eplb_state.py

# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
"""
Expert parallelism load balancer (EPLB) metrics and states.

# Glossary

- **Logical Expert**: An expert that is part of the model's logical structure.
  It holds a set of weights and is replicated across multiple physical
  experts.
- **Redundant Expert**: To achieve load balancing, for some popular logical
  experts, we create additional copies of the expert weights. During inference,
  each of these copies can be routed to by the same set of tokens.
- **Physical Expert**: An expert that is instantiated on a specific device.
  It is a replica of a logical expert and can be rearranged across devices.
  I.e., one logical expert may have multiple sets of weights initialized on
  different devices, and each of these sets is a physical expert.
- **Local Physical Expert**: A physical expert that is instantiated on the
  current device.

For example: DeepSeek-R1 has 256 logical experts, so each MoE layer
has 256 sets of linear layer weights in the model parameters. If we add 32
redundant experts, DeepSeek-R1 will have 256 + 32 = 288 physical experts in
total. And when deploying, we'll have 288 sets of linear layer weights for each
MoE layer. If we have 32 EP ranks, then each GPU will hold 288 / 32 = 9 local
physical experts.
"""

import threading
from collections.abc import Sequence
from dataclasses import dataclass

import numpy as np
import torch
from torch.distributed import ProcessGroup, all_reduce

from vllm.config import ModelConfig, ParallelConfig
from vllm.distributed.parallel_state import (
    get_ep_group,
    get_node_count,
    in_the_same_node_as,
)
from vllm.distributed.stateless_coordinator import StatelessGroupCoordinator
from vllm.distributed.utils import StatelessProcessGroup
from vllm.logger import init_logger
from vllm.model_executor.models.interfaces import MixtureOfExperts

from .async_worker import start_async_worker
from .policy import EPLB_POLICIES, AbstractEplbPolicy, DefaultEplbPolicy
from .rebalance_execute import (
    RecvMetadata,
    move_from_buffer,
    rearrange_expert_weights_inplace,
)

logger = init_logger(__name__)


@dataclass
class EplbStats:
    """
    Model stats used in EPLB rebalancing algorithm.
    """

    global_expert_load_window: torch.Tensor
    """
    Experts load window.
    Shape: (window_size, num_moe_layers, num_physical_experts)
    """
    num_replicas: int
    """
    Number of physical experts.
    """
    num_groups: int
    """
    Number of expert groups.
    """
    num_nodes: int
    """
    Number of nodes.
    """
    num_gpus: int
    """
    Number of GPUs.
    """


@dataclass
class EplbModelState:
    """EPLB metrics."""

    physical_to_logical_map: torch.Tensor
    """
    Mapping from physical experts to logical experts.

    Shape: (num_moe_layers, num_physical_experts)

    # Example

    For a 2-layer MoE model with 6 physical experts and 4 logical experts on 3
    EP ranks, the mapping could look like this:

    ```
    [[0, 1, 2, 3, 0, 1],
     [0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 3]]
    ```
    """
    logical_to_physical_map: torch.Tensor
    """
    Mapping from logical experts to physical experts.

    This is a sparse matrix, where -1 indicates no mapping.

    Shape: (num_moe_layers, num_logical_experts, num_redundant_experts + 1)

    # Example

    For a 2-layer MoE model with 6 physical experts and 4 logical experts on 3
    EP ranks, the mapping could look like this:

    ```
    [[[0, 4, -1],
      [1, 5, -1],
      [2, -1, -1],
      [3, -1, -1]],
     [[0, 2, 4],
      [3, -1, -1],
      [1, -1, -1],
      [5, -1, -1]]]
    ```
    """
    logical_replica_count: torch.Tensor
    """
    Number of replicas for each logical expert.
    This is exactly the non-`-1` count in the `logical_to_physical_map`.

    Shape: (num_moe_layers, num_logical_experts)

    # Example
    For a 2-layer MoE model with 6 physical experts and 4 logical experts on 3
    EP ranks, the count could look like this:

    ```
    [[2, 2, 1, 1],
     [3, 1, 1, 1]]
    """

    expert_load_pass: torch.Tensor
    """
    Expert load during this forward pass. 
    We use the token count each expert processes as the load.

    Shape: (num_moe_layers, num_physical_experts)
    """
    expert_load_window: torch.Tensor
    """
    A sliding window of expert load.

    Shape: (window_size, num_moe_layers, num_physical_experts)

