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HfWeightLoader._is_kimi_k3_checkpoint decides, from config.json's model_type, whether a checkpoint must stay mmapped instead of being materialized in host RAM (the model then streams rank-local slices out of the lazy handles). The method name and body hard-coded the two Kimi model types.

This renames it to _requires_lazy_safetensors and moves the model types into a module-level _LAZY_SAFETENSORS_MODEL_TYPES tuple, so the next model family whose checkpoint is too large for host RAM opts in by adding one entry instead of editing a Kimi-named predicate. No behavior change: the tuple holds exactly the two model types the method used to name.

Test Coverage

  • Existing tests/unittest/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/test_weight_loader.py::test_kimi_k3_lazy_load_records_the_checkpoint_dir still exercises the lazy path end to end.
  • New cases in the same file (CPU-only): the predicate is true for every entry of _LAZY_SAFETENSORS_MODEL_TYPES, false for another model_type, false for a config without model_type, and false for a directory without config.json.

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  • Renamed _is_kimi_k3_checkpoint to _requires_lazy_safetensors.
  • Added _LAZY_SAFETENSORS_MODEL_TYPES for extensible model-family support.
  • Preserved existing lazy SafeTensors behavior.
  • Updated native loading and rank-striped preflight to use the generalized predicate.
  • Added docstrings for rank-striped read-ahead startup and native weight loading.
  • No configuration files, public API declarations, or test-list files changed.
  • The implementation matches the stated scope.

QA Engineer Review

  • Added test_requires_lazy_safetensors_for_every_listed_model_type.
  • Added test_requires_lazy_safetensors_is_false_for_other_checkpoints.
  • Added test_requires_lazy_safetensors_is_false_without_a_config.
  • The tests cover listed model types, non-lazy model types, missing model_type, and missing config.json.
  • The tests are not listed in tests/integration/test_lists/test-db/ or qa/.
  • The existing end-to-end Kimi lazy-loading test remains in place.
  • Verdict: sufficient.

… HfWeightLoader

`HfWeightLoader._is_kimi_k3_checkpoint` decided, from `config.json`'s
`model_type`, whether a checkpoint must stay mmapped instead of being
materialized in host RAM, and hard-coded the two Kimi model types in the
method body. Rename it to `_requires_lazy_safetensors` and move the model
types into a module-level `_LAZY_SAFETENSORS_MODEL_TYPES` tuple, so the
next model family whose checkpoint is too large for host RAM opts in by
adding one entry instead of editing a Kimi-named predicate.

Behavior is unchanged: the tuple holds exactly the two model types the
method used to name.

Add unit tests that exercise the predicate for every listed model
type, for a non-lazy model type, for a config without `model_type`, and
for a directory without `config.json`.

Signed-off-by: Michal Guzek <mguzek@nvidia.com>
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The checkpoint loader now uses a shared model-type allowlist to select lazy SafeTensors loading. Rank-striped preflight and native loading use the generalized detection predicate. Tests cover supported, unsupported, and missing checkpoint configurations.

Changes

Lazy SafeTensors loading

Layer / File(s) Summary
Model-type detection
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/weight_loader.py
Adds a shared allowlist and replaces the Kimi-specific predicate with config-based model-type detection.
Loading-path integration and validation
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/weight_loader.py, tests/unittest/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/test_weight_loader.py
Uses the generalized predicate for rank-striped preflight and native loading. Documents loading behavior and adds typed tests for listed, unlisted, missing, and unavailable configurations.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 7afb3

This refactor generalizes lazy SafeTensors model-type detection while retaining existing behavior and adding predicate coverage. No current merge-blocking risk is identified.

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Comment thread tests/unittest/_torch/models/checkpoints/hf/test_weight_loader.py
Short docstrings for the two new test functions that had none.

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What does "table-drive" mean? Also, do I understand correctly that this is a minor refactoring? It seems like a (private) helper was renamed, and some hardcoded values put into a module-level "constant", but other than that, the behavior is completely unchanged wrt main?

tmp_path: Path, model_type: str
) -> None:
"""Each model type in the table routes to the lazy (mmapped) load path."""
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Nt: please move to module-level.

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What does "table-drive" mean?

This a bit unfortunate wording means the module-level constant now acts as a table, perhaps "data-drive" could be more accurate?

Also, do I understand correctly that this is a minor refactoring? It seems like a (private) helper was renamed, and some hardcoded values put into a module-level "constant", but other than that, the behavior is completely unchanged wrt main?

Yes, it's just a refactor, nothing changes wrt main. This is just to easily accommodate similar models in the future.

Signed-off-by: Michal Guzek <mguzek@nvidia.com>
Requested in review: one module-level import instead of function-local
imports in the predicate tests.

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