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depeng1994 6b094a2bd4 [ModelRunner]Add profile execute duration observation (#1013)
### What this PR does / why we need it?
We need to **observe the time consumed in each stage of inference
(including pre-processing, model forward, etc.), without any performance
loss**.
Therefore, we use the event timestamp mechanism of the NPU to mark any
stage during the execution of the NPU device (this marking operation is
executed asynchronously, with no performance loss).
Additionally, we provide a blocking synchronization API
`pop_captured_sync` to be called at an appropriate time, to print the
time consumed in all observed stages.

**model_runner_v1.py file only changed 5 lines, all of which were
`ProfileExecuteDuration()` calls, and nothing else was changed, while
more changes were showed due to the alignment issue.**

### Does this PR introduce _any_ user-facing change?
Use  env `VLLM_MODEL_EXECUTE_TIME_OBSERVE `to enable this feature

### How was this patch tested?

Tested in deepseek model,Print like this:
```
5691:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502285) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.17ms [prepare input and forward]:9.57ms [forward]:4.14ms
5695:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502285) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.29ms [prepare input and forward]:10.19ms [forward]:4.14ms
5697:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502343) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.81ms [prepare input and forward]:10.29ms [forward]:3.99ms
5701:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502343) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.10ms [prepare input and forward]:10.62ms [forward]:4.33ms
5705:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502343) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.65ms [prepare input and forward]:9.58ms [forward]:4.20ms
5709:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502343) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.43ms [prepare input and forward]:9.88ms [forward]:4.20ms
5711:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502401) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.89ms [prepare input and forward]:10.49ms [forward]:4.19ms
5715:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502401) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.14ms [prepare input and forward]:11.21ms [forward]:4.18ms
5719:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502401) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.71ms [prepare input and forward]:10.15ms [forward]:4.42ms
5723:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502401) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.62ms [prepare input and forward]:10.31ms [forward]:4.25ms
5725:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502462) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.12ms [prepare input and forward]:10.33ms [forward]:4.24ms
5729:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502462) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.58ms [prepare input and forward]:10.85ms [forward]:4.32ms
5733:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502462) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.32ms [prepare input and forward]:9.79ms [forward]:4.28ms
5737:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502462) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:15.06ms [prepare input and forward]:9.89ms [forward]:4.32ms
5739:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502524) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.62ms [prepare input and forward]:10.48ms [forward]:4.27ms
5743:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502524) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.60ms [prepare input and forward]:10.71ms [forward]:4.61ms
5747:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502524) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.21ms [prepare input and forward]:10.10ms [forward]:4.52ms
5751:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502524) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:15.03ms [prepare input and forward]:10.00ms [forward]:4.42ms

```

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Signed-off-by: depeng1994 <depengzhang@foxmail.com>
2025-06-06 09:29:34 +08:00

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Profile Execute Duration

The execution duration of each stage (including pre/post-processing, model forward, etc.) usually needs to be captured during a complete inference process. Typically, this is done by using torch.npu.synchronize() and obtaining CPU timestamps, which increases the performance overhead of host/device synchronization.

To reduce the performance overhead, we add this feature, using the NPU event timestamp mechanism to observe the device execution time asynchronously.

Usage

  • Use the environment variable VLLM_ASCEND_MODEL_EXECUTE_TIME_OBSERVE to enable this feature.
  • Use the non-blocking API ProfileExecuteDuration().capture_async to set observation points asynchronously when you need to observe the execution duration.
  • Use the blocking API ProfileExecuteDuration().pop_captured_sync at an appropriate time to get and print the execution durations of all observed stages.

Example Output

5691:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502285) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.17ms [prepare input and forward]:9.57ms [forward]:4.14ms
5695:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502285) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.29ms [prepare input and forward]:10.19ms [forward]:4.14ms
5697:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502343) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.81ms [prepare input and forward]:10.29ms [forward]:3.99ms
5701:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502343) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.10ms [prepare input and forward]:10.62ms [forward]:4.33ms
5705:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502343) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.65ms [prepare input and forward]:9.58ms [forward]:4.20ms
5709:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502343) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.43ms [prepare input and forward]:9.88ms [forward]:4.20ms
5711:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502401) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.89ms [prepare input and forward]:10.49ms [forward]:4.19ms
5715:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502401) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.14ms [prepare input and forward]:11.21ms [forward]:4.18ms
5719:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502401) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.71ms [prepare input and forward]:10.15ms [forward]:4.42ms
5723:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502401) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.62ms [prepare input and forward]:10.31ms [forward]:4.25ms
5725:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502462) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.12ms [prepare input and forward]:10.33ms [forward]:4.24ms
5729:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502462) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.58ms [prepare input and forward]:10.85ms [forward]:4.32ms
5733:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502462) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.32ms [prepare input and forward]:9.79ms [forward]:4.28ms
5737:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502462) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:15.06ms [prepare input and forward]:9.89ms [forward]:4.32ms
5739:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502524) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.62ms [prepare input and forward]:10.48ms [forward]:4.27ms
5743:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502524) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.60ms [prepare input and forward]:10.71ms [forward]:4.61ms
5747:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502524) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:14.21ms [prepare input and forward]:10.10ms [forward]:4.52ms
5751:(IntegratedWorker pid=1502524) Profile execute duration [Decode]: [post process]:15.03ms [prepare input and forward]:10.00ms [forward]:4.42ms