tests: efficiency suite — tiny-model regression gates + full-model optimization dossier

Two layers of efficiency coverage for the engine, both parsing the telemetry
glm.c already emits (REPLAY/PROFILE/[PROF]/CUDA-tier) but nothing previously
asserted on:

1. test_inefficiency.py — tiny-model asserted regression tests (8 tests, run
   in make test via test-python). Gate on: throughput floor, PROFILE phase
   accounting sanity, disk-wait not dominant on a resident model, CPU greedy
   determinism, and (when a CUDA build is present) CUDA init, dense VRAM
   upload, and CPU-vs-CUDA argmax agreement >= 70%. CUDA tests auto-skip with
   a clear build hint on CPU-only binaries.

2. test_efficiency_report.py — opt-in optimization dossier for a real model.
   Turns on every instrumentation flag (PROF, COLI_CUDA_PROFILE, CACHE_ROUTE,
   DISK_SPLIT, LOOKA) and prints 9 sections (provenance, throughput + tail
   latency, where-time-goes, attention breakdown, expert cache, disk I/O +
   phase split, routing quality + predictability, speculation, GPU tiers),
   each flagging inefficiency with the concrete knob to move tok/s. Never
   fails CI.

tools/efficiency.py is the shared harness: parse_run() captures every signal,
run_engine() wraps the subprocess. Reuses PROFILE_RE/SPEED_RE from
tools/benchmark_cuda_fixture.py and extends the tok/s regex to also catch the
run_text (parenthesized) format the full-model PROMPT path uses.

Makefile adds: efficiency / efficiency-cuda / efficiency-report targets.

Verified end-to-end on the full glm52_i4_g64 model (CPU + CUDA).
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Exhaustive optimization dossier for a colibri engine run.
This is NOT a pass/fail test. It runs the engine with every instrumentation flag
on (PROF, COLI_CUDA_PROFILE, CACHE_ROUTE, DISK_SPLIT, LOOKA) and prints a section-
by-section report answering, for each subsystem:
WHAT is doing it — which phase/kernel/tier
WHEN it is doing it — how much of decode wall-time it owns
WITH WHAT — the config/weights/tier it used
IS IT INEFFICIENT? — a verdict, with the threshold
HOW TO IMPROVE — the concrete knob, named
Activation (opt-in only — NOT in `make test`):
COLI_EFFICIENCY_MODEL=<model_dir> python tests/test_efficiency_report.py
Optional env:
COLI_EFFICIENCY_CUDA=1 also exercise the CUDA dense/expert tiers
COLI_EFFICIENCY_NGEN=N decode tokens (default 24)
COLI_EFFICIENCY_RAM_GB=N RAM budget (default 28)
COLI_EFFICIENCY_VRAM_GB=N CUDA expert-tier budget GB (default 4)
COLI_EFFICIENCY_PROMPT=... prompt (default: a code-gen prompt)
Exit code is always 0 (it's a dossier, not a gate). Lines marked FLAG point at
the most likely lever to move tok/s for the observed bottleneck.
"""
import os
import sys
import time
from pathlib import Path
sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent))
from tools.efficiency import run_engine, disk_wait_share # noqa: E402
# --- advisory thresholds (the "IS IT INEFFICIENT?" lines) ---
DISK_WAIT_DOMINANT = 0.40 # >40% decode waiting on expert reads -> I/O-bound
LOW_HIT_RATE = 0.30 # <30% cache hit -> thrashing (cap too small)
LOW_ROUTE_AGREE = 0.80 # <80% routing overlap -> prefetch is guessing wrong
HIGH_TAIL_RATIO = 3.0 # p99 > 3x p50 -> decode stalls (I/O hiccups / KV grow)
LOW_MTP_ACCEPT = 0.20 # <20% MTP acceptance -> draft decoder is dead weight
VRAM_WASTE_CALLS = 0 # experts pinned in VRAM but 0 calls served
def _flag(ok): return "OK " if ok else "FLAG"
def _bar(frac, width=24):
"""A simple ASCII bar for share visualization."""
n = max(0, min(width, round(frac * width)))
return "#" * n + "." * (width - n)
def _line(label, value, flag=None, note=""):
tag = f" [{flag}]" if flag else ""
print(f" {label:<22} {value}{tag} {note}" if note else f" {label:<22} {value}{tag}")
def main() -> int:
model = os.environ.get("COLI_EFFICIENCY_MODEL")
if not model:
print(__doc__)
print("\nNot activated: set COLI_EFFICIENCY_MODEL=<model_dir> to run.")
