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The Python disaggregation transceiver carried KV block lists as bare page-index arrays whose token positions were implicit: "a layer group's array is the contiguous resident suffix of [0, slice_end); the cached/evicted prefix is inferred from len()". That convention was re-derived independently in at least four places (_create_kv_slice, _build_kv_write_meta, RecvReqInfo.dst_start_token=None semantics, chunked slicing) that had to agree, and it is the root cause class behind #17619 (a speculative scratch block inflating len() under SWA pre-eviction, misaligning the tail-anchored trim).

This PR makes block positions explicit and single-sourced:

  • KVSlice / RecvReqInfo carry per-group first_ordinals — the block ordinal of each group's first beam-0 entry. Packed beam tails stay outside the anchored region.
  • Producer: new CacheReuseAdapter.get_transfer_span(req, group_idx, lg) derives (pages, anchor) from manager facts — V1: get_num_front_blocks_removed (the manager's authoritative eviction counter) + unconditional scratch-tail strip + a loud reconciliation check; V2: ordinal-indexed pages (valid_only=False) + backed-run anchor + hole-consistency check against stale/scratch ranges. SWA and gen-side-reuse trims become explicit head-slices that advance the anchor.
  • Consumer: _build_kv_write_meta collapses to one interval intersection (_align_kv_blocks) driven by both sides' anchors. Deleted: TokenRange, KVSlice.token_range, project_blocks_to_global_chunk, _trim_receiver_window_head, _trim_packed_beam_block_ids, Sender._beam0_block_count, RecvReqInfo.dst_start_token, the SWA-final-slice projection exception, and the duplicated stale_end computation.

Net: −1374/+2198 total, with production code net-simpler (~−90 lines) and the invariant checkable at runtime.

Correctness fixes that fall out

  • V1: when extra/draft tokens push front-block eviction past the (prompt_len + 1 − window)//tpb formula, the old code passed dangling detached block IDs to get_memory_pool_block_indices (potential abort / garbage transfer). The eviction counter is now authoritative and dangling IDs are stripped before pool translation.
  • Packed beam tails are now split exactly from the anchored beam-0 length; the old beam_width−1 guess misclassified real beam-0 blocks whenever fewer than beam_width−1 beams diverged.
  • Helix + SWA-trim/reuse combinations that the old suffix math silently misaligned now fail loudly.

Intentional behavior changes

  • Wire change, no fallback: mixed-version ctx/gen peers fail loudly at RecvReqInfo.from_bytes (cross-version disagg is unsupported).
  • A src/dst beam-tail count mismatch now raises instead of silently transferring beam-0 only.
  • A single-chunk pipelined transfer under helix CP is now allowed (equivalent to monolithic; previously rejected via token_range).
  • V2 token sinks: guarded fail-loud on the Python reference backend; the C++ backend exposes no life-cycle accessor, so the guard degrades to a no-op there (PyExecutor never enables sinks).

Test Coverage

  • All existing disaggregated suites migrated to the new APIs with intent preserved; deleted-helper tests re-target the replacing mechanism.
  • New: PR-17619 regression (boundary-crossing scratch + evicted fronts), V1 counter-exceeds-formula, V1/V2 reconciliation and hole-consistency failure paths, V2 sink guard, V2 helix pass-through, receiver-larger-window via anchors, partially-shared beam-tail splits, RecvReqInfo round-trip + old-layout rejection, and a 200-combination anchored-alignment property grid (equal-ordinal mapping, span-intersection coverage, exact chunk tiling).
  • Full run on RTX A6000 (V1 + both V2 backends where applicable): 918 passed / 67 skipped / 0 failed across tests/unittest/disaggregated/ (incl. all 104 windowed-V2 transceiver params and all 58 deepseek_v4 transfer tests) plus tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_mamba_cache_manager.py; skips are pre-existing documented limitations.

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  • Refactors KV transfer positioning from implicit ranges to explicit per-group first_ordinals.
  • Updates V1 and V2 producers, consumers, cache-reuse adapters, chunking, SWA, Helix CP, and pipelined transfers.
  • Removes TokenRange, KVSlice.token_range, RecvReqInfo.dst_start_token, and project_blocks_to_global_chunk.
  • Adds anchor validation, beam-tail size checks, V1 dangling-ID handling, timeout support, and V2 token-sink guards.
  • This is a breaking wire-format and API change. Older peers are not compatible.
  • The implementation adds coverage for empty groups, asymmetric layer groups, prefix reuse, chunk alignment, partial transfers, stale blocks, and invalid anchors.
  • No configuration files or test-list files were changed.

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Modified test files:

  • tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_reuse_adapter.py: updated cache-reuse adapter, beam-tail, eviction, scratch-block, SWA, sink, Helix, and anchor-validation tests.
  • tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_chunked_transfer.py: updated chunking and alignment tests; added anchor intersection, beam-tail, Helix, wire-format, property-based, and invalid-span coverage.
  • tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_kv_transfer.py: updated KV-slice construction, chunking, SWA, prefix-offset, cancellation, worker, parallel-group, and empty-group tests.
  • tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_kv_transfer_mp.py: updated sender and receiver slice construction tests.
  • tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_mamba_cache_manager.py: updated V2 disaggregation slice tests with CP-rank mapping stubs.
  • tests/integration/defs/disaggregated/test_disaggregated.py: updated the adapter reference in host-offload regression documentation.

