[V1][Frontend] Coalesce bunched RequestOutputs (vllm-project#12298)

Signed-off-by: Nick Hill <nhill@redhat.com>
Co-authored-by: Robert Shaw <rshaw@neuralmagic.com>

tests/v1/engine/test_async_llm.py

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import asyncio
+from contextlib import ExitStack
 from typing import List, Tuple
 
 import pytest
 
 from vllm import SamplingParams
 from vllm.engine.arg_utils import AsyncEngineArgs
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
+from vllm.sampling_params import RequestOutputKind
 from vllm.v1.engine.async_llm import AsyncLLM
 
 if not current_platform.is_cuda():
@@ -18,28 +20,39 @@
 
 
 async def generate(engine: AsyncLLM, request_id: str,
+                   output_kind: RequestOutputKind,
                    max_tokens: int) -> Tuple[int, str]:
     count = 0
-    async for _ in engine.generate(request_id=request_id,
-                                   prompt="Hello my name is Robert and",
-                                   sampling_params=SamplingParams(
-                                       max_tokens=max_tokens, temperature=0)):
+    sampling_params = SamplingParams(max_tokens=max_tokens,
+                                     output_kind=output_kind,
+                                     temperature=0)
+    async for out in engine.generate(request_id=request_id,
+                                     prompt="Hello my name is Robert and",
+                                     sampling_params=sampling_params):
+
+        num_tokens = len(out.outputs[0].token_ids)
+        if output_kind == RequestOutputKind.DELTA:
+            count += num_tokens
+        else:
+            count = num_tokens
 
-        count += 1
         await asyncio.sleep(0.)
 
     return count, request_id
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "output_kind", [RequestOutputKind.DELTA, RequestOutputKind.FINAL_ONLY])
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_load(monkeypatch):
+async def test_load(monkeypatch, output_kind: RequestOutputKind):
     # TODO(rickyx): Remove monkeypatch once we have a better way to test V1
     # so that in the future when we switch, we don't have to change all the
     # tests.
-    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
+    with monkeypatch.context() as m, ExitStack() as after:
         m.setenv("VLLM_USE_V1", "1")
 
         engine = AsyncLLM.from_engine_args(ENGINE_ARGS)
+        after.callback(engine.shutdown)
 
         NUM_REQUESTS = 10000
         NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS = 10
@@ -51,26 +64,33 @@ async def test_load(monkeypatch):
         for request_id in request_ids:
             tasks.append(
                 asyncio.create_task(
-                    generate(engine, request_id, NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS)))
+                    generate(engine, request_id, output_kind,
+                             NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS)))
 
         # Confirm that we got all the EXPECTED tokens from the requests.
-        for task in tasks:
+        done, pending = await asyncio.wait(tasks,
+                                           return_when=asyncio.FIRST_EXCEPTION)
+        for task in pending:
+            task.cancel()
+        for task in done:
             num_generated_tokens, request_id = await task
             assert num_generated_tokens == NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS, (
                 f"{request_id} generated {num_generated_tokens} but "
                 f"expected {NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS}")
 
         assert not engine.output_processor.has_unfinished_requests()
-        engine.shutdown()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "output_kind", [RequestOutputKind.DELTA, RequestOutputKind.FINAL_ONLY])
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_abort(monkeypatch):
+async def test_abort(monkeypatch, output_kind: RequestOutputKind):
 
-    with monkeypatch.context() as m:
+    with monkeypatch.context() as m, ExitStack() as after:
         m.setenv("VLLM_USE_V1", "1")
 
         engine = AsyncLLM.from_engine_args(ENGINE_ARGS)
+        after.callback(engine.shutdown)
 
         NUM_REQUESTS = 100
         NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS = 100
@@ -83,7 +103,8 @@ async def test_abort(monkeypatch):
         for request_id in request_ids:
             tasks.append(
                 asyncio.create_task(
-                    generate(engine, request_id, NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS)))
+                    generate(engine, request_id, output_kind,
+                             NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS)))
 
         # API server cancels requests when they disconnect.
         for idx in REQUEST_IDS_TO_ABORT:
@@ -108,9 +129,7 @@ async def test_abort(monkeypatch):
         # Confirm we can do another generation.
         request_id = f"request-{REQUEST_IDS_TO_ABORT[0]}"
         task = asyncio.create_task(
-            generate(engine, request_id, NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS))
+            generate(engine, request_id, output_kind, NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS))
         num_generated_tokens, request_id = await task
         assert num_generated_tokens == NUM_EXPECTED_TOKENS
         assert not engine.output_processor.has_unfinished_requests()
-
-        engine.shutdown()

vllm/outputs.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import Dict, Generic, List, Optional
+from typing import Dict, Generic, List, MutableSequence, Optional
 from typing import Sequence as GenericSequence
 from typing import Union
 
@@ -162,6 +162,26 @@ def new(
             finished=finished,
         )
 
+    def add(self, next_output: "RequestOutput") -> None:
+        """Merge subsequent RequestOutput into this one"""
+
+        self.prompt = next_output.prompt
+        self.prompt_token_ids = next_output.prompt_token_ids
+        self.prompt_logprobs = next_output.prompt_logprobs
+        self.finished |= next_output.finished
+
+        #TODO assuming n == 1 for now
+        completion = self.outputs[0]
+        next_completion = next_output.outputs[0]
+        completion.text += next_completion.text
+        if not isinstance(completion.token_ids, MutableSequence):
+            completion.token_ids = list(completion.token_ids)
+        completion.token_ids.extend(next_completion.token_ids)
+        if next_completion.logprobs:
+            assert completion.logprobs is not None
+            completion.logprobs.extend(next_completion.logprobs)
+        completion.cumulative_logprob = next_completion.cumulative_logprob
+
     @classmethod
     def from_seq_group(
         cls, seq_group: SequenceGroup, use_cache: bool,

vllm/v1/engine/async_llm.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from vllm.outputs import RequestOutput
 from vllm.pooling_params import PoolingParams
 from vllm.prompt_adapter.request import PromptAdapterRequest
-from vllm.sampling_params import SamplingParams
+from vllm.sampling_params import RequestOutputKind, SamplingParams
 from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer import AnyTokenizer
 from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer_group import init_tokenizer_from_configs
 from vllm.usage.usage_lib import UsageContext
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ async def generate(
                 # task switching under load which helps performance).
                 out = q.get_nowait() if not q.empty() else await q.get()
 
+                # Coalesce any additional queued outputs
+                while not q.empty():
+                    next_out = q.get_nowait()
+                    if sampling_params.output_kind == RequestOutputKind.DELTA:
+                        out.add(next_out)
+                    else:
+                        out = next_out
+
                 # Note: both OutputProcessor and EngineCore handle their
                 # own request cleanup based on finished.
                 finished = out.finished