[CI] Move applicable tests to CPU (#24080)

Signed-off-by: Harry Mellor <19981378+hmellor@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Harry Mellor <19981378+hmellor@users.noreply.github.com>

.buildkite/test-pipeline.yaml

@@ -50,19 +50,28 @@ steps:
   mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
   source_file_dependencies:
   - vllm/
+  - tests/multimodal
+  - tests/utils_
+  commands:
+  - pytest -v -s -m 'not cpu_test' multimodal
+  - pytest -v -s utils_
+
+- label: Async Engine, Inputs, Utils, Worker Test (CPU) # 4 mins
+  timeout_in_minutes: 10
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
   - tests/test_inputs.py
   - tests/test_outputs.py
   - tests/multimodal
-  - tests/utils_
   - tests/standalone_tests/lazy_imports.py
   - tests/transformers_utils
+  no_gpu: true
   commands:
   - python3 standalone_tests/lazy_imports.py
   - pytest -v -s test_inputs.py
   - pytest -v -s test_outputs.py
-  - pytest -v -s multimodal
-  - pytest -v -s utils_ # Utils
-  - pytest -v -s transformers_utils # transformers_utils
+  - pytest -v -s -m 'cpu_test' multimodal
+  - pytest -v -s transformers_utils
 
 - label: Python-only Installation Test # 10min
   timeout_in_minutes: 20
@@ -287,23 +296,34 @@ steps:
     - tests/v1
   commands:
     # split the test to avoid interference
-    - pytest -v -s v1/core
     - pytest -v -s v1/executor
     - pytest -v -s v1/kv_offload
     - pytest -v -s v1/sample
     - pytest -v -s v1/logits_processors
     - pytest -v -s v1/worker
-    - pytest -v -s v1/structured_output
     - pytest -v -s v1/spec_decode
-    - pytest -v -s v1/kv_connector/unit
-    - pytest -v -s v1/metrics
+    - pytest -v -s -m 'not cpu_test' v1/kv_connector/unit
+    - pytest -v -s -m 'not cpu_test' v1/metrics
     - pytest -v -s v1/test_oracle.py
     - pytest -v -s v1/test_request.py
-    - pytest -v -s v1/test_serial_utils.py
     # Integration test for streaming correctness (requires special branch).
     - pip install -U git+https://github.com/robertgshaw2-redhat/lm-evaluation-harness.git@streaming-api
     - pytest -v -s entrypoints/openai/correctness/test_lmeval.py::test_lm_eval_accuracy_v1_engine
 
+- label: V1 Test others (CPU) # 5 mins
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/
+    - tests/v1
+  no_gpu: true
+  commands:
+    # split the test to avoid interference
+    - pytest -v -s v1/core
+    - pytest -v -s v1/structured_output
+    - pytest -v -s v1/test_serial_utils.py
+    - pytest -v -s -m 'cpu_test' v1/kv_connector/unit
+    - pytest -v -s -m 'cpu_test' v1/metrics
+
+
 - label: Examples Test # 30min
   timeout_in_minutes: 45
   mirror_hardwares: [amdexperimental]
@@ -533,10 +553,17 @@ steps:
   source_file_dependencies:
     - vllm/
     - tests/tool_use
-    - tests/mistral_tool_use
   commands:
-    - pytest -v -s tool_use
-    - pytest -v -s mistral_tool_use
+    - pytest -v -s -m 'not cpu_test' tool_use
+
+- label: OpenAI-Compatible Tool Use (CPU) # 5 mins
+  timeout_in_minutes: 10
+  source_file_dependencies:
+    - vllm/
+    - tests/tool_use
+  no_gpu: true
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s -m 'cpu_test' tool_use
 
 #####  models test  #####
 
@@ -576,13 +603,19 @@ steps:
   - vllm/
   - tests/models/test_transformers.py
   - tests/models/test_registry.py
+  commands:
+    - pytest -v -s models/test_transformers.py models/test_registry.py
+
+- label: Basic Models Test (Other CPU) # 5min
+  timeout_in_minutes: 10
+  torch_nightly: true
+  source_file_dependencies:
+  - vllm/
   - tests/models/test_utils.py
   - tests/models/test_vision.py
+  no_gpu: true
   commands:
-    - pytest -v -s models/test_transformers.py \
-                   models/test_registry.py \
-                   models/test_utils.py \
-                   models/test_vision.py
+    - pytest -v -s models/test_utils.py models/test_vision.py
 
 - label: Language Models Tests (Standard)
   timeout_in_minutes: 25

.github/mergify.yml

@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ pull_request_rules:
   conditions:
     - or:
       - files~=^tests/tool_use/
-      - files~=^tests/mistral_tool_use/
       - files~=^tests/entrypoints/openai/tool_parsers/
       - files=tests/entrypoints/openai/test_chat_with_tool_reasoning.py
       - files~=^vllm/entrypoints/openai/tool_parsers/

docker/Dockerfile.cpu

@@ -160,12 +160,13 @@ ADD ./benchmarks/ ./benchmarks/
 ADD ./vllm/collect_env.py .
 ADD ./.buildkite/ ./.buildkite/
 
