"""Dependency/priority GPU job queue for a single 8-GPU node. python -m tdprm.queue.gpuq run --plan plan.json [--gpus 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7] python -m tdprm.queue.gpuq status --plan plan.json python -m tdprm.queue.gpuq simulate --plan plan.json # predicted timeline from est_hours python -m tdprm.queue.gpuq retry --plan plan.json JOB_ID python -m tdprm.queue.gpuq kill --plan plan.json JOB_ID python -m tdprm.queue.gpuq hold --plan plan.json JOB_ID [JOB_ID ...] # `retry` releases A job is {"id", "script", "gpus", "priority", "deps", "est_hours"}; deps are job ids or "file:" (waits until the file exists, e.g. a checkpoint's READY marker). The scheduler repeatedly starts the highest-priority ready job that fits on free GPUs (lower priority value first; backfilling allowed), so GPUs never idle while runnable work exists. State survives restarts of the queue process. """ import argparse import fcntl import heapq import json import os import signal import subprocess import time from pathlib import Path PAIRS = [(0, 1), (2, 3), (4, 5), (6, 7)] def load_plan(path): """Plan file: a list of jobs, or {"jobs": [...], "reservations": [{"gpus": [...], "jobs": [...]}]}.""" data = json.loads(Path(path).read_text()) return (data, []) if isinstance(data, list) else (data["jobs"], data.get("reservations", [])) def reserved_gpus(job_id, reservations, finished): """GPUs this job may not use: GPUs held by reservations whose job group is still unfinished and which do not list this job.""" blocked = set() for r in reservations: if any(j not in finished for j in r["jobs"]) and job_id not in r["jobs"]: blocked |= set(r["gpus"]) return blocked def state_path(plan_path): return Path(plan_path).with_suffix(".state.json") def load_state(plan_path): p = state_path(plan_path) return json.loads(p.read_text()) if p.exists() else {} def save_state(plan_path, state): p = state_path(plan_path) tmp = p.with_suffix(".tmp") tmp.write_text(json.dumps(state, indent=1)) tmp.replace(p) def expand(s): return os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser(s)) def finished(s, max_retries): """No further attempt will be made: done, blocked, killed, or failed with the automatic retries used up.""" st = s.get("status") return st in ("done", "blocked") or (st == "failed" and (s.get("exit") == -15 or s.get("attempts", 0) >= max_retries)) def deps_met(job, state, max_retries=0): """deps: job ids (must be done), "file:" (must exist), "after:" (must be finished, any outcome).""" for d in job.get("deps", []): if d.startswith("file:"): if not Path(expand(d[5:])).exists(): return False elif d.startswith("after:"): if not finished(state.get(d[6:], {}), max_retries): return False elif state.get(d, {}).get("status") != "done": return False return True def deps_failed(job, state): return any(not d.startswith(("file:", "after:")) and state.get(d, {}).get("status") in ("failed", "blocked") for d in job.get("deps", [])) def pick_gpus(n, free): if n == 0: return [] if n == 2: for a, b in PAIRS: if a in free and b in free: return [a, b] if len(free) >= n: return sorted(free)[:n] return None def alive(pid): try: os.kill(pid, 0) return True except OSError: return False def launch(job, gpus, logdir): logdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True) log = logdir / f"{job['id']}.log" exitf = logdir / f"{job['id']}.exit" exitf.unlink(missing_ok=True) env = dict(os.environ) env["CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES"] = ",".join(map(str, gpus)) if gpus else "" env["TDPRM_GPU0"] = str(gpus[0]) if gpus else "9" cmd = f"bash {expand(job['script'])}; echo $? > {exitf}" proc = subprocess.Popen(["bash", "-c", cmd], env=env, stdout=open(log, "ab"), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, start_new_session=True) return proc.pid def refresh(state, logdir): for jid, s in state.items(): if s.get("status") != "running": continue exitf = logdir / f"{jid}.exit" if exitf.exists(): code = int(exitf.read_text().strip() or 1) s.update(status="done" if code == 0 else "failed", exit=code, end=time.time()) elif not alive(s["pid"]): s.update(status="failed", exit=-1, end=time.time()) else: continue reap(s["pid"]) def reap(pgid): """Kill what a finished job left behind in its process group (vLLM's EngineCore can outlive its trainer and keep ~18 GB of GPU