    NOTE: The expert_load_view now records load for all physical experts
    rather than just local experts. This ensures consistent load statistics
    across different dispatch methods (naive all-to-all, DeepEP).
    The recorded load will be multiplied by dp_size when using naive all-to-all
    due to each DP rank contributing the same token set to the calculation.
    See:
    https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/22167#pullrequestreview-3086143856
    """
    model_name: str
    model: MixtureOfExperts
    expert_buffer: list[torch.Tensor]
    """
    The buffer to store the expert weights during transfer.
    """
    buffer_lock: threading.Lock
    """
    The lock to protect the expert buffer.
    """
    buffer_consumed_event: torch.cuda.Event | None
    """
    CUDA event recorded after the main thread finishes consuming the buffer.
    The async worker waits on this before writing to the buffer again.
    """
    window_ready_event: torch.cuda.Event | None
    """
    CUDA event recorded after all-reduce and clone on the main thread.
    The async worker waits on this before accessing global_expert_load_window.
    """
    ep_buffer_ready: int
    """
    The flag indicates whether the expert buffer is ready for transfer.
    0 or 1.
    """
    layer_to_transfer: int
    """
    The layer index to transfer in async mode.
    """
    rebalanced: bool
    """
    The flag indicates whether the experts rebalance have been computed.
    """
    pending_global_ready_check: bool
    """
    Whether the async EPLB needs to poll peers for buffer readiness.
    """
    eplb_stats: EplbStats | None
    """
    EPLB stats for the model.
    """
    is_unchanged: np.ndarray
    """
    intermediate variable between `move_to_buffer` and `move_to_workspace`.
    The size is same as the num of physical experts in the current layer.
    """
    is_received_locally: np.ndarray
    """
    intermediate variable between `move_to_buffer` and `move_to_workspace`.
    The size is same as the num of physical experts in the current layer.
    """
    recv_metadata: RecvMetadata
    """
    intermediate variable between `move_to_buffer` and `move_to_workspace`.
    """
    cuda_device_index: int | None
    """
    CUDA device index for the async EPLB worker thread.
    """
    new_physical_to_logical_map: torch.Tensor | None = None
    """
    intermediate variable between `move_to_buffer` and `move_to_workspace`.
    the size is same as physical_to_logical_map
    """


class EplbState:
    """
    EplbState of each expert parallel model. Key is the model config hash.
    """

    def __init__(self, parallel_config: ParallelConfig, device: torch.device):
        self.parallel_config = parallel_config
        self.device = device
        self.model_states: dict[str, EplbModelState] = {}
        self.policy: type[AbstractEplbPolicy] = DefaultEplbPolicy
        """
        Selected EPLB algorithm class
        """
        self.expert_load_window_step: int = 0
        """
        Current step in the sliding window.

        Different from `expert_rearrangement_step`, 
        each EP rank may have its own `expert_load_window_step`.
        """
        self.expert_load_window_size: int = 0
        """
        Size of the expert load sliding window.
        This is a constant and is taken from the config.
        """
        self.expert_rearrangement_step: int = 0
        """
        Steps after last rearrangement.
        Will trigger a rearrangement if it exceeds the threshold.

        NOTE: Keep in mind that all EP ranks need to have the same
        `expert_rearrangement_step` value to ensure synchronization.
        Otherwise, the rearrangement will hang at collective
        communication calls.
        """
        self.expert_rearrangement_step_interval: int = 0
        """
        Interval for expert rearrangement steps.
        This is a constant and is taken from the config.
        """
        self.should_record_tensor: torch.Tensor | None = None
        """
        Shared scalar bool tensor for all layers.  Every
        :class:`EplbLayerState` holds a reference to the **same** object so
        a single ``.fill_()`` updates all layers at once.  Allocated on the
        first call to :meth:`_init_should_record_tensor`.
        """
        self.is_async: bool = False
        """
        The flag indicates whether the EPLB is running in async mode.
        """
        self.rearrange_event = threading.Event()
        """
        Event to signal when a new rearrangement is needed for the async thread.
        """
        self.async_worker: threading.Thread | None = None
        """
        Background thread handling async transfers.
        """
        self.cuda_device_index: int | None = None
        """
        CUDA device index for the async EPLB worker thread.
        """
        self.num_valid_physical_experts: int = 0
        """
        Number of valid physical experts.
        This is the number of physical experts that are
        actually mapped to logical experts. In elastic EP,
        newly started EP ranks may not have physical experts
        mapped yet.
        """
        if self.device.type == "cuda":
            self.cuda_device_index = self.device.index
            if self.cuda_device_index is None and torch.cuda.is_available():
                self.cuda_device_index = torch.accelerator.current_device_index()

    @staticmethod
    def build_initial_global_physical_to_logical_map(
        num_routed_experts: int,
        num_redundant_experts: int,
    ) -> Sequence[int]:
        """
        Build an initial expert arrangement using the following structure:
        [original routed experts, redundant experts]

        Returns:
            physical_to_logical_map (Sequence[int]): A list of integers,
                where each integer is the index of the logical expert
                that the corresponding physical expert maps to.
        """
        global_physical_to_logical_map = list(range(num_routed_experts))
        global_physical_to_logical_map += [
            i % num_routed_experts for i in range(num_redundant_experts)
        ]
        return global_physical_to_logical_map

    def validate_ep_configuration(self, new_model: MixtureOfExperts):
        """
        Validate that the expert parallel configuration of
        the new model is the same as the existing models.
        """
        if len(self.model_states) > 0:
            model = next(iter(self.model_states.values())).model
            if (
                model.num_routed_experts != new_model.num_routed_experts
                or model.num_redundant_experts != new_model.num_redundant_experts
                or model.num_physical_experts != new_model.num_physical_experts
                or model.num_logical_experts != new_model.num_logical_experts
                or model.num_expert_groups != new_model.num_expert_groups
            ):
                raise RuntimeError(
                    "Model: {} "
                    "with config {} "
                    "{} {} {} {} "
                    "mismatch with new model {} "
                    "with config {} "
                    "{} {} {} {}".format(
                        type(model),
                        model.num_routed_experts,
                        model.num_redundant_experts,
                        model.num_physical_experts,
                        model.num_logical_experts,
                        model.num_expert_groups,
                        type(new_model),
                        new_model.num_routed_experts,
                        new_model.num_redundant_experts,
                        new_model.num_physical_experts,
                        new_model.num_logical_experts,
                        new_model.num_expert_groups,
                    )
                )

