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The prefix-tokenization cache from #18389 currently doesn't work for MiniMax-M3 today. M3 checkpoints are registered as a VL model, so even text-only prompts go through MiniMaxM3VLInputProcessor, and only DefaultInputProcessor uses the cache.

This PR hooks the tokenization cache into the M3 input processor. To enable it for M3, set the same flag as in #18389 in the trtllm-serve config:

enable_tokenization_cache: true

End-to-end testing

We saw TTFT dropped significantly after tokenization cache being enabled successfully after this PR.

Setup: MiniMax-M3 NVFP4 on B300, AgentX at TP4 C20 pareto point.

TTFT p50 (ms) TTFT p90 (ms) interactivity p90 (tok/s/user) total tok/s/GPU
off 624 1154 172.7 28743
on 447 (−28%) 862 (−25%) 173.6 (no change) 28953 (+0.7%)

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No new unit test; verified on the real checkpoint that cached ids match the HF processor's.

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The checked diff changes only import formatting and docstring layout in tensorrt_llm/inputs/registry.py. It does not include the tokenization-cache changes described in the PR objectives, so this diff does not show the claimed MiniMax-M3 behavior change.

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  • tensorrt_llm/inputs/registry.py: The diff shows formatting and docstring changes only. It does not show an observable runtime behavior change that requires functional verification.

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…tokenization_cache

With the cache now enabled by the enable_tokenization_cache LLM argument instead of TLLM_PREFIX_TOKEN_CACHE=1,
replace the MiniMax-M3 hook from NVIDIA#19373 with the one proposed for main in NVIDIA#19613, so the branch and
main enable the cache the same way. create_input_processor forwards enable_tokenization_cache to model-specific input
processors that set supports_tokenization_cache (the others would reject the unknown kwarg). MiniMaxM3VLInputProcessor
opts in and tokenizes text-only prompts through the cache, built on the HF processor's own tokenizer. It is used only
if that tokenizer adds no special tokens, checked at construction; this replaces NVIDIA#19373's probe prompt. Requests
with images or videos are unchanged. The NVIDIA#19373 unit test exercised the removed environment variable and probe and
is dropped, as NVIDIA#19613 adds none.

Signed-off-by: Zheyu Fu <[email protected]>
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…utProcessor's rules

Mirror the change made to NVIDIA#19613: use the cache for a text-only prompt only when
sampling_params is given, add_special_tokens is False and the prompt is not truncated, the rule DefaultInputProcessor
applies, and declare supports_tokenization_cache on BaseMultimodalInputProcessor. modeling_minimaxm3_vl.py stays
byte-identical to NVIDIA#19613's.

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The input processor registry forwards the tokenization-cache option to processors that opt in. MiniMax M3 VL can initialize a prefix cache and use it for eligible text-only prompts.

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MiniMax M3 VL tokenization cache

Layer / File(s) Summary
Processor cache opt-in
tensorrt_llm/inputs/registry.py
The base processor defines a default-false cache support flag and cache helpers. The registry forwards the cache option to registered processors only when they opt in.
MiniMax M3 VL cache handling
tensorrt_llm/_torch/models/modeling_minimaxm3_vl.py
MiniMax M3 VL opts in and initializes a prefix cache only when enabled and the tokenizer adds no special tokens. Eligible text-only prompts use cached token IDs and return empty multimodal data. Other prompts continue through HF processing.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller
  participant Registry as create_input_processor
  participant Processor as MiniMaxM3VLInputProcessor
  participant Tokenizer
  participant PrefixCache
  participant HFProcessor as HF processor
  Caller->>Registry: Create processor with cache option
  Registry->>Processor: Forward option when processor opts in
  Processor->>Tokenizer: Check added special tokens
  alt Tokenizer adds no special tokens and caching is enabled
    Processor->>PrefixCache: Initialize prefix cache
  else Tokenizer adds special tokens
    Processor->>Processor: Disable cache and log warning
  end
  Caller->>Processor: Process text-only prompt
  alt Cache returns token IDs
    Processor->>PrefixCache: Get cached token IDs
    PrefixCache-->>Processor: Return token IDs
    Processor-->>Caller: Return IDs and empty multimodal data
  else Cache does not return token IDs
    Processor->>HFProcessor: Process prompt
    HFProcessor-->>Processor: Return processed input
    Processor-->>Caller: Return processed input
  end
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1782-1793: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add unit tests for the new cache branches in MiniMaxM3VLInputProcessor.