return 0
model = str(Path(model).resolve())
if not Path(model).is_dir():
print(f"ERROR: {model} is not a directory", file=sys.stderr)
return 0
ngen = int(os.environ.get("COLI_EFFICIENCY_NGEN", "24"))
ram_gb = os.environ.get("COLI_EFFICIENCY_RAM_GB", "28")
vram_gb = os.environ.get("COLI_EFFICIENCY_VRAM_GB", "4")
prompt = os.environ.get(
"COLI_EFFICIENCY_PROMPT",
"Write a Python function that computes the factorial of a number. "
"Include error handling and a docstring.")
use_cuda = os.environ.get("COLI_EFFICIENCY_CUDA") == "1"
# Turn ON every instrumentation flag so the dossier has maximum detail.
# These are all observability toggles (PROF/COLI_CUDA_PROFILE/CACHE_ROUTE/
# DISK_SPLIT/LOOKA); none change the computed output.
overlay = dict(
NGEN=str(ngen), TEMP="0", RAM_GB=ram_gb, PROMPT=prompt,
PROF="1", CACHE_ROUTE="1", DISK_SPLIT="1", LOOKA="1", ROUTE_AGREE="1",
)
if use_cuda:
overlay.update(COLI_CUDA="1", COLI_GPU="0", CUDA_DENSE="1",
COLI_CUDA_PROFILE="1", CUDA_EXPERT_GB=vram_gb)
print("=" * 78)
print(f"OPTIMIZATION DOSSIER — {Path(model).name}")
print(f" mode : {'CUDA (dense+expert tiers)' if use_cuda else 'CPU-only'} "
f"ngen : {ngen} ram : {ram_gb} GB" +
(f" vram : {vram_gb} GB" if use_cuda else ""))
print("=" * 78)
t0 = time.time()
t, proc = run_engine(overlay, snap=model, timeout=3600.0)
wall = time.time() - t0
flags = [] # collected FLAG lines for the summary
print(f"\n[0] RUN")
_line("wall clock", f"{wall:.0f}s")
_line("exit code", proc.returncode,
None if proc.returncode == 0 else "FLAG",
"" if proc.returncode == 0 else "non-zero exit")
if proc.returncode != 0:
print(" stderr tail:")
for ln in proc.stderr.strip().splitlines()[-8:]:
print(f" {ln}")
return 0
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- [1] WHO ----
print(f"\n[1] PROVENANCE — what is running, on what, with what config")
if t.get("machine"):
m = t["machine"]
_line("CPU", m["cpu"])
_line("cores / omp", f"{m['cores']} cores")
_line("backend", m["backend"])
if t.get("load"):
ld = t["load"]
_line("model load time", f"{ld['load_s']:.2f}s")
_line("resident dense", f"{ld['resident_dense_mb']:.1f} MB")
_line("layers / experts", f"{ld['layers']} layers, {ld['experts']} experts")
_line("MTP", f"{ld['mtp_status']} (draft={ld['draft']})")
if t.get("config_str"):
_line("resolved config", t["config_str"])
print(" (this is the EFFECTIVE config after auto-budgeting — not your env verbatim)")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- [2] SPEED --
print(f"\n[2] THROUGHPUT — is it fast, is the tail healthy")
if t.get("tok_s") is not None:
_line("tok/s", f"{t['tok_s']:.3f}")
else:
flags.append("throughput line missing — engine output format may have changed")
if t.get("latency"):
la = t["latency"]
_line("decode forwards", f"{int(la['forwards'])}")
_line("p50 / p90", f"{la['p50_ms']:.1f} / {la['p90_ms']:.1f} ms")
_line("p99 / max", f"{la['p99_ms']:.1f} / {la['max_ms']:.1f} ms")
tail_ok = la["p99_ms"] <= HIGH_TAIL_RATIO * la["p50_ms"]
_line("tail ratio (p99/p50)", f"{la['p99_ms']/max(la['p50_ms'],1e-9):.2f}x",
_flag(tail_ok),
"high tail = decode stalls (I/O hiccups, KV growth, re-pin)")
if not tail_ok:
flags.append(f"tail latency p99={la['p99_ms']:.1f}ms >> p50={la['p50_ms']:.1f}ms "
"(look for REPIN swaps or disk stalls)")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- [3] TIME ---
print(f"\n[3] WHERE TIME GOES — what is doing it, when (share of decode)")
ts = t.get("time_shares")
prof = t.get("profile")
if ts:
order = [("io", "expert-disk I/O", DISK_WAIT_DOMINANT, "the cache is too small / disk is slow"),
