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[https://nvbugs/6912133][fix] Detect dead MPI pool manager thread in MpiPoolSession - #20248

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When MPI worker spawn fails, the mpi4py pool manager thread dies and the pending futures are never resolved, so the caller waits forever instead of seeing an error.

Add MpiPoolSession.check_worker_error(), which returns a RuntimeError when the pool's manager thread is no longer alive and the pool was not shut down intentionally. This lets the proxy's worker-error check detect the dead pool and fail fast.

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  • tests/unittest/executor/test_proxy_fast_death.py::test_pool_session_reports_dead_manager_thread

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MpiPoolSession.check_worker_error() detects a dead pool manager thread and returns a RuntimeError unless the pool is shutting down. This lets the proxy report the worker failure instead of leaving callers waiting indefinitely. No test results or current review findings were supplied.

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The change adds test_pool_session_reports_dead_manager_thread in tests/unittest/executor/test_proxy_fast_death.py. It checks that a dead manager thread produces a RuntimeError. The test is not listed in the searched CI or manual-QA lists. The test covers the targeted failure path; the supplied evidence does not establish coverage of the no-pool, live-thread, or intentional-shutdown cases. Coverage verdict: needs follow-up.

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  • tensorrt_llm/llmapi/mpi_session.py: Adds a worker-error check that reports a dead pool manager thread, except during intentional shutdown. Verify detection and shutdown behavior.
  • tests/unittest/executor/test_proxy_fast_death.py: Adds a unit test for dead-manager detection. The test is not listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/ or tests/integration/test_lists/qa/.

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MpiPoolSession adds a method that reports a RuntimeError when its pool manager thread has died. A test verifies this result and clears the mock pool reference.

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MPI worker error reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Check pool manager thread status
tensorrt_llm/llmapi/mpi_session.py, tests/unittest/executor/test_proxy_fast_death.py
MpiPoolSession.check_worker_error() returns None when the manager thread is absent or alive, or the pool is shutting down. Otherwise, it returns a RuntimeError. The test checks the dead-thread case.

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🧹 Nitpick comments: 1
tensorrt_llm/llmapi/mpi_session.py: 1

565-566: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Cover the live and intentional-shutdown branches of check_worker_error().

The added test covers only a dead manager thread with _shutdown=False. Add cases for a live manager thread and a shutting-down pool that assert check_worker_error() returns None. These cases prevent a regression from falsely reporting worker death and sending the proxy through its worker-death path.

Suggested test update
-def test_pool_session_reports_dead_manager_thread():
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("shutdown", "thread_alive", "expect_error"),
+    [(False, False, True), (False, True, False), (True, False, False)],
+)
+def test_pool_session_reports_manager_thread_state(
+        shutdown, thread_alive, expect_error):
     from tensorrt_llm.llmapi.mpi_session import MpiPoolSession
 
     session = object.__new__(MpiPoolSession)
-    session.mpi_pool = _Mock(_shutdown=False)
-    session.mpi_pool._pool.thread.is_alive.return_value = False
-    assert isinstance(session.check_worker_error(), RuntimeError)
+    session.mpi_pool = _Mock(_shutdown=shutdown)
+    session.mpi_pool._pool.thread.is_alive.return_value = thread_alive
+    result = session.check_worker_error()
+    if expect_error:
+        assert isinstance(result, RuntimeError)
+    else:
+        assert result is None
     session.mpi_pool = None  # keep __del__ from shutting down the fake pool
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Review comment at @tensorrt_llm/llmapi/mpi_session.py around lines 565 - 566:
Update the tests for MpiPoolSession.check_worker_error to cover a live manager
thread and a shutting-down pool, asserting both return None; retain the
dead-thread, active-pool case asserting a RuntimeError.

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Review comments at @tensorrt_llm/llmapi/mpi_session.py:
- Around line 565-566: Update the tests for MpiPoolSession.check_worker_error to
cover a live manager thread and a shutting-down pool, asserting both return
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asfiyab-nvidia merged commit 9ec0b50 into NVIDIA:release/1.3 Oct 15, 2026
SimengLiu-nv pushed a commit to SimengLiu-nv/TensorRT-LLM that referenced this pull request Oct 26, 2026
….3: Detect dead MPI pool manager thread in MpiPoolSession

Forward-port of release/1.3 PR NVIDIA#20248
(release/1.3 commit 9ec0b50) to main.

Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Simeng Liu <simengl@nvidia.com>
SimengLiu-nv pushed a commit to SimengLiu-nv/TensorRT-LLM that referenced this pull request Nov 2, 2026
….3: Detect dead MPI pool manager thread in MpiPoolSession

Forward-port of release/1.3 PR NVIDIA#20248
(release/1.3 commit 9ec0b50) to main.

Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Simeng Liu <simengl@nvidia.com>
SimengLiu-nv pushed a commit to SimengLiu-nv/TensorRT-LLM that referenced this pull request Nov 2, 2026
….3: Detect dead MPI pool manager thread in MpiPoolSession

Forward-port of release/1.3 PR NVIDIA#20248
(release/1.3 commit 9ec0b50) to main.

Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Simeng Liu <simengl@nvidia.com>
SimengLiu-nv pushed a commit to SimengLiu-nv/TensorRT-LLM that referenced this pull request Nov 3, 2026
….3: Detect dead MPI pool manager thread in MpiPoolSession

Forward-port of release/1.3 PR NVIDIA#20248
(release/1.3 commit 9ec0b50) to main.

Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Simeng Liu <simengl@nvidia.com>
SimengLiu-nv pushed a commit to SimengLiu-nv/TensorRT-LLM that referenced this pull request Nov 3, 2026
….3: Detect dead MPI pool manager thread in MpiPoolSession

Forward-port of release/1.3 PR NVIDIA#20248
(release/1.3 commit 9ec0b50) to main.

Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Simeng Liu <simengl@nvidia.com>
SimengLiu-nv pushed a commit to SimengLiu-nv/TensorRT-LLM that referenced this pull request Nov 3, 2026
….3: Detect dead MPI pool manager thread in MpiPoolSession

Forward-port of release/1.3 PR NVIDIA#20248
(release/1.3 commit 9ec0b50) to main.

Signed-off-by: Asfiya Baig <asfiyab@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Simeng Liu <simengl@nvidia.com>
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