[KV Connector] Make KVCacheConfig an explicit constructor argument

tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/test_backwards_compatibility.py

@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
+"""
+Unit tests for backwards compatibility with external KV connector implementations.
+
+This test ensures that external connectors (loaded via kv_connector_module_path)
+implemented with the old signature continue to work:
+- Old signature: __init__(self, vllm_config, role)
+- New signature: __init__(self, vllm_config, role, kv_cache_config)
+"""
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+
+from vllm.distributed.kv_transfer.kv_connector.factory import KVConnectorFactory
+from vllm.distributed.kv_transfer.kv_connector.v1 import (
+    KVConnectorBase_V1,
+    KVConnectorRole,
+)
+from vllm.v1.core.sched.output import SchedulerOutput
+
+from .utils import create_scheduler, create_vllm_config
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vllm.attention.backends.abstract import AttentionMetadata
+    from vllm.config import VllmConfig
+    from vllm.forward_context import ForwardContext
+    from vllm.v1.core.kv_cache_manager import KVCacheBlocks
+    from vllm.v1.kv_cache_interface import KVCacheConfig
+    from vllm.v1.request import Request
+
+
+class OldStyleTestConnector(KVConnectorBase_V1):
+    """
+    Test connector using the old signature with 2 required arguments.
+    This simulates external connectors that haven't been updated yet.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, vllm_config: "VllmConfig", role: KVConnectorRole):
+        # Old-style call to super().__init__ with only 2 arguments
+        super().__init__(vllm_config=vllm_config, role=role)
+
+    def get_num_new_matched_tokens(
+        self, request: "Request", num_computed_tokens: int
+    ) -> tuple[int | None, bool]:
+        return 0, False
+
+    def update_state_after_alloc(
+        self,
+        request: "Request",
+        blocks: "KVCacheBlocks",
+        num_external_tokens: int,
+    ):
+        pass
+
+    def build_connector_meta(self, scheduler_output: SchedulerOutput):
+        return None
+
+    def start_load_kv(self, forward_context: "ForwardContext", **kwargs) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def wait_for_layer_load(self, layer_name: str) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def save_kv_layer(
+        self,
+        layer_name: str,
+        kv_layer,
+        attn_metadata: "AttentionMetadata",
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def wait_for_save(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class NewStyleTestConnector(KVConnectorBase_V1):
+    """
+    Test connector using the new signature with 3 required arguments.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        vllm_config: "VllmConfig",
+        role: KVConnectorRole,
+        kv_cache_config: "KVCacheConfig",
+    ):
+        # New-style call to super().__init__ with all 3 arguments
+        super().__init__(
+            vllm_config=vllm_config, role=role, kv_cache_config=kv_cache_config
+        )
+
+    def get_num_new_matched_tokens(
+        self, request: "Request", num_computed_tokens: int
+    ) -> tuple[int | None, bool]:
+        return 0, False
+
+    def update_state_after_alloc(
+        self,
+        request: "Request",
+        blocks: "KVCacheBlocks",
+        num_external_tokens: int,
+    ):
+        pass
+
+    def build_connector_meta(self, scheduler_output: SchedulerOutput):
+        return None
+
+    def start_load_kv(self, forward_context: "ForwardContext", **kwargs) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def wait_for_layer_load(self, layer_name: str) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def save_kv_layer(
+        self,
+        layer_name: str,
+        kv_layer,
+        attn_metadata: "AttentionMetadata",
+        **kwargs,
+    ) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def wait_for_save(self):
+        pass
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("role", [KVConnectorRole.SCHEDULER, KVConnectorRole.WORKER])
+def test_external_old_signature_factory_instantiation(role):
+    """
+    Test that external connectors with old signature (2 required args) loaded
+    via kv_connector_module_path are correctly instantiated with backwards
+    compatibility support.
+    """
+    vllm_config = create_vllm_config()
+    vllm_config.kv_transfer_config.kv_connector = "OldStyleTestConnector"
+    vllm_config.kv_transfer_config.kv_connector_module_path = (
+        "tests.v1.kv_connector.unit.test_backwards_compatibility"
+    )
+
+    scheduler = create_scheduler(vllm_config)
+    kv_cache_config = scheduler.kv_cache_config
+
+    connector = KVConnectorFactory.create_connector(vllm_config, role, kv_cache_config)
