bench-spec-ab: rewrite (write_env was lost), restore the unit in a finally

Two real defects from patching a rewritten file by line number: the CUT that
removed a duplicate parse_configs also took write_env with it (NameError after
the first configuration, with the unit already stopped), and the restore step
lived after the loop, so a crash left frank-medium DOWN. The endpoint is the
reason the harness exists; it now restores itself in a finally and shouts if the
service does not come back healthy.
This commit is contained in:
Frank
2026-09-16 16:38:12 -07:00
parent 605e32dfc3
commit 95936bbc81
+78 -43
View File
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ the answer.
/home/dank/serverAppConfigs/scripts/serve-frank-medium.sh \
--configs "dflash=draft-dflash@7;ngram=ngram-mod@64;chain=draft-dflash,ngram-mod@7"
Config syntax: `name=SPEC_TYPE[@n_max]`, semicolon-separated. The systemd unit is
restored at the end, so the endpoint comes back on whatever the env file says
whatever happens here.
Config syntax: `name=SPEC_TYPE[@n_max][|ENV=VAL|ENV=VAL]`, entries joined by `;`.
The systemd unit is restored in a finally block, so it comes back on whatever the
env file says even if a configuration crashes the harness.
THREE SHAPES, because a single one answers the wrong question. A proposer can
only draft text it has seen, so the shape decides the verdict:
@@ -34,8 +34,14 @@ model thinks the answer into `reasoning_content`, `content` comes back empty and
the cross-configuration identity check passes vacuously — which is exactly how
this harness first "verified" an echo it never looked at.
Results on Dankserver (frank-medium payload, 2026-09-16, temperature 0). prose
1k/512 decode: none 17.7 | mtp n=3 32.4 | mtp n=7 26.7 | dflash=7 43.5 tok/s.
Results on Dankserver (frank-medium payload, 2026-09-16, temperature 0). Decode:
shape dflash=7 ngram-mod(48/64) chain (tok/s)
prose 1k/512 43.8 17.7 (0 drafts) 43.7
echo 1.5k/400 76.8 102.5 200.6
structured/400 91.1 17.8 (0 drafts) 91.2
identity 70.4 17.8 (0 drafts) 70.4
`draft-mtp,draft-dflash` fails at load (a chain has ONE draft context and MTP
builds against whatever model that context holds); ngram-mod has no such
constraint — it is draftless and joins the chain unconditionally.
@@ -101,9 +107,9 @@ def sh(cmd):
def parse_configs(spec):
"""`name=SPEC_TYPE[@n_max][|KEY=VALUE]...`, entries joined by ';'.
KEY=VALUE parts override any env file key, which is how an impl's own
window (SPEC_NGRAM_N_MIN/MAX, for instance) gets swept without hand-editing
env files."""
KEY=VALUE parts override any env file key, which is how an impl's own window
(SPEC_NGRAM_N_MIN/MAX, for instance) gets swept without hand-editing env
files."""
out = []
for chunk in spec.split(";"):
chunk = chunk.strip()
@@ -127,6 +133,23 @@ def parse_configs(spec):
return out
def write_env(src, name, overrides):
"""The env file with this configuration's overrides applied."""
path = "/tmp/spec-ab-" + name.replace("/", "_") + ".env"
with open(src) as fh:
lines = fh.read().splitlines()
out = []
for line in lines:
for k, v in overrides.items():
if line.startswith(k + "="):
line = k + "=" + v
break
out.append(line)
with open(path, "w") as fh:
fh.write("\n".join(out) + "\n")
return path
def post(base, body, timeout=1800):
req = urllib.request.Request(
base + "/v1/chat/completions", data=json.dumps(body).encode(),
@@ -163,6 +186,23 @@ def stop_unit():
time.sleep(1)
def restore_unit(base, logfile):
"""Bring the endpoint back on the deployed configuration. Runs in a
finally, because a harness that can leave production down is a hazard."""
log("restoring " + UNIT, logfile)
sh("sudo systemctl start " + UNIT)
for _ in range(120):
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(base + "/health", timeout=5) as r:
if json.load(r).get("status") == "ok":
log(UNIT + " healthy again", logfile)
return True
except Exception:
time.sleep(5)
log("WARNING: " + UNIT + " did not come back healthy -- check it by hand", logfile)
return False
def run_shape(base, prompt, max_tokens, label, extra=None):
body = {"model": MODEL, "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}],
"max_tokens": max_tokens, "temperature": 0.0}
@@ -182,8 +222,8 @@ def run_shape(base, prompt, max_tokens, label, extra=None):
"answer": content,
"reasoning_len": len(msg.get("reasoning_content") or "")}
if label.startswith("echo"):
