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// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
//! Performance model for timing simulations in the mocker.
//!
//! This module provides two timing models:
//! 1. Polynomial: Hardcoded polynomial formulas (default, backward compatible)
//! 2. Interpolated: Grid-based interpolation from profiler data (loaded from NPZ files)
use anyhow::{Context, Result};
use ndarray::{Array1, Array2};
use ndarray_interp::InterpolateError;
use ndarray_interp::interp1d::{Interp1DBuilder, Linear};
use ndarray_interp::interp2d::{Bilinear, Interp2DBuilder};
use std::path::Path;
use std::sync::Arc;
/// Trait to abstract over 1D interpolation for prefill timing
pub trait PrefillInterpolator: Send + Sync {
fn interp(&self, x: f64) -> Result<f64, InterpolateError>;
}
/// Trait to abstract over 2D interpolation for decode timing
pub trait DecodeInterpolator: Send + Sync {
fn interp(&self, x: f64, y: f64) -> Result<f64, InterpolateError>;
}
/// Callback trait for direct AIC SDK calls.
/// Implementors call the Python AIC SDK via PyO3 GIL.
pub trait AicCallback: Send + Sync {
/// Predict prefill latency in ms.
/// Parameters: (batch_size, effective_isl, prefix)
fn predict_prefill(&self, batch_size: usize, effective_isl: usize, prefix: usize) -> f64;
/// Predict decode (generation) latency in ms.
/// Parameters: (batch_size, isl, osl)
fn predict_decode(&self, batch_size: usize, isl: usize, osl: usize) -> f64;
}
/// Wrapper to implement PrefillInterpolator for the concrete Interp1D type
struct PrefillInterp1D {
inner: ndarray_interp::interp1d::Interp1D<
ndarray::OwnedRepr<f64>,
ndarray::OwnedRepr<f64>,
ndarray::Ix1,
Linear,
>,
}
impl PrefillInterpolator for PrefillInterp1D {
fn interp(&self, x: f64) -> Result<f64, InterpolateError> {
self.inner.interp_scalar(x)
}
}
/// Wrapper to implement DecodeInterpolator for the concrete Interp2D type
struct DecodeInterp2D {
inner: ndarray_interp::interp2d::Interp2D<
ndarray::OwnedRepr<f64>,
ndarray::OwnedRepr<f64>,
ndarray::OwnedRepr<f64>,
ndarray::Ix2,
Bilinear,
>,
}
impl DecodeInterpolator for DecodeInterp2D {
fn interp(&self, x: f64, y: f64) -> Result<f64, InterpolateError> {
self.inner.interp_scalar(x, y)
}
}
/// Performance model for predicting prefill and decode timing
#[derive(Default)]
pub enum PerfModel {
/// Default polynomial-based model using hardcoded formulas
#[default]
Polynomial,
/// Interpolation-based model using profiler data
/// Decode axes: (active_kv_tokens, context_length)
Interpolated {
prefill_interp: Arc<dyn PrefillInterpolator>,
decode_interp: Arc<dyn DecodeInterpolator>,
},
/// AI Configurator SDK calls via Python callback.
/// Passes the reduced prefill inputs (batch_size, effective_isl, prefix).
///
/// `attention_dp_size` is the number of attention data-parallel ranks this
/// engine aggregates. The offline-replay aggregate engine holds the GLOBAL
/// batch across all ranks, but the AIC SDK expects a PER-RANK batch
/// (`global_bs = bs * attention_dp_size`), so the scheduled batch is divided
/// by this value before each perf query. It is 1 for the live path (which
/// replicates one scheduler per rank, so each already sees a per-rank batch)
/// and for non-DP configs — making the division a no-op there.
