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SUMMARY:

This PR improves subgraph tracing performance as discussed in #2981.

  • Lazily cache mappings from parameters and buffers to their qualified names during each HFTracer trace, avoiding repeated scans of named_parameters() and named_buffers(). The maps are built independently and cleared after tracing, including error paths.
  • Compute consumed names in a single reverse pass while preserving last-use behavior.
  • Add a configurable subgraph-tracing benchmark with a default workload of 100K matched targets.

BENCHMARK:

The benchmark was run on an Intel Core i7-13700KF under WSL2 with Python 3.12 and PyTorch 2.13 (CPU). The workload contains 100,000 matched targets, produces 335 subgraphs with up to 300 targets each, registers 500,000 parameters, and accesses 200 distinct parameters during tracing. Results are medians of three runs, and only trace_subgraphs is timed.

Revision Run 1 (s) Run 2 (s) Run 3 (s) Median (s)
Baseline (28c9c76b) 27.085 26.902 26.455 26.902
This PR 8.617 8.519 8.555 8.555

Together, the changes provide a 3.14x speedup on this workload.

Most of the speedup comes from caching parameter lookups.The trace_consumed_names() optimization has little effect on this workload, but improves its algorithmic complexity by replacing the nested search with a single reverse pass.

The complete workload and raw results are documented in benchmarks/README.md.

TEST PLAN:

  • pytest -q tests/llmcompressor/pipelines/sequential
    • 31 passed.
  • pytest -q tests/llmcompressor/transformers/tracing/test_models.py -k "not gemma-3n"
    • 16 passed, 2 deselected.
    • The two excluded Gemma3n cases also fail on baseline commit 28c9c76b with the same assertion: 31 subgraphs instead of the expected 32.
  • Ruff lint/format checks and tools/lint_cuda.py passed on all changed Python files.

Signed-off-by: YingqiDuan <141370165+YingqiDuan@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: YingqiDuan <141370165+YingqiDuan@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: YingqiDuan <141370165+YingqiDuan@users.noreply.github.com>
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The PR optimizes sequential tracing by simplifying consumed-input analysis and caching parameter and buffer names in HFTracer. It adds focused tests and a configurable benchmark with documentation for tracing performance.

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Sequential tracing updates

Layer / File(s) Summary
Consumed input tracking
src/llmcompressor/pipelines/sequential/helpers.py, tests/llmcompressor/pipelines/sequential/test_helpers.py
trace_consumed_names now uses one reverse traversal. Tests cover direct, shared, skipped, empty, and missing inputs.
HFTracer name caches
src/llmcompressor/pipelines/sequential/transformers_helpers.py, tests/llmcompressor/pipelines/sequential/test_transformers_helpers.py
HFTracer caches parameter and buffer names during tracing and clears the caches afterward. Tests cover lazy construction, shared attributes, independent maps, and failure recovery.
Subgraph tracing benchmark
benchmarks/bench_trace_subgraphs.py, benchmarks/README.md
Adds a configurable benchmark that validates target and subgraph counts, measures repeated runs, and documents workload and results.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 4af79

The PR’s tracing optimizations are localized and supported by the supplied tests and benchmark results. One trivial benchmark lint/documentation follow-up remains, but no actionable merge-blocking risk is present.

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Suggested labels: enhancement, tracing

Suggested reviewers: dsikka, kylesayrs

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This pull request optimizes subgraph tracing performance by refactoring trace_consumed_names to use set operations in reverse order and caching parameter/buffer names in HFTracer to avoid redundant lookups. It also includes benchmark scripts, documentation, and comprehensive unit tests. The feedback suggests a minor optimization in HFTracer._module_getattr to return early when a Parameter is not found, avoiding unnecessary initialization of the buffer name cache.

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Add strict=True to zip.

This documents the equal-length invariant and satisfies B905 when that rule is enabled.

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In `@benchmarks/bench_trace_subgraphs.py` at line 89, Update the zip call used to
build target_to_parameter_index to pass strict=True, documenting and enforcing
that target_indices and parameter_indices have equal lengths.

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