# How much of the answer really is the passage: a config that "wins" by
# answering something else is not a win.
# How much of the answer really is the passage: a configuration that
# "wins" by answering something else is not a win.
want = {l.strip() for l in echo_passage().splitlines()}
got = [l.strip() for l in content.splitlines() if l.strip()]
row["copy_ratio"] = round(sum(1 for l in got if l in want) / len(got), 3) if got else 0.0
@@ -208,8 +248,8 @@ def main():
ap.add_argument("--base-url", default="http://127.0.0.1:7770")
ap.add_argument("--log", default="/tmp/bench-spec-ab.log")
ap.add_argument("--configs", default=None,
help="name=SPEC_TYPE[@n_max] joined by ';' (default: the four "
"configs measured on 2026-09-16)")
help="name=SPEC_TYPE[@n_max][|ENV=VAL] joined by ';' "
"(default: the four configs measured on 2026-09-16)")
ap.add_argument("--json", default="/tmp/bench-spec-ab.json")
args = ap.parse_args()
@@ -222,29 +262,33 @@ def main():
results = {}
log("spec A/B start: " + ", ".join(n for n, _ in configs) +
" (unit " + UNIT + " stopped for the duration)", logfile)
stop_unit()
for name, over in configs:
env_path = write_env(env_file, name, over)
logf = "/tmp/spec-ab-" + name.replace("/", "_") + ".log"
sh("FRANK_MEDIUM_ENV_FILE=" + env_path + " setsid bash " + serve_script +
" > " + logf + " 2>&1 < /dev/null &")
if not wait_health(base):
log(name + ": FAILED to become healthy -- " + sh("tail -3 " + logf), logfile)
results[name] = {"error": "not healthy", "tail": sh("tail -6 " + logf)}
stop_unit()
continue
rows = measure(base)
results[name] = {"vram_gb": vram(), "rows": rows,
"spec_log": sh("grep -E '" + SPEC_GREP + "' " + logf + " | tail -4")}
for r in rows:
log(name + " | " + r["shape"] + " prefill " + str(r["prefill_tps"]) +
" tok/s | decode " + str(r["decode_tps"]) + " tok/s | draft " +
str(r["draft_n"]) + "/" + str(r["accepted"]) +
(" (" + str(round(100.0 * r["accepted"] / r["draft_n"])) + " %)" if r["draft_n"] else "") +
(" | copy " + str(r["copy_ratio"]) if "copy_ratio" in r else "") +
(" | EMPTY ANSWER" if not r["answer"] else ""), logfile)
log(name + " | vram " + str(results[name]["vram_gb"]), logfile)
try:
stop_unit()
for name, over in configs:
env_path = write_env(env_file, name, over)
logf = "/tmp/spec-ab-" + name.replace("/", "_") + ".log"
sh("FRANK_MEDIUM_ENV_FILE=" + env_path + " setsid bash " + serve_script +
" > " + logf + " 2>&1 < /dev/null &")
if not wait_health(base):
log(name + ": FAILED to become healthy -- " + sh("tail -3 " + logf), logfile)
results[name] = {"error": "not healthy", "tail": sh("tail -6 " + logf)}
stop_unit()
continue
rows = measure(base)
results[name] = {"vram_gb": vram(), "rows": rows,
"spec_log": sh("grep -E '" + SPEC_GREP + "' " + logf + " | tail -4")}
for r in rows:
log(name + " | " + r["shape"] + " prefill " + str(r["prefill_tps"]) +
" tok/s | decode " + str(r["decode_tps"]) + " tok/s | draft " +
str(r["draft_n"]) + "/" + str(r["accepted"]) +
(" (" + str(round(100.0 * r["accepted"] / r["draft_n"])) + " %)"
if r["draft_n"] else "") +
(" | copy " + str(r["copy_ratio"]) if "copy_ratio" in r else "") +
(" | EMPTY ANSWER" if not r["answer"] else ""), logfile)
log(name + " | vram " + str(results[name]["vram_gb"]), logfile)
stop_unit()
finally:
restore_unit(base, logfile)
with open(args.json, "w") as fh:
json.dump(results, fh, indent=2)
@@ -257,15 +301,6 @@ def main():
elif len(set(texts)) > 1:
log("WARNING: configurations disagree on greedy text for '" + shape +
"' -- speculation is changing answers", logfile)
log("restoring " + UNIT, logfile)
sh("sudo systemctl start " + UNIT)
for _ in range(120):
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(base + "/health", timeout=5) as r:
if json.load(r).get("status") == "ok":
break
except Exception:
time.sleep(5)
log("done; results in " + args.json, logfile)
return 0