+
+    assert connector is not None
+    assert isinstance(connector, OldStyleTestConnector)
+    assert connector.role == role
+    assert connector._kv_cache_config is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("role", [KVConnectorRole.SCHEDULER, KVConnectorRole.WORKER])
+def test_external_new_signature_factory_instantiation(role):
+    """
+    Test that external connectors with new signature (3 required args) loaded
+    via kv_connector_module_path are correctly instantiated.
+    """
+    vllm_config = create_vllm_config()
+    vllm_config.kv_transfer_config.kv_connector = "NewStyleTestConnector"
+    vllm_config.kv_transfer_config.kv_connector_module_path = (
+        "tests.v1.kv_connector.unit.test_backwards_compatibility"
+    )
+
+    scheduler = create_scheduler(vllm_config)
+    kv_cache_config = scheduler.kv_cache_config
+
+    connector = KVConnectorFactory.create_connector(vllm_config, role, kv_cache_config)
+
+    assert connector is not None
+    assert isinstance(connector, NewStyleTestConnector)
+    assert connector.role == role
+    assert connector._kv_cache_config is not None
+    assert connector._kv_cache_config == kv_cache_config
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("role", [KVConnectorRole.SCHEDULER, KVConnectorRole.WORKER])
+def test_old_signature_super_init(role):
+    """
+    Test that old-style connectors can call super().__init__() without
+    kv_cache_config parameter.
+    """
+    vllm_config = create_vllm_config()
+
+    connector = OldStyleTestConnector(vllm_config, role)
+
+    assert connector is not None
+    assert connector.role == role
+    assert connector._kv_cache_config is None
+
+
+def test_old_signature_super_init_with_kwargs():
+    """
+    Test that old-style connectors can call super().__init__() with keyword
+    arguments in different orders.
+    """
+    vllm_config = create_vllm_config()
+
+    # Test with vllm_config= and role= kwargs
+    connector1 = OldStyleTestConnector(
+        vllm_config=vllm_config, role=KVConnectorRole.SCHEDULER
+    )
+    assert connector1 is not None
+    assert connector1._kv_cache_config is None
+
+    # Test with role= and vllm_config= in reversed order
+    connector2 = OldStyleTestConnector(
+        role=KVConnectorRole.WORKER, vllm_config=vllm_config
+    )
+    assert connector2 is not None
+    assert connector2._kv_cache_config is None
+
+
+def test_internal_connector_uses_new_signature():
+    """
+    Test that internal connectors (registered in factory) always use the new
+    signature and get kv_cache_config.
+    """
+    from vllm.distributed.kv_transfer.kv_connector.v1.shared_storage_connector import (
+        SharedStorageConnector,
+    )
+
+    vllm_config = create_vllm_config()
+    vllm_config.kv_transfer_config.kv_connector = "SharedStorageConnector"
+
+    scheduler = create_scheduler(vllm_config)
+    kv_cache_config = scheduler.kv_cache_config
+
+    connector = KVConnectorFactory.create_connector(
+        vllm_config, KVConnectorRole.SCHEDULER, kv_cache_config
+    )
+
+    assert connector is not None
+    assert isinstance(connector, SharedStorageConnector)
+    assert connector._kv_cache_config is not None
+    assert connector._kv_cache_config == kv_cache_config
+
+
+def test_signature_detection_with_mocking():
+    """
+    Test that the factory correctly applies compat_sig flag returned from
+    _get_connector_class_with_compat.
+    """
+    vllm_config = create_vllm_config()
+    scheduler = create_scheduler(vllm_config)
+    kv_cache_config = scheduler.kv_cache_config
+
+    # Mock _get_connector_class_with_compat to return old-style connector
+    with patch.object(
+        KVConnectorFactory,
+        "_get_connector_class_with_compat",
+        return_value=(OldStyleTestConnector, True),
+    ):
+        old_connector = KVConnectorFactory.create_connector(
+            vllm_config, KVConnectorRole.SCHEDULER, kv_cache_config
+        )
+        assert old_connector is not None
+        assert isinstance(old_connector, OldStyleTestConnector)
+        assert old_connector._kv_cache_config is None
+
+    # Mock _get_connector_class_with_compat to return new-style connector
+    with patch.object(
+        KVConnectorFactory,
+        "_get_connector_class_with_compat",
+        return_value=(NewStyleTestConnector, False),
+    ):
+        new_connector = KVConnectorFactory.create_connector(
+            vllm_config, KVConnectorRole.SCHEDULER, kv_cache_config
+        )
+        assert new_connector is not None
+        assert isinstance(new_connector, NewStyleTestConnector)
+        assert new_connector._kv_cache_config is not None
+        assert new_connector._kv_cache_config == kv_cache_config

