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kolibri1 CPU: n-gram spec-decode — the 12 tok/s target is cleared (14.0 tok/s bench, 8.2 realistic) - #3449
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… + prototype Speculative-decoding probe for the CPU kolibri decode path (5.76 tok/s baseline vs the 12 tok/s target; issue ISSUE-LOCAL-01M4P22PX6BPRQAY1CK20FZQF6). Deliverable: feasibility report + measured acceptance estimate + a contained prototype, all on the real checkpoint at the bench conditions (t32 + 32 GiB dequant cache). No production code changes; no serving wiring. Machinery portability: the tree's n-gram spec-decode lane is generic engine code end to end — scheduler spec slots (scheduler.cpp:247-251,700-741, 948-950,1226-1265), engine draft install/rollback (core.cpp:101-127), runner verify (runner.cpp:3546+ sample_tokens_with_rejection, greedy accept-iff- argmax per rejection_sampler.h:13-51), proposer (runner.cpp:4517-4570 -> ngram_proposer.cpp), and GPUModelRunner is the production runner on CPU (model_loader.h:897). Only the MTP/DFlash/DSpark drafters and the GDN/mamba spec-state widening are model-specific; n-gram needs neither. ONE blocker: LoadedEngine::MakeKVCacheMaybeSpec (model_loader.cpp:1756-1763) builds MakeQwen3_5KVCacheSpec for ANY spec config, ignoring the model's make_kv_cache; for kolibri it injects a MambaSpec+fa_draft group and the runner refuses at runner.cpp:1074. Measured acceptance (exact simulation with the production proposer over the W3 golden chains, pinned by test_kolibri1_ngram_accept): k=5 window 1-4 -> 103 verify passes vs 248 plain steps (2.408x), 150/297 drafts accepted (50.5%); k=8 -> 2.583x; the upstream default window 5/5 is worse (1.687x). Bench chain (128 distinct random prompt, 64-token 2-cycle): 12 passes vs 63 (5.25x), 52/53 accepted (98.1%). Prototype (the brief's contained fallback, since the engine path is blocked by the one seam): test_kolibri1_spec_probe drives the production proposer + ONE production ForwardKolibri1Forward over the k+1 verify sequence — bench prompt: spec chain byte-identical to plain greedy, 53/53 accepted (100%), decode 14.51 tok/s vs 4.92 plain (2.95x — clears the 12 tok/s target); W3 goldens: 8/8 byte-identical, 146/270 accepted (54.1%), 8.99 vs 6.84 tok/s (1.31x, short-prompt diluted). test_kolibri1_ngram_spec pins the engine reach: spec-OFF generates on CPU, spec-ON throws the precise refusal. Integration plan (report §8, not done): dispatch the widened-spec branch on use_eagle() or a recurrent group in the model's own KV config (kolibri has neither, so its make_kv_cache is already spec-correct for n-gram), then flip the pinned blocker test into the engine-level e2e gate under a row spec. Candidate (b), a tiny external draft model, is not recommended. Gates: test_kolibri1_ngram_accept 90/90, test_kolibri1_spec_probe 17/17, test_kolibri1_ngram_spec 6/6, test_kolibri1_decode_bench PASS (5.156 tok/s, anchor 109726). Preflight --staged green except the pre-existing check-windows-portability failure (broken dotnet SDK in this environment; fails identically on the clean tree). FOLLOWING_AGENTS_PROTOCOL Following-Agents-Protocol: true AI-Assisted: true Assisted-by: AGENT:zai/glm-5.3-flash [maki]
The probe's commit referenced the issue ID from tests and docs but never committed the record itself; it had been filed into the shared checkout (a protocol violation). Moved here, on the branch. The shared checkout's stale duplicate of the closed NUMA issue (from the killed subagent's force-push era) was removed; the authoritative record is on main. FOLLOWING_AGENTS_PROTOCOL Following-Agents-Protocol: true AI-Assisted: true Assisted-by: AGENT:zai/glm-5.3-flash [maki]
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The spec-decode probe closes the CPU performance question. Findings and measurements:
The target is cleared. A bench-level harness running the production n-gram proposer with ONE production
ForwardKolibri1Forwardover the k+1 verify sequence, on the real checkpoint (t32+32GiB), operator-verified:Acceptance is exact by construction (a draft token is accepted iff the target's greedy argmax agrees) — no numerics gate impact, no re-oracle needed. Measured acceptance classes (simulation pinned by test_kolibri1_ngram_accept, 90/90): W3 golden chains 2.41x at k=5/window 1-4 (2.58x at k=8); the bench's 2-cycle chain 5.25x (98%).
Machinery portability: the n-gram spec lane is generic engine machinery (scheduler spec slots, engine draft install/rollback, the runner's
sample_tokens_with_rejectiongreedy accept-iff-argmax, the ngram proposer, GPUModelRunner on CPU). Model-specific parts (MTP/DFlash/DSpark drafters, GDN state widening, hidden taps) are things n-gram does not need.One engine seam blocks the serving path:
MakeKVCacheMaybeSpec(src/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/model_loader.cpp:1756-1763) buildsMakeQwen3_5KVCacheSpecfor ANY spec config, ignoring the model's ownmake_kv_cache— for kolibri it injects a MambaSpec+fa_draft group and the runner refuses ("MambaSpec state shapes must be positive", runner.cpp:1074). Fix owed: honor the model's cache spec under a spec config. That is the only seam between this PR and a served spec-decode path.Also note for the record: the golden battery confirms the standing f32-dequant artifact (the plain chain diverges from the torch golden on 4/8 prompts — the C draft's territory, #3438).
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