+# Create symlink for vllm-workspace to maintain CI compatibility
+RUN ln -sf /workspace /vllm-workspace
+
 # install development dependencies (for testing)
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/uv \
     uv pip install -e tests/vllm_test_utils
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["bash"]
-
 ######################### RELEASE IMAGE #########################
 FROM base AS vllm-openai
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ markers = [
     "core_model: enable this model test in each PR instead of only nightly",
     "hybrid_model: models that contain mamba layers (including pure SSM and hybrid architectures)",
     "cpu_model: enable this model test in CPU tests",
+    "cpu_test: mark test as CPU-only test",
     "split: run this test as part of a split",
     "distributed: run this test only in distributed GPU tests",
     "skip_v1: do not run this test with v1",

tests/models/test_utils.py

 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 
+import pytest
 import torch
 
 from vllm.model_executor.models.utils import AutoWeightsLoader
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 
 class ModuleWithBatchNorm(torch.nn.Module):
 

tests/models/test_vision.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ from vllm.model_executor.models.vision import (
 from vllm.platforms import current_platform
 from vllm.utils import get_open_port, update_environment_variables
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("select_layers", "num_layers_loaded", "max_possible_layers",

tests/multimodal/test_cache.py

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ from vllm.multimodal.inputs import (MultiModalFieldElem, MultiModalKwargsItem,
                                     MultiModalSharedField)
 from vllm.multimodal.processing import PromptInsertion
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 
 def _dummy_elem(
     modality: str,

tests/multimodal/test_hasher.py

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
 
 from vllm.multimodal.hasher import MultiModalHasher
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 ASSETS_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "assets"
 assert ASSETS_DIR.exists()
 

tests/multimodal/test_image.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ from PIL import Image, ImageChops
 
 from vllm.multimodal.image import ImageMediaIO, convert_image_mode
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 ASSETS_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "assets"
 assert ASSETS_DIR.exists()
 

tests/multimodal/test_inputs.py

 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 
+import pytest
 import torch
 
 from vllm.multimodal.inputs import MultiModalKwargs, NestedTensors
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 
 def assert_nested_tensors_equal(expected: NestedTensors,
                                 actual: NestedTensors):

tests/multimodal/test_processing.py

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer import AnyTokenizer
 
 from .utils import random_image
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 
 # yapf: disable
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(

tests/multimodal/test_registry.py

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ from vllm.multimodal import MULTIMODAL_REGISTRY
 
 from ..models.utils import build_model_context
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model_id,limit_mm_per_prompt,expected",

tests/multimodal/test_video.py

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ from vllm.multimodal.video import (VIDEO_LOADER_REGISTRY, VideoLoader,
 
 from .utils import cosine_similarity, create_video_from_image, normalize_image
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 NUM_FRAMES = 10
 FAKE_OUTPUT_1 = np.random.rand(NUM_FRAMES, 1280, 720, 3)
 FAKE_OUTPUT_2 = np.random.rand(NUM_FRAMES, 1280, 720, 3)

tests/test_inputs.py

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import pytest
 from vllm.inputs import zip_enc_dec_prompts
 from vllm.inputs.parse import parse_and_batch_prompt
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 STRING_INPUTS = [
     '',
     'foo',

tests/test_outputs.py

 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
 
+import pytest
+
 from vllm.outputs import RequestOutput
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 
 def test_request_output_forward_compatible():
     output = RequestOutput(request_id="test_request_id",

tests/mistral_tool_use/conftest.py → tests/tool_use/mistral/conftest.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from .utils import ARGS, CONFIGS, ServerConfig
 
 
 # for each server config, download the model and return the config
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session", params=CONFIGS.keys())
+@pytest.fixture(scope="package", params=CONFIGS.keys())
 def server_config(request):
     config = CONFIGS[request.param]
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def server_config(request):
 
 
 # run this for each server config
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+@pytest.fixture(scope="package")
 def server(request, server_config: ServerConfig):
     model = server_config["model"]
     args_for_model = server_config["arguments"]

tests/tool_use/test_glm4_moe_tool_parser.py

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ from vllm.entrypoints.openai.protocol import FunctionCall, ToolCall
 from vllm.entrypoints.openai.tool_parsers import Glm4MoeModelToolParser
 from vllm.transformers_utils.tokenizer import get_tokenizer
 
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.cpu_test
+
 pytest.skip("skip glm4_moe parser test", allow_module_level=True)
 # Use a common model that is likely to be available
 MODEL = "zai-org/GLM-4.5"