    def add_model(
        self,
        model: MixtureOfExperts,
        model_config: ModelConfig,
    ):
        """
        Build the initial EPLB state.
        """
        self.validate_ep_configuration(model)
        self.is_async = self.parallel_config.eplb_config.use_async

        physical_to_logical_map_list = (
            EplbState.build_initial_global_physical_to_logical_map(
                model.num_routed_experts,
                model.num_redundant_experts,
            )
        )
        physical_to_logical_map = torch.tensor(
            physical_to_logical_map_list,
            device=self.device,
        )
        # Assuming 8 GPUs per node, this supports up to
        # (1023 + 1) / 8 = 128 nodes for now.
        # TODO(rui): make this configurable
        MAX_EXPERT_REDUNDANCY = 1023
        assert model.num_redundant_experts <= MAX_EXPERT_REDUNDANCY, (
            f"num_redundant_experts {model.num_redundant_experts} "
            f"must be less than or equal to {MAX_EXPERT_REDUNDANCY}"
        )
        max_slots_per_logical_expert = MAX_EXPERT_REDUNDANCY + 1
        logical_to_physical_map = torch.full(
            (model.num_logical_experts, max_slots_per_logical_expert),
            -1,
            device=self.device,
        )
        logical_replica_count = torch.zeros(
            (model.num_logical_experts,),
            device=self.device,
            dtype=torch.long,
        )

        for i in range(model.num_physical_experts):
            logical_idx = physical_to_logical_map[i]
            logical_to_physical_map[logical_idx, logical_replica_count[logical_idx]] = i
            logical_replica_count[logical_idx] += 1

        # Duplicate initial mapping for all layers
        physical_to_logical_map = (
            physical_to_logical_map.unsqueeze(0)
            .expand(
                model.num_moe_layers,
                -1,
            )
            .contiguous()
        )
        logical_to_physical_map = (
            logical_to_physical_map.unsqueeze(0)
            .expand(
                model.num_moe_layers,
                -1,
                -1,
            )
            .contiguous()
        )
        logical_replica_count = (
            logical_replica_count.unsqueeze(0)
            .expand(
                model.num_moe_layers,
                -1,
            )
            .contiguous()
        )

        expert_load_pass = torch.zeros(
            (model.num_moe_layers, model.num_physical_experts),
            dtype=torch.int32,
            device=self.device,
        )
        self.expert_load_window_size = self.parallel_config.eplb_config.window_size
        expert_load_window = torch.zeros(
            (
                self.expert_load_window_size,
                model.num_moe_layers,
                model.num_physical_experts,
            ),
            dtype=torch.int32,
            device=self.device,
        )

        # Set the initial progress of rearrangement to 3/4
        eplb_step_interval = self.parallel_config.eplb_config.step_interval
        self.expert_rearrangement_step = max(
            0, eplb_step_interval - eplb_step_interval // 4
        )
        self.expert_rearrangement_step_interval = eplb_step_interval

        policy_type = self.parallel_config.eplb_config.policy
        self.policy = EPLB_POLICIES[policy_type]
        logger.debug("Selected EPLB policy: %s", policy_type)

        model.set_eplb_state(
            expert_load_pass,
            logical_to_physical_map,
            logical_replica_count,
        )
        self._init_should_record_tensor(model)
        expert_buffer = [torch.empty_like(w) for w in model.expert_weights[0]]

        model_state = EplbModelState(
            physical_to_logical_map=physical_to_logical_map,
            logical_to_physical_map=logical_to_physical_map,
            logical_replica_count=logical_replica_count,
            expert_load_pass=expert_load_pass,
            expert_load_window=expert_load_window,
            model_name=model_config.model,
            model=model,
            expert_buffer=expert_buffer,
            buffer_lock=threading.Lock(),
            buffer_consumed_event=None,
            window_ready_event=None,
            ep_buffer_ready=0,
            layer_to_transfer=0,
            rebalanced=False,
            pending_global_ready_check=False,
            eplb_stats=None,
            is_unchanged=np.array([]),
            is_received_locally=np.array([]),
            recv_metadata=RecvMetadata(
                recv_primary_mask=np.array([]),
                recv_count=0,
                recv_expert_ids=np.array([]),
                recv_dst_rows=np.array([]),
            ),
            cuda_device_index=self.cuda_device_index,
            new_physical_to_logical_map=None,
        )
        self.model_states[model_config.compute_hash()] = model_state
        self.num_valid_physical_experts = model.num_physical_experts

    def step(
        self,
        is_dummy: bool = False,
        is_profile: bool = False,
        log_stats: bool = False,
    ) -> None:
        """
        Step the EPLB state.

        Args:
            is_dummy (bool): If `True`, this is a dummy step and the load
                metrics recorded in this forward pass will not count.
                Defaults to `False`.
            is_profile (bool): If `True`, perform a dummy rearrangement
                with maximum communication cost. This is used in
                `profile_run` to reserve enough memory
                for the communication buffer.
            log_stats (bool): If `True`, log the expert load metrics.