("matmul", "expert matmul", 0.40, "compute-bound; more cores or a GPU expert tier"),
("attention", "attention", 0.35, "context length is the cost; lower CTX"),
("head", "lm_head", 0.10, "vocab projection; unusual to dominate"),
("other", "other", 0.30, "scheduling / KV bookkeeping overhead")]
for key, name, thresh, lever in order:
f = ts[key]
ok = f < thresh
_line(name, f"{f:5.0%} {_bar(f)}", _flag(ok),
"" if ok else f"->{lever}")
if not ok:
flags.append(f"{name} dominates ({f:.0%}) -> {lever}")
if t.get("verdict"):
print(f" engine verdict : {t['verdict']}")
elif prof:
print(" (no [PROF] time shares — set PROF=1 for phase percentages)")
if prof:
print(" absolute seconds :")
for k in ("disk", "expert_matmul", "attention", "lm_head", "other"):
_line(k, f"{prof[k]:.3f}s")
# attention sub-breakdown: how is attention being read
ab = t.get("attn_breakdown")
if ab:
print(f"\n[3a] ATTENTION BREAKDOWN — how the attention phase is spent")
atot = sum(ab.values()) or 1.0
for k, label in (("proj_rope", "projection + RoPE"),
("score_sm_value", "score-softmax-value"),
("out_proj", "output projection")):
_line(label, f"{ab[k]:.3f}s ({ab[k]/atot:.0%} of attn)")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- [4] CACHE --
print(f"\n[4] EXPERT CACHE — is the cache efficient")
hit = t.get("hit_pct")
if hit is not None:
ok = hit >= LOW_HIT_RATE * 100
_line("hit rate", f"{hit:.1f}%", _flag(ok),
"" if ok else "<30% = thrashing; raise RAM_GB or cap")
if not ok:
flags.append(f"cache hit {hit:.1f}% is low -> raise RAM_GB (or cap), add PIN_GB")
el = t.get("experts_loaded")
if el:
per_tok = el["per_tok"]
_line("experts loaded/token", f"{per_tok:.1f}")
_line(" per-layer", f"{el['per_layer']:.2f} across {el['n_sparse_layers']} sparse layers")
_line(" baseline", f"topk={el['baseline_topk']} active experts/token")
base_topk = el["baseline_topk"]
if base_topk > 0 and per_tok > 2 * base_topk:
flags.append(f"loading {per_tok:.0f} experts/token vs topk={base_topk} "
"-> redundant I/O; cache is re-fetching evicted experts")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- [5] DISK ---
print(f"\n[5] DISK I/O — is I/O the bottleneck, and where")
eio = t.get("expert_io")
if eio:
_line("total fetched", f"{eio['gb_fetched']:.3f} GB")
_line("per token", f"{eio['mb_per_tok']:.1f} MB/token")
_line("disk throughput", f"{eio['gb_per_s']:.2f} GB/s over the run")
_line("read service", f"{eio['read_service_s']:.2f}s (on I/O threads)")
_line("felt wait", f"{eio['felt_wait_s']:.2f}s (stall compute felt)")
if eio["felt_wait_s"] > eio["read_service_s"] * 0.5 and eio["read_service_s"] > 0:
flags.append("felt wait is a large fraction of read service -> PIPE=1 may not be "
"overlapping fully, or DIRECT=1 on NVMe")
ds = t.get("disk_split")
if ds:
print(f"\n[5a] DISK-LOAD SPLIT — which decode phase reads the bytes")
_line("draft phase", f"{ds['draft']} loads")
_line("absorb phase", f"{ds['absorb']} loads")
_line("verify/main", f"{ds['verify_main']} loads")
_line("MTP-layer bytes", f"{ds['mtp_loads']} loads, {ds['mtp_gb']:.2f} GB")
_line("main-layer bytes", f"{ds['main_loads']} loads, {ds['main_gb']:.2f} GB")
if ds.get("mtp_bytes_pct") is not None:
_line("MTP share of bytes", f"{ds['mtp_bytes_pct']:.1f}%")
share = disk_wait_share(t)
if share is not None:
ok = share < DISK_WAIT_DOMINANT
_line("disk-wait share", f"{share:.0%}", _flag(ok),
"" if ok else "I/O-bound (see levers in [3])")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- [6] ROUTE --
