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Expand Up @@ -66,6 +66,33 @@ An [independent full-vocabulary measurement](https://github.com/malaiwah/quant-f

The measurement used 25 windows, the full 154,880-token vocabulary, teacher forcing, FP64 accumulation, and two cold runs with identical results. The checkpoint was quantized from the official FP8 release; the measurement reference is BF16. Machine-readable summary: [`benchmarks/quality/quantization-analysis.json`](benchmarks/quality/quantization-analysis.json).

## Single-Spark memory budget, prefix-cache fix, and runtime knobs (2026-09-06)

Findings from running this recipe as a daily driver on one DGX Spark (details, numbers and repro scripts:
[issue #3](https://github.com/gitcommit90/glm-5.3-one-spark/issues/3), upstream bug
[vllm-project/vllm#55600](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/55600)):

- **`--gpu-memory-utilization 0.90` leaves the host ~6 GB.** On GB10 the GPU pool is the OS RAM; the first
real request allocates ~4–7 GB outside the profiler budget (JIT, allocator growth) and the NVIDIA driver
starts failing page-table allocations (`NV_ERR_NO_MEMORY` → `Xid 31` or a hung engine with a thrashing host).
`--memory` on the container does not help (GPU allocations are not charged to the cgroup).
- **Where the KV goes at 262k:** context is 37 blocks (1.9 GiB); the DFlash2 drafter's padded 64-token blocks
reserve 257 blocks (13 GiB) with async scheduling. `ONE_SPARK_ASYNC=0` + `ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK=1024` +
`GLM53_INDEXER_WORKSPACE=rightsize` bring the single-request need from 16.3 GiB to 3.9 GiB, so
`ONE_SPARK_UTIL=0.80` serves 262144 (2.6×) or 524288 (1.7×) with ~20 GB host headroom, decode/prefill unchanged.
- **Prefix-cache hits of ≥ 8 mamba blocks crashed the engine** (upstream vLLM seed bug, see above);
`ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=1` (default) patches it at container start. With it, warm requests at 100k–450k
return the same answers as cold, TTFT 8.7 s vs 139 s at 100k.

Example of the measured-safe single-Spark configuration:

```bash
ONE_SPARK_UTIL=0.80 ONE_SPARK_CTX=524288 ONE_SPARK_SEQS=1 ONE_SPARK_ASYNC=0 ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK=1024 \
GLM53_INDEXER_WORKSPACE=rightsize ./start.sh
```

All knobs default to the shipped behaviour except the seed fix, which is on by default.

## What this project contributes

The two-Spark work by [Mia's AI Lab](https://github.com/MiaAI-Lab/GLM-5.3-Flash-EXL3-2x-DGX-Sparks) established the vLLM/EXL3/DFlash foundation. This project adapts and extends that foundation for a very different target:
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python3 /opt/glm53/patch_glm_video_placeholders.py
K="${ONE_SPARK_K:-5}" # DFlash2 draft depth; 5 = best prose/code, 8 = best structured (see README K sweep)
SPEC='{"method":"dflash","model":"/draft","num_speculative_tokens":'"$K"',"kv_cache_dtype":"auto","draft_sample_method":"probabilistic","rejection_sample_method":"standard","draft_tensor_parallel_size":1}'
# ---- Runtime knobs (all default to the shipped recipe behaviour) ----
# ONE_SPARK_CTX / ONE_SPARK_UTIL / ONE_SPARK_SEQS / ONE_SPARK_MNBT: context, gpu-memory-utilization,
# max-num-seqs, max-num-batched-tokens.
# ONE_SPARK_ASYNC=0|1: force --no-async-scheduling / --async-scheduling (unset = vLLM default, async for DFlash).
# With async on, the DFlash2 drafter reserves a 2047+2*MNBT token in-flight window; each 64-token drafter
# block is padded to a full 7168-token MLA page, so that window costs 257 blocks (13 GiB) for 262k context.
# ONE_SPARK_ASYNC=0 halves it; bs=1 decode is unchanged.
# ONE_SPARK_APC=0|1: --no-enable-prefix-caching / --enable-prefix-caching (default 1).
# ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK=N (e.g. 1024): raise the drafter's compact block in the padded slot-share path
# (kv_cache_utils.py) so the drafter reserves ~10 blocks instead of 145/257. FlashAttention reports
# MultipleOf(16) and select_common_block_size returns the manager block, so kernel block == manager block.
# Measured lossless (acceptance 3.3-3.6, decode unchanged). Unset = shipped 64.
# ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=1 (default): fix for vllm-project/vllm#55600 — add_request seeds the mamba state
# index with cache_config.block_size, which EngineCore lowers to the drafter's block (64/1024) while mamba
# state lives in 7168-token blocks; prefix hits of >= 8 blocks then read past the block-table row (Xid 31)
# and shorter hits silently restore the wrong KDA state. Fail-closed: if the anchor is missing the container
# refuses to start (set ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=0 to start anyway; then also set ONE_SPARK_APC=0).
case "${ONE_SPARK_ASYNC:-}" in 0) ASYNC_FLAG=--no-async-scheduling ;; 1) ASYNC_FLAG=--async-scheduling ;; *) ASYNC_FLAG= ;; esac
case "${ONE_SPARK_APC:-1}" in 0) APC_FLAG=--no-enable-prefix-caching ;; *) APC_FLAG=--enable-prefix-caching ;; esac
if [ -n "${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK:-}" ]; then
KVU=/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/vllm/v1/core/kv_cache_utils.py
sed -i "s/compact_block = 64$/compact_block = ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}/; s/s.block_size != 64 or s.page_size_padded != mla_page/s.block_size != ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK} or s.page_size_padded != mla_page/" "$KVU"
echo "[one-spark] drafter block patch: $(grep -c "compact_block = ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU") + $(grep -c "block_size != ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU") sites"
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#!/bin/bash
set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- scripts/serve-one-spark.sh ---'
cat -n scripts/serve-one-spark.sh | sed -n '1,110p'
printf '%s\n' '--- references to ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK and KVU ---'
rg -n -C 3 'ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK|KVU|drafter block patch|vllm' scripts/serve-one-spark.sh

