpace. An already-staged model that is notAlwaysDownloadskips the check, which also skips a full walk of the source.--concurrency: it is bounded by the share's egress, not by the node, and N nodes each running the download concurrency would converge on one server.model_agent_models_root_free_bytesgauge. There is no eviction anywhere in the agent — a model is removed only when its CR goes away or a selector change makes the node ineligible — so a full models root becomes failed downloads that only an operator can clear. Publishing free space is what makes that visible before it happens.AvailableDiskSpaceis exported fromhfutil/hubrather than duplicating the platform-specific statfs code.DownloadPolicykeeps its existing meaning:AlwaysDownloadforces a fresh copy,ReuseIfExists(the default) trusts the completion marker.Why we need it
Today a model on shared storage has to be registered as
local://, andlocal://is served in place —processLocalStorageModelvalidates the path and parses the config, but deliberately performs no copy. The pod mounts that path as ahostPath, so the weights are read over the network on every pod start, multiplied by every replica and paid again after a reboot or eviction.oci://andhf://already have the shape that avoids this — source distinct from destination, agent lands the model on local disk — but they require the weights to live in object storage. Users whose models sit on an NFS export have no way to get that behaviour without standing up an object store and importing everything into it.stage://fills that gap by reusing the existing source-to-destination machinery with a local copy in place of a download.Fixes #780
How to test
Unit tests (39 added, all written before the implementation): URI parsing, allowlist containment including symlink-escape and sibling-prefix cases, atomic publication, reuse and re-stage semantics, destination-inside-source, disk sizing, admission validation, and the free-space gauge.
On a cluster (2-node, v1.29, V100, vLLM 0.8.5), source on a read-only NFS mount, destination on node-local ext4:
Ready; marker written; no staging directory left behindInferenceServiceon the staged model started withmodel='/mnt/local-models/...'and served a real chat completion — weights loaded from local disk, not the sharestage://outside the configured roots →Failedspec.storage.nodeSelectorhonoured: the excluded node logged the CR event but did not stage or labelpvc://andlocal://validation unchangedWhat was not verified, and matters:
stage://as a default recommendation on this evidence; the copy cost is certain, the saving is not.Known limitations
.git. A model directory cloned from a hub carries a.gitthat can be a large fraction of the total. An exclusion list is probably worth adding, but I left it out of this PR to keep the change focused.READY=false— that is [BUG] model-agent never becomes ready when the models root is mounted read-only #787, a separate pre-existing bug where the readiness check requires write access to the models root. It does not affect staging itself, but it does stall DaemonSet rolling updates.Checklist
site/if you want this documented before mergemake testpasses locally — full suite green (cmd, pkg, internal),make manifestsleaves no drift