No modified test-list entries were identified. The changed test modules are not shown as covered by tests/integration/test_lists/, test-db/, or qa/. QA verdict: needs follow-up to confirm CI or manual-QA registration.

The reported test run passed 918 tests, skipped 67 tests, and failed 0.

… block ordinals

Replace the implicit convention that a layer group's block-ID array is the
contiguous resident suffix of [0, slice_end) - with token positions inferred
from len() - by explicit per-group block-ordinal anchors (first_ordinals) on
KVSlice and RecvReqInfo.

Producer: CacheReuseAdapter.get_transfer_span derives (pages, anchor) from
manager facts (V1: get_num_front_blocks_removed + scratch strip +
reconciliation check; V2: ordinal-indexed pages + backed-run anchor +
hole-consistency check). SWA/reuse trims become explicit head-slices with
the anchor advanced.

Consumer: _build_kv_write_meta collapses to an interval intersection via
_align_kv_blocks on both sides' anchors. Deleted: TokenRange,
KVSlice.token_range, project_blocks_to_global_chunk,
_trim_receiver_window_head, _trim_packed_beam_block_ids, Sender._beam0_block_count,
RecvReqInfo.dst_start_token (wire change, no fallback).

Beam tails are split exactly from the anchored beam-0 length instead of
guessed from beam_width; V1 dangling detached block IDs are stripped before
pool translation instead of being passed through.

Signed-off-by: Chuang Zhu <111838961+chuangz0@users.noreply.github.com>
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Closing: the explicit-anchor refactor did not deliver a net production-code simplification (+351/−309), and the upcoming #17526 touches the same adapter surface. Keeping the branch for reference; the bug fixes found along the way (V1 dangling detached block IDs reaching pool translation, beam-tail miscount for partially-shared tails) may be resubmitted as targeted patches.

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The KV transfer path replaces token-range metadata with per-layer first_ordinals. Cache-reuse adapters return anchored transfer spans. Transceiver chunking, packed-beam handling, Helix validation, wire serialization, timeouts, and tests now use the new model.

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Anchored KV transfer

Layer / File(s) Summary
Transfer contract and wire metadata
tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/base/transfer.py, tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/native/transfer.py
KVSlice and receiver requests now use per-layer first_ordinals. Request serialization validates anchor counts. Paged transfers align source and destination ordinal intervals, validate Helix anchors, pair beam tails, and reject unsupported partial context-parallel chunks.
Cache reuse transfer spans
tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/resource/cache_reuse.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_cache_reuse_adapter.py
V1 and V2 adapters now return block pages with anchors. Tests cover eviction, scratch blocks, sliding windows, Helix, sinks, empty spans, beam tails, and invalid-page validation.
Transceiver slice and chunk construction
tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/transceiver.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_chunked_transfer.py
KvCacheTransceiverV2 preserves anchors while trimming reused prefixes and constructing chunks. Intermediate chunks can defer sliding-window groups. Tests cover anchored intersections, chunk equivalence, beam tails, Helix, and incomplete spans.
Transfer propagation and regression validation
tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_kv_transfer.py, tests/unittest/disaggregated/test_kv_transfer_mp.py, tests/unittest/_torch/executor/test_mamba_cache_manager.py, tests/integration/defs/disaggregated/test_disaggregated.py
Transfer tests propagate first_ordinals through sender and receiver slices, prefix offsets, empty slices, cancellation, multiprocessing, and mocked context-parallel state. Documentation references the new adapter method.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to e0c4a

Generation-only requests using Helix context parallelism and prefix reuse can fail during KV transfer. This path should be corrected before merge.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant KvCacheTransceiverV2
  participant CacheReuseAdapter
  participant TransferWorker
  participant Receiver
  KvCacheTransceiverV2->>CacheReuseAdapter: Request anchored transfer span
  CacheReuseAdapter-->>KvCacheTransceiverV2: Return pages and first ordinal
  KvCacheTransceiverV2->>TransferWorker: Build and send anchored KV slice
  TransferWorker->>Receiver: Serialize first_ordinals with request
  Receiver-->>TransferWorker: Validate layer-group anchors
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Possibly related PRs

  • NVIDIA/TensorRT-LLM#17839: Related chunked and pipelined KV-transfer implementation using the same transfer and transceiver paths.

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if is_gen_only:
target_start = max(target_start, cached_per_lg[idx] // tpb)

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Guard generation-side reuse trimming for helix CP.

KVCacheManager V1 permits helix CP. Its adapter returns local strided pages with anchor 0, but derives cached_per_lg[idx] from the global req.prepopulated_prompt_len. For a generation-only request with a partially cached prefix, lines 364–365 can head-slice local pages by a global block count and set a nonzero anchor. The helix transfer validator then rejects the request with "helix CP requires zero block anchors". Add and not is_helix to the is_gen_only condition.

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In `@tensorrt_llm/_torch/disaggregation/transceiver.py` around lines 364 - 365,
Update the generation-only trimming condition around target_start and
cached_per_lg[idx] to also require not is_helix, preserving zero block anchors
for helix CP requests while retaining existing behavior for non-helix
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