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Fail closed when the drafter patch is incomplete.

set -euo pipefail already stops the script when sed cannot open KVU. However, sed returns success when either substitution matches zero lines. The echo command then prints the counts, and exec vllm serve still runs with the unchanged 64-token layout.

Require both patch sites before startup.

Proposed validation 
+if ! sed -i "..." "$KVU"; then
+  echo "[one-spark] FATAL: drafter block patch failed" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
+compact_sites=$(grep -Fc "compact_block = ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU" || true)
+guard_sites=$(grep -Fc "s.block_size != ${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK}" "$KVU" || true)
+if [ "$compact_sites" -eq 0 ] || [ "$guard_sites" -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "[one-spark] FATAL: drafter block patch did not apply" >&2
+  exit 97
+fi
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only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
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In `@scripts/serve-one-spark.sh` around lines 29 - 30, Update the drafter patch
block around the sed and grep commands to validate that both substitutions
matched at least one site before starting vLLM. Fail immediately with a nonzero
status when either the compact_block or block_size replacement count is zero,
while preserving the existing successful count output and exec vllm serve flow.

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printf '%s\n' '--- references to the settings ---'
rg -n -C 3 'ONE_SPARK_(MAMBA_SEED_FIX|APC)|MAMBA_SEED_FIX|prefix.cache|block.table|KDA' --glob '!node_modules' --glob '!build' --glob '!dist' .

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sed -n '1,90p' scripts/serve-one-spark.sh
printf '%s\n' '--- callers and documentation ---'
rg -n -C 4 'serve-one-spark|ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX|ONE_SPARK_APC' --glob '!node_modules' --glob '!build' --glob '!dist' .

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
printf '%s\n' '--- exact startup branch matrix for the reviewed conditions ---'
for pair in '1 1' '0 0' '0 1' '2 1'; do
  read -r mamba apc <<EOF
$pair
EOF
  if [ "$mamba" = "1" ]; then
    mamba_branch=apply_fix
  else
    mamba_branch=skip_fix
  fi
  case "$apc" in
    0) apc_flag=disable_apc ;;
    *) apc_flag=enable_apc ;;
  esac
  printf 'ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=%s ONE_SPARK_APC=%s -> %s, %s\n' \
    "$mamba" "$apc" "$mamba_branch" "$apc_flag"
done
printf '%s\n' '--- README safety statements ---'
sed -n '69,90p' README.md

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Reject invalid Mamba-fix settings.

ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=2 skips the fix while ONE_SPARK_APC=1 enables prefix caching. This can cause the documented Mamba block-table fault or incorrect KDA state restoration.

Accept only 0 and 1. Reject 0 unless APC is disabled.