        # Stats
            The metrics are all summed up across layers.
            - `avg_tokens`: The average load across ranks.
            - `max_tokens`: The maximum load across ranks.
            - `balancedness`: The ratio of average load to maximum load.
        """
        ep_group = get_ep_group().device_group
        if is_profile:
            self.rearrange(is_profile=True)
            return

        if is_dummy:
            # Do not record load metrics for dummy steps
            for eplb_model_state in self.model_states.values():
                eplb_model_state.expert_load_pass.zero_()

        if (
            log_stats
            and self.expert_rearrangement_step
            % self.parallel_config.eplb_config.log_balancedness_interval
            == 0
        ):
            # Sync the expert load pass for each model (main and drafter).
            # expert_load_pass: (num_moe_layers, num_physical_experts)
            expert_load_pass_list = self._sync_load_pass()
            ep_group = get_ep_group().device_group
            for expert_load_pass, eplb_model_state in zip(
                expert_load_pass_list, self.model_states.values()
            ):
                # num_tokens_per_rank: (num_moe_layers, num_ranks)
                num_tokens_per_rank = (
                    expert_load_pass.reshape(
                        expert_load_pass.shape[0], ep_group.size(), -1
                    )
                    .sum(dim=-1)
                    .float()
                )

                # Compute balancedness ratio:
                # for each layer:
                #   (mean load across ranks) / (max load across ranks)
                avg_tokens_tensor = num_tokens_per_rank.mean(dim=0).sum(dim=0)
                max_tokens_tensor = num_tokens_per_rank.max(dim=0).values.sum(dim=0)

                # Just to make type checker happy
                tokens_tensors: list[float] = torch.stack(
                    [avg_tokens_tensor, max_tokens_tensor]
                ).tolist()
                avg_tokens, max_tokens = tokens_tensors
                balancedness = avg_tokens / max_tokens if max_tokens > 0 else 0.0

                if ep_group.rank() == 0:
                    logger.info(
                        "EPLB step: %d for model %s: avg_tokens=%.2f, "
                        "max_tokens=%d, balancedness=%.4f, "
                        "steps until the next rearrangement: %d",
                        self.expert_rearrangement_step,
                        eplb_model_state.model_name,
                        avg_tokens,
                        max_tokens,
                        balancedness,
                        self.expert_rearrangement_step_interval
                        - self.expert_rearrangement_step,
                    )

        # Update the expert load sliding window
        if not is_dummy:
            should_record = self._should_record_current_step(log_stats=log_stats)
            for eplb_model_state in self.model_states.values():
                if should_record:
                    eplb_model_state.expert_load_window[
                        self.expert_load_window_step
                    ].copy_(eplb_model_state.expert_load_pass)
                    eplb_model_state.expert_load_pass.zero_()

            if should_record:
                self.expert_load_window_step += 1
                if self.expert_load_window_step >= self.expert_load_window_size:
                    self.expert_load_window_step = 0

        # Step the expert rearrangement step
        # Note that even if this is a dummy step, we still increment the
        # rearrangement step and perform rearrangement to ensure all ranks are
        # performing collective communication.
        self.expert_rearrangement_step += 1

        if self.is_async:
            for eplb_model_state in self.model_states.values():
                all_ranks_buffer_ready = False
                if eplb_model_state.pending_global_ready_check:
                    all_ranks_buffer_ready = self._all_ranks_buffer_ready(
                        eplb_model_state
                    )
                if eplb_model_state.ep_buffer_ready and all_ranks_buffer_ready:
                    self.move_to_workspace(
                        model_state=eplb_model_state,
                        ep_group=ep_group,
                        is_profile=is_profile,
                    )

        if self.expert_rearrangement_step >= self.expert_rearrangement_step_interval:
            if self.is_async and any(
                eplb_model_state.rebalanced
                for eplb_model_state in self.model_states.values()
            ):
                # Still performing asynchronous rearrangement; update
                # should_record (step > step_interval, so always True) and
                # bail out before the step counter is reset.
                self._update_layer_should_record(log_stats=log_stats)
                return
            self.expert_rearrangement_step = 0
            self.rearrange()

        self._update_layer_should_record(log_stats=log_stats)

    def _should_record_current_step(self, log_stats: bool = False) -> bool:
        """Return whether expert-load recording should be enabled this step.

        Recording is enabled when we are close to either:
        1) The next rearrangement step, so the sliding window is ready.
        2) The next balancedness logging step, when log_stats is enabled.
        """
        steps_remaining = (
            self.expert_rearrangement_step_interval - self.expert_rearrangement_step
        )
        should_record_for_rearrange = steps_remaining <= self.expert_load_window_size

        if not log_stats:
            return should_record_for_rearrange

        log_interval = self.parallel_config.eplb_config.log_balancedness_interval
        steps_until_next_log = (
            log_interval - (self.expert_rearrangement_step % log_interval)
        ) % log_interval
        should_record_for_log = steps_until_next_log <= self.expert_load_window_size
        return should_record_for_rearrange or should_record_for_log

    def _update_layer_should_record(self, log_stats: bool = False) -> None:
        """Update the shared ``should_record_tensor`` for all layers."""
        if self.should_record_tensor is not None:
            self.should_record_tensor.fill_(
                self._should_record_current_step(log_stats=log_stats)
            )

    def _init_should_record_tensor(self, model: "MixtureOfExperts") -> None:  # type: ignore[name-defined]
        """Allocate (once) and propagate the shared ``should_record_tensor``.