The PR adds no unit test for these branches:

  • Initialization is skipped, with a warning, when num_special_tokens_to_add() != 0.
  • call_with_text_prompt uses the cache only for text-only prompts with sampling_params set, add_special_tokens=False, and truncate_prompt_tokens=None.
  • Prompts with images or videos, and requests with sampling_params=None, stay on the HF path.

A regression in any of these conditions would not be detected. The result could be wrong token IDs, or the cache used for multimodal prompts. The author's manual check against the real checkpoint is not repeatable offline.

Add tests in tests/unittest/_torch/models/test_minimax_m3_vl.py with a stub processor and tokenizer. Assert that:

  • Text-only input with add_special_tokens=False calls the cache, returns {"multimodal_data": {}}, and does not call the HF processor.
  • The HF processor is called when add_special_tokens=True, truncate_prompt_tokens is set, sampling_params=None, or an image is present.
  • No cache is created when num_special_tokens_to_add() returns a nonzero value.

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Add a test for the opt-in forwarding in create_input_processor.

The registry now passes enable_tokenization_cache only when the processor class sets supports_tokenization_cache. If this gating regresses, processors that do not accept the keyword receive it and fail at construction, or opted-in processors silently lose the flag.

Add a unit test in tests/unittest/inputs/test_multimodal_input_processor.py. Register two fake processors, one with the flag True and one with the default. Call create_input_processor(..., enable_tokenization_cache=True). Assert that only the opted-in processor receives the keyword.

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…ly prompts

enable_tokenization_cache only reaches DefaultInputProcessor. MiniMax-M3
checkpoints resolve to MiniMaxM3VLInputProcessor, which tokenizes every prompt
through the HF processor, so the flag has no effect on them.

create_input_processor now passes enable_tokenization_cache to model-specific
input processors that set supports_tokenization_cache; the others would reject
the unknown kwarg. MiniMaxM3VLInputProcessor opts in and tokenizes text-only
prompts through the cache, built on the HF processor's own tokenizer. For such
prompts the HF processor only runs that tokenizer, so the ids are identical as
long as the tokenizer adds no special tokens, which the constructor checks.
Requests with images or videos are unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Zheyu Fu <[email protected]>
…utProcessor's rules

Use the cache for a text-only prompt only when add_special_tokens is False and the prompt is not truncated, the
same rule DefaultInputProcessor applies, so one documented rule covers every processor and a future truncation fix
in the HF-processor path cannot be bypassed. Declare supports_tokenization_cache on BaseMultimodalInputProcessor
next to supports_token_id_mm_expansion.

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🟠 Major · Add a registry-path test for MiniMax M3 caching. · registry.py:1185-1200

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Add a registry-path test for MiniMax M3 caching.

LLM._build_model passes enable_tokenization_cache to create_input_processor, and registered MiniMax M3 processors opt in to receive it. No checked-in M3 test constructs the processor through the registry with caching enabled; the existing fast-path tests bypass __init__ with __new__. If the forwarding or opt-in regresses, M3 keeps its default False, so eligible text-only prompts fall back to HF tokenization without an error. Add a test in tests/unittest/_torch/models/test_minimax_m3_vl.py that creates M3 through the registry and asserts an eligible text-only prompt uses the prefix cache instead of the HF processor.

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Add a MiniMax M3 test that constructs the processor through
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# The HF processor tokenizes a text-only prompt with add_special_tokens=True
# (the tokenizer default) and the cache with add_special_tokens=False, so the
# cache is exact only if the tokenizer adds no special tokens; MiniMax-M3's adds none.
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Could we factor the cache setup and text-only eligibility checks into a shared helper in BaseMultimodalInputProcessor? Models could opt in and supply their effective tokenizer, while keeping model-specific checks that the cached IDs match the HF processor's output. This would let other multimodal processors reuse the same path.

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…ut processors

Move the prefix-tokenization cache setup and the per-request eligibility rule from
MiniMaxM3VLInputProcessor into BaseMultimodalInputProcessor, so other multimodal
processors can opt in with the same two calls: _init_tokenization_cache builds the
cache on the tokenizer the subclass supplies, and _encode_with_tokenization_cache
applies DefaultInputProcessor's rule. The check that cached ids match the HF
processor's stays in MiniMax-M3, since it depends on how its processor tokenizes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Zheyu Fu <[email protected]>
… hooks

Keep only the comments that say why the MiniMax-M3 special-token check exists
and what _init_tokenization_cache requires of its caller. create_input_processor
now checks issubclass(..., BaseMultimodalInputProcessor) instead of getattr; the
only registered processor outside that base, WhisperInputProcessor, never opts in.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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