fix(flux): check the return value of ensure_buf's cudaMalloc - #1283
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A CPU-only test verifies allocation failure, cleanup, retry, reuse, and growth. Architecture impact
Review outcomeHUMAN REVIEW REQUIRED The focused CPU test passed. Community CI failed its source-quality check. The TensorRT SDK and required artifacts were unavailable, so GPU and TensorRT integration remain unvalidated. WalkthroughThe change adds move-only CUDA buffer ownership and reusable growth management. GPU matmul uses the shared buffer implementation. A standalone test injects allocation failures and verifies cleanup, capacity retention, retry behavior, and scope destruction. ChangesFlux device buffer management
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Change: Bug fix Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to After an allocation failure, a later smaller GPU workload can use an invalid buffer and fail at runtime, so this remains unresolved before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 8 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@families/flux/runtime/device_buffer.h`:
- Line 63: Update DeviceBuffer::allocate’s no-op capacity check to require both
sufficient bytes and a live gb.buf allocation, then add a regression test
covering growth failure followed by a smaller allocation request and verifying
the buffer is recreated before GPU use.
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| inline void ensure_buf(GrowableBuffer& gb, std::size_t need) { | ||
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Require a live allocation for the no-op path.
DeviceBuffer::allocate frees the existing allocation and leaves buf null when growth fails, while bytes remains unchanged. A later smaller request can therefore pass gb.bytes >= need and return without allocating. gpu_matmul.cpp then passes the null pointer to CUDA operations. Check gb.buf.get() in this condition and add a regression test for this sequence.
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In `@families/flux/runtime/device_buffer.h` at line 63, Update
DeviceBuffer::allocate’s no-op capacity check to require both sufficient bytes
and a live gb.buf allocation, then add a regression test covering growth failure
followed by a smaller allocation request and verifying the buffer is recreated
before GPU use.
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Hey @Moviw thanks for contributing. Looks like the community CI has failed on the source quality check. Please help to fix that and I'll trigger the internal CI for you. General direction of this PR looks good |
flux_gpu_matmul's scratch buffers were grown via a bare cudaMalloc call whose cudaError_t was discarded, matching the bug fixed in bark by NVIDIA#1201 and reported for six sibling families by NVIDIA#1221. On an allocation failure the pointer stayed null while `bytes` was already updated to the requested size, so the buffer looked correctly sized to the next call and the first real use (cudaMemcpyAsync/cublasSgemm into a null pointer) failed far from the actual cause. Introduces a small DeviceBuffer RAII wrapper (matching the pattern already merged for bart/whisper and open for m2m_100/marian/t5 in NVIDIA#1221's sibling PRs) so ensure_buf frees the stale buffer, throws on allocation failure, and leaves `bytes` unchanged so the next call retries the grow instead of treating a missing buffer as already sized. Fixes NVIDIA#1221 (flux only; the other five families are separate PRs per the repo's one-family-per-PR convention). Signed-off-by: Moviw <xvzimo@gmail.com>
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Background
flux_gpu_matmul's three module-scope scratch buffers (g_dA,g_dB,g_dC) are grown lazily byensure_buf, which frees the too-small buffer and callscudaMallocwithout checking the returnedcudaError_t. Same shape as the bug fixed inbarkby #1201, reported for six sibling families (includingflux) by #1221. On an allocation failure the pointer stays null whilebytesis already updated to the requested size, so the next call sees the buffer as correctly sized and the first real use (cudaMemcpyAsync/cublasSgemminto a null pointer) fails opaquely, well past the point where the allocation failure was known.Exit Criteria
ensure_buf'scudaMalloccall is checked; a failed grow throws instead of silently marking the buffer as sized. Success path (buffer reuse when already large enough, growth when not) is unchanged.Implementation
Model/component:
fluxfamily only (families/flux/runtime/), matching this repo's one-family-per-PR convention — the other five families from #1221 are separate PRs (bart/whispermerged as #1222/#1223,m2m_100/marian/t5open as #1232/#1233/#1234).Introduces
families/flux/runtime/device_buffer.hwith aDeviceBufferRAII wrapper (same shape as the one already merged forbart/whisperand open for the other three families) and aGrowableBuffer+ensure_bufpair specific to flux's shape: unlike the per-request buffers the sibling families own, flux's three scratch buffers are process-lifetime globals reused and grown across calls.ensure_bufnow frees the stale buffer, checkscudaMalloc's result, throwsstd::runtime_erroron failure, and — critically for the reused-buffer shape — leavesbytesunchanged on failure so the next call retries the grow instead of treating a missing buffer as already sized.flux_gpu_matmul_shutdown()'s manualfree_buflambda is replaced by move-assigning a freshGrowableBufferto each global, which is now sufficient sinceDeviceBuffer's destructor/move-assignment already release the device allocation.No public API, ABI, or bundle/artifact change — this is an internal, family-local error-handling path.