        Must be called after :meth:`model.set_eplb_state` so that each
        layer's ``eplb_state`` is already populated with the tensor views.
        """
        layer_states = [
            layer.eplb_state
            for layer in model.moe_layers
            if hasattr(layer, "eplb_state")
            and isinstance(layer.eplb_state, EplbLayerState)
        ]

        if self.should_record_tensor is None and layer_states:
            self.should_record_tensor = torch.ones(
                (), dtype=torch.bool, device=self.device
            )

        for ls in layer_states:
            ls.should_record_tensor = self.should_record_tensor

    def rearrange(
        self,
        is_profile: bool = False,
        rank_mapping: dict[int, int] | None = None,
    ) -> torch.Tensor | None:
        """
        Rearrange the experts according to the current load.

        Args:
            is_profile (bool): If `True`, perform a dummy rearrangement.
                This is used in `profile_run` to reserve enough memory,
                no memory movement will be performed. Default is False.
            rank_mapping (dict[int, int] | None): The rank mapping
                when scaling is done in EEP.
        """

        ep_group = get_ep_group().device_group
        ep_rank = ep_group.rank()

        start_event = None
        end_event = None
        is_main_rank = ep_rank == 0
        if is_main_rank:
            if not self.is_async or is_profile:
                start_event = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True)
                end_event = torch.cuda.Event(enable_timing=True)
                start_event.record()
            logger.info(
                "Rearranging experts %s %s...",
                "(async mode)" if self.is_async else "sync mode",
                "(profile)" if is_profile else "",
            )

        # Map the physical expert load to global logical experts
        global_expert_load_windows = []
        for eplb_model_state in self.model_states.values():
            expert_load_window = eplb_model_state.expert_load_window[
                :, :, : self.num_valid_physical_experts
            ]
            logical_expert_load_window = torch.zeros(
                self.expert_load_window_size,
                eplb_model_state.model.num_moe_layers,
                eplb_model_state.model.num_logical_experts,
                dtype=eplb_model_state.expert_load_window.dtype,
                device=eplb_model_state.expert_load_window.device,
            )
            logical_expert_load_window.scatter_add_(
                dim=-1,
                index=eplb_model_state.physical_to_logical_map[
                    :, : self.num_valid_physical_experts
                ]
                .unsqueeze(0)
                .expand_as(expert_load_window)
                .long(),
                src=expert_load_window,
            )

            global_expert_load_window = logical_expert_load_window.sum(dim=0)
            global_expert_load_windows.append(global_expert_load_window)
        # Perform all-reduce to get the expert load across all ranks for each model
        global_expert_load_windows = self._allreduce_list(global_expert_load_windows)

        # TODO(bowen): Treat differently for prefill and decode nodes
        eplb_model_state = next(iter(self.model_states.values()))
        model = eplb_model_state.model
        num_replicas = model.num_physical_experts
        num_groups = model.num_expert_groups

        if rank_mapping is not None and len(rank_mapping) == ep_group.size():
            # NOTE(yongji): scale down, we need to rebalance the experts on
            # remaining GPUs, transfer the experts while we haven't shutdown
            # the GPUs to be released.
            coordinator = get_ep_group()
            assert isinstance(coordinator, StatelessGroupCoordinator)
            tcp_store_group = coordinator.tcp_store_group
            num_nodes = _node_count_with_rank_mapping(tcp_store_group, rank_mapping)
            num_gpus = sum(new_rank != -1 for new_rank in rank_mapping.values())
            num_replicas = (
                num_replicas // ep_group.size() * num_gpus
            )  # handle num replicas change
        else:
            num_nodes = get_node_count()
            num_gpus = ep_group.size()

        if num_gpus % num_nodes != 0:
            num_nodes = 1
            logger.warning_once(
                f"num_gpus % num_nodes != 0, "
                "not using hierarchical rearrangement algorithm.\n"
                f"{num_gpus=}, {num_nodes=}"
            )

        # Get new expert mappings
        for eplb_model_state, global_expert_load_window in zip(
            self.model_states.values(), global_expert_load_windows
        ):
            if not self.is_async or is_profile:
                # Get new expert mappings for the model
                new_physical_to_logical_map = self.policy.rebalance_experts(
                    global_expert_load_window.cpu(),
                    num_replicas,
                    num_groups,
                    num_nodes,
                    num_gpus,
                    eplb_model_state.physical_to_logical_map.cpu(),
                )

