fix(gpu): prefer single CDI devices for local runtimes

Prefer a single CDI-qualified device when Docker or Podman resolves the default GPU request to one GPU.

Allow nvidia.com/gpu=all only as a WSL2 all-only compatibility fallback, using Docker daemon info and Podman's /dev/dxg probe to identify that case.

Update driver docs, architecture notes, and GPU e2e coverage for the default selection behavior.

Signed-off-by: Evan Lezar <elezar@nvidia.com>

Author: elezar

architecture/compute-runtimes.md

@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ through the driver configuration. The Helm chart defaults sandbox agents to
 `Unconfined` so runtime/default AppArmor profiles do not block supervisor
 network namespace setup on AppArmor-enabled nodes.
 
+GPU requests enter the driver layer through `SandboxSpec.gpu` and
+`SandboxSpec.gpu_device`. Docker and Podman map default GPU requests to one
+concrete NVIDIA CDI device when individual CDI devices are available, use
+`nvidia.com/gpu=all` only for WSL2/all-only compatibility, and pass explicit
+driver-native device IDs through.
+
 VM runtime state paths are derived only from driver-validated sandbox IDs
 matching `[A-Za-z0-9._-]{1,128}`. The gateway-owned VM driver socket uses a
 private `run/` directory plus Unix peer UID/PID checks. Standalone

crates/openshell-core/src/gpu.rs

@@ -3,15 +3,184 @@
 
 //! Shared GPU request helpers.
 
+use std::fmt;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
 use crate::config::CDI_GPU_DEVICE_ALL;
 