Proposed validation 
+MAMBA_SEED_FIX="${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}"
+case "$MAMBA_SEED_FIX" in
+  1) ;;
+  0)
+    if [ "${ONE_SPARK_APC:-1}" != "0" ]; then
+      echo "[one-spark] FATAL: MAMBA_SEED_FIX=0 requires APC=0" >&2
+      exit 97
+    fi
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "[one-spark] FATAL: ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX must be 0 or 1" >&2
+    exit 97
+    ;;
+esac
-if [ "${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}" = "1" ]; then
+if [ "$MAMBA_SEED_FIX" = "1" ]; then
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if [ "${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}" = "1" ]; then
MAMBA_SEED_FIX="${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}"
case "$MAMBA_SEED_FIX" in
1) ;;
0)
if [ "${ONE_SPARK_APC:-1}" != "0" ]; then
echo "[one-spark] FATAL: MAMBA_SEED_FIX=0 requires APC=0" >&2
exit 97
fi
;;
*)
echo "[one-spark] FATAL: ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX must be 0 or 1" >&2
exit 97
;;
esac
if [ "$MAMBA_SEED_FIX" = "1" ]; then
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@scripts/serve-one-spark.sh` at line 32, Validate ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX in
the startup logic to accept only 0 or 1, and reject value 0 when ONE_SPARK_APC
is enabled. Ensure invalid combinations terminate before serving begins, while
preserving the default value of 1 and valid behavior for APC-disabled
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MH=/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages/vllm/v1/worker/gpu/model_states/mamba_hybrid.py
sed -i "s|(new_req_data.num_computed_tokens - 1) // self.cache_config.block_size|(new_req_data.num_computed_tokens - 1) // self.cache_config.mamba_block_size|" "$MH"
N=$(grep -c "num_computed_tokens - 1) // self.cache_config.mamba_block_size" "$MH")
echo "[one-spark] mamba seed fix (vllm#55600): $N site"
if [ "$N" != "1" ]; then
echo "[one-spark] FATAL: mamba seed fix not applied (expected 1 match, got $N) - did the image change? Without it a prefix-cache hit of >= 8 blocks faults (Xid 31). Set ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX=0 ONE_SPARK_APC=0 to start deliberately." >&2
exit 97
fi
fi
exec vllm serve /model \
--served-model-name GLM-5.3-Flash-EXL3-2.05 \
--host "${ONE_SPARK_HOST:-127.0.0.1}" --port "${ONE_SPARK_PORT:-18080}" \
--tensor-parallel-size 1 \
--tool-call-parser glm47 --enable-auto-tool-choice \
--reasoning-parser glm45 \
--enable-prefix-caching --no-enable-flashinfer-autotune \
$APC_FLAG --no-enable-flashinfer-autotune \
--quantization exl3 \
--max-model-len 262144 \
--gpu-memory-utilization 0.90 \
--max-num-seqs 4 --max-num-batched-tokens 7168 \
--max-model-len "${ONE_SPARK_CTX:-262144}" \
--gpu-memory-utilization "${ONE_SPARK_UTIL:-0.90}" \
--max-num-seqs "${ONE_SPARK_SEQS:-4}" --max-num-batched-tokens "${ONE_SPARK_MNBT:-7168}" \
$ASYNC_FLAG \
--kv-cache-dtype fp8 \
--speculative-config "$SPEC" \
--chat-template /opt/glm53/chat_template.jinja \
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-e EXL3_FAT_KERNEL=1 \
-e GLM53_SUPPRESS_STOPS_IN_REASONING=1 \
-e GLM53_MIXED_PREFILL_CHUNK=skip \
-e GLM53_INDEXER_WORKSPACE=stock \
-e GLM53_INDEXER_WORKSPACE="${GLM53_INDEXER_WORKSPACE:-stock}" \
-e GLM53_SPINWAIT_MS=stock \
-e VLLM_EXECUTE_MODEL_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=1800 \
-e ONE_SPARK_HOST="$HOST" -e ONE_SPARK_PORT="$PORT" -e ONE_SPARK_K="${ONE_SPARK_K:-5}" \
-e ONE_SPARK_CTX="${ONE_SPARK_CTX:-262144}" -e ONE_SPARK_UTIL="${ONE_SPARK_UTIL:-0.90}" -e ONE_SPARK_SEQS="${ONE_SPARK_SEQS:-4}" \
-e ONE_SPARK_MNBT="${ONE_SPARK_MNBT:-7168}" -e ONE_SPARK_ASYNC="${ONE_SPARK_ASYNC:-}" -e ONE_SPARK_APC="${ONE_SPARK_APC:-1}" \
-e ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK="${ONE_SPARK_DRAFT_BLOCK:-}" -e ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX="${ONE_SPARK_MAMBA_SEED_FIX:-1}" \
-v "$MODEL_DIR:/model:ro" -v "$DFLASH_DIR:/draft:ro" \
-v "$ROOT/scripts/serve-one-spark.sh:/start.sh:ro" \
-v "${CACHE_ROOT:-$HOME/.cache/glm53-one-spark}/vllm:/root/.cache/vllm" \
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