                # Update expert weights
                rearrange_expert_weights_inplace(
                    eplb_model_state.physical_to_logical_map,
                    new_physical_to_logical_map,
                    eplb_model_state.model.expert_weights,
                    ep_group,
                    is_profile,
                    rank_mapping,
                )

                if not is_profile:
                    _commit_eplb_maps(
                        eplb_model_state,
                        new_physical_to_logical_map=new_physical_to_logical_map,
                    )

                if is_main_rank:
                    assert start_event is not None
                    assert end_event is not None
                    end_event.record()
                    end_event.synchronize()
                    gpu_elapsed = start_event.elapsed_time(end_event) / 1000.0
                    logger.info(
                        "Rearranged experts %s in %.2f s.",
                        " (profile) " if is_profile else " ",
                        gpu_elapsed,
                    )
            else:
                eplb_model_state.eplb_stats = EplbStats(
                    # We copy the tensor to snapshot the global_expert_load_window
                    # on the main thread so that async worker can access it safely
                    # while the main thread is running.
                    global_expert_load_window=global_expert_load_window.clone(),
                    num_replicas=num_replicas,
                    num_groups=num_groups,
                    num_nodes=num_nodes,
                    num_gpus=num_gpus,
                )
                # Record event after clone to signal async worker
                # that load stats data is ready
                sync_event = torch.cuda.Event()
                sync_event.record()
                eplb_model_state.window_ready_event = sync_event

                eplb_model_state.rebalanced = True
                eplb_model_state.layer_to_transfer = 0
                eplb_model_state.pending_global_ready_check = True
        # Signal async thread to start transferring layers
        if self.is_async and (not is_profile):
            self.rearrange_event.set()
        return None

    def start_async_loop(
        self,
        rank_mapping: dict[int, int] | None = None,
        is_profile: bool = False,
    ):
        if not self.is_async:
            return
        if self.async_worker is None:
            self.async_worker = start_async_worker(
                self,
                is_profile=is_profile,
            )

    def _all_ranks_buffer_ready(self, model_state: EplbModelState) -> bool:
        parallel_state = get_ep_group()
        cpu_group = getattr(parallel_state, "cpu_group", None)
        if cpu_group is not None and cpu_group.size() > 1:
            flag = torch.tensor(
                (int(model_state.ep_buffer_ready),), dtype=torch.int32, device="cpu"
            )
            all_reduce(flag, group=cpu_group)
            return int(flag.item()) == cpu_group.size()

        device_group = parallel_state.device_group
        if device_group.size() <= 1:
            return bool(model_state.ep_buffer_ready)

        device = getattr(
            parallel_state, "device", model_state.physical_to_logical_map.device
        )
        flag = torch.tensor(
            (int(model_state.ep_buffer_ready),), dtype=torch.int32, device=device
        )
        all_reduce(flag, group=device_group)
        return int(flag.item()) == device_group.size()

    def move_to_workspace(
        self,
        model_state: EplbModelState,
        ep_group: ProcessGroup,
        is_profile: bool = False,
    ):
        # We call move_to_workspace only when ep_buffer_ready is 1.
        # It means we only need to wait for the lock for a short time.
        max_retries = 6  # 1 minute max
        retries = 0
        while not model_state.buffer_lock.acquire(blocking=True, timeout=10.0):
            retries += 1
            if retries >= max_retries:
                raise RuntimeError(
                    f"Rank {ep_group.rank()}: buffer_lock timeout after "
                    "{max_retries * 10}s"
                )
            logger.warning(
                "Rank %d: EPLB buffer_lock acquire failed, retrying (%d/%d)",
                ep_group.rank(),
                retries,
                max_retries,
            )
        try:
            assert model_state.new_physical_to_logical_map is not None
            expert_weights = model_state.model.expert_weights[
                model_state.layer_to_transfer
            ]
            expert_weights_buffer = model_state.expert_buffer
            new_indices = model_state.new_physical_to_logical_map[
                model_state.layer_to_transfer
            ].numpy()
            move_from_buffer(
                expert_weights=expert_weights,
                expert_weights_buffers=expert_weights_buffer,
                is_unchanged=model_state.is_unchanged,
                is_received_locally=model_state.is_received_locally,
                recv_metadata=model_state.recv_metadata,
                new_indices=new_indices,
                ep_rank=ep_group.rank(),
            )
            # Record event after consuming buffer to signal async thread
            # that it's safe to overwrite the intermediate buffer
            consumed_event = torch.cuda.Event()
            consumed_event.record()
            model_state.buffer_consumed_event = consumed_event

            transferred_layer = model_state.layer_to_transfer
            assert model_state.new_physical_to_logical_map is not None
            _commit_eplb_maps_for_layer(
                model_state,
                new_physical_to_logical_map=model_state.new_physical_to_logical_map,
                layer=transferred_layer,
            )
            # After the main thread consumes, advance layer_to_transfer
            model_state.layer_to_transfer += 1
            model_state.ep_buffer_ready = 0
            logger.debug(
                "model %s successfully move_to_workspace layer %d",
                model_state.model_name,
                transferred_layer,
            )
            if model_state.layer_to_transfer >= model_state.model.num_moe_layers:
                self.post_eplb(model_state)
                model_state.rebalanced = False
                model_state.layer_to_transfer = 0
                model_state.pending_global_ready_check = False
                logger.info(
                    "finish async transfer for model %s rank %d layer %d",
                    model_state.model_name,
                    ep_group.rank(),
                    model_state.model.num_moe_layers,
                )

        finally:
            try:
                model_state.buffer_lock.release()
            except Exception as e:
                logger.error(
                    "Rank %d: buffer_lock release failed in move_to_workspace: %s",
                    ep_group.rank(),
                    str(e),
                )

    def post_eplb(self, model_state: EplbModelState) -> None:
        assert model_state.new_physical_to_logical_map is not None
        model_state.new_physical_to_logical_map = None