tests/v1/kv_connector/unit/utils.py

@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ def create_model_runner_output(
 
 
 class TestSharedStorageConnector(SharedStorageConnector):
-    def __init__(self, config: VllmConfig, role):
+    def __init__(self, config: VllmConfig, role, kv_cache_config):
         self.name = config.kv_transfer_config.kv_connector_extra_config["name"]
         self._connector = SharedStorageConnector(config, role)
         self.call_record: dict[str, int] = defaultdict(int)

vllm/distributed/kv_transfer/kv_connector/factory.py

@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 
 import importlib
 from collections.abc import Callable
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, cast
 
 import vllm.envs as envs
-from vllm.config import VllmConfig
 from vllm.distributed.kv_transfer.kv_connector.base import (
     KVConnectorBase,
     KVConnectorBaseType,
@@ -16,9 +15,12 @@
     supports_hma,
 )
 from vllm.logger import init_logger
+from vllm.utils.func_utils import supports_kw
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from vllm.config import VllmConfig
     from vllm.config.kv_transfer import KVTransferConfig
+    from vllm.v1.kv_cache_interface import KVCacheConfig
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
@@ -41,8 +43,9 @@ def loader() -> type[KVConnectorBase]:
     @classmethod
     def create_connector(
         cls,
-        config: VllmConfig,
+        config: "VllmConfig",
         role: KVConnectorRole,
+        kv_cache_config: Optional["KVCacheConfig"] = None,
     ) -> KVConnectorBase:
         if not envs.VLLM_USE_V1:
             raise ValueError(
@@ -53,7 +56,9 @@ def create_connector(
         kv_transfer_config = config.kv_transfer_config
         if kv_transfer_config is None:
             raise ValueError("kv_transfer_config must be set to create a connector")
-        connector_cls = cls.get_connector_class(kv_transfer_config)
+        connector_cls, compat_sig = cls._get_connector_class_with_compat(
+            kv_transfer_config
+        )
 
         # check if the connector supports HMA
         hma_enabled = not config.scheduler_config.disable_hybrid_kv_cache_manager
@@ -76,7 +81,12 @@ def create_connector(
         # - Co-locate with worker process
         # - Should only be used inside the forward context & attention layer
         # We build separately to enforce strict separation
-        return connector_cls(config, role)
+        if compat_sig:
+            # Old signature: __init__(self, vllm_config, role)
+            return connector_cls(config, role)
+        else:
+            # New signature: __init__(self, vllm_config, role, kv_cache_config)
+            return connector_cls(config, role, kv_cache_config)
 
     @classmethod
     def get_connector_class_by_name(
@@ -97,13 +107,13 @@ def get_connector_class_by_name(
         return cls._registry[connector_name]()
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_connector_class(
+    def _get_connector_class_with_compat(
         cls, kv_transfer_config: "KVTransferConfig"
-    ) -> type[KVConnectorBaseType]:
-        """Get the connector class by name."""
+    ) -> tuple[type[KVConnectorBaseType], bool]:
         connector_name = kv_transfer_config.kv_connector
         if connector_name is None:
             raise ValueError("Connector name is not set in KVTransferConfig")
+        compat_sig = False
         if connector_name in cls._registry:
             connector_cls = cls._registry[connector_name]()
         else:
@@ -118,6 +128,21 @@ def get_connector_class(
                     f"Class {connector_name} not found in {connector_module_path}"
                 ) from e
             connector_cls = cast(type[KVConnectorBaseType], connector_cls)
+            if not supports_kw(connector_cls, "kv_cache_config"):
+                compat_sig = True
+                logger.warning(
+                    "Connector %s uses deprecated signature with 2 required arguments. "
+                    "Please update to include kv_cache_config as the second argument.",
+                    connector_cls.__name__,
+                )
+        return connector_cls, compat_sig
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_connector_class(
+        cls, kv_transfer_config: "KVTransferConfig"
+    ) -> type[KVConnectorBaseType]:
+        """Get the connector class by name."""
+        connector_cls, _ = cls._get_connector_class_with_compat(kv_transfer_config)
         return connector_cls