print(f"\n[6] ROUTING QUALITY — is the router / prefetch accurate")
ra = t.get("route_agree")
if ra:
ok = ra["agree_pct"] >= LOW_ROUTE_AGREE * 100
_line("route_agree", f"{ra['agree_pct']:.1f}% overlap with true top-K",
_flag(ok),
"" if ok else "prefetch is guessing wrong; CACHE_ROUTE params may need tuning")
_line("route_kl", f"{ra['kl']:.4f} mean KL (lower = closer to true routing)")
if not ok:
flags.append(f"route_agree {ra['agree_pct']:.1f}% low -> tune ROUTE_J/M/P, "
"or prefetch is hurting more than helping")
sw = t.get("swap")
if sw:
_line("cache swaps", f"{sw['swaps']}/{sw['slots']} ({sw['pct']:.1f}%)",
None, "high swap = churn between turns")
la = t.get("lookahead")
if la:
print(f"\n[6a] ROUTING PREDICTABILITY — recall of true experts in predicted top-8")
print(" (which predictor should drive prefetch? highest recall wins)")
for row in la:
_line(row["predictor"][:34], f"{row['pct']:5.1f}% ({row['hit']}/{row['tot']})")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- [7] SPEC ---
print(f"\n[7] SPECULATION — is the draft decoder pulling weight")
sp = t.get("speculation")
if sp:
_line("tokens/forward", f"{sp['tok_per_fw']:.2f} (>1.0 means speculation helps)")
_line("forwards/tokens", f"{sp['forwards']} forwards for {sp['tokens']} tokens")
# Speculation helps only if acceptance is high enough that tok/forward > 1.
# tok_per_fw already == 1.0 when nothing verifies, so judge by acceptance.
ok = sp["mtp_accept_pct"] >= LOW_MTP_ACCEPT * 100
_line("MTP acceptance", f"{sp['mtp_accept_pct']:.0f}%", _flag(ok),
"" if ok else "<20% -> drafts rarely verify; DRAFT=0 may be faster")
if not ok:
flags.append(f"MTP acceptance {sp['mtp_accept_pct']:.0f}% low -> "
"drafts cost more I/O than they save; try DRAFT=0")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- [8] GPU ----
print(f"\n[8] GPU TIERS — is the GPU actually used")
cuda = t.get("cuda") or {}
if not cuda.get("enabled"):
print(" (CUDA not enabled — CPU-only run)")
else:
if cuda.get("resident_tensors") is not None:
_line("resident dense tensors", f"{cuda['resident_tensors']} tensors, "
f"{cuda['resident_gb']:.2f} GB")
if cuda.get("expert_count") is not None:
waste = cuda["calls_served"] <= VRAM_WASTE_CALLS
_line("expert tier", f"{cuda['expert_count']} experts pinned "
f"({cuda['expert_gb']:.2f} GB)", _flag(not waste))
_line(" calls served", f"{cuda['calls_served']} from VRAM",
_flag(not waste),
"" if not waste else "WASTE: pinned but never routed -> lower CUDA_EXPERT_GB")
if waste:
flags.append("VRAM expert tier has 0 calls served -> experts pinned but unused; "
"PIN stats may not match this workload")
if cuda.get("groups"):
g = cuda["groups"]
_line("expert groups", f"{g['calls']} calls, {g['experts']} experts, "
f"{g['rows']} rows ({g['experts_per_call']:.1f} experts/call)")
if cuda.get("groups_timing"):
gt = cuda["groups_timing"]
_line("GPU timing", f"H2D {gt['h2d_ms']:.1f} ms | kernel {gt['kernel_ms']:.1f} ms | "
f"D2H {gt['d2h_ms']:.1f} ms")
if gt["h2d_ms"] + gt["d2h_ms"] > gt["kernel_ms"]:
flags.append("CUDA H2D+D2H > kernel time -> transfer-bound; "
"consider larger expert tier to keep weights resident")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------- summary ----
print("\n" + "=" * 78)
if flags:
print(f" {len(flags)} FLAG(s) — the most likely levers to move tok/s:")
for f in flags:
print(f" - {f}")
else:
print(" no flags — every measured subsystem is within advisory thresholds.")
print("=" * 78)
return 0
if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(main())