Aiconfigurator {
callback: Arc<dyn AicCallback>,
attention_dp_size: usize,
},
}
impl Clone for PerfModel {
fn clone(&self) -> Self {
match self {
PerfModel::Polynomial => PerfModel::Polynomial,
PerfModel::Interpolated {
prefill_interp,
decode_interp,
} => PerfModel::Interpolated {
prefill_interp: Arc::clone(prefill_interp),
decode_interp: Arc::clone(decode_interp),
},
PerfModel::Aiconfigurator {
callback,
attention_dp_size,
} => PerfModel::Aiconfigurator {
callback: Arc::clone(callback),
attention_dp_size: *attention_dp_size,
},
}
}
}
impl std::fmt::Debug for PerfModel {
fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
match self {
PerfModel::Polynomial => write!(f, "PerfModel::Polynomial"),
PerfModel::Interpolated { .. } => write!(f, "PerfModel::Interpolated {{ .. }}"),
PerfModel::Aiconfigurator { .. } => write!(f, "PerfModel::Aiconfigurator"),
}
}
}
impl PerfModel {
/// Load performance model from NPZ file
///
/// Expected arrays in NPZ file:
/// - prefill_isl: 1D array of input sequence lengths
/// - prefill_ttft_ms: 1D array of time to first token in milliseconds
/// - decode_active_kv_tokens: 1D array of active KV token counts
/// - decode_context_length: 1D array of context lengths
/// - decode_itl: 2D array of inter-token latencies in milliseconds
pub fn from_npz(path: &Path) -> Result<Self> {
use ndarray_npy::NpzReader;
use std::fs::File;
tracing::info!("Loading performance model from NPZ file: {:?}", path);
let file =
File::open(path).with_context(|| format!("Failed to open NPZ file: {:?}", path))?;
let mut npz = NpzReader::new(file)
.with_context(|| format!("Failed to create NPZ reader for: {:?}", path))?;
// Load prefill arrays
let prefill_isl: Array1<f64> = npz
.by_name("prefill_isl")
.with_context(|| "Failed to load prefill_isl from NPZ")?;
let prefill_ttft_ms: Array1<f64> = npz
.by_name("prefill_ttft_ms")
.with_context(|| "Failed to load prefill_ttft_ms from NPZ")?;
// Load decode arrays
let decode_active_kv_tokens: Array1<f64> = npz
.by_name("decode_active_kv_tokens")
.with_context(|| "Failed to load decode_active_kv_tokens from NPZ")?;
let decode_context_length: Array1<f64> = npz
.by_name("decode_context_length")
.with_context(|| "Failed to load decode_context_length from NPZ")?;
let decode_itl: Array2<f64> = npz
.by_name("decode_itl")
.with_context(|| "Failed to load decode_itl from NPZ")?;
// Validate dimensions
if prefill_isl.len() != prefill_ttft_ms.len() {
anyhow::bail!(
"Prefill array length mismatch: isl={}, ttft={}",
prefill_isl.len(),
prefill_ttft_ms.len()
);
}
if decode_itl.nrows() != decode_active_kv_tokens.len()
|| decode_itl.ncols() != decode_context_length.len()
{
anyhow::bail!(
"Decode array dimension mismatch: itl shape=({}, {}), active_kv={}, context={}",
decode_itl.nrows(),
decode_itl.ncols(),
decode_active_kv_tokens.len(),
decode_context_length.len()
);
}
tracing::info!(
"Loaded performance model: prefill_points={}, decode_grid={}x{}",
prefill_isl.len(),
decode_itl.nrows(),
decode_itl.ncols()
);
// Build interpolators once during loading
let prefill_interp = Interp1DBuilder::new(prefill_ttft_ms)
.x(prefill_isl)
.strategy(Linear::new().extrapolate(true))
.build()
.with_context(|| "Failed to build prefill interpolator")?;
let decode_interp = Interp2DBuilder::new(decode_itl)
.x(decode_active_kv_tokens)
.y(decode_context_length)
.strategy(Bilinear::new().extrapolate(true))
.build()
.with_context(|| "Failed to build decode interpolator")?;
Ok(PerfModel::Interpolated {
prefill_interp: Arc::new(PrefillInterp1D {
inner: prefill_interp,
}),
decode_interp: Arc::new(DecodeInterp2D {
inner: decode_interp,
}),
})
}
/// Create an Aiconfigurator perf model from a callback.
///
/// `attention_dp_size` defaults to 1, so the per-rank batch division is a
/// no-op. Use [`PerfModel::from_aic_callback_with_attention_dp`] from the
/// offline-replay aggregate path, which holds the global multi-rank batch.
pub fn from_aic_callback(callback: Arc<dyn AicCallback>) -> Self {
PerfModel::Aiconfigurator {
callback,
attention_dp_size: 1,
}
}
/// Like [`PerfModel::from_aic_callback`], but records the attention-DP degree
/// so the aggregated offline-replay engine queries the AIC SDK with the
/// per-rank batch (`scheduled_batch / attention_dp_size`) it expects. The
/// live path must NOT use this (it already replicates one scheduler per rank).
pub fn from_aic_callback_with_attention_dp(
callback: Arc<dyn AicCallback>,
attention_dp_size: usize,
) -> Self {
PerfModel::Aiconfigurator {
callback,
attention_dp_size: attention_dp_size.max(1),
}
}
/// Global batch -> per-rank batch for the AIC SDK; see the
/// `Aiconfigurator { attention_dp_size }` doc. `div_ceil` bounds the step by
/// the busiest rank, and dp == 1 (live / non-DP) is a no-op.
fn aic_per_rank_batch(batch_size: usize, attention_dp_size: usize) -> usize {
batch_size.div_ceil(attention_dp_size.max(1))
}
/// Predict prefill time in milliseconds.
