H100 — SGLang Diffusion
Overview
Use this skill to do SGLang diffusion development on the H100 box through h100_sglang. The default container is sglang_bbuf and the repo lives at /data/bbuf/repos/sglang.
Prefer this skill when:
- Validating diffusion Triton / CUDA JIT kernels
- Running diffusion model smoke tests (
DiffGenerator, flux, etc.) - Comparing eager vs
torch.compilediffusion performance - Verifying
python[diffusion]editable install changes
This environment is already prepared:
sglang_bbufis running onlmsysorg/sglang:dev- the repo is cloned at
/data/bbuf/repos/sglang - editable installs for
python[all]andpython[diffusion]are already done /data/.cacheis mounted to/root/.cache- Infiniband paths are mounted for RDMA-aware workflows:
/sys/class/infiniband,/dev/infiniband, and/usr/sbin/show_gids
Quick Start
- Check the host, container, and GPU state.
ssh h100_sglang 'hostname && whoami'
ssh h100_sglang 'docker ps --format "table {{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}" | sed -n "1,20p"'
ssh h100_sglang 'nvidia-smi --query-gpu=index,name,utilization.gpu,memory.used,memory.total --format=csv,noheader,nounits'- Enter the container and confirm HF token visibility.
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec -it sglang_bbuf /bin/zsh'
cd /data/bbuf/repos/sglang
echo ${HF_TOKEN:+set}If HF_TOKEN is missing, export it before any Hub-backed diffusion run:
export HF_TOKEN=<your-hf-token>
export HUGGINGFACE_HUB_TOKEN="$HF_TOKEN"For non-interactive docker exec... bash -lc "<cmd>" runs, export both variables inline instead of relying on shell startup:
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf env HF_TOKEN=<your-hf-token> HUGGINGFACE_HUB_TOKEN=<your-hf-token> zsh -lc "..."'- Pick a free GPU.
Use a GPU with 0 utilization and only a few MiB allocated. Always set CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=<gpu_id> for diffusion validation commands.
- If the container is not running, start it.
ssh h100_sglang 'docker start sglang_bbuf'Safe Remote Workflow
- Inspect the repo state before editing.
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf zsh -lc "cd /data/bbuf/repos/sglang && git branch --show-current && git status --short"'- Fast-forward to latest clean
mainbefore creating a validation worktree.
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf zsh -lc "cd /data/bbuf/repos/sglang && git fetch origin && git checkout main && git pull --ff-only origin main"'- Never write directly into
/data/bbuf/repos/sglangwhen it is dirty. - Use one of these isolation strategies.
Create a detached worktree for remote-only experiments:
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf zsh -lc "cd /data/bbuf/repos/sglang && git worktree add --detach /tmp/sglang_validate_h100 HEAD"'Stream the local working tree into the container (validates exactly what is local right now):
COPYFILE_DISABLE=1 tar --exclude=.git -cf - . | \
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec -i sglang_bbuf sh -lc "rm -rf /tmp/sglang_local_validate && mkdir -p /tmp/sglang_local_validate && tar -xf - -C /tmp/sglang_local_validate"'
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf zsh -lc "find /tmp/sglang_local_validate -name '\''._*'\'' -delete"'For patch-oriented validation:
- fast-forward remote
main - create a detached worktree from that commit
- stream or
git applyonly the focused local diff into the worktree
This keeps /data/bbuf/repos/sglang clean while still validating the exact local delta.
Diffusion Validation Workflow
1. Syntax / Import Check
Always start here before running any GPU kernel or model test.
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf zsh -lc "cd /tmp/sglang_local_validate && python -m compileall python/sglang/jit_kernel/diffusion/triton python/sglang/multimodal_gen/runtime/layers"'For broader coverage:
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf zsh -lc "cd /tmp/sglang_local_validate && python -m compileall python/sglang"'2. JIT Kernel Smoke
Run a targeted smoke script covering the changed primitives before any model-level test.
Cover at least these when relevant:
rms_norm_fnRMSNormundertorch.compilenorm_inferapply_rotary_embedding
Pipe the smoke script through docker exec -i:
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec -i sglang_bbuf env CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=python python' < /path/to/local_smoke.py3. Fused Modulation Regression
Run this after any change to jit_kernel/diffusion/triton:
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf env CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=python zsh -lc "cd /tmp/sglang_local_validate && pytest -q python/sglang/jit_kernel/tests/test_qwen_image_modulation.py -q"'4. General Diffusion Tests
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf env CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=python zsh -lc "cd /tmp/sglang_local_validate && pytest -q path/to/diffusion_test.py -q"'5. Model-Level Smoke (DiffGenerator)
Only after steps 1–4 pass.
Use a real .py file with if __name__ == "__main__": guard — multiprocessing.spawn will fail if the entry point is stdin or unguarded top-level code.
# stream the script file to the container
scp /path/to/local_smoke_model.py h100_sglang:/tmp/smoke_model.py
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf env CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 HF_TOKEN=<your-hf-token> HUGGINGFACE_HUB_TOKEN=<your-hf-token> PYTHONPATH=/tmp/sglang_local_validate/python zsh -lc "python /tmp/smoke_model.py"'Treat checkpoint, dependency, and environment failures separately from code regressions.
6. Server-Level Smoke
Only attempt after model-level smoke passes.
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf env CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0 PYTHONPATH=python zsh -lc "cd /tmp/sglang_local_validate && python -m sglang.launch_server --model-path <model> --port 30000 &"'Torch Compile Attribution
When a benchmark compares eager vs torch.compile, do not stop at the speedup number. Capture matching eager and compile traces or perf dumps, then run:
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf zsh -lc "cd /tmp/sglang_local_validate && python scripts/analyze_diffusion_torch_compile.py"'Cleanup
ssh h100_sglang 'docker exec sglang_bbuf rm -rf /tmp/sglang_local_validate /tmp/sglang_validate_h100 /tmp/smoke_model.py'