memory).""" try: os.killpg(pgid, signal.SIGKILL) except OSError: pass def gpu_memory_used(): """MiB in use per GPU index; {} when nvidia-smi is unavailable.""" try: out = subprocess.run(["nvidia-smi", "--query-gpu=index,memory.used", "--format=csv,noheader,nounits"], capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=30).stdout return {int(i): int(m) for i, m in (line.split(",") for line in out.strip().splitlines())} except (OSError, ValueError, subprocess.SubprocessError): return {} def retryable(s, args, now): return (s.get("status") == "failed" and s.get("exit") != -15 and s.get("attempts", 0) < args.max_retries and now - s.get("end", now) >= args.retry_after) def lock(plan_path): """Exclusive lock for a state read-modify-write (scheduler loop vs retry/hold/kill); released on close.""" f = open(Path(plan_path).with_suffix(".lock"), "w") fcntl.flock(f, fcntl.LOCK_EX) return f def run(args): plan, reservations = load_plan(args.plan) gpus_all = [int(g) for g in args.gpus.split(",")] logdir = Path(args.plan).with_suffix("").parent / "logs" state = load_state(args.plan) order = {j["id"]: i for i, j in enumerate(plan)} while True: held = lock(args.plan) state = load_state(args.plan) # picks up retry/hold/kill issued while the queue runs refresh(state, logdir) now = time.time() for j in plan: s = state.get(j["id"], {}) if retryable(s, args, now): state[j["id"]] = {"status": "pending", "attempts": s.get("attempts", 0) + 1} for other in state.values(): if other.get("status") == "blocked": other["status"] = "pending" print(f"[{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')}] auto-retry {j['id']} (retry {s.get('attempts', 0) + 1})", flush=True) busy = {g for s in state.values() if s.get("status") == "running" for g in s.get("gpus", [])} # memory still held (a finished job's processes exiting, or a foreign process) also makes a GPU busy busy |= {g for g, mib in gpu_memory_used().items() if mib > args.max_used_mib} free = set(gpus_all) - busy pending = [j for j in plan if state.get(j["id"], {}).get("status", "pending") == "pending"] for j in pending: if deps_failed(j, state): state[j["id"]] = {"status": "blocked"} ready = sorted((j for j in pending if state.get(j["id"], {}).get("status") != "blocked" and deps_met(j, state, args.max_retries)), key=lambda j: (j.get("priority", 50), order[j["id"]])) finished = {jid for jid, s in state.items() if s.get("status") in ("done", "failed", "blocked")} waiting_head = False for j in ready: if waiting_head and j.get("est_hours", 1.0) > args.backfill_max_hours: continue gpus = pick_gpus(j.get("gpus", 1), free - reserved_gpus(j["id"], reservations, finished)) if gpus is None: if j.get("gpus", 1) > 0 and not any(j["id"] in r["jobs"] for r in reservations): waiting_head = True # a higher-priority job is waiting: only short jobs may backfill continue pid = launch(j, gpus, logdir) free -= set(gpus) state[j["id"]] = {"status": "running", "gpus": gpus, "pid": pid, "start": time.time(), "attempts": state.get(j["id"], {}).get("attempts", 0)} print(f"[{time.strftime('%H:%M:%S')}] start {j['id']} on GPUs {gpus} (pid {pid})", flush=True) save_state(args.plan, state) held.close() remaining = [j for j in plan if state.get(j["id"], {}).get("status", "pending") in ("pending", "running", "held") or retryable(state.get(j["id"], {}), args, float("inf"))] if not remaining: print("all jobs finished", flush=True) return time.sleep(args.poll) def status(args): plan, _ = load_plan(args.plan) state = load_state(args.plan) logdir = Path(args.plan).with_suffix("").parent / "logs" refresh(state, logdir) now = time.time() counts = {} for j in plan: s = state.get(j["id"], {"status": "pending"}) counts[s["status"]] = counts.get(s["status"], 0) + 1 if s["status"] in ("running", "failed", "blocked", "held") or args.all: el = ((s.get("end") or now) - s["start"]) / 3600 if "start" in s else 0 print(f"{s['status']:8s} {j['id']:45s} gpus={s.get('gpus', '-')!s:8s} {el:5.2f}h est={j.get('est_hours', 0):.1f}h") print(counts) def simulate(args): """List-scheduling simulation with the same policy as `run`, using est_hours.""" plan, reservations = load_plan(args.plan) n_gpu = len(args.gpus.split(",")) order = {j["id"]: i for i, j in enumerate(plan)} finish, start, gpu_of = {}, {}, {} free_at = {g: 0.0 for g in range(n_gpu)} t, running, done = 0.0, [], set() pending = list(plan) while pending or running: free = {g for g, ft in free_at.items() if ft <= t + 1e-9} progressed = True while progressed: progressed = False ready = [] for j in pending: ok = True for d in j.get("deps", []): if d.startswith("file:"): src = j.get("produced_by") frac = j.get("produced_at_frac", 1.0) if src is None: continue # an existing input, not produced by a job of this plan if src not in start or start[src] + frac * plan_est(plan, src) > t + 1e-9: ok = False elif d.removeprefix("after:") not in done: ok = False if ok: ready.append(j) ready.sort(key=lambda j: (j.get("priority", 50), order[j["id"]])) waiting_head = False for j in ready: if waiting_head and j.get("est_hours", 1.0) > args.backfill_max_hours: continue gpus = pick_gpus(j.get("gpus", 1), free - reserved_gpus(j["id"], reservations, done)) if gpus is None: if j.get("gpus", 1) > 0 and not any(j["id"] in r["jobs"] for r in reservations): waiting_head = True continue start[j["id"]] = t end = t + j.get("est_hours", 1.0) finish[j["id"]] = end gpu_of[j["id"]] = gpus for g in gpus: free_at[g] = end free -= set(gpus) heapq.heappush(running, (end, j["id"])) pending.remove(j) progressed = True if not running: if pending: raise RuntimeError(f"unschedulable: {[j['id'] for j in pending][:5]}") break candidates = [running[0][0]] + [start[j["produced_by"]] + j.get("produced_at_frac", 1.0) * plan_est(plan, j["produced_by"]) for j in pending if j.get("produced_by") in start] nxt = min(c for c in candidates if c > t + 1e-9) if any(c > t + 1e-9 for c in candidates) else running[0][0] t = nxt while running and running[0][0] <= t + 1e-9: _, jid = heapq.heappop(running) done.add(jid) rows = sorted(start, key=lambda k: (start[k], k)) for jid in rows: if args.all or not jid.startswith("eval_"): print(f"{start[jid]:6.2f}h -> {finish[jid]:6.2f}h gpus={gpu_of[jid]!s:8s} {jid}") makespan = max(finish.values()) if finish else 0 busy = sum(len(gpu_of[j]) * (finish[j] - start[j]) for j in finish) print(f"makespan {makespan:.1f}h, GPU utilization {busy / (n_gpu * makespan):.1%}" if makespan else "empty plan") marks = [start[j["id"]] + j["first_look_frac"] * j.get("est_hours", 1.0) for j in plan if j.get("first_look_frac") is not None and j["id"] in start] if marks: print(f"round-100 in-loop eval of the first-wave arms: earliest ~{min(marks):.1f}h, all ~{max(marks):.1f}h") def plan_est(plan, jid): plan = plan[0] if isinstance(plan, tuple) else plan for j in plan: if j["id"] == jid: return j.get("est_hours", 1.0) return 1.0 def control(args, action): with lock(args.plan): _control(args, action) def _control(args, action): state = load_state(args.plan) if action == "hold": for jid in args.job: if state.get(jid, {}).get("status", "pending") in ("pending", "failed", "blocked"): state[jid] = {"status": "held"} save_state(args.plan, state) return args.job = args.job[0] s = state.get(args.job, {}) if action == "kill" and s.get("status") == "running": try: os.killpg(os.getpgid(s["pid"]), signal.SIGTERM) except OSError: pass s.update(status="failed", exit=-15, end=time.time()) elif action == "retry": state[args.job] = {"status": "pending"} for jid, st in state.items(): if st.get("status") == "blocked": st["status"] = "pending" save_state(args.plan, state) def main(): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument("cmd", choices=["run", "status", "simulate", "retry", "kill", "hold"]) parser.add_argument("job", nargs="*") parser.add_argument("--plan", required=True) parser.add_argument("--gpus", default="0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7") parser.add_argument("--poll", type=float, default=20) parser.add_argument("--all", action="store_true") parser.add_argument("--backfill-max-hours", type=float, default=0.5, help="while a higher-priority job waits for GPUs, only jobs this short may start") parser.add_argument("--max-retries", type=int, default=2, help="automatic retries of a failed job") parser.add_argument("--retry-after", type=float, default=300, help="seconds between a failure and its retry") parser.add_argument("--max-used-mib", type=int, default=1024, help="a GPU with more memory in use than this is not given to a new job") args = parser.parse_args() {"run": run, "status": status, "simulate": simulate}.get(args.cmd, lambda a: control(a, args.cmd))(args) if __name__ == "__main__": main()