///
/// Callers always pass all parameters; each variant uses what it needs:
/// - Polynomial/Interpolated: uses total new tokens across the batch
/// (`batch_size * (isl - prefix)`), modeling GPU processing total tokens in parallel
/// - Aiconfigurator: passes (batch_size, isl - prefix, prefix) to the AIC SDK
pub fn predict_prefill_time(&self, batch_size: usize, isl: usize, prefix: usize) -> f64 {
let new_tokens_per_req = isl.saturating_sub(prefix);
if batch_size == 0 || new_tokens_per_req == 0 {
return 0.0;
}
let time = match self {
PerfModel::Polynomial => {
// Total tokens across the batch — GPU processes them in parallel
let tokens = (batch_size * new_tokens_per_req) as f64;
4.209989e-07 * tokens.powi(2) + 1.518344e-02 * tokens + 1.650142e+01
}
PerfModel::Interpolated { prefill_interp, .. } => {
let tokens = (batch_size * new_tokens_per_req) as f64;
prefill_interp.interp(tokens).unwrap_or(0.0)
}
PerfModel::Aiconfigurator {
callback,
attention_dp_size,
} => callback.predict_prefill(
Self::aic_per_rank_batch(batch_size, *attention_dp_size),
new_tokens_per_req,
prefix,
),
};
time.max(0.0)
}
/// Predict decode time in milliseconds.
///
/// Callers always pass all parameters; each variant uses what it needs:
/// - Polynomial: uses (active_kv_tokens, total_kv_tokens) as utilization
/// - Interpolated: uses (active_kv_tokens, context_length)
/// - Aiconfigurator: uses (batch_size, context_length)
pub fn predict_decode_time(
&self,
batch_size: usize,
active_kv_tokens: usize,
context_length: usize,
total_kv_tokens: usize,
) -> f64 {
if batch_size == 0 {
return 0.0;
}
let time = match self {
PerfModel::Polynomial => {
let active_perc = if total_kv_tokens > 0 {
active_kv_tokens as f64 / total_kv_tokens as f64
} else {
tracing::warn!("Total KV tokens is 0, using 1.0 as capacity");
1.0
};
-25.74 * active_perc.powi(2) + 54.01 * active_perc + 5.74
}
PerfModel::Interpolated { decode_interp, .. } => decode_interp
.interp(active_kv_tokens as f64, context_length as f64)
.unwrap_or(0.0),
PerfModel::Aiconfigurator {
callback,
attention_dp_size,
} => callback.predict_decode(
Self::aic_per_rank_batch(batch_size, *attention_dp_size),
context_length,
2,
),
};
// Token-emitting decode steps should not collapse onto the same timestamp.
let result = time.max(1.0);
tracing::trace!(
"Decode time prediction: batch_size={batch_size}, active_kv_tokens={active_kv_tokens}, context_length={context_length}, time={result:.2}ms"
);
result
}
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::{AicCallback, PerfModel};
use std::sync::Arc;
#[test]
fn fully_cached_prompt_skips_prefill() {
assert_eq!(PerfModel::default().predict_prefill_time(1, 128, 128), 0.0);
}
/// Echoes back the batch_size it is called with, so tests can assert exactly
/// what batch reached the AIC SDK after any per-rank division.
struct EchoBatchCallback;
impl AicCallback for EchoBatchCallback {
fn predict_prefill(&self, batch_size: usize, _effective_isl: usize, _prefix: usize) -> f64 {
batch_size as f64
}
fn predict_decode(&self, batch_size: usize, _isl: usize, _osl: usize) -> f64 {
batch_size as f64
}
}
// The AIC SDK expects a per-rank batch (global_bs = bs * attention_dp_size).
// Offline replay holds the global batch in one engine, so the perf model must
// divide by attention_dp_size before the AIC call. attention_dp_size=1 (live /
// non-DP / `from_aic_callback`) must be a strict no-op.
#[test]
fn aic_decode_attention_dp_1_is_noop() {
let m = PerfModel::from_aic_callback(Arc::new(EchoBatchCallback));
// callback sees the full global batch unchanged
assert_eq!(m.predict_decode_time(128, 0, 1024, 0), 128.0);
assert_eq!(m.predict_decode_time(1, 0, 1024, 0), 1.0);
}
#[test]
fn aic_decode_divides_batch_by_attention_dp() {
let m = PerfModel::from_aic_callback_with_attention_dp(Arc::new(EchoBatchCallback), 8);
// 128 sequences across 8 DP ranks -> 16 per rank
assert_eq!(m.predict_decode_time(128, 0, 1024, 0), 16.0);
// div_ceil: 130/8 = 17 (the busiest rank bounds the step)
assert_eq!(m.predict_decode_time(130, 0, 1024, 0), 17.0);
// fewer sequences than ranks -> at least 1 per active rank
assert_eq!(m.predict_decode_time(4, 0, 1024, 0), 1.0);
}
#[test]
fn aic_prefill_attention_dp_1_is_noop() {
let m = PerfModel::from_aic_callback(Arc::new(EchoBatchCallback));
assert_eq!(m.predict_prefill_time(8, 1024, 0), 8.0);
}
#[test]
fn aic_prefill_divides_batch_by_attention_dp() {
let m = PerfModel::from_aic_callback_with_attention_dp(Arc::new(EchoBatchCallback), 8);
assert_eq!(m.predict_prefill_time(8, 1024, 0), 1.0);
assert_eq!(m.predict_prefill_time(128, 1024, 0), 16.0);
}
}