-/// Resolve a GPU request into CDI device identifiers.
+const CDI_NVIDIA_GPU_PREFIX: &str = "nvidia.com/gpu=";
+const CDI_NVIDIA_GPU_ALL_SUFFIX: &str = "all";
+
+/// Normalized CDI GPU inventory used by local container drivers.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct CdiGpuInventory {
+    device_ids: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl CdiGpuInventory {
+    /// Build a normalized inventory from runtime-reported CDI device IDs.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn new(device_ids: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl AsRef<str>>) -> Self {
+        let mut device_ids = device_ids
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|id| {
+                let id = id.as_ref().trim();
+                id.starts_with(CDI_NVIDIA_GPU_PREFIX)
+                    .then(|| id.to_string())
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        device_ids.sort();
+        device_ids.dedup();
+        Self { device_ids }
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[String] {
+        &self.device_ids
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        self.device_ids.is_empty()
+    }
+
+    fn default_device_family(
+        &self,
+        allow_all_devices: bool,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<String>, CdiGpuSelectionError> {
+        let mut indexed = self
+            .device_ids
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|id| {
+                let suffix = cdi_nvidia_gpu_suffix(id)?;
+                let index = suffix.parse::<u64>().ok()?;
+                Some((index, id.clone()))
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        if !indexed.is_empty() {
+            indexed.sort_by(|left, right| left.0.cmp(&right.0).then_with(|| left.1.cmp(&right.1)));
+            return Ok(indexed.into_iter().map(|(_, id)| id).collect());
+        }
+
+        let mut named = self
+            .device_ids
+            .iter()
+            .filter_map(|id| {
+                let suffix = cdi_nvidia_gpu_suffix(id)?;
+                (suffix != CDI_NVIDIA_GPU_ALL_SUFFIX).then(|| id.clone())
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        if !named.is_empty() {
+            named.sort();
+            return Ok(named);
+        }
+
+        if self.device_ids.iter().any(|id| id == CDI_GPU_DEVICE_ALL) {
+            if !allow_all_devices {
+                return Err(CdiGpuSelectionError::AllDevicesDefaultUnsupported);
+            }
+            return Ok(vec![CDI_GPU_DEVICE_ALL.to_string()]);
+        }
+
+        Err(CdiGpuSelectionError::NoAvailableDevices)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Concurrency-safe round-robin cursor for default CDI GPU selection.
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
+pub struct CdiGpuRoundRobin {
+    next: AtomicUsize,
+}
+
+impl CdiGpuRoundRobin {
+    #[must_use]
+    pub const fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            next: AtomicUsize::new(0),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return the next default device ID and advance the cursor.
+    pub fn next_default_device_id(
+        &self,
+        inventory: &CdiGpuInventory,
+        allow_all_devices: bool,
+    ) -> Result<String, CdiGpuSelectionError> {
+        self.selected_default_device_id(inventory, true, allow_all_devices)
+    }
+
+    /// Return the current default device ID without advancing the cursor.
+    pub fn peek_default_device_id(
+        &self,
+        inventory: &CdiGpuInventory,
+        allow_all_devices: bool,
+    ) -> Result<String, CdiGpuSelectionError> {
+        self.selected_default_device_id(inventory, false, allow_all_devices)
+    }
+
+    fn selected_default_device_id(
+        &self,
+        inventory: &CdiGpuInventory,
+        consume: bool,
+        allow_all_devices: bool,
+    ) -> Result<String, CdiGpuSelectionError> {
+        let devices = inventory.default_device_family(allow_all_devices)?;
+        let base = if consume {
+            self.next.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed)
+        } else {
+            self.next.load(Ordering::Relaxed)
+        };
+        Ok(devices[base % devices.len()].clone())
+    }
+}
+
+/// CDI GPU selection failed.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum CdiGpuSelectionError {
+    NoAvailableDevices,
+    MissingDefaultDevice,
+    AllDevicesDefaultUnsupported,
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for CdiGpuSelectionError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::NoAvailableDevices => f.write_str("no NVIDIA CDI GPU devices were discovered"),
+            Self::MissingDefaultDevice => {
+                f.write_str("GPU request requires a selected default CDI GPU device")
+            }
+            Self::AllDevicesDefaultUnsupported => f.write_str(
+                "default GPU request resolved only to nvidia.com/gpu=all, which is not allowed on this platform; set driver_config.cdi_devices to [\"nvidia.com/gpu=all\"] explicitly to request all GPUs",
+            ),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::error::Error for CdiGpuSelectionError {}
+
+/// Resolve a local runtime GPU request into CDI device identifiers.
 ///
-/// `None` means no GPU was requested. A GPU request with no explicit CDI
-/// devices uses the CDI all-GPU request; otherwise the driver-configured CDI
-/// devices pass through unchanged.
+/// `None` means no GPU was requested. Explicit driver-configured CDI devices
+/// pass through unchanged. A default GPU request uses the driver-selected
+/// default CDI ID.
+pub fn cdi_gpu_device_ids(
+    gpu: bool,
+    cdi_devices: &[String],
+    selected_default_device: Option<&str>,
+) -> Result<Option<Vec<String>>, CdiGpuSelectionError> {
+    if !gpu {
+        return Ok(None);
+    }
+    if !cdi_devices.is_empty() {
+        return Ok(Some(cdi_devices.to_vec()));
+    }
+    let device = selected_default_device.ok_or(CdiGpuSelectionError::MissingDefaultDevice)?;
+    Ok(Some(vec![device.to_string()]))
+}
+
+/// Resolve a GPU request with the legacy all-GPU default.
 #[must_use]
-pub fn cdi_gpu_device_ids(gpu: bool, cdi_devices: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
+pub fn cdi_gpu_device_ids_or_all(gpu: bool, cdi_devices: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<String>> {
     gpu.then(|| {
         if cdi_devices.is_empty() {
             vec![CDI_GPU_DEVICE_ALL.to_string()]
@@ -21,20 +190,32 @@ pub fn cdi_gpu_device_ids(gpu: bool, cdi_devices: &[String]) -> Option<Vec<Strin
     })
 }
 
+fn cdi_nvidia_gpu_suffix(id: &str) -> Option<&str> {
+    id.strip_prefix(CDI_NVIDIA_GPU_PREFIX)
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
     fn cdi_gpu_device_ids_returns_none_when_absent() {
-        assert_eq!(cdi_gpu_device_ids(false, &[]), None);
+        assert_eq!(cdi_gpu_device_ids(false, &[], None), Ok(None));
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn cdi_gpu_device_ids_defaults_empty_request_to_all_gpus() {
+    fn cdi_gpu_device_ids_uses_selected_default_device() {
         assert_eq!(
-            cdi_gpu_device_ids(true, &[]),
-            Some(vec![CDI_GPU_DEVICE_ALL.to_string()])
+            cdi_gpu_device_ids(true, &[], Some("nvidia.com/gpu=0")),
+            Ok(Some(vec!["nvidia.com/gpu=0".to_string()]))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cdi_gpu_device_ids_rejects_missing_default_device() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            cdi_gpu_device_ids(true, &[], None),
+            Err(CdiGpuSelectionError::MissingDefaultDevice)
         );
     }
 