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trtmc_model_fluxtarget needs the TensorRT SDK, which is not installed in this environment (see Not Run below), soensure_buf/DeviceBufferwere validated the same way #1222/#1223 validate the analogous fix: a CPU-only, no-GPU-required test built and run directly (the repo's own CMake/ctest wiring for it is included but not exercised here — see Not Run):The test covers: (1) a no-op grow when the request already fits does not call the allocator; (2) a failed grow throws, leaves the pointer null instead of stale, leaves
bytesunchanged, and releases the old buffer instead of leaking it; (3) retrying after a transient failure succeeds normally.Mutation check — confirmed the test actually catches the original bug: temporarily reverted
ensure_bufto the old unchecked shape (gb.buf.allocate(need); gb.bytes = need;, no error check) and reran:Restored the fix and reran; passes cleanly again (output above).
gpu_matmul.cppitself was reviewed by hand and bygrepfor any remaining reference to the oldDevBuf/raw-.ptrshape (none found) but was not compiled — see Not Run.Hardware, Environment, and Revisions
Repo head: this branch off
upstream/mainat474c50e7(feat(qwen): add s1-mini-fp16 manifest and validation config (#1131)). Host: g++ 11.4.0, CUDA 11.5 (nvcc)/CUDA 13.0 driver 580.173.02, RTX 3090 present but TensorRT SDK not installed on this box (would come from theDockerfile.community-cpuimage'slibnvinfer-devpackages, not present locally).Not Run / Remaining Gaps
trtmc_model_fluxor run it through the repo's owncmake --build/ctest: this environment has no TensorRT SDK installed (find_path(TRTMC_TRT_INCLUDE_DIR ...)fails), so the full project cannot configure here. The CI "Community CPU" check should exercise this properly; flagging so a reviewer knows the CMake/ctest wiring in this PR (mirroring fix(bart): check cudaMalloc status for cross-attention buffers #1222/fix(whisper): check cudaMalloc status for cross-attention buffers #1223's) is untested by me locally, only the test binary's direct compilation.flux_gpu_matmul_biasitself (needs the built shared library + real cuBLAS linkage): the change to that function is a mechanical pointer-type change (.ptr→static_cast<float*>(...get())), not a logic change, so I relied on the CPU-levelensure_buf/DeviceBuffertest plus manual review rather than an end-to-end run.Contributor Self-Review
Self-reviewed against
plugins/trtmc-agent-skills/skills/review-trtmc-pr's manual probes: family-isolated (onlyfamilies/flux/**touched, no shared/core file), no new public API/ABI/shared abstraction, no cross-family import,grep-verified no stale references to the old shape remain. One behavior note volunteered under Notes below (harmless double-release-on-process-exit) rather than left for a reviewer to find.Notes For Future Readers
Minor, harmless behavior note: previously
DevBufwas a POD with no destructor, so only the explicitflux_gpu_matmul_shutdown()freed the buffers.GrowableBuffernow has a real destructor (viaDeviceBuffer), so process exit will also runcudaFreeon whateverflux_gpu_matmul_shutdown()already reset to null —cudaFree(nullptr)is a documented no-op, so this is inert, just flagging the shape change for whoever reads this next.Companion fixes for the other five families reported by #1221:
bart/whispermerged (#1222/#1223),m2m_100/marian/t5open (#1232/#1233/#1234).Risk level
Error-handling-only change on an existing, already-private allocation path; no public API, ABI, or success-path behavior change. Verified by direct compilation + a mutation check that the new check actually fires; not verified against the real GPU/TensorRT build in this environment.