server: (router) do not evict busy models (#26567)

tools/server/server-models.cpp

@@ -721,7 +721,9 @@ void server_models::unload_lru() {
         for (const auto & m : mapping) {
             if (m.second.meta.is_running()) {
                 count_active++;
-                if (m.second.meta.last_used < lru_last_used) {
+                // do not evict busy one
+                bool is_model_idle = m.second.req_count == 0 && m.second.meta.is_ready_or_sleep();
+                if (is_model_idle && m.second.meta.last_used < lru_last_used) {
                     lru_model_name = m.first;
                     lru_last_used = m.second.meta.last_used;
                 }
@@ -739,6 +741,7 @@ void server_models::unload_lru() {
             });
         }
     }
+    // TODO @ngxson : if no idle model is found, queue the load request
 }
 
 void server_models::load(const std::string & name) {
@@ -1180,9 +1183,12 @@ server_http_res_ptr server_models::proxy_request(const server_http_req & req, co
     if (!meta->is_running()) {
         throw std::invalid_argument("model name=" + name + " is not running");
     }
-    if (update_last_used) {
+    {
         std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(mutex);
-        mapping[name].meta.last_used = ggml_time_ms();
+        if (update_last_used) {
+            mapping[name].meta.last_used = ggml_time_ms();
+        }
+        mapping[name].req_count++;
     }
     SRV_INF("proxying request to model %s on port %d\n", name.c_str(), meta->port);
     std::string proxy_path = req.path;
@@ -1198,13 +1204,22 @@ server_http_res_ptr server_models::proxy_request(const server_http_req & req, co
             req.headers,
             req.body,
             req.files,
-            // a detached request belongs to a replay session that outlives the client socket:
+            // a detached request belongs to a replay session
-            // it reaches the child even when the downstream died during the load wait, the
+            detached
-            // session buffer is the recipient and DELETE remains the stop
+                ? std::function<bool()>([]() { return false; })
-            detached ? std::function<bool()>([]() { return false; }) : req.should_stop,
+                : req.should_stop,
             base_params.timeout_read,
             base_params.timeout_write
             );
+
+    proxy->cleanup = [this, name]() {
+        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(mutex);
+        auto it = mapping.find(name);
+        if (it != mapping.end() && it->second.req_count > 0) {
+            it->second.req_count--;
+        }
+    };
+
     return proxy;
 }
 
@@ -2064,7 +2079,7 @@ server_http_proxy::server_http_proxy(
     cli->set_write_timeout(timeout_read, 0); // reversed for cli (client) vs srv (server)
     cli->set_read_timeout(timeout_write, 0);
     this->status = 500; // to be overwritten upon response
-    this->cleanup = [pipe]() {
+    this->cleanup_pipes = [pipe]() {
         pipe->close_read();
         pipe->close_write();
     };

tools/server/server-models.h

@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ struct server_model_meta {
     int exit_code = 0; // exit code of the model instance process (only valid if status == FAILED)
     int stop_timeout = 0; // seconds to wait before force-killing the model instance during shutdown
     mtmd_caps multimodal; // multimodal capabilities
-    // bool need_download = false; // whether the model needs to be downloaded before loading // TODO @ngxson: implement this
 
     bool is_ready() const {
         return status == SERVER_MODEL_STATUS_LOADED;
@@ -94,6 +93,10 @@ struct server_model_meta {
         return status == SERVER_MODEL_STATUS_LOADED || status == SERVER_MODEL_STATUS_LOADING || status == SERVER_MODEL_STATUS_SLEEPING;
     }
 
+    bool is_ready_or_sleep() const {
+        return status == SERVER_MODEL_STATUS_LOADED || status == SERVER_MODEL_STATUS_SLEEPING;
+    }
+
     bool is_failed() const {
         return status == SERVER_MODEL_STATUS_UNLOADED && exit_code != 0;
     }
@@ -113,6 +116,7 @@ private:
         std::shared_ptr<server_subproc> subproc; // shared between main thread and monitoring thread
         std::thread th;
         server_model_meta meta;
+        int req_count = 0; // number of active proxy requests
     };
 
     std::mutex mutex;
@@ -343,7 +347,6 @@ struct server_models_routes {
  */
 struct server_http_proxy : server_http_res {
     std::function<void()> cleanup = nullptr;
-public:
     server_http_proxy(const std::string & method,
                       const std::string & scheme,
                       const std::string & host,
@@ -357,11 +360,15 @@ public:
                       int32_t timeout_write
                       );
     ~server_http_proxy() {
+        if (cleanup_pipes) {
+            cleanup_pipes();
+        }
         if (cleanup) {
             cleanup();
         }
     }
 private:
+    std::function<void()> cleanup_pipes = nullptr;
     std::thread thread;
     struct msg_t {
         std::map<std::string, std::string> headers;