@@ -46,12 +227,130 @@ mod tests {
                 &[
                     "nvidia.com/gpu=0".to_string(),
                     "nvidia.com/gpu=1".to_string()
-                ]
+                ],
+                None
             ),
-            Some(vec![
+            Ok(Some(vec![
+                "nvidia.com/gpu=0".to_string(),
+                "nvidia.com/gpu=1".to_string()
+            ]))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn cdi_gpu_device_ids_or_all_uses_all_when_no_devices_are_configured() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            cdi_gpu_device_ids_or_all(true, &[]),
+            Some(vec![CDI_GPU_DEVICE_ALL.to_string()])
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn inventory_filters_and_deduplicates_nvidia_gpu_ids() {
+        let inventory = CdiGpuInventory::new([
+            "nvidia.com/gpu=1",
+            "vendor.example/device=0",
+            "nvidia.com/gpu=1",
+            " nvidia.com/gpu=0 ",
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            inventory.as_slice(),
+            &vec![
                 "nvidia.com/gpu=0".to_string(),
                 "nvidia.com/gpu=1".to_string()
-            ])
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn round_robin_prefers_indexed_family_and_sorts_numerically() {
+        let inventory = CdiGpuInventory::new([
+            "nvidia.com/gpu=10",
+            "nvidia.com/gpu=UUID-b",
+            "nvidia.com/gpu=2",
+            "nvidia.com/gpu=all",
+        ]);
+        let selector = CdiGpuRoundRobin::new();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.next_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Ok("nvidia.com/gpu=2".to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.next_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Ok("nvidia.com/gpu=10".to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.next_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Ok("nvidia.com/gpu=2".to_string())
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn round_robin_uses_named_family_when_no_indexed_ids_exist() {
+        let inventory = CdiGpuInventory::new(["nvidia.com/gpu=UUID-b", "nvidia.com/gpu=UUID-a"]);
+        let selector = CdiGpuRoundRobin::new();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.next_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Ok("nvidia.com/gpu=UUID-a".to_string())
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn round_robin_uses_all_only_inventory_when_allowed() {
+        let inventory = CdiGpuInventory::new([CDI_GPU_DEVICE_ALL]);
+        let selector = CdiGpuRoundRobin::new();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.next_default_device_id(&inventory, true),
+            Ok(CDI_GPU_DEVICE_ALL.to_string())
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn round_robin_rejects_all_only_inventory_when_not_allowed() {
+        let inventory = CdiGpuInventory::new([CDI_GPU_DEVICE_ALL]);
+        let selector = CdiGpuRoundRobin::new();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.next_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Err(CdiGpuSelectionError::AllDevicesDefaultUnsupported)
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn round_robin_rejects_empty_inventory() {
+        let inventory = CdiGpuInventory::new(["vendor.example/device=0"]);
+        let selector = CdiGpuRoundRobin::new();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.next_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Err(CdiGpuSelectionError::NoAvailableDevices)
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn peek_does_not_advance_round_robin_cursor() {
+        let inventory = CdiGpuInventory::new(["nvidia.com/gpu=0", "nvidia.com/gpu=1"]);
+        let selector = CdiGpuRoundRobin::new();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.peek_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Ok("nvidia.com/gpu=0".to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.peek_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Ok("nvidia.com/gpu=0".to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.next_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Ok("nvidia.com/gpu=0".to_string())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            selector.next_default_device_id(&inventory, false),
+            Ok("nvidia.com/gpu=1".to_string())
         );
     }
 }

crates/openshell-driver-docker/README.md

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ contract:
 | `apparmor=unconfined` | Avoids Docker's default profile blocking required mount operations. |
 | `restart_policy = unless-stopped` | Keeps managed sandboxes resumable across daemon or gateway restarts. |
 | `PidsLimit` | Enforces the sandbox PID budget at the Docker cgroup layer. Set `[openshell.drivers.docker].sandbox_pids_limit = 0` to inherit the Docker/runtime default. |
-| CDI GPU request | Uses `driver_config.cdi_devices` when set; otherwise requests all NVIDIA GPUs when the sandbox spec asks for GPU support and daemon CDI support is detected. |
+| CDI GPU request | Uses `driver_config.cdi_devices` when set; otherwise selects one concrete NVIDIA CDI GPU when the sandbox spec asks for GPU support and daemon CDI support is detected. Docker daemon `/info` can permit `nvidia.com/gpu=all` as a WSL2 all-only compatibility fallback. |
 
 The agent child process does not retain these supervisor privileges.