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Summary

  • Return early for exact built-in scalar types when collecting CUDA tensors for NCCL-window scopes, avoiding repeated visited-set and dataclass inspection.
  • Preserve recursive tensor/container traversal and dataclass subclasses of scalar types, including tensor-bearing subclasses.
  • Leave scope entry, exit, output transfer, and failure handling unchanged.
  • Add regression coverage to the existing CPU test module, already included in l0_cpu.yml.

Validation

Previously recorded validation at base revision 2d1a7d170eb808bbe0e1203aa9d34dea702d52c5:

  • 51 CPU NCCL-window graph/scope cases passed, including scalar fast-path and scalar-subclass regression coverage.
  • Six interleaved runs on the same B200, alternating baseline/candidate in a single allocation; same source, image, installed build, and harness, with only the scope-collection module changed between arms. All six cases passed without skips.
  • Workload: GPT-OSS-20B FP4, PyTorch backend, maximum batch size 512, maximum tokens 2048, input/output lengths 512/512.
Arm Total token throughput (tokens/s), three runs Median
Baseline 52772.8510 / 53860.5924 / 53989.2027 53860.5924
Candidate 66276.1062 / 65587.4942 / 64966.4108 65587.4942

Median improvement: approximately 21.77% for this configuration and revision. This does not establish a general speedup or resolve the cause of a historical regression. This PR is an independent optimization, not a claim to fix a historical bug.

Publication checks: Ruff lint and format checks and Python syntax compilation passed for both changed files. The official confidentiality scanner checked the outgoing change and final PR text. The CPU/GPU tests above are previously recorded results for this exact patch and base revision; they were not rerun during publication, and validation has not been rerun against newer main.

Dev Engineer Review

The source change adds an exact-type fast path for built-in scalar values in _cuda_tensors. This avoids further tensor, container, and dataclass inspection for those values. The reported regression test preserves traversal for a dataclass-decorated int subclass that contains a CUDA tensor.

No API changes or broader scope changes are reported. Review finding counts and test execution results are unavailable from the supplied evidence.

QA Engineer Review

tests/unittest/_torch/test_nccl_window_graph.py changed. The reported tests cover built-in scalar leaves and a tensor-bearing scalar subclass. The test file is listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml; no manual-QA list entry is indicated. Coverage verdict: sufficient for the described scalar fast path and subclass regression.

Per-File QA Perspective

  • tensorrt_llm/_torch/nccl_window_tensor_scope.py: Verify that exact built-in scalar values exit before traversal, while scalar subclasses still follow existing collection behavior.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/test_nccl_window_graph.py: The reported tests cover scalar leaves and a tensor-bearing scalar subclass. The file is listed in the CPU CI test list, tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/l0_cpu.yml.

Signed-off-by: Fredric Zhu <226039983+fredricz-20070104@users.noreply.github.com>
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Minor Handle unhashable class objects.

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- Line 51: Update the scalar check using _SCALAR_TYPES so it handles an
unhashable type(value) without raising TypeError, while preserving scalar
recognition; add a regression case covering a dataclass instance whose metaclass
defines __eq__ without __hash__.
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_cuda_tensors now returns early for values whose exact type is a built-in scalar type. Tests cover scalar leaves and a dataclass subclass of int that contains a CUDA tensor.

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CUDA Tensor Traversal

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Scalar check and traversal tests
tensorrt_llm/_torch/nccl_window_tensor_scope.py, tests/unittest/_torch/test_nccl_window_graph.py
_cuda_tensors skips values whose exact type is in _SCALAR_TYPES. Tests verify scalar values are not inspected as dataclasses and that an int subclass decorated as a dataclass is traversed.

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Change: Refactor

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Merge Risk: Low · up to 53d51

A narrow valid-object edge case can break scope input or output handling; fix it before merging.

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tensors: list[torch.Tensor],
visited: set[int] | None = None,
) -> None:
if type(value) in _SCALAR_TYPES:

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Minor · Stability & Availability · Quick win

Handle unhashable class objects.

If a dataclass instance has a metaclass that defines __eq__ without __hash__, type(value) is unhashable. This lookup raises TypeError before traversal; scope entry or output escape can fail. Python permits such metaclasses. (docs.python.org)

Use an identity-based scalar check or guard the set lookup. Add a regression case with an unhashable metaclass to test_nccl_window_graph.py.

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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/_torch/nccl_window_tensor_scope.py at line 51:
Update the scalar check using _SCALAR_TYPES so it handles an unhashable
type(value) without raising TypeError, while preserving scalar recognition; add
a regression case covering a dataclass instance whose metaclass defines __eq__
without __hash__.

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