    def _allreduce_list(self, tensor_list: list[torch.Tensor]) -> list[torch.Tensor]:
        """
        All-reduce a list of tensors.
        """
        if len(tensor_list) == 1:
            all_reduce(tensor_list[0], group=get_ep_group().device_group)
            return tensor_list
        assert all(t.dim() == 2 for t in tensor_list), "All tensors must be 2D."
        assert all(t.shape[1] == tensor_list[0].shape[1] for t in tensor_list), (
            "All tensors must have the same shape[1]."
        )
        # Concatenate, all_reduce, then unpack to original shapes.
        # We assume all tensors are 2D and shape[1] (num_physical_experts)
        # is the same across all models.
        shapes = [t.shape for t in tensor_list]
        concat_tensor = torch.cat(tensor_list, dim=0)

        ep_group = get_ep_group().device_group
        all_reduce(concat_tensor, group=ep_group)

        all_reduce_list = []
        offset = 0
        for shape in shapes:
            all_reduce_list.append(concat_tensor[offset : offset + shape[0], :])
            offset += shape[0]
        return all_reduce_list

    def _sync_load_pass(self) -> list[torch.Tensor]:
        """
        Sync the expert load pass across all ranks for log stats.
        Doesn't update the expert load pass in eplb_model_state.
        """
        load_pass_list = []
        for eplb_model_state in self.model_states.values():
            load_pass_list.append(eplb_model_state.expert_load_pass.clone())
        return self._allreduce_list(load_pass_list)

    @classmethod
    def from_mapping(
        cls,
        model: MixtureOfExperts,
        model_config: ModelConfig,
        device: torch.device,
        parallel_config: ParallelConfig,
        expanded_physical_to_logical: torch.Tensor,
        num_valid_physical_experts: int,
    ) -> "EplbState":
        eplb_state = cls(
            parallel_config=parallel_config,
            device=device,
        )
        eplb_state.add_model(
            model=model,
            model_config=model_config,
        )
        eplb_state.num_valid_physical_experts = num_valid_physical_experts
        eplb_model_state = eplb_state.model_states[model_config.compute_hash()]
        eplb_model_state.physical_to_logical_map.copy_(expanded_physical_to_logical)

        (logical_to_physical_map_cpu, logical_replica_count_cpu) = compute_logical_maps(
            expanded_physical_to_logical.cpu(), model.num_logical_experts
        )

        max_num_replicas = eplb_model_state.logical_to_physical_map.shape[-1]
        num_replicas = logical_to_physical_map_cpu.shape[-1]
        logical_to_physical_map = torch.nn.functional.pad(
            logical_to_physical_map_cpu,
            (
                0,
                max_num_replicas - num_replicas,
            ),
            value=-1,
        ).to(device)
        logical_replica_count = logical_replica_count_cpu.to(device)

        eplb_model_state.logical_to_physical_map.copy_(logical_to_physical_map)
        eplb_model_state.logical_replica_count.copy_(logical_replica_count)

        return eplb_state


@dataclass
class EplbLayerState:
    """Runtime EPLB data stored in the MoE layer."""

    expert_load_view: torch.Tensor | None = None
    logical_to_physical_map: torch.Tensor | None = None
    logical_replica_count: torch.Tensor | None = None
    should_record_tensor: torch.Tensor | None = None
    """
    Shared scalar bool tensor controlling whether to accumulate expert load
    metrics during this forward pass.  All layers reference the **same**
    tensor object, which is owned and updated by :class:`EplbState`.

    Set to ``False`` for the first ``step_interval - window_size`` steps of
    each rearrangement period: those steps would be overwritten in the
    sliding window before the next rearrangement, so recording them wastes
    GPU work.
    """


def _node_count_with_rank_mapping(
    pg: ProcessGroup | StatelessProcessGroup,
    rank_mapping: dict[int, int],
) -> int:
    if isinstance(pg, ProcessGroup):
        world_size = torch.distributed.get_world_size(group=pg)
    else:
        world_size = pg.world_size

    if world_size == 1:
        return 1

    # Build node assignment map
    node_assignment = [0] * world_size  # rank -> node_id
    next_node_id = 0

    for current_rank in range(world_size):
        if node_assignment[current_rank] != 0:
            continue  # Already assigned to a node

        assert current_rank in rank_mapping
        if rank_mapping[current_rank] == -1:
            continue  # Pending shutdown

        # Assign current rank to a new node
        next_node_id += 1
        node_assignment[current_rank] = next_node_id

        # Find all ranks on the same node as current_rank
        same_node_flags = in_the_same_node_as(pg, current_rank)
        for other_rank, is_same_node in enumerate(same_node_flags):
            if is_same_node and node_assignment[other_rank] == 0:
                node_assignment[other_rank] = next_node_id

    return next_node_id


def compute_logical_maps(
    physical_to_logical_map: torch.Tensor,
    num_logical_experts: int,
) -> tuple[torch.Tensor, torch.Tensor]:
    """
    Derive logical_to_physical_map and logical_replica_count from
    physical_to_logical_map.

    Args:
        physical_to_logical_map: [num_layers, num_physical_experts], logical
            expert index for each physical expert slot
        num_logical_experts: total number of logical experts

    Returns:
        logical_to_physical_map: [num_layers, num_logical_experts, max_replicas],
            physical slots per logical expert; -1 where unused
        logical_replica_count: [num_layers, num_logical_experts], number of
            physical replicas per logical expert
    """
    device = physical_to_logical_map.device
    assert physical_to_logical_map.device.type == "cpu"

    dtype = physical_to_logical_map.dtype

    # If computing maps for a single layer, unsqueeze a single element layer dimension
    per_layer = physical_to_logical_map.dim() == 1
    physical_to_logical_map_view = physical_to_logical_map
    if per_layer:
        physical_to_logical_map_view = physical_to_logical_map.unsqueeze(0)
    assert len(physical_to_logical_map_view.shape) == 2
    num_layers, num_physical = physical_to_logical_map_view.shape

    valid_mask = physical_to_logical_map_view >= 0
    logical_replica_count = torch.zeros(
        num_layers,
        num_logical_experts,
        dtype=dtype,
        device=device,
    )
    logical_replica_count.scatter_add_(
        1,
        physical_to_logical_map_view.clamp(min=0),
        valid_mask.to(dtype),
    )

    max_replicas = int(logical_replica_count.max().item())
    logical_to_physical_map_out = torch.full(
        (num_layers, num_logical_experts, max_replicas),
        -1,
        dtype=dtype,
        device=device,
    )

    running_count = torch.zeros_like(logical_replica_count)
    layer_indices = torch.arange(num_layers, device=device)
    for phys_idx in range(num_physical):
        # Logical expert at physical slot phys_idx for each layer
        logical_expert_ids = physical_to_logical_map_view[:, phys_idx]  # [num_layers]

        # Scale up will set the logical expert ids to -1 for all new physical experts.
        # Only consider "valid" experts when setting up the logical_to_physical map.
        valid_expert_mask = logical_expert_ids >= 0
        if not valid_expert_mask.any():
            continue
        valid_layers = layer_indices[valid_expert_mask]
        valid_experts = logical_expert_ids[valid_expert_mask]

        # Use the current running count as the replica index, then increment it.
        replica_idx = running_count[valid_layers, valid_experts]
        logical_to_physical_map_out[valid_layers, valid_experts, replica_idx] = phys_idx
        running_count[valid_layers, valid_experts] += 1

    # If computing maps for a single layer, squeeze out the extra layer dimension
    # before returning
    if per_layer:
        return logical_to_physical_map_out.squeeze(0), logical_replica_count.squeeze(0)
    return logical_to_physical_map_out, logical_replica_count


def _pad_out_tensor(src: torch.Tensor, dst: torch.Tensor) -> None:
    src_padding = dst.shape[-1] - src.shape[-1]
    assert src_padding >= 0
    new_src = torch.nn.functional.pad(src, (0, src_padding), value=-1)
    dst.copy_(new_src)


def _commit_eplb_maps_for_layer(
    model_state: EplbModelState,
    new_physical_to_logical_map: torch.Tensor,
    layer: int,
) -> None:
    """
    Per-layer version of _commit_eplb_maps that's used by the sync portion of EPLB
    when running async EPLB. Copies all of the new_* maps into model_state. After this
    function completes, the new mappings will become the current mappings and will be
    visible to the model.
    """

    # Commit physical_to_logical_map
    src = new_physical_to_logical_map[layer]
    dst = model_state.physical_to_logical_map[layer]
    assert src.shape == dst.shape, (
        "The number of physical experts must stay the same while running Async EPLB. "
        f"Current number of physical experts: {dst.shape[0]}. New number of physical "
        f"experts {src.shape[0]}."
    )
    dst.copy_(src, non_blocking=True)

    num_logical_experts = model_state.logical_to_physical_map.shape[1]
    new_logical, new_replica_count = compute_logical_maps(src, num_logical_experts)
    # Commit logical_to_physical_map
    _pad_out_tensor(
        src=new_logical,
        dst=model_state.logical_to_physical_map[layer],
    )

    # Commit logical_replica_count
    src = new_replica_count
    dst = model_state.logical_replica_count[layer]
    assert src.shape == dst.shape
    dst.copy_(src, non_blocking=True)


def _commit_eplb_maps(
    model_state: EplbModelState,
    new_physical_to_logical_map: torch.Tensor,
) -> None:
    """
    Copies all of the new_* maps into model_state. After this function completes,
    the new mappings will become the current mappings and will be visible to the
    model.
    """

    # Commit physical_to_logical_map
    src = new_physical_to_logical_map
    dst = model_state.physical_to_logical_map

    # Rare Case: When the number of physical experts has changed, discard the old
    # physical to logical expert map and use the new one. This only happens when the
    # number of GPUs available to vLLM changes while vLLM is running. Otherwise copy the
    # new map into the old one.
    if src.shape[1] != dst.shape[1]:
        model_state.physical_to_logical_map = src.to(dst.device)
    else:
        dst.copy_(src, non_blocking=True)

    num_logical_experts = model_state.logical_to_physical_map.shape[1]
    new_logical, new_replica_count = compute_logical_maps(src, num_logical_experts)
    # Commit logical_to_physical_map
    _pad_out_tensor(
        src=new_logical,
        dst=model_state.logical_to_physical_map,
    )

    # Commit logical_replica_count
    src = new_replica_count
    dst = model_state.logical_replica_count
    dst